Hugo Arnot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugo Arnot

British writer

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1749

Place of Birth: Leith, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1786

Profession: politician, historian

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hugo Arnot of Balcormo (1749-1786) was a Scottish advocate, writer, and campaigner. Arnot was the son of a Leith merchant, where he was born on 8 December 1749 as Hugo Pollock.
He adopted his mother's maiden name, Arnot, after succeeding to her property of Balcormo in Fife.
He became an advocate 5 December 1772.
From at least 1773 until death he lived on Princes Street.In 1779 he published his History of Edinburgh with a second issue with added illustrations later in the year, a second edition appeared in 1788 and a third in 1816 ), and in 1785 a Collection of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland.
Both works were pirated in Ireland. He became prematurely old from asthma, and his irritability, caustic language, and a reluctance to accept cases where the potential customer in his opinion was in the wrong, hindered his success as an advocate.
Many anecdotes are told of his eccentricity.
He wrote many papers on local politics, opposing local taxation and road tolls mainly hitting the poorer part of the population as means for funding road projects.
He is said to have held up for ten years the erection of the city's South Bridge. Arnot died 20 November 1786, and left eight children.
He is buried in South Leith Parish Churchyard. His daughter Christian Arnot married Dr Peter Reid and was mother to David Boswell Reid.



Alternative names	John, II Kay
Description	Scottish caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death	1742	21 February 1826
Location of birth/death	Dalkeith	Edinburgh
Authority control	: Q1556464 VIAF: 54247002 ISNI: 0000 0000 7689 665X ULAN: 500004452 LCCN: nr93031894 NLA: 36025664 WorldCat