Bruce Lenman

Bruce Philip Lenman is a historian and author specializing in the Jacobean era of Scottish politics, whose books have been described as “major works” by The Scottish Historical Review.

Biography Lenman was born in Aberdeen in April 1938 to Jacob and May Lenman (nee Wishart). He studied at Aberdeen Grammar School before attending the University of Aberdeen and later St John’s College Cambridge as a post graduate.

He went on to hold numerous positions lecturing at various American universities, having established a base in St Andrews, whose University duly granted him the title of Emeritus upon his retirement.

Family He is the paternal uncle of musician Jamie Lenman.

Selected bibliography

1975 - From Esk to Tweed 1977 - Economic History of Modern Scotland 1980 – The Jacobite Risings in Britain, 1689-1746 1984 - Jacobite Clans of the Great Glen, 1650-1784 1986 - The Jacobite Cause 1992 - The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British Politics Since 1914 1993 - Integration and Enlightenment: Scotland, 1746-1832 1995 - "Jacobean Goldsmith-Jewellers as Credit-Creators: The Cases of James Mossman, James Cockie and George Heriot", Scottish Historical Review, 74:198 Part 2 (October 1995), pp. 159–177. 2000 - England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688 2001 - Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688-1783 2009 - Enlightenment and Change: Scotland 1746-1832