Walter Scott Dalgleish

Walter Scott Dalgleish (25 March 1834 – 15 February 1897) was a British historian and author. His publications include Great Speeches from Shakespeare's Plays: with Notes and a Life of Shakespeare (1891), Great Britain and Ireland, 1689–1887 (1895) and Mediaeval England, from the English Settlement to the Reformation (1896).

Walter Scott Dalgleish
Born25 March 1834
Died15 February 1897(1897-02-15) (aged 62)
Occupation(s)Historian, author
Known forliterature on education and historical events of Scotland

He contributed a section on Scotland's education to Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1901) by Francis Hindes Groome.[1]

Early life and career

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Dalgleish was born in 1834, son of John Dalgleish. He attended Royal High School and University in Edinburgh.[2]

He worked as an editor with Edinburgh publishers Thomas Nelson and Sons.[2]

Dalgleish became the Edinburgh correspondent for The Times in 1878.[2]

Personal life

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In 1870, Dalgleish married Charlotte Hill, daughter of painter David Octavius Hill.[3] He later married Helen Curror, who survived him upon his death in 1897. She remarried, to Worthington Evans, the following year.[4]

Death

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Dalgleish died in 1897, aged 62. He had been living at 25 Mayfield Terrace (or Parkside Works), Edinburgh.[2]

Selected bibliography

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As author:[5]

  • Great Speeches from Shakespeare's Plays: with Notes and a Life of Shakespeare (1891)
  • Great Britain and Ireland, 1689–1887 (1895)
  • Mediaeval England, from the English Settlement to the Reformation (1896)

As contributor:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Groome, Francis Hindes (1885). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical, Biographical and Historical. T. C. Jack.
  2. ^ a b c d Who's Who, 1897. A. & C. Black. 1897. p. 208.
  3. ^ "NAS Catalogue - browse - details of record". catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  4. ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson (1898). Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 6.
  5. ^ Dalgleish, Walter Scott 1834-1897 - WorldCat