Henry Jardine

Sir Henry Jardine of Harwood WS FRSE (1766-1851) was a solicitor, antiquarian and a founder member of the Bannatyne Club in 1823, alongside his friend Sir Walter Scott.

He was born in Edinburgh on 30 January 1766. He was the son of Rev John Jardine DD (1715-1766), minister of the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile, and Jean Drummond, daughter of George Drummond, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He attended the High School in Edinburgh and then studied Law at Edinburgh University. Following graduation he was apprenticed to John Davidson WS based on Castlehill on the Royal Mile.

In 1790 he was winner of the Edinburgh Arrow as finest archer in the Royal Company of Archers.

He became a Writer to the Signet in 1790 and in 1793 took the important government role of Solicitor of Taxes, through the patronage of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. From 1820 until 1831 he was King's remembrancer in the exchequer throughout the reign of King George IV.

In 1814 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Steuart Mackenzie (his son-in-law), Henry Mackenzie, and Thomas Charles Hope. In 1818 he was of those present with Sir Walter Scott at the rediscovery of the Honours of Scotland.

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