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James Dennistoun of Dennistoun (1803–1855) was a Scottish advocate, antiquary and art collector. ==Life== Dennistoun, eldest son of James Dennistoun (died 1 June 1834) by Mary Ramsay, daughter of George Oswald of Auchencruive, was born in Dumbartonshire in 1803, and after receiving his education at the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1824. During a continental tour in 1825 and 1826, in which his companions were Mark Napier, Hamilton Gray, and Sir Charles Fergusson, the art and literature of Italy first engaged Dennistoun's attention. After his father's death he sold the family estate on the shores of the River Clyde; he purchased the farm of Dennistoun in Renfrewshire, the centre of the original possessions of his family in that county. In 1833 "James Dennistoun, advocate" is listed as living at 1 Albyn Place, a huge house at the north-east of Edinburgh's First New Town on the edge of the Moray Estate.〔http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83400183&mode=transcription〕 In 1836 he again went abroad, and spent twelve years away from home, chiefly devoting himself to literary research and art. The winter generally found him at Rome, while the summers were given to journeys in Italy and Germany. He formed a collection of early Italian pictures, drawings, and mediæval antiquities, with which he adorned his house in George Street, Edinburgh, his permanent home from 1847. He was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Renfrew, and became a member of most of the societies formed for collecting materials for illustrating the history of Scotland. Dennistoun married in 1835 Isabella Katharina, eldest daughter of the Hon. James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie. He died at 119 George Street, Edinburgh, 13 February 1855, aged fifty-two. Most of Dennistoun's collection of pictures, drawings, and antiquities was sold at Christie & Manson's on 14 June 1855. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Dennistoun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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