43-639: Henry Duncan may refer to: Henry Duncan (minister) (1774–1846), Scottish minister, geologist and social reformer; founder of the savings bank movement Henry Duncan (Royal Navy officer, born 1735) (1735–1814), naval captain and deputy comptroller of the Royal Navy Sir Henry Duncan (Royal Navy officer, born 1786) (1786–1835), Scottish sailor See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Henry Duncan James Henry Duncan (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
86-597: A committee on inquiry into the high price of bullion. He subsequently was appointed chairman of the Bullion Committee , where he "extended and confirmed his fame as a political economist by his share in the famous Bullion Report ". The committee produced its report on 8 June (but not published until August). On 20 February 1811 Horner advocated the repeal of restrictions on cash payments and on 6 May put forward sixteen resolutions in favour but they were countered on 26 June by government counter-resolutions. Horner believed
129-604: A few months later. He is buried in the Old English Cemetery at Livorno and has a statue in Westminster Abbey by the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey . He never married and had no children. G. F. R. Barker, writing in the Dictionary of National Biography in 1891, gave this assessment of Horner: Horner was a man of sound judgment and unassuming manners, of scrupulous integrity, and great amiability of character. He
172-613: A few years of practice went to London to train for the English bar at Lincoln's Inn and qualified there in 1807. In 1802, Horner was one of the founders (with Francis Jeffrey ) of the Edinburgh Review , and in the next few years he would contribute fourteen articles to that journal. He features as the character Frank the Tinker in John Paterson's Mare , James Hogg 's allegorical satire on
215-562: A manse and grounds that had been rendered very beautiful by his taste and skill. Henry Duncan was visited by Robert Murray M'Cheyne during his vacations in Ruthwell. Duncan was president of a Missionary Society. He also campaigned on behalf of Catholic Relief and on the Emancipation of Slaves. Duncan's first wife whom he married in November 1804 was Agnes Craig, daughter of his predecessor,
258-521: A paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh describing the discovery of the fossil footmarks of four legged vertebrate animals in the Permian red sandstone of Corncockle Quarry , near Lochmaben . The paper, published in 1831, was one of the first two scientific reports of a fossil track (the other being made by Mr. J. Grierson ). Duncan also corresponded with the palaeontologist Rev William Buckland about
301-458: A period to be sure of; England forms a part of Europe, and must share its vicissitudes and agitations. Horner further claimed that the British war policy should be based on "the principles by which Elizabeth was guided, and afterwards King William ; forbearing all little bye objects of gain and aggrandisement, and keeping steadily in view, through all fortunes and in the lowest depth of our despair,
344-558: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Henry Duncan (minister) Henry Duncan FRSE (8 October 1774 – 12 February 1846) was a Scottish minister , geologist and social reformer . The minister of Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire , he founded the world's first mutual savings bank that would eventually form part of the Trustee Savings Bank . He served as Moderator of
387-694: The Church of Scotland . Whilst in Edinburgh he joined the Speculative Society , and became intimate with the political figures, Francis Horner and Henry Brougham . In 1798 he was ordained as minister of the Church of Scotland and became Minister at Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire in 1799, where he spent the rest of his life. Duncan from the first was remarkable for the breadth of his views, especially in what concerned
430-613: The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1839. At the Disruption has left the Church of Scotland and sided with the Free Church . He was also a publisher, a philanthropist and an author, writing novels as well as works of science and religion. Duncan was born in 1774 at Lochrutton , Kirkcudbrightshire , where his father, George Duncan, was minister. As a boy he met the poet Robert Burns , who visited Lochrutton Manse. Duncan
473-466: The Royal Society of Edinburgh . His proposers were Sir James Hall, John Playfair and Thomas Allan . Horner was MP for St. Ives in 1806, Wendover in 1807, and St. Mawes in 1812 (in the patronage of the Marquess of Buckingham ). He translated Leonhard Euler 's Elements of Algebra in 1797 and revised Henry Bennet's Short Account of a late Short Administration for publication in 1807. Horner
