William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne
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The son of Mr. Roderick Macleod, writer to the signet and Isabel (fl.Floruit
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1736–1744), daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames. He received a liberal education, and was admitted advocate, January 22, 1765. On the death of Lord Swinton, in 1799, he was promoted to the bench, and took his seat as Lord Bannatyne.
Among his intimate friends were Henry Mackenzie
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He assumed the name of Bannatyne when he succeeded, through his mother to the estate of Kames in the Isle of Bute
Isle of Bute
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. He extended Kames Castle
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by the addition of a fine mansion house in the early eighteenth century. He sold the Kames estate in 1812 to James Hamilton, and moved to Edinburgh.
He retired in 1823, when he was knighted. He died at his home, Whiteford House on the Canongate in Edinburgh in 1833.
He collected a library of historical, genealogical, and antiquarian works, and at its sale in 1834, a set of the Bannatyne publications was purchased for Sir John Hay
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, Baronet of Smithfield and Haystown, for one hundred and sixty-eight pounds sterling.
See also
- Bannatyne manuscript (Clan MacLeod)Bannatyne manuscript (Clan MacLeod)The Bannatyne manuscript is a traditional account of Clan MacLeod, consisting of 142 sheets of foolscap paper. The author's name does not appear upon it, however, it is considered to have been written by William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne—from who it takes its name. Lord Bannatyne was the son...
, attributed to William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne