Henry Home, Lord Kames
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Henry Home, Lord Kames was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, he was a founding mem
Portrait of Lord Kames by David Martin
An illustration of Lord Kames, Hugo Arnot and Lord Monboddo by John Kay
The Home-Drummond grave, Kincardine-in-Menteith
David Fletcher (bishop)
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David Fletcher was a 17th-century senior clergyman in the Church of Scotland who was Bishop of Argyll from 1662 to 1665.
Henry Home, Lord Kames
…Eccles and Birgham, in Berwickshire. Henry was the son of George Home of Kames (son of Henry Home (d.1690) of Kames and Christian Fletcher, daughter of David Fletcher, Bishop of Argyll), and his wife Agnes or Helen Walkinshaw. Henry was homeschooled by Mr Wingate, a private tutor, until the age of 16. In 1712, Home was apprenticed as…
Melrose Parish Church