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As the second oldest in a
family of seven, John Harrison C.B.E., LL.D., D.L., F.R.S.E., [Master
Clothier] was born in Edinburgh in 1847 to George Harrison and Jane
Archbald. His father George, born in Stonehaven in 1813, was a prominent
Tweed Merchant in Edinburgh who later became Sir George Harrison M.P.,
LL.D. In 1879, John
married Helen Roberts in Selkirk and they had six children, George,
Agnes, Jane, John, Helen and Alexander before 1891. During this period
John published two books, 'Oure Tounis Colledge' [1884] ..... Sketches
of the history of the old college of Edinburgh, and 'The
Scot in Ulster' [1888] ... Sketch of the history of the Scottish
population of Ulster up to 1888. Later in life, when Chairman of the
Edinburgh Public Library Committee, he also published a third book, 'The
History of The Monastery of the Holy-Rood and of The Palace of Holyrood
House' [1919]. John died in Edinburgh on the 10th of July, 1922, aged 74
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