William Ritchie (editor)

William Ritchie (1781 – 4 February 1831) was a Scottish lawyer, journalist and newspaper owner. Ritchie was born at Lundin Mill, Fife, where his father had a flax dressing business. At the age of 19 he moved to Edinburgh, and after some years employment in the offices of two firms of Writers to the Signet (solicitors), he became a member of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland in 1808. the Scotsman rendered greater service to the cause of reform than all its Scottish liberal contemporaries taken together. Ritchie was survived by his wife Alison Sandeman.

William Ritchie (editor)

William Ritchie (1781 – 4 February 1831) was a Scottish lawyer, journalist and newspaper owner. Ritchie was born at Lundin Mill, Fife, where his father had a flax dressing business. At the age of 19 he moved to Edinburgh, and after some years employment in the offices of two firms of Writers to the Signet (solicitors), he became a member of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland in 1808. the Scotsman rendered greater service to the cause of reform than all its Scottish liberal contemporaries taken together. Ritchie was survived by his wife Alison Sandeman.