John Clerk, Lord Eldin
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John Clerk, Lord Eldin FRSE FSA was a Scottish judge based in Edinburgh.
John Clerk, Lord Eldin, portrait by Henry Raeburn, c.1815.
Section of Lasswade old kirk used as the Eldin vault
John Clerk of Eldin
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John Clerk of Eldin FRSE FSAScot was a Scottish merchant, author, artist, geologist and landowner. The 7th son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Bt, Clerk of Eldin was a figure in the Scottish Enlightenm
John Clerk, Lord Eldin
…FSA (1757– 30 May 1832) was a Scottish judge based in Edinburgh. He was the eldest son of Susannah Adam, the sister of John Adam and Robert Adam, and John Clerk of Eldin, son of John Clerk of Penicuik. He was born in April 1757 in Edinburgh. Though originally intended for the Indian Civil Service, he was apprenticed to…
Portrait of Clerk of Eldin by James Saxon, painted in 1805.
Stirling from Kinnell, etching, 1776