Feature stories
Feature stories are online essays commissioned from members of the University of St Andrews community, in which the authors can discuss and reflect on one particular person or aspect of the Legacies of Empire project. Suggestions for new ‘features’ are welcome!
James Brydges (1673-1744) and the Chandos Chair, by Aileen Fyfe
In 1720, James Brydges, first duke of Chandos, gave £1,000 to the University of St…
Reflecting on the Berry Bequest (1889), by Tom Jones and Emma Sutton
At his death in 1889, David Berry left £100,000 to the University of St Andrews….
Margaret Tyndall Bruce (c.1780-1869) of Falkland and India, by Sarah Leith
In March 1828, Susan Elizabeth Low, of Clatto House, near Blebo Craigs, Fife, wrote to…
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International businessmen: the firm of Chalmers & Guthrie (1788-1897), by Matthew Ylitalo
The story behind the Guthrie Scholarship and Cheape Bursaries at the University of St Andrews…
Hugh Cleghorn (1752–1836), slavery and Sri Lanka, by Richard Whatmore
Hugh Cleghorn was Professor of Civil History at the University of St Andrews from 1773…
The colonial connections of Thomas Hay, 9th earl of Kinnoull (1710-1787), by Lorna Milne
If you take the A90 from Perth towards St Andrews, you will pass an imposing…
James Brydges (1673-1744) and the Chandos Chair, by Aileen Fyfe
In 1720, James Brydges, first duke of Chandos, gave £1,000 to the University of St…
The colonial ambitions of Principal George Hill, by Maia Sheridan
By all accounts, George Hill (1750-1819), principal of St Mary’s College in the University of…
Matthew Forster Heddle (1828-97) and Africa, by Julia Prest
Taken in isolation, the life and career of the renowned mineralogist Matthew Forster Heddle (known…
Andrew Bell (1753-1832): Virginia, Madras and St Andrews, by Sarah Leith
A donor to the University of St Andrews, alumnus Andrew Bell’s life began in the…
John Gray (1724-1811): alumnus, donor and abolitionist? By Sarah Rodriguez
John Gray was unusual for being one of the very few repeat donors to the…
The Imperial and Scientific Networks of William C. McIntosh (1838-1931), by Conall Treen
William Carmichael McIntosh, or M’Intosh, (1838-1931) is remembered both as a pioneer in marine zoology…