A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Tytler, William

by John William Cousin

Tytler, William (1711-1792).—Historical writer, was a lawyer in Edin., and wrote An Inquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, in which he combated the views of Robertson. He discovered the King's Quhair of James I., and pub. in 1783 The Poetical Remains of James I., King of Scotland, with a Life.