Archibald Bell (writer)

Archibald Bell FRSE (1776–1854) was a Scottish advocate and miscellaneous writer.

He was born in Edinburgh the son of John Bell WS, a lawyer on 9 March 1776 (the Dictionary of National Biography states 1755).

Admitted a member of the faculty of advocates, Edinburgh in 1795, he was appointed Sheriff-Depute of Ayrshire in August 1815.

Melodies of Scotland,' 1849; the last being an attempt to supply words for the old national airs of such a correct and conventional type as not to offend the susceptibilities of the most fastidious.

The verses are generally tasteful and spirited, but in no case have they been successful in supplanting those associated with the old melodies.