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#1733085943656516-516: The University of Edinburgh . Speakers investigated Duncan's legacy in light of current social, financial, and religious dynamics. The Savings Bank Museum tells the story of early home savings in Britain . Duncan published some work anonymously. In 1821 he published another tale of humble Scottish life, — " The Young South-Country Weaver," a fit sequel to "The Cottage Fireside." In 1823 Duncan received
559-567: The Bourbon restoration in France and Naples. This led to disagreements with the Grenvillite faction and on 8 April he offered to resign his seat but was persuaded not to by Lord Grenville. On 28 April he voted for Samuel Whitbread's peace motion and again considered resignation but decided not to. After Napoleon's defeat he again opposed a conservative peace settlement, the expensive military establishment and
602-616: The Edinburgh publishing scene first published in the Newcastle Magazine in 1825. Through his involvement with the Edinburgh Review , Horner became acquainted with fellow Whig journalists. In June 1804 he wrote: ... in the general maxims and principles of Mr. Fox 's party , both with regard to the doctrine of the constitution, to foreign policy, and to the modes of internal legislation, I recognise those to which I have been led by
645-460: The French Revolution. The one result would revive our original persuasion, in its first ardour, that the people are not to subdued by foreign troops, unless the love of their country is lost in a contempt of their government. The other would sink me in final despair of ever living to see prosperity or liberty again in any part of Europe. In January 1811 Horner wrote: In the situation to which
688-448: The Rev. James Dodds of Dunbar. Duncan was a man of most varied accomplishments – manual, intellectual, social, and spiritual. With the arts of drawing, modelling, sculpture, landscape-gardening, and even the business of an architect, he was familiar, and his knowledge of literature and science was varied and extensive. In private and family life he was highly estimable, while his ministerial work
731-454: The Rev. John Craig. They had two sons and a daughter. Agnes Duncan died of influenza in 1832. Duncan's second wife, whom he married in 1836, was Mary Grey, daughter of George Grey of West Ord , sister of John Grey of Dilston, a well-known Northumbrian gentleman (see memoir by his daughter, Mrs. Josephine Butler) and Henry Grey (a minister), widow of the Rev. R. Lundie of Kelso , and mother of Mary Lundie Duncan and Jane Lundie Bonar . She
774-504: The ancient Whig politics of England, which are at present so much out of fashion, being hated by both parties". He read David Hume 's history in August 1800 and wrote: "The history of Britain, during the eighteenth century, haunts me like a dream; and I am alternately intoxicated with visions of historic laurels and of forensic eminence". He qualified as an advocate in Scotland in 1800 but after
817-522: The bullion report, with which his name is identified, produced no immediate legislative result, its effect upon public opinion was so great that Peel was enabled to pass his bill for the gradual resumption of cash payments by the bank a few years afterwards ( 59 Geo. III, c. 49 ). Lord Cockburn , in "Memorials of his Time," has recorded his conviction that "Horner was born to show what moderate powers, unaided by anything whatever except culture and goodness, may achieve, even when these powers are displayed amidst
860-510: The cause throughout the country. His influence was used to procure the first act of parliament passed to encourage such institutions. By speeches, lectures, and pamphlets he made the cause known far and wide. The scheme readily commended itself to all intelligent friends of the people, and the growing progress and popularity of the movement have received no check to the present day. Great though his exertions were, and large his outlay in this cause, he never received any reward or acknowledgement beyond
903-569: The continent of Europe is reduced, and in the situation which England commands, I cannot imagine a general peace of any duration; and without it, we can have no peace with France ... If the whole Continent were to be tranquillised into one empire, and should slumber for years in repose under a vigilant and well-organised despotism, no fate could be intended for us but annexation to the mass; nor could we devise any safety for ourselves, but by adopting public institutions, and by fostering sentiments of individual ambition and conduct, of which defensive war and
