An Essay Towards a General History of Feudal Property in Great Britain
by Sir John Dalrymple
An Essay Towards a General History of Feudal Property in Great Britain | |
Title page from An Essay Towards a General History of Feudal Property in Great Britain, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
Author | Sir John Dalrymple |
Published | London: Printed for A. Millar |
Date | 1757 |
Edition | 1st |
Language | English |
Pages | vii, 332 |
Sir John Dalrymple was born in 1726 as the fourth baronet in the family (Phillipson 2004). He received his education at Edinburgh University and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In 1748 he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. Among his accomplishments he was elected as solicitor to the board of excise as well as depute lord advocate, moved up to the bench of the court of exchequer, and participated as a member of Edinburgh literati and other prominent societies such as the Select Society and the Glasgow Literary Society among others. As a lawyer and writer he was concerned with furthering the study of law both in a philosophical and historical sense. In 1757, he published his Essay towards a General History of Feudal Property in Great Britain which was posthumously dedicated to Montesquieu. As a whole, Sir John Dalrymple’s essay was positively accepted in the community. In fact, one of his colleagues endorsed his work (Anderson ). Sir John Dalrymple also authored Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland as well as some Tracts on Feudal Law among many other publications (Phillipson 2004).
Anderson, William. electricscotland.com, "The Scottish Nation: Dalrymple." Accessed October 4, 2013. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/dalrymple.htm Phillipson, Nicholas, ed. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. s.v. "Dalrymple, Sir John, of Cousland , fourth baronet (1726–1810)."
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