Henry Jardine
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Sir Henry Jardine of Harwood WS FRSE was a solicitor, antiquarian and a founder member of the Bannatyne Club in 1823, with his friend Sir Walter Scott.
The grave of Sir Henry Jardine, Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh.
William Forbes Skene
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William Forbes Skene WS FRSE FSA DCL LLD, was a Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary.
Henry Jardine
…filled completely with hot pitch to exclude air and preserve the bones. During the 1820s one of his apprentices in his rooms at Parliament Square was William Forbes Skene. He was one of the Directors organising the construction of the National Monument of Scotland. He was also a Director of the Bank of Scotland and Manager…
A portrait of Skene by Sir George Reid, c. 1888
27 Inverleith Row in Edinburgh
Skene's offices at 5 Albyn Place (centre)
Memorial plaque to the Skene family graves, St John's, Edinburgh