Basic Biographical Details

Name: Alan Stevenson
Designation:  
Born: 1807
Died: 1865
Bio Notes: Alan Stevenson was the eldest surviving son of Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board. In 1797, Robert had married his step-sister Jean Smith (1779-1846). The couple had 13 children, but only five survived into adulthood. Three of his sons, Alan (1807-1865), David (1815-1886) and Thomas (1818- 1887) joined their father, practising as Robert Stevenson and Sons.

In 1852 Alan Stevenson was seized with paralysis, and in the following year he resigned as engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board, David and Thomas continuing the firm as D & T Stevenson (see separate entry)

Alan Stevenson wrote a biography of his father: Biographical Sketches of the Late Robert Stevenson: Civil Engineer (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1861) with illustrations by his sister Jane (1801-1864).

Alan Stevenson’s children, Jean Margaret Alan, (‘Mab’ 1846-1900), Robert Alan Mowbray, (1847-1900) and Katherine (later Katherine de Mattos, 1851-1939), did not continue in the family business.

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 151833Lighthouse, Eilean Musdilenear Lismore  Scotlandwith his father, Robert Stevenson
Item 2 of 151843Lighthouse, Little Rossnear Meikle Ross Kirkcudbrightshire  
Item 3 of 151844Lighthouse, Skerryvore   Scotland 
Item 4 of 151846Lighthouse, Chanonry PointMoray Firth  Scotland 
Item 5 of 151846Lighthouse, Covesea Skerriesnear Lossiemouth MorayshireScotland 
Item 6 of 151846Lighthouse, Cromarty Black Isle Scotland 
Item 7 of 151847Lighthouse Cairn Point Cairnryan WigtownshireScotland 
Item 8 of 151849Lighthouse, Ardnamurchan PointLochaber  Scotland 
Item 9 of 151849Lighthouse, Noss HeadWick, near CaithnessScotland 
Item 10 of 151850Lighthouse, Hestan Island Hestan IslandKirkcudbrightshireScotland 
Item 11 of 151850Lighthouse, Sanda Island Sanda IslandArgyll & ButeScotland 
Item 12 of 151851Hoy High and Hoy Low Lighthouses Graemsay, Orkney Islands Scotland 
Item 13 of 151853Lighthouse, Arnish Point, Stornoway HarbourStornowayIsle of Lewis Scotland 
Item 14 of 151866Anstruther Easter harbourAnstruther Easter FifeScotlandEast Pier
Item 15 of 151880The LighthouseAnstruther Fife  

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2DNB Dictionary of National Biography   
Item 2 of 2Pride, Glen L1999The Kingdom of Fife2nd EditionThe Rutland Pressp150, p151