James Hannay

James Hannay (spr. Hanneh), pseudonym Percival Plug (born February 17, 1827 in Dumfries , Scotland, † January 9, 1873 in Barcelona ) was a British journalist and writer .

Life

Hannay joined the navy at the age of 13 but left in 1845 to devote himself to literature.

In addition to articles in magazines, especially Punch , he published Biscuits and Grog in 1848 under the pseudonym "Percival Plug", and continued in the same year under the title: A Claret Cup. Further reminiscences and sketches of Percival Plug, RN

From 1860 to 1864 he edited the Edinburgh Courant . In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

In 1868 James Hannay was appointed English consul in Barcelona, where he died on January 9, 1873.

Works

Biscuits and Grog. Personal reminiscences and sketches. By Percival Plug, RN (late Midshipman of HMS "Preposterous") (1848)
A claret cup. Further reminiscences and sketches of Percival Plug, RN (1848)
Hearts are Trumps (1849, new ed. 1873)
King Dobbs, sketches in ultramarine (1849, new ed. 1856)
Singleton Fontenoy (1850, new ed. 1873)
The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: With a Notice of His Life and Genius 1853.
Satire and satirists. Six lectures . Reprint Norwood: Norwood Ed, 1977. ISBN 0-8482-1107-3 .
Sand and Shells (1854)
Eustace Conyers (1855, German 1856)
Essays from the Quarterly Review (1861)
A brief memoir of the late Mr. Thackeray (1864)
Studies on Thackeray . Repr. D. Ed. 1868. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1970. ISBN 0-8046-0828-8 .
Characters and criticisms (1865);
A course of English literature (1866)
Three hundred years of a Norman house; the barons of Gournay from the 10th to the 13th century, with genealogical miscellanies (1867).
The History of Acadia from its first discovery to its surrender to England by the Treaty of Paris . St. John, NB: Mac Millan, 1879.

Individual evidence

^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 15, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hannay, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Plug, Percival (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 17, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dumfries , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1873
Place of death	Barcelona

[1] Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 15, 2019 .