and Henry Yule liked to play with the
    idea, much in the same way that he took humorous pleasure in his
    reputed descent from Michael Scott, the Wizard! (This tradition was
    more historical, however, and stood thus:  Yule’s great grandmother was
    a Scott of Ancrum, and the Scotts of Ancrum had established their
    descent from Sir Michael Scott of Balwearie, reputed to be the
    Wizard.) Be their origin what it may, Yule’s forefathers had been
    already settled on the Border hills for many generations, when in the
    time of James VI. they migrated to the lower lands of East Lothian,
    where in the following reign they held the old fortalice of Fentoun
    Tower of Nisbet of Dirleton.  When Charles II. empowered his Lord Lyon
    to issue certificates of arms (in place of the Lyon records removed
    and lost at sea by the Cromwellian Government), these Yules were among
    those who took out confirmation of arms, and the original document is
    still in the possession of the head of the family.

Though Yules of sorts are still to be found in Scotland, the present writer is the only member of the Fentoun Tower family now left in the country, and of the few remaining out of it most are to be found in the Army List.

[2] The literary taste which marked William Yule probably came to him from
    his grandfather, the Rev. James Rose, Episcopal Minister of Udny, in
    Aberdeenshire.  James Rose, a non-jurant (i.e. one who refused to
    acknowledge allegiance to the Hanoverian King), was a man of devout,
    large, and tolerant mind, as shown by writings still extant.  His
    father, John Rose, was the younger son of the 14th Hugh of Kilravock. 
    He married Margaret Udny of Udny, and was induced by her to sell his
    pleasant Ross-shire property and invest the proceeds in her own bleak
    Buchan.  When George Yule (about 1759) brought home Elizabeth Rose as
    his wife, the popular feeling against the Episcopal Church was so
    strong and bitter in Lothian, that all the men of the family—­
    themselves Presbyterians—­accompanied Mrs. Yule as a bodyguard on the
    occasion of her first attendance at the Episcopal place of worship. 
    Years after, when dissensions had arisen in the Church of Scotland,
    Elizabeth Yule succoured and protected some of the dissident
    Presbyterian ministers from their persecutors.

[3] General Collinson in Royal Engineers’ Journal 1st Feb. 1890.  The
    gifted author of this excellent sketch himself passed away on 22nd
    April 1902.

[4] The grave thoughtful face of William Yule was conspicuous in the
    picture of a Durbar (by an Italian artist, but not Zoffany), which
    long hung on the walls of the Nawab’s palace at Lucknow.  This picture
    disappeared during the Mutiny of 1857.