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Henry Steuart of Allanton - agriculturalist and scholar
Sir Henry Seton Steuart, Bt., LL.D, FRSE (1759-1836), 11th of Allanton, son of James Steuart, 10th of Allanton. Descended from Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl.
Author of The Planter´s Guide, an agriculturalist and scholar. He joined the army in 1778 and served in the Light Dragoons until his retiral in 1787. He then settled at Allanton and devoted the rest of his life to literature and the improvement of his estate.
He experimented in the transplanting of trees and became a noted arboriculturalist, a friend of Sir Walter Scott and many other notable people of his day. His book was so popular that it went somewhat to his head and Scott, who had reviewed it favourably in the Quarterly said of him that "Sir Henry is a sad coxcomb, and lifted above the solid earth by the effect of his book´s success; but the book well deserves it".
Author of The Planter´s Guide, an agriculturalist and scholar. He joined the army in 1778 and served in the Light Dragoons until his retiral in 1787. He then settled at Allanton and devoted the rest of his life to literature and the improvement of his estate.
He experimented in the transplanting of trees and became a noted arboriculturalist, a friend of Sir Walter Scott and many other notable people of his day. His book was so popular that it went somewhat to his head and Scott, who had reviewed it favourably in the Quarterly said of him that "Sir Henry is a sad coxcomb, and lifted above the solid earth by the effect of his book´s success; but the book well deserves it".
