William Glen (poet)

William Glen ( born November 14, 1789 in Glasgow, † December 1826 ) was a Scottish poet. Some time was spent in the West Indies. Back in Scotland, he founded his own company. In 1814 he retired, supported by a Russian uncle. In 1818 he married Catherine Macfarlane, daughter of a merchant from Glasgow. Together with her ​​brother he operated a farm in Port Monteith, Perthshire. He died in poverty. He wrote several poems, but the only one that survived him, was the Jacobite ballad, Wae 's me for Prince Charlie.

• Writer (Glasgow )
• Author
• Scotsman
• Born in 1789
• Died in 1826
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