Andrew Bisset (barrister)
Andrew Bisset (28 November 1801 in Montrose, Angus – 28 February 1891 Fortis Green, London), was a Scottish barrister and historical writer. His writing was an influence on Henry George, who cites Bisset’s Strength of Nations, in the notes to Progress and Poverty.
Life
[edit]He graduated B.A. from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1826.[1] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1839.[2]
He was a researcher for Richard Cobden, probably from the early 1840s, preparing a report in 1845 on agricultural districts.[3][4] In the 1850s he worked for the Anti-Corn Law League; his father-in-law was T. P. Thompson, of the League. He had a commission to write on English history, particularly land law.[5] His later writings moved into Parliamentary history.
Works
[edit]- A Practical Treatise on the Law of Estates for Life (1842)
- Memoirs and papers of Sir Andrew Mitchell, K. B. (1850) editor
- On the Strength of Nations (1859)
- Omitted Chapters of the History of England from the death of Charles I to the battle of Dunbar (1864)
- History of the Commonwealth of England (1867), revised from Omitted Chapters
- Essays on Historical Truth (1871)
- The History of the Struggle for Parliamentary Government in England (1877)
- A Short History of the English Parliament (1883) 2 vols.
- Notes on the Anti-Corn Law Struggle (1884)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Bisset, Andrew (BST821A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Carlyle Letters Online Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Anthony Howe (editor), The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume I: 1815–1847 (2008), note p. 50.
- ^ The National Archives | Access to Archives
- ^ Anthony Howe, Free Trade and Liberal England, 1846–1946 (1997), p. 6.
External links
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Works by or about Andrew Bisset at Wikisource
