North British Review

The North British Review was a Scottish periodical. It was founded in 1844 to act as the organ of the new Free Church of Scotland, the first editor being David Welsh.^[1] It was published until 1871;^[2] in the last few years of its existence it had a liberal Catholic editorial policy.^[3]

Under Lord Acton's influence the Review took on a different character, with Aurelio Buddeus and Constantin Frantz writing on European affairs. Its editorial line rose above nationalistic politics, and was strongly opposed to Otto von Bismarck.^[4]

Editors

• 1845–6 Edward Francis Maitland^[5]
• 1847 William Hanna^[6]
• 1850–7 Alexander Campbell Fraser^[7]
• 1857 John Duns^[8]
• 1860–3 William Garden Blaikie^[9]
• c.1864 David Douglas;^[10] publisher in 1868–9.^[11]
• 1869 Thomas Frederick Wetherell, for a group around Lord Acton.^[12]

References

1. Matthew, H. C. G. "Welsh, David". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29025. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Alvin Sullivan (7 November 1983). British Literary Magazines: The romantic age, 1789-1836. Greenwood Press. p. 117 note 6. ISBN 978-0-313-22872-8.
3. Laurel Brake; Marysa Demoor (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism: In Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-382-1340-8. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
4. Roland Hill (2000). Lord Acton. Yale University Press. p. 155. ISBN 9 780300 079562.
5. Millar, Gordon F. "Maitland, Edward Francis". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17821. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6.  "Hanna, William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
7. Griffin, Nicholas. "Fraser, Alexander Campbell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33247. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. Ritchie, Lionel Alexander. "Duns, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45534. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. Ritchie, Lionel Alexander. "Blaikie, William Garden". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2562. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. Robert Moray; David Stevenson (2007). Letters of Sir Robert Moray to the Earl of Kincardine, 1657-73. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. xii. ISBN 978-0-7546-5497-1. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
11. John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton; Richard Simpson; Josef Lewis Altholz (1975). The correspondence of Lord Acton and Richard Simpson. 3. CUP Archive. p. 269 note 2. ISBN 978-0-521-20552-8. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
12. Altholz, Josef L. "Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30329. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)