Pub history

The Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott produced a string of highly successful novels, such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe. Knighted in 1820, Scott reinvented Highland society and the clan tartan. He rediscovered the Scottish crown and sceptre, which had been left, forgotten, in Edinburgh Castle. He also fought a successful defence of Scottish banknotes, with his portrait on current Bank of Scotland notes to recall this. He died in 1832, with a monument erected to him eight years later in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.