James Tytler (1745–1804) by Hannah Crowninshield, 1804 photography courtesy Peabody Essex Museum
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Tytler, James [called Balloon Tytler] (1745–1804), balloonist and radical
Meg Russell
Tytler, James [called Balloon Tytler] (1745–1804), balloonist and radical, was born on 17 December 1745 at the manse at Fern, Forfarshire, the fourth child of George Tytler (1705/6–1785), Church of Scotland minister in the presbytery of Brechin, and his wife, Janet Robertson (...