Andrew Fletcher (politician)
Engraving from An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice , Edinburgh, 1849 (based on an original picture) / Andrew Fletcher, lord justice-clerk, and keeper of his majesty's signet, in Scotland; from an original picture by Aikman, in the collection of the Earl of Buchan at Dryburg Abbey.
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (born around 1653, probably in Saltoun, Haddingtonshire; died 1716 in London ) was a Scottish patriot, state thinker and book collector.
As a member of the Scottish Parliament ( Parliament of Scotland ), he was an energetic speaker and zealous Republicans, the successive governments of Charles II. , James II. And William III. fought. He was at the Monmouth - Rebellion involved and opposed as one of the leaders of the union of Scotland and England ( 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England ).
He left behind some political writings that were collected posthumously .
Fonts (selection)
- An Account of a Conversation concerning a right regulation of Governments for the common good of Mankind (1703)
- State of the controversy betwixt united and separate parliaments (1706) digitized
- Second Discourse on the Affairs of Scotland
expenditure
- The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher, Esq . London 1732 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive )
- The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher Esqre (Glasgow, 1749)
- David Daiches: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. Selected, political writings and speeches. Scottish Academic Press Edinburgh, 1979
- Political Works . John Robertson ed. Cambridge Univ. Press 1997 ( Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought ), publisher link
See also
literature
- Paul Henderson Scott: Andrew Fletcher and the Treaty of Union . Saltire, Edinburgh 1994
- WC Mackenzie: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. His Life and Times. Porpoise, Edinburgh 1935
- WR McLeod, VB McLeod: Anglo-Scottish Tracts, 1701-1714: A Descriptive Checklist. first edition. University of Kansas Libraries, Lawrence 1979
- Hugh Trevor-Roper : History and the Enlightenment . 2010 ( books.google.de )
- J. Granger: A Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution. Vol. VI. 5th Ed. London 1824 ( books.google.de )
- John Robertson: Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun (1653? –1716) . Oxford dictionary of National Biography ( Online )
- Andrew Fletcher . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 8 : Feiss-Fruktmögel . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1908, Sp. 578 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Andrew Fletcher, in Treccani.it - Enciclopedie on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana (Italian)
- Patriotism from Fletcher of Salto unto Thomas Muir of Huntershill (Fletcher Lecture)
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Robertson: Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun (1653? 1716) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( Online )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fletcher, Andrew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fletcher de Saltoun, Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish patriot, state thinker and book collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Saltoun |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1716 |
| Place of death | London |