Session. In 1843 he became a member of the Edinburgh Calotype Club one of the world's first photographic societies. He was also a member of the Spalding Club, Maitland Club and Bannatyne Club. In 1858 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Scotland. His proposer was James Thomson Gibson-Craig. He served as the Society's Vice-President 1862–69. In later life Innes lived in Inverleith House in northern Edinburgh. The house still exists and is in the grounds of Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden. The Garden was formed from Innes' former garden grounds. He died unexpectedly on 31 July 1874 at Killin while on a "Highland Tour". He was buried on 5 August at Warriston Cemetery in Edinburgh. The grave lies on the east side of the main west path, just beyond the large Celtic cross to Horatio McCulloch. Given that Innes was one of the richest persons in Edinburgh, the gravestone is exceptionally modest. Works He was the author of Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Advocate (1854), Scotland in the Middle Ages (1860), Sketches of Early Scottish History (1861), Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities (1872) and Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1875, co-written with Dean Ramsay)). He also edited many historical manuscripts for the Bannatyne Club and other antiquarian clubs. He also frequently wrote for the Quarterly Review and North British Review. Photographic works include "A Tour: The Coast of Spain" (an album of 1857); Midcalder Church (1856); Dunrobin Castle (1856); and Elgin Cathedral (1856). Family In 1826 Innes married Isabella Rose, daughter of Hugh Rose of Kilravock. They had nine children: four girls and five boys. His daughter Katherine Innes married historian John Hill Burton in 1855, and another daughter Mary married Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Their other children included engineer W. K. Burton, the artist Mary Rose Hill Burton and the chemist Professor Cosmo Innes Burton FCS FRSE. From 1836 he and his wife were appointed the formal guardian of Miss Isabella Grant, daughter of Patrick Grant who had died in India. In 1844 her uncle Captain Alexander Grant challenged the guardianship, however the court found the challenge inappropriate as her home was wholly appropriate and was the will of her father. References External links Links to several of his works: - in Scots Katherine Burton, Memoir of Cosmo Innes (1874) 1798 births 1874 deaths 19th-century Scottish judges People educated at