Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805) - Revision history

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-[[File:IMG 1508.JPG | border | 200 px | right | thumb | Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805), engraved by William Roffe after David Martin (1860), [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]] (BX9225.C36 Car.)]]The theologian '''Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805)''' graduated from Edinburgh University in 1743 and was a member of the College Company of volunteers formed to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite Army in 1745. His posthumously published ''Autobiography'' is an invaluable record of Edinburgh life during the Enlightenment.
+[[File:IMG 1508.JPG | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805), engraved by William Roffe after David Martin (1860), [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]] (BX9225.C36 Car.)]]The theologian '''Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805)''' graduated from Edinburgh University in 1743 and was a member of the College Company of volunteers formed to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite Army in 1745. His posthumously published ''Autobiography'' is an invaluable record of Edinburgh life during the Enlightenment.
 == Early Years ==
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 == Carlyle and the Edinburgh Enlightenment ==
-[[File:IMG 1513.JPG | border | 200 px | right | thumb | Carlyle's defence against libel brought by Presbytery of Dalkeith, 1757, [[Laing Collection]], [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]] (La.II.483/7)]]After a year at Leiden, Carlyle was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Haddington, and in 1748 became Minister of Inveresk, where he remained until his death. He rose to be a leading member of the moderate party in the Church of Scotland, espousing the Enlightenment principles of liberal education, polite learning, and religious toleration. He played a prominent role in the wider intellectual life of Edinburgh. He was a leading light of the influential debating club, the Select Society, and its successor, the Poker Club, both major crucibles of Enlightenment thought. Carlyle’s extensive connections are recorded in his ''Autobiography'', one of the most important first-hand accounts of eighteenth-century cultural life.
+[[File:IMG 1513.JPG | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Carlyle's defence against libel brought by Presbytery of Dalkeith, 1757, [[Laing Collection]], [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]] (La.II.483/7)]]After a year at Leiden, Carlyle was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Haddington, and in 1748 became Minister of Inveresk, where he remained until his death. He rose to be a leading member of the moderate party in the Church of Scotland, espousing the Enlightenment principles of liberal education, polite learning, and religious toleration. He played a prominent role in the wider intellectual life of Edinburgh. He was a leading light of the influential debating club, the Select Society, and its successor, the Poker Club, both major crucibles of Enlightenment thought. Carlyle’s extensive connections are recorded in his ''Autobiography'', one of the most important first-hand accounts of eighteenth-century cultural life.
 In 1757 Carlyle controversially defended his friend John Home’s tragedy ''Douglas'' against censure from his fellow clergy. For many Presbyterians, theatre-going was intrinsically immoral. When Carlyle attended a performance of Douglas at the Canongate Theatre, the Presbytery of Dalkeith framed a libel against him, which was ultimately quashed by the General Assembly. The experience inspired Carlyle's ironical pamphlet ''An Argument to Prove, that the Tragedy of Douglas Ought to Be Publicly Burnt by the Hands of the Hangman''.

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 == Carlyle and the Edinburgh Enlightenment ==
-After a year at Leiden, Carlyle was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Haddington, and in 1748 became Minister of Inveresk, where he remained until his death. He rose to be a leading member of the moderate party in the Church of Scotland, espousing the Enlightenment principles of liberal education, polite learning, and religious toleration. He played a prominent role in the wider intellectual life of Edinburgh. He was a leading light of the influential debating club, the Select Society, and its successor, the Poker Club, both major crucibles of Enlightenment thought. Carlyle’s extensive connections are recorded in his ''Autobiography'', one of the most important first-hand accounts of eighteenth-century cultural life.
+[[File:IMG 1513.JPG | border | 200 px | right | thumb | Carlyle's defence against libel brought by Presbytery of Dalkeith, 1757, [[Laing Collection]], [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]] (La.II.483/7)]]After a year at Leiden, Carlyle was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Haddington, and in 1748 became Minister of Inveresk, where he remained until his death. He rose to be a leading member of the moderate party in the Church of Scotland, espousing the Enlightenment principles of liberal education, polite learning, and religious toleration. He played a prominent role in the wider intellectual life of Edinburgh. He was a leading light of the influential debating club, the Select Society, and its successor, the Poker Club, both major crucibles of Enlightenment thought. Carlyle’s extensive connections are recorded in his ''Autobiography'', one of the most important first-hand accounts of eighteenth-century cultural life.
 In 1757 Carlyle controversially defended his friend John Home’s tragedy ''Douglas'' against censure from his fellow clergy. For many Presbyterians, theatre-going was intrinsically immoral. When Carlyle attended a performance of Douglas at the Canongate Theatre, the Presbytery of Dalkeith framed a libel against him, which was ultimately quashed by the General Assembly. The experience inspired Carlyle's ironical pamphlet ''An Argument to Prove, that the Tragedy of Douglas Ought to Be Publicly Burnt by the Hands of the Hangman''.

