Surname: Outram Forename(s): George S. b. 25 March 1805. d. 15 September 1856. Nationality: Scottish.
Poet, journalist, and editor of the Glasgow Herald (starting in 1837). Educated in Edinburgh and had a ten-year career as a lawyer in
Edinburgh before accepting this editorship. Married Frances McRobbie on 28 Nov 1837.
Supporter of Scottish nationalism and member of the National Association for the Vindication
of Scottish Rights Movement. Worked to change the anti-cornlaw policy of the Glasgow Herald. This paper’s circulation increased almost twofold during his editorship. Died of
liver disease and buried in Edinburgh. Biographical Information: ODNB. (DD)