1 10 24 https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/02a451d9561447a9c2b83e897ee4bd23.jpg 87a8b900436c6d26f929009a12bc7c01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A.P.Watt Description An account of the resource Dates: 1838 – 3 November 1914. Occupation: Literary agent Nationality: Scottish Born in Glasgow, the son of a Free Church minister. Moved to London in 1871, working as a reader and later a partner for the publisher Alexander Strahan. Around 1875 he began managing the business affairs of his friend, the novelist George MacDonald, at first without charge, before recognising the commercial potential of representing authors formally in negotiations with publishers. By 1881 he had established himself professionally as a literary and advertising agent, founding A.P. Watt & Co. — generally regarded as the world's first literary agency. He set his commission at ten per cent, a rate that became the industry standard. Watt represented many of the leading authors of the day and did much to define the professional role and standing of the literary agent in Britain. Died Marylebone, London, 3 November 1914. The agency passed to his son and grandsons as A.P. Watt & Son, and survives today, merged into United Agents. Connection to S.R. Crockett: Following Crockett's breakthrough with The Stickit Minister (1893), Watt took him on as a client and managed his professional and publishing affairs across dozens of works placed with British and American publishers and periodicals. https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/30fee5c9194abdd5bc82c578b1726533.jpg 55da48e701af6d0adf40aa2d69a79e96 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lord Rosebery Description An account of the resource Rosebery, 5th Earl of (1847–1929) 7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929. Statesman, author. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and 1st Earl of Midlothian. Born London, 7 May 1847; father died 1851, succeeded his grandfather to the earldom in 1868, inheriting extensive Scottish estates in Midlothian including Dalmeny House and Barnbougle Castle. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, which he left without a degree. Liberal politician; never sat in the House of Commons. Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office with responsibility for Scottish affairs, 1881–83; Foreign Secretary in Gladstone's third and fourth ministries; first Chairman of the London County Council, 1889; Prime Minister, 5 March 1894 – 22 June 1895, succeeding Gladstone. Resigned the Liberal Party leadership in 1896. Subsequently a writer of literary and political biography. Married 1878 Hannah de Rothschild; she died 1890. His horse Ladas won the Derby in 1894; further Derby victories in 1895 and 1905. Died Epsom, Surrey, 21 May 1929. Connection to S.R. Crockett: As a prominent Scottish nobleman, Liberal statesman, and literary man with Midlothian estates, Rosebery was part of the cultural and political world within which Crockett's reputation was made. His brief, turbulent premiership (1894–95) coincides precisely with Crockett's breakthrough years, and Scottish affairs — including the literary life of Scotland — were among his known interests. Crockett referenced ‘Ladas’ in Little Esson Covenanting history Ladas Little Esson Reform Club Seaton House St Andrews https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/614f66c0c6f511f29e86a7dde7d485ac.jpg 3c51f15a7545edaafe05410c201bf940 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph Pennell Description An account of the resource Pennell, Joseph (1857–1926) 4 July 1857 – 23 April 1926. American Artist, illustrator, printmaker, author. Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Quaker parents. Studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Relocated to London in 1884 on a commission from Century Magazine; based in London 1884–1917, then in New York until his death. Prolific etcher, lithographer, and illustrator, producing over 1,800 prints; closely associated with James McNeill Whistler, whose champion and biographer (jointly with his wife Elizabeth Robins Pennell) he became. Illustrated approximately one hundred books; work appeared regularly in Century, Harper's, and McClure's. Taught at the Slade School of Art and the Art Students League of New York. Principal publications include Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen (1889) and The Life of James McNeill Whistler (with E.R. Pennell, 1908). Collections held at the Library of Congress, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Died Brooklyn, 23 April 1926. Connection to S.R. Crockett: Pennell illustrated some of Crockett’s works, most notably Raiderland: All About Grey Galloway (1904), providing the visual interpretation of the Galloway landscape that Crockett's text describes. Archive letters demonstrate their friendship. artist Galloway illustration maps Pennell Raiderland Seaton House https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/8b87929b4decda84aeb8e54ab1f503c0.jpg f422fc4a03c12f251c0d127e2507bc3f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Tom Morris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Morris, Old Tom (1821–1908) 16 June 1821 – 24 May 1908. Professional golfer, greenkeeper, clubmaker, golf course designer. Born Thomas Mitchell Morris, St Andrews, son of a weaver. Apprenticed at age fourteen to Allan Robertson, generally regarded as the world's first professional golfer. Appointed Keeper of the Green at the newly formed Prestwick Golf Club in 1851; returned to St Andrews as Keeper of the Green and professional to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in 1864, a post he held until 1903. Won the Open Championship four times: 1861, 1862, 1864, and 1867; the oldest winner on record at forty-six. Ran a clubmaking shop at 7 The Links, St Andrews, opposite the 18th green of the Old Course — the oldest continuously operating golf shop in the world — from 1866 until his death. Designed or redesigned approximately seventy-five golf courses, including Prestwick, Royal Dornoch, Muirfield, and Carnoustie. