Hailes

Hailes, Lord, Sir David Dalrymple (1726-1792) as a Scottish judge and antiquary, born at Edinburgh. He was called to the Scotch bar in 1748, and raised to the bench in 1768. Ten years later he became a justiciary lord. He devoted his vacations to literary pursuits, and a series of valuable historical works came from his pen, which include "Annals of Scotland from Malcolm III to Robert I" and "Annals of Scotland from Robert I to the Accession of the House of Stuart," "A Discourse on the Gowrie Conspiracy," &c.

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