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#1733085943656946-527: The degree of D.D. from the University of St. Andrews . A number of years later (1826) he published, anonymously, a work of fiction in three volumes, " William Douglas ; or, The Scottish Exiles," intended to counteract Sir Walter Scott's aspersions on the Covenanters in " Old Mortality ." This was hailed as a work of real genius, and was remarkably well received by the Scottish public. In 1836 he published
989-597: The earlier stages of the controversy connected with the Scottish church he addressed letters on the subject to his old college friends Lord Brougham and the Marquis of Lansdowne , and to Lord Melbourne , home secretary. In 1839 Duncan became Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , and at the time of the Disruption of 1843 became one of the founding ministers of the Free Church of Scotland leaving
1032-563: The esteem of those who appreciated his work and the spirit in which it was done. Although Dr Duncan and the Ruthwell Savings Bank were hugely influential, the Bank itself was not a great success. By 1875 only 29 accounts remained, and these were transferred to Annan Savings Bank. The bicentenary of this event was celebrated with a conference held by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at
1075-497: The finest Anglo-Saxon crosses in Britain. This late 7th/early 8th century cross, which he discovered in his parish and restored in 1818, and on which volumes have since been written, is remarkable for its runic inscription, which contains excerpts from The Dream of the Rood , an Old English poem . He made a memorable contribution likewise to geological science. In 1828 Duncan presented
1118-735: The first volume of a work which reached ultimately to four volumes, entitled The Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons . It was well received, and ran through several editions. He also contributed to Tales of the Scottish Peasantry by Henry Duncan, D.D., and others. To the Transactions of the Scottish Antiquarian Society he contributed a description of a celebrated runic cross: the Ruthwell Cross (now in Ruthwell church), one of
1161-720: The heavy tax burden that it entailed. Horner's proposed Bill for regulation grand juries on indictments in Ireland was passed in 1816 and Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1816 became law. His proposal on 1 May to end the renewal of the Bank Restriction Act 1797 was defeated in the Commons by 146 votes to 73, as was his proposals to authorise cash payments in two years' time. In October 1816 his physicians advised him to visit Italy due to ill health. He resided in Pisa from December 1816 and died there
1204-431: The most rigid prejudices of local patriotism were constant objects ... It seems infinitely more probable, that the new empire of France will be perpetually disturbed by efforts in one member or another to throw off the yoke ... I conceive it would be the duty of this country ... to contribute from our resources every aid and encouragement to the insurgents. It is idle to sigh for peace, if it cannot be had upon system, and for
1247-407: The results of my own reflection, and by the tenor of my philosophical education. And I am ambitious to co-operate with that party, in labouring to realise those enlightened principles in the government of our own country ... All my feelings carry me towards that party; and all my principles confirm the predilection. Into that party, there, I resolve to enlist myself. In 1807 he was elected a Fellow of
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1333-488: The title The Cottage Fireside . He originated a newspaper, The Dumfries and Galloway Courier , of which he was editor for seven years. The measure which is most honourably connected with Duncan's name was the institution of savings banks . He is widely acknowledged to have formed the country's first savings bank in 1810, the Ruthwell Parish Savings Bank and Duncan was unceasing in his efforts to promote
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1376-464: The tracks. A cast of the tracks of Chelichnus duncani can be found in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The original fossils can be seen at Dumfries Museum . While at first not very decided between the moderate and the evangelical party in the church, Duncan soon sided with the latter, and became the intimate friend of such men as Dr. Thomas Chalmers and Dr. Andrew Thomson . In
