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1771–1832

Walter Scott

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A writer who planned a tartan royal visit.

Walter Scott wrote stories about the past.

He made many readers care about Scotland.

In 1822 he helped plan a visit by King George IV.

The visit was full of tartan.

Clan tartans as a strict uniform are mostly a later fashion, especially Victorian.