Forbes

Duncan, 2 Scotch jurist; born near Inverne , Scotland, Nov. 10, 1685. He studied at Paris, Utrecht, and Edinburgh, and rose, in 1737, to the rank of president of the Court of Se ion, It was mainly owing to his exertions that the rebellion of 1745 was prevented from spreading more widely among the clans; but so ungratefully was he treated by the government, that he was never able to obtain repayment of the various sums he had expended to uphold it. He was the author of ‘‘ Thoughts on Religion,” the “ Culloden Papers,” ete. He died Dec. 10, 1747. The Astor Library contains an interesting work about him.