written "A Dialogue between the Devil and George II", a perusal of which, in 1746, caused the Duke of Cumberland to offer a reward of £100. for the author 'alive or dead.' He may also have been the author of a ballad entitled "Schism Displayed". References Year of birth missing 1756 deaths 18th-century Scottish poets 18th-century Scottish people Scottish male poets Scottish songwriters Scottish Jacobites People from Aberdeenshire Scottish schoolteachers Scottish political writers Scottish Presbyterians