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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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, England
surface form: London
politicalAlignment Scottish patriot
positionHeld Member of the Parliament of Scotland
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Saltoun Hall

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Fletcher hasNotableBearer Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun