LAIDLAW, WILLIAM (1780-1845)

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LAIDLAW, WILLIAM (1780-1845) , friend and amanuensis of Sir Walter Scott, was born at Blackhouse,

Selkirkshire

SELKIRKSHIRE

, on the 19th of November 1780, the son of a sheep farmer. After an elementary education in Peebles he returned to

work

WORK

upon his father's farm. James Hogg, the shepherd poet, who was employed at Blackhouse for some years, ' became

Laidlaw

LAIDLAW, WILLIAM (1780-1845)

's friend and appreciative critic. Together they assisted Scott by supplying material for his Border Minstrelsy, and

Laidlaw

LAIDLAW, WILLIAM (1780-1845)

, after two failures as a farmer in Midlothian and Peebleshire, became Scott's steward at Abbotsford. He also acted as Scott's amanuensis at different times, taking down a large

part

PART

of The

Bride

BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

of Lammermoor, The Legend of

Montrose

MONTROSE
MONTROSE, JAMES
GRAHAM
, MARQUESS OF (1612—1650)
MONTROSE, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

and Ivanhoe from the author's dictation. He died at Contin near

Dingwall

DINGWALL

, Ross-shire, on the 18th of May 1845. Of his poetry, little is known except

Lucy

LUCY,
RICHARD
DE (d. 1179)

's Flittin' in Hogg's Forest Minstrel.

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