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976. Died 24 May 1908 after a fall at the New Club, St Andrews; buried at St Andrews Cathedral. Connection to S.R. Crockett: Crockett played with Old Tom Morris, beating him on one marked occasion as noted in letters. golf St Andrews Tom Morris https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/53beb5d10e5bade5ad1ecf38e0873f6b.jpg 0cbac77ce90d0d7da1c9fcf2b4345381 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Willie Auchterlonie Description An account of the resource Auchterlonie, Willie (1872–1963) 7 August 1872 – 27 February 1963. Professional golfer, clubmaker, golf course designer. Born St Andrews; began working life as apprentice to the clubmakers R. Forgan & Son. Won the Open Championship at Prestwick in 1893, aged twenty-one, playing with clubs of his own making — the second youngest Open Champion on record, after Young Tom Morris. After a brief period of competitive play, devoted himself primarily to clubmaking, founding the firm D. & W. Auchterlonie in St Andrews. Named honorary professional to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1935, in succession to Old Tom Morris and Andrew Kirkaldy, a position he held for nearly a quarter-century. His brother Laurie Auchterlonie won the US Open in 1902. Died Kirkcaldy, 27 February 1963. Connection to S.R. Crockett: Auchterlonie was the pre-eminent golfer and clubmaker of St Andrews during the years of Crockett's active career. He made Crockett a set of left handed clubs that were kept in the shop. https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/9a8444e3758feb2ecb20495723a2ea7c.jpg 0cbac77ce90d0d7da1c9fcf2b4345381 https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/6d6f91a48a7668eb3c8d151db76eed33.jpg d475a9b7ce72c9ffae4460b2f05c20cd https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/af745b21e8b7387a36ee8f4683f67e7f.jpg 107d686ec325f0dd0439098949b2a63b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Willie Auchterlonie Description An account of the resource Auchterlonie, Willie (1872–1963) 7 August 1872 – 27 February 1963. Professional golfer, clubmaker, golf course designer. Born St Andrews; began working life as apprentice to the clubmakers R. Forgan & Son. Won the Open Championship at Prestwick in 1893, aged twenty-one, playing with clubs of his own making — the second youngest Open Champion on record, after Young Tom Morris. After a brief period of competitive play, devoted himself primarily to clubmaking, founding the firm D. & W. Auchterlonie in St Andrews. Named honorary professional to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1935, in succession to Old Tom Morris and Andrew Kirkaldy, a position he held for nearly a quarter-century. His brother Laurie Auchterlonie won the US Open in 1902. Died Kirkcaldy, 27 February 1963. Connection to S.R. Crockett: Auchterlonie was the pre-eminent golfer and clubmaker of St Andrews during the years of Crockett's active career. He made Crockett a set of left handed clubs that were kept in the shop. https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/04b54bf5305f147833a11f2ad31e015f.jpg 2fc07ffdca3fe18a78a526aacba85758 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Major James B. Pond Description An account of the resource Born Cuba, New York; raised in Illinois and Wisconsin. Served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major; awarded the Medal of Honor for actions at the Battle of Baxter Springs, 1863. In 1874 purchased the Lyceum Theatre Lecture Bureau in Boston, moving his operation to New York City in 1879. Became the leading American lecture agent of his era, managing platform tours for Mark Twain, Henry Ward Beecher, Henry Morton Stanley, Winston Churchill, Frederick Douglass, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, and many others. Pioneer in bringing British and European celebrities to American audiences. Published A Summer in England with Henry Ward Beecher (1887) and Eccentricities of Genius: Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage (1900). Died 21 June 1903; succeeded by his son James B. Pond Jr. Connection to S.R. Crockett: Pond was the principal American lecture agent for British authors during the 1890s and managed American tours for several writers in Crockett's immediate circle. He never managed to persuade Crockett to go to America on a literary tour. golf Kodak literary tour Major Pond photography St Andrews https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/a94dde91c4c3434561022c8d9fb035bb.jpg 18ba645ffd2e4e2aca3c4d00dc2ab987 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James V of Scotland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Wallace Description An account of the resource Born 17th November 1843 Culross Fife, son of Jasper Wallace, master-gardener. Educated at the Geddes Institution, Culross; Aberdeen Grammar School and University (MA). Taught classics at Ayr Academy before entering journalism as assistant-editor of the Edinburgh Courant, then editor of the Dumfries Herald. Contributed to Fraser's Magazine, the Spectator, the Echo, and other London papers while qualifying for the Bar. Joined the Glasgow Herald in 1888 as assistant-editor; editor 1906–09. Principal works: Scotland Yesterday (1891); the revised Chambers' Life and Works of Robert Burns (1892), for which Glasgow University awarded him the LL.D; and the edited Burns-Dunlop correspondence (1898). Contributed the Burns and Carlyle entries to Chambers' Cyclopaedia of Literature. Connection to S.R. Crockett: Reviewed many of Crockett's works in the literary press of the day, including for The Academy, the British Weekly, and The Bookman. A significant figure in the critical reception of Crockett's fiction throughout his career. https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/files/original/4b8b786a7cea2f162dcdb8731dbd2a49.jpg 47e9426868ae3b20859211abf00c51e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEOPLE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sir Walter Scott Description An account of the resource Dates: 15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832 Occupation: Novelist, poet, historian, lawyer Nationality: Scottish Born Edinburgh, son of a solicitor. Childhood polio left him lame; convalesced at Sandyknowe, Scottish Borders, where he absorbed Border history and oral tradition. Called to the bar 1792; Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire from 1799. Established as a poet by the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802–03), The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), and The Lady of the Lake (1810). Turned to fiction with Waverley (1814), published anonymously as 'Author of Waverley'; acknowledged authorship 1827. The subsequent Waverley Novels — including Rob Roy (1817), The Heart of Midlothian (1818), and Ivanhoe (1819) — transformed the European literary landscape. Generally regarded as the inventor of the historical novel. Died Abbotsford, 21 September 1832; buried Dryburgh Abbey. Connection to S.R. Crockett: One of Crockett’s boyhood literary heroes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wikipedia, 'Walter Scott' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott). Verified April 2026. Britannica, 'Sir Walter Scott' (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Scott). Verified April 2026. National Library of Scotland, 'Sir Walter Scott and his historical influences' (https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/sir-walter-scott-and-his-historical-influences/). Verified April 2026. Subject The topic of the resource https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/sir-walter-scott-and-his-historical-influences/ Sir Walter Scott