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'Lady Beatrice'

Portrait of Ruth Milner by William MacGeorge in frontispiece of Dulce Cor 1886. Ruth Milner was Crockett's wife from 1887 until his death.

Andrew Lang

Dates: 31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912
Occupation: Poet, critic, folklorist, historian
Nationality: Scottish
Born Selkirk, eldest son of the town…

E.A.Hornell

Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933) Scottish painter associated with the Glasgow Boys movement. Lived in Kirkcudbright, Galloway from1866, where he…

J.M.Barrie

Dates: 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937
Occupation: Novelist, playwright
Nationality: Scottish
Born Kirriemuir, Angus, the son of a weaver. Educated at…

John Copland

A Painting of John Copland (1854-1929) Boyhood friend of S.R.Crockett.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807- 1892)

Whittier was an American Quaker poet, influenced by Robert Burns. Crockett corresponded with him in the 1880s.

Malcolm McLachlan Harper

Malcolm McLachlan Harper (1839–1914) was a Scottish landscape painter, local historian, author and Captain in the Galloway Rifle Volunteers, based in…

Otto Von Bismarck (1815-1898)

Otto Von Bismarck , Chancellor of German Empire 1871-1890 whom Crockett met during his travels in Switzerland c1884.

Professor Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) Balliol College Oxford

Professor Jowett