William Blane FRS (1750 – 22 November 1835) was a British gentleman, landowner and author of miscellaneous articles.

Biography

Born in Blanefield, near Kirkoswald, in

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

, William Blane was a son of Gilbert Blane of Blanefield (d.1771) and Agnes McFadzen; Sir

Gilbert Blane Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet FRSE FRS MRCP (29 August 174926 June 1834) was a Scottish physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy. He saw action against both the French and Spanish fleets, and later served as a Co ...

was one of William Blane's brothers.Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
/ref> On 16 April 1795 Willam Blane was elected F.R.S. In 1802 he purchased

Foliejon Park Foliejon Park is a manorial country house in the civil parish of Winkfield in the English county of Berkshire. The building has been listed as Grade II since 7 December 1966 and was the temporary residence of King Haakon VII during the Nazi oc ...

. He was the author of ''Essays on Hunting'', which contains an account of the

Mogul Empire The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

Vizier's hunting expeditions. Blane also published in the ''

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'' is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society. In its earliest days, it was a private venture of the Royal Society's secretary. It was established in 1665, making it the first journa ...

'' a paper on the production of borax. One of his sons, William Newnham Blane (1800–1825), was the author of ''An excursion through the United States and Canada during the years 1822–1823''.

References

1750 births 1835 deaths 18th-century British landowners Fellows of the Royal Society People from Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire {{UK-bio-stub