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 After a year at Leiden, Carlyle was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Haddington, and in 1748 became Minister of Inveresk, where he remained until his death. He rose to be a leading member of the moderate party in the Church of Scotland, espousing the Enlightenment principles of liberal education, polite learning, and religious toleration. He played a prominent role in the wider intellectual life of Edinburgh. He was a leading light of the influential debating club, the Select Society, and its successor, the Poker Club, both major crucibles of Enlightenment thought. Carlyle’s extensive connections are recorded in his ''Autobiography'', one of the most important first-hand accounts of eighteenth-century cultural life.
-Carlyle controversially defended his friend John Home’s tragedy ''Douglas'' against censure from his fellow ministers. He contended that theatre was not intrinsically immoral, as many Presbyterian believed. His ironical pamphlet ''An Argument to Prove, that the Tragedy of Douglas Ought to Be Publicly Burnt by the Hands of the Hangman'' led to a charge being brought against Carlyle by the Presbytery of Dalkeith which was quashed by the General Assembly in 1757.
+In 1757 Carlyle controversially defended his friend John Home’s tragedy ''Douglas'' against censure from his fellow clergy. For many Presbyterians, theatre-going was intrinsically immoral. When Carlyle attended a performance of Douglas at the Canongate Theatre, the Presbytery of Dalkeith framed a libel against him, which was ultimately quashed by the General Assembly. The experience inspired Carlyle's ironical pamphlet ''An Argument to Prove, that the Tragedy of Douglas Ought to Be Publicly Burnt by the Hands of the Hangman''.
 Influenced perhaps by his youthful experience with the College Company, Carlyle was a strong advocate of a Scottish militia to provide national defence at times of foreign conflict. Although liberal on domestic affairs, he was a staunch support of British military intervention to combat the American and French Revolutions.

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−	[[File:IMG 1508.JPG \| border \| ~~250~~ px \| right \| thumb \| Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805), engraved by William Roffe after David Martin (1860), [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]] (BX9225.C36 Car.)]]The theologian '''Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805)''' graduated from Edinburgh University in 1743 and was a member of the College Company of volunteers formed to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite Army in 1745. His posthumously published ''Autobiography'' is an invaluable record of Edinburgh life during the Enlightenment.	+	[[File:IMG 1508.JPG \| border \| 200 px \| right \| thumb \| Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805), engraved by William Roffe after David Martin (1860), [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]] (BX9225.C36 Car.)]]The theologian '''Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805)''' graduated from Edinburgh University in 1743 and was a member of the College Company of volunteers formed to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite Army in 1745. His posthumously published ''Autobiography'' is an invaluable record of Edinburgh life during the Enlightenment.

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 == Carlyle and the College Company ==
-He was preparing to set out for a further year’s study in Leiden, when the Jacobite Rebellion broke out in August 1745. In September, Carlyle joined the College Company of volunteers that formed to defend the City of Edinburgh. After the city capitulated, he made his way to Dunbar and offered his services to Sir John Cope, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Scotland. He served as a scout on the eve of the Battle of Prestonpans and, after an overwhelming Jacobite victory, helped tend wounded Hanoverian officers. He left a full and somewhat farcical account of the actions the College Company in his ''Autobiography'', as well as irreverent pen-portraits of the professors of Edinburgh University during his undergraduate years. See [[The University and the '45]] for more details.
+He was preparing to set out for a further year’s study in Leiden, when the Jacobite Rebellion broke out in August 1745. In September, Carlyle joined the College Company of volunteers that formed to defend the City of Edinburgh. After the city capitulated, he made his way to Dunbar and offered his services to Sir John Cope, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Scotland. He served as a scout on the eve of the Battle of Prestonpans (21 September 1745) and, after an overwhelming Jacobite victory, helped tend wounded Hanoverian officers. He left a full and somewhat farcical account of the actions the College Company in his ''Autobiography'', as well as irreverent pen-portraits of the professors of Edinburgh University during his undergraduate years. See [[The University and the '45]] for more details.
 == Carlyle and the Edinburgh Enlightenment ==

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	== Early Years ==		== Early Years ==

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	== Early Years ==		== Early Years ==