George Craig of Galashiels

The Life and Work of a Nineteenth Century Lawyer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvJohn Finlay

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What the letter books of a Galashiels lawyer reveal about the life of his communityPresents the first detailed historical study of a local lawyer in ScotlandDraws on never-before-seen correspondence, which covers 20 years in the working life of Craig and his associates Provides fascinating insights into the world of the bank agent, local urban and economic history and legal practice in the 19th centuryWhat was it like to practise as a lawyer and bank agent in a rural Scottish community on the cusp of modernity? George Craig was Sir Walter Scott's local banker, a writer, insurance agent, election agent and baron bailie of Galashiels. Based on thousands of recently discovered letters, this is the first study of a provincial nineteenth-century Scots lawyer and the community he served.Craig's many correspondents, from manufacturers, bankers, lawyers and law agents in London, Dublin, Jamaica and the US to weavers, tenant farmers and town clerks reflect Borders life in all its intensity and his letters paint a detailed picture of everyday existence. His story affords a fascinating glimpse of legal practice and estate management across the Borders, during a time of economic and political change, as Galashiels grew from a village into an important manufacturing centre.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-05-18
Mått156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt520 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399514835

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John Finlay is Professor of Scots Law at the University of Glasgow. He is author of: Men of Law in Pre-Reformation Scotland (Tuckwell Press, 2000), contributor to The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, volume 1 (Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming) and author of 'Women and legal representation in early sixteenth-century Scotland' in Women in Scotland 1100–1750 (Tuckwell Press, 1999). He has published numerous papers on Scottish legal history in journals such as the Scottish Historical Review, Edinburgh Law Review and the Juridical Review.

More than providing an insight into the day-to-day workings of Craig’s business, reflected through Craig’s own experiences, we learn about Craig’s clients, their lives, and the transformation of their respective communities. The glimpses that we get of these other lives are often frustratingly brief, little more than vignettes, yet a picture of the wider community emerges, and Finlay shows how Craig, and men of local-standing like him, touched and influenced so many lives.