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Author: Lochore, Robert

Biography:

LOCHORE, Robert (1762-1852: ODNB)

The son of James Lochore and Janet (Finlay) Lochore, he was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire. Apprenticed to a shoemaker when he was twelve, he later set up business for himself. In 1786 he married Isobel Browning in Paisley; they had a number of children but not all survived to adulthood. Lochore was a friend of Burns; his elegy for Burns, Patie and Ralph, was published in 1797 but is too short to be included in the database. He founded the Annuity Society of Glasgow and contributed to other philanthropic institutions in the city. Many of his poems, tales, and an autobiography remained in manuscript at his death. (ancestry.co.uk 1 Oct 2019; ODNB 1 Oct 2019) SR

 

Books written (3):

The Foppish Taylor; or, Francy Disgraced. A True Tale.

Glasgow: Cameron and Murdoch, 1796

Willie’s Vision; or, The De’il Personified by Tam the Collier. A True Tale. . . . to which are added, A Young Kintry Laird’s Courtship, and A Jest.

Glasgow: Cameron and Murdoch, [1797?]

Tales in Rhyme, and Minor Pieces; in the Scottish Dialect.

Glasgow: [no publisher; printed by James Cameron], [1815?]