Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

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Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun was a Scottish writer, politician, and patriot of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, best known for his influential republican ideas and opposition to the 1707 Acts of Union between Scotland and England.

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Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun canonical 7
Andrew Fletcher 2

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instanceOf Scottish politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
republican thinker ⓘ
advocatedFor federal or confederal arrangements for Scotland ⓘ
birthDate 1655 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1716 ⓘ
educatedAt High School of Edinburgh ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots ⓘ
familyName Fletcher ⓘ
fieldOfWork Scottish politics ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Andrew ⓘ
honorificTitle of Saltoun ⓘ
influenced Scottish Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
later British republican writers ⓘ
influencedBy ancient Roman political thought ⓘ
classical republicanism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of an independent Scottish parliament ⓘ
critique of standing armies ⓘ
defence of a militia-based constitution ⓘ
opposition to the 1707 Acts of Union ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
movement civic humanism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
notableQuote “I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.” ⓘ
notableWork A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias ⓘ
An Account of a Conversation concerning a Right Regulation of Governments for the Common Good of Mankind ⓘ
Two Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland ⓘ
opposedTo Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
incorporating union with England ⓘ
participatedIn Scottish Parliament debates on the Act of Union ⓘ
placeOfBirth East Lothian ⓘ
Saltoun ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
politicalAlignment Scottish patriot ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Saltoun Hall ⓘ

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