1419-565: The two-party system hindered the rational debate of sensible policy solutions which prevented ideas being debated on their merits. In 1808 he supported the Spanish uprising against Napoleon, writing in July 1808: Spain! Spain! I am in a fever till I hear more about Dupont and the passes of the Sierra Morena ... the event (either way) will perhaps be the most decisive test of the genius and effects of
1462-503: The ultimate partition of the Continent into independent states, and the revival of a public law in Europe". After Napoleon's defeat in 1814, he criticised the peace settlement as "the plunder of Europe" by the "robbers of Vienna ". After Napoleon escaped from Elba and became ruler of France again, Horner was against the resumption of war and the tax burden needed to pay for it. He also opposed
1505-445: The welfare of the people, and the courage and ardour with which he promoted measures not usually thought to be embraced in the minister's rôle. In a time of scarcity he brought Indian corn from Liverpool. At the time when a French invasion was dreaded he raised a company of volunteers, of which he was the captain. He published a series of cheap popular tracts, contributing to the series some that were much prized, afterwards collected under
1548-439: Was a Scottish Whig politician, journalist, lawyer and political economist. He was born in Edinburgh the son of John Horner a linen merchant and his wife Joanna Baillie. The family lived originally on Princes Street then moved to 19 York Place. His younger brother was Leonard Horner . He had another younger brother, John Horner Esq. (1782-1829), and a younger sister, Frances Horner (1789-1876) who married Myles Byrne . He
1591-453: Was a correct and forcible speaker, and though without the gift of eloquence or humour, exercised a remarkable influence in the House of Commons, owing to his personal character. Few men, with such small advantages at the outset of their career, ever acquired in such a short space of time so great a reputation among their contemporaries. As a political economist Horner ranks deservedly high, and though
1634-512: Was a lady of considerable accomplishments and force of character, and author of several books. Duncan's son George John Craig Duncan was born in 1806. He became the minister at Kirkpatrick Durham . His wife was Isabelle Wight Duncan , who was a notable author. His second son, William Wallace Duncan, born in 1808, was the minister of Cleish and husband of his step-sister Mary Lundie Duncan . Henry Duncan's daughter Barbara referred to by Thomas Carlyle as "the bonny little Barbara Duncan" married
1677-556: Was also a member of the Speculative Society (with Henry Brougham ) and the Academy of Physics , the Chemical and Literary societies, as well as others. In May 1799 he read Henry Addington 's speech in favour of the union with Ireland, and wrote in his journal: "I like, throughout this speech, that familiar acquaintance with the principles and language of the constitution ... which ... awakens all my veneration (some of which may be prejudice) for
1720-491: Was carried on with great earnestness and delight. The stroke of paralysis that ended his life on 19 February 1846 fell on him while conducting a religious service in the cottage of an elder. The headquarters of TSB Bank (a descendant of the original Trustee Savings Bank) at 120 George Street is named Henry Duncan House . The following is a full list of Duncan's publications: Attribution Francis Horner Francis Horner FRSE (12 August 1778 – 8 February 1817)
1763-532: Was educated at the High School in Edinburgh under Dr Alexander Adam . He then spent a year at a private school in Shacklewell near London under John Hewlett . He then studied law at University of Edinburgh , where he was praised by Professor Dugald Stewart as an intellectual all-rounder. He left the university in 1795 and went with Rev. John Hewlett to Middlesex, where he almost lost his Scottish accent. He
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1806-459: Was educated in Dumfries at the Academy . After studying for two sessions at St. Andrews University he was sent to Liverpool to begin commercial life, and under the patronage of his relative, Dr. James Currie , the biographer of Robert Burns , his prospects of success were very fair; but his heart was not in business, and he soon left Liverpool to study at Edinburgh and Glasgow for the ministry of
1849-519: Was offered a Treasury secretaryship in 1811 when Lord Grenville was attempting to form a ministry, which he refused as he would not accept office until he was wealthy enough to survive out of office. A believer in political economy , he criticised the Corn Laws and slavery in 1813–15. On 20 March 1815 the City of London voted thanks to him for his critique of protectionism. On 1 February 1810 he moved for
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