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See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
ANDERSON, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1662—1728) , Scottish genealogist, See also:antiquary and historian, was See also:born at See also:Edinburgh on the 5th of See also:August 1662. He was educated for the See also:law, and became a writer to the signet in 1691. His profession gave him the opportunity of gratifying his See also:taste for the study of See also:ancient documents; and just before the See also:union the Scottish See also:parliament commissioned him to prepare for publication what remained of the public records of the See also:kingdom, and in their last session voted a sum of £1940 See also:sterling to defray his expenses. At this See also:work he laboured for several years with See also:great See also:judgment and perseverance; but it was not completed at his See also:death in 1728. The See also:book was published posthumously in 1739, edited by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Ruddiman, under the See also:title Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scotiae See also:Thesaurus. The preparation of this great See also:national work involved the author in considerable pecuniary loss; and soon after his death, the numerous plates, engraved by See also:Sturt, were sold for £530. These plates are now lost, and the book has become exceedingly scarce. After the union of the crowns, Anderson was appointed in 1715 postmaster-See also:general for See also:Scotland, as some See also:compensation for his labours; but in the See also:political struggles of 1717 he was deprived of this See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, and never again obtained any See also:reward for his services. He died on the 3rd of See also:April 1728. He published, during the controversy about the union, An See also:Historical See also:Essay showing that the See also:Crown and Kingdom of Scotland is Imperial and See also:Independent (Edin., 1705), and later Collections See also:relating to the See also:History of See also:Mary See also:Queen of Scotland (in 4 vols., Edin., 1727—1728).
End of Article: ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
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