1. Cosmo Nelson Innes FRSE was a Scottish advocate, judge, historian and antiquary.
15 Facts About Cosmo Innes
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Cosmo Innes served as Advocate-Depute, Sheriff of Elginshire, and Principal Clerk of Session.
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Cosmo Innes was accused of being a Catholic sympathiser whilst it remained illegal, and joined the Scottish Episcopal Church, closer in some practices to the Catholic Church.
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Cosmo Innes's friends included Alexander Forbes Irvine, whose career closely paralleled his own.
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Cosmo Innes was educated at Edinburgh High School, then at the University of Edinburgh under Professor James Pillans.
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Cosmo Innes then undertook further studies at the universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow, and at Balliol College, Oxford graduating with a BA 1820.
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Cosmo Innes was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1822, and was appointed Professor of Constitutional Law and History at the University of Edinburgh in 1846.
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Cosmo Innes had offices with his brother, Thomas Innes, at 51 North Castle Street in the New Town.
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Cosmo Innes resigned from his post as Sheriff in 1852 to succeed Thomas Thomson in the role of Principal Clerk of Session in the Scottish Court of Session.
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Cosmo Innes was a member of the Spalding Club, Maitland Club and Bannatyne Club.
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In later life Cosmo Innes lived in Inverleith House in northern Edinburgh.
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Cosmo Innes died unexpectedly on 31 July 1874 at Killin while on a "Highland Tour".
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Cosmo Innes edited many historical manuscripts for the Bannatyne Club and other antiquarian clubs.
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Cosmo Innes frequently wrote for the Quarterly Review and North British Review.
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In 1826 Cosmo Innes married Isabella Rose, daughter of Hugh Rose of Kilravock.