Joseph IrvingFSA Scot (1830–1891) was a Scottish journalist, historian and annalist.
Born atDumfries on 2 May 1830, he was son of Andrew Irving, a joiner. After being educated at the parish school ofTroqueer, over theRiver Nith from Dumfries, he served an apprenticeship as a printer in the office of theDumfries Standard.[1]
Irving then worked practised as compositor and journalist in Dumfries andSunderland. He was for a time on the staff of theMorning Chronicle in London, and in 1854 became editor of theDumbarton Herald. For some years afterwards he was a bookseller inDumbarton, and started in 1867 theDumbarton Journal, which was unsuccessful.[1]
In 1860 Irving became a fellow of theSociety of Antiquaries of Scotland, and in 1864 an honorary member of the Archæological Society of Glasgow. He disposed of his Dumbarton business in 1869 on the death of his wife, who had been involved with him in his enterprises. After living a few years inRenton, Dumbartonshire, he settled inPaisley in 1880, where he wrote for theGlasgow Herald and other journals.[1]
After some years of uncertain health, Irving died at Paisley, on 2 September 1891.[1]
Irving wrote:[1]
He also published:Memoir of the Smolletts of Bonhill;Memoir of the Dennistouns of Dennistoun, 1859; andDumbarton Burgh Records, 1627–1746, 1860; and a substantive paper on the "Origin and Progress of Burghs in Scotland", in theTransactions of the Archæological Society of Glasgow.[1]
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Irving, Joseph".Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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