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William Douglas (died 1821) (511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh By Speculative society of Edinburgh Bank of Scotland: a history, 1695-1995 By Richard Saville History of the Speculative

James Frederick Strachan (280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

under the title of Lord Strachan. In Edinburgh he was a member of the Speculative Society. He is buried in the northern section of the churchyard of St Cuthbert's

John Spencer Stanhope (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Church, Oxford in 1804. Around 1807 he was in Edinburgh, and joined the Speculative Society. Spencer Stanhope, after travel, spent the years 1810 to 1813 as

John Mortland (476 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Simpson. He studied law at Glasgow University. He was a member of the Speculative Society and president 1774-5. He qualified as an advocate in 1773 and rose

John Shaw Stewart (277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

proposer being William Miller, Lord Glenlee. He was also a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh. He lived at 12 Shandwick Place in Edinburgh's West

Malcolm Laing (1,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kirkwall, and was a student at Edinburgh University. He joined the Speculative Society in 1782. In 1785 Laing was admitted advocate, and from 1789 for

Robert Arbuthnot (Ceylon) (819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Robert Arbuthnot. The Speculative Society, Edinburgh. 1845. p. 135. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

William Enfield (514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

those of different views into polite discussion,, and he founded the Speculative Society, including Anglican and nonconformist clergy, and physicians. Enfield

James Fergusson (judge) (554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

He studied at the University of Edinburgh, becoming a member of the Speculative Society on 9 December 1788, and was admitted member of the Faculty of Advocates

Josiah Walker (952 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

graduating, Walker spent seven years in Edinburgh as a tutor. He joined the Speculative Society in 1783. In 1787, he took the position as tutor to the Marquess

George Oswald (487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

H. Colburn. pp. 426 note. Retrieved 23 July 2017. History of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh. The society. 1845. p. 205. The Scots Magazine. Sands

John Murray, Lord Murray (619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Henry Brougham and Francis Horner were the leading spirits, and of the Speculative Society. He corresponded with Horner, till the latter's death in 1817,

David Douglas, Lord Reston (501 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

where he studied under Millar. It is set down in the History of the Speculative Society that he read a paper there on 30 November 1790 on "The Effects

Archibald Colquhoun (politician) (743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon. History of the Speculative Society of Society of Edinburgh. Speculative Society of Edinburgh. 1845

Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson (646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Juridical Society, of which he was librarian in 1872–3, and of the Speculative Society (president 1869–71). He was called to the English bar (from the

Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson (297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

became a Senator of the College of Justice. He was a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh. From 1988 until 1998 he was seconded as Chairman

Alexander Oswald (280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

portraits on loan in the new galleries of art, Glasgow 1886 History of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh. The society. 1845. p. 205. Edinburgh Post Office

Frederick Hallard (372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. He was also a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh. His address at this time was 7 Whitehouse Terrace

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (1,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to Oxford, and returned to it afterwards. He became a member of the Speculative Society, where he measured himself in debate with Sir Walter Scott, Lord

James Bonar (scholar) (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

excise office, but became noted as a scholar. He was a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh University, admitted 9 December 1777, and elected

The Diagnostic Society of Edinburgh (151 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

university". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2017. "The history of the Speculative society, 1764-1904". T. and A. Constable. Retrieved 3 December 2017. v

Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet (930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Scottish bar until his father's death. He was a member of the Speculative Society, and at its meetings read two essays, one on the Origin and Progress

Hugo Arnot (751 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nothing,' which originally was read before the debating club called the Speculative Society, and made himself unpopular by his sarcasms. However, he was later

Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bruce, Henry Mackenzie, and two other fellow-students, founded the Speculative Society, devoted to public speaking and liberal thought. Having completed

Walter Scott (13,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he co-founded the Literary Society in 1789 and was elected to the Speculative Society the following year, becoming librarian and secretary-treasurer

Alan Watson (legal scholar) (631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the draft civil code for Armenia. He was an honorary member of the Speculative Society and served as North American secretary of the Stair Society. He

Arthur Melville Clark (362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

doctorate (DLitt). He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1990. President of the Speculative Society 1926 to 1929 President of the Edinburgh branch of the Scott Club

Francis Horner (1,862 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

where he almost lost his Scottish accent. He was also a member of the Speculative Society (with Henry Brougham) and the Academy of Physics, the Chemical

Henry Duncan (minister) (2,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

ministry of the Church of Scotland. Whilst in Edinburgh he joined the Speculative Society, and became intimate with the political figures, Francis Horner

James Hannay (writer) (1,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

February 1827. His father, David Hannay (1794–1864), a member of the Speculative Society at Edinburgh University, 1813–14, and author of Ned Allen, or the

William Taylor (man of letters) (2,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

a member, the "Tusculan School" for political discussion, and the Speculative Society, founded by William Enfield for philosophical debate. Taylor became

Newhailes House (4,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Scottish bar until his father's death. He was a member of the Speculative Society, and at its meetings read two essays, one on the 'Origin and Progress

Henry Reeve (physician) (593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Horner, and Sydney Smith; was elected in November 1802 a member of the Speculative Society, of which they were the moving spirits; and contributed to early

Alexander Thomson of Banchory (2,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

proceeded to Edinburgh, and studied for the Scottish Bar. He joined the Speculative Society, and took a share in the debates. He passed Advocate in 1820, but