George Robertson (writer)

Life

Works

• General View of the Agriculture of the County of Midlothian, with Observations on the Means of its Improvement; drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, Edinburgh, 1793; London, 1794; Edinburgh, 1795. Two appendices cover dairy and garden management. Also for the Board of Agriculture, in 1813, he sketched the Agriculture of Kincardineshire, or the Mearns.
• Topographical Description of Ayrshire; more particularly of Cunninghame; together with a Genealogical Account of the principal Families in that Bailiwick, Irvine, 1820.
• A Genealogical Account of the Principal Families in Ayrshire, more particularly in Cunninghame, Irvine, 3 vols., 1823; with index and supplement, issued at Irvine, 1827.
• Rural Recollections; or the Progress of Improvement in Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Irvine, 1829. It covered changes in Scottish agriculture and in the condition of agricultural workers, from direct observation; with appendix of "Extracts respecting Manners and Customs".
• A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew, including an account of noble families: with a continuation of The Genealogical History of the Royal and Illustrious Family of the Stewarts, of George Crawfurd.