Charles Cordiner

Charles Cordiner (c. 1746–1794) was a Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquary.

The Reverend Charles Cordiner
Minister of St Andrew's Chapel, Banff
Appointed	1769
Personal details
Born	c. 1746
Died	18 November 1794 (aged 48) Banff, Aberdeenshire
Denomination	Scottish Episcopal Church

Life

Bothwell Castle (c. 1760s)

Charles Cordiner became Episcopalian minister of St Andrew's Chapel, Banff, in 1769. He became known as a writer on antiquities. He died at Banff on 18 November 1794, aged forty-eight, leaving a widow and eight children. James Cordiner was his son.

Works

He was the author of Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a series of Letters to Thomas Pennant, London, 1780; and Remarkable Ruins and Romantic Prospects of North Britain, with Ancient Monuments and singular subjects of Natural History, 2 vols. London, 1788–95. This last work, which is illustrated with engravings by Peter Mazell, was published in parts, but Cordiner did not live to see the publication of the last part.

Gallery

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  Hilton of Cadboll Stone
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  Nigg Stone

Remarkable Ruins and Romantic Prospects of North Britain, &c. (1788)

Sources

• Smitten, Jeffrey R. (2004). "Cordiner, Charles (1746?–1794), Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford UP. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cordiner, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 215.

External links

• "Rev Charles Cordiner". The British Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
• "The Rev. Charles Cordiner [(?1746-1794) antiquary] at Banff …". The National Archives. Retrieved 7 September 2022.