Introduction

Biography

Norval was the son of Cap­tain John Clyne of the Roy­al Scots Re­gi­ment, and hus­band of Eli­za Notman.

He gra­du­at­ed MA from Mar­is­chal Col­lege, Uni­ver­si­ty of Aber­deen.

In 1846, he be­came a mem­ber of the So­ci­ety of Ad­vo­cates in Ab­er­deen. He served on the Com­mit­tee which com­piled the draft Hym­nal for the Scot­tish Church, 1857.

Works

• Aberdeen Hym­nal
• Ballads and Lays from Scot­tish His­to­ry (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: R. Shand, 1844)
• The Ro­man­tic Scot­tish Ball­ads and the La­dy Ward­law He­re­sy (Ab­er­deen, Scot­land: A. Brown, 1859
• Ballads from Scot­tish His­to­ry (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: Ed­mond­ston & Doug­las, 1863)
• The Lost Ea­gle and Oth­er Vers­es, 1880
• The Scot­tish Ja­cob­ites and Their Po­et­ry