The ''North British Review'' was a Scottish periodical. It was founded in 1844 to act as the organ of the new

Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland may refer to: * Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United Free Church of Scotland; historical * Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), rema ...

, the first editor being

David Welsh David Welsh FRSE (11 December 179324 April 1845) was a Scottish divine and academic. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1842. In the Disruption of 1843 he was one of the leading figures in the establishmen ...

. It was published until 1871; in the last few years of its existence it had a liberal Catholic editorial policy. Under Lord Acton's influence the ''Review'' took on a different character, with Aurelio Buddeus and Constantin Frantz writing on European affairs. Its editorial line rose above nationalistic politics, and was strongly opposed to

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of J ...

Editors

*1845–6

Edward Francis Maitland Edward Francis Maitland, Lord Barcaple (1803–1870) was a Scottish advocate and judge and Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born at 36 George Square in Edinburgh on 16 April 1803, the son of Adam Maitland of Dundrennan. He was ed ...

*1847 William Hanna *1850–7 Alexander Campbell Fraser *1857 John Duns *1860–3 William Garden Blaikie *c.1864 David Douglas; publisher in 1868–9. *1869 Thomas Frederick Wetherell, for a group around Lord Acton.

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