BALLAN TINE

James . b. The West Port, Edinburgh 11 June 1808; a house painter at Edin. 1830; one of the first to revive the art of gla painting; executed the 12 stained gla windows in the House of Lords, Westminster, representing kings and queens both regnant and consort of the U.K.; sec. of committee of Burns centenary 1859; grand bard of Scottish Grand lodge of Freemasons about 1862 to death; contributed about 50 songs to Whistle-Binkie or the piper of the party 1832; author of The Gaberlunzie’s wallet 1843; A treatise on painted gla 1845; Poems 1856; Chronicle of the hundredth birthday of Robert Burns 1859, which contains reports of 872 Burns’ centenary meetings held all over the world 25 Jany. 1859; The Provost’s daughter , a musical farce in 2 acts performed at T.R. Edin. 1855; The Gaberlunzie , a drama in 3 acts 1858. d. War render lodge, Edinburgh 18 Dec. 1877. Whistle-Binkie ii, xiv-xxvii (1878); History of the lodge of Edinburgh by D. M. Lyons (1873) 50, 363, portrait .