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first idea for 71

praise and recognition 99, 105, 199

reaction to Rennie’s appointment by Commissioners 75, 76, 77, 78

relationship with men 93-4, 95-6

relationship with Rennie 77, 78, 100-1

second plan and report to Commissioners 72-3

working methods 82, 83, 89

see also Bell Rock lighthouse

dealings with wreckers 53-4

development of interest 36

diaries and writings 50-1, 51-2

Eddystone lighthouse visit and influence 58, 63-5

experiments with flashing of lights 49

experiments with oil lamps 48, 49

inspection tours 87, 117, 127-8, 135, 238

and lack of recognition for his work 199

later years 134-5, 182

and lenses dispute with Brewster 139-40, 143

and lighthouse keepers 87, 238, 239, 241, 244-5

love of lighthouse work 46

other engineering activities xviii, 55

partnership and relationship with Smith xvii, 36-7, 41-2, 45-6

philosophy 110

praise for achievements 101-2, 105

and press gangs 53, 54-5, 87

railways and roads 108-9, 115-16

refinements to reflector lights 48

relationship with Fresnel family 137-8, 139

retirement as Engineer for NLB 180-2

salary 108, 137

and ship safety 118-19

and Skerryvore lighthouse 149-51, 153, 163, 171

success and prestige 86-7, 106, 153

tour of English lighthouses 55-6, 57-8, 70

tour of French lighthouses 138

work on Edinburgh xviii, 109-10

working on Isle of Sanday 31

Personal Life

affection for ceremony 89

character xviii, 34, 47, 51, 80, 82, 136

childhood and upbringing 16-18, 34

concern for money 136-7

death 197-8

and death of children 44

and education of children 44, 122, 125

on England 135

home life 105, 119, 120-1

later years 153-4

marriage 41, 42-3

philosophy 133

qualities 184, 199

relationship with Alan (son) 123, 124, 154-6, 158, 163

relationship with Smith family 41-2, 45

relationship with Thomas (son) 132-3, 134, 187-8

relationship with and treatment of children 121, 123, 127, 130

and religion 182

and Scott 103-4, 113, 149

search for improvement of himself 113

view of Improvement and Clearances 111-12

Stevenson, Robert Louis

on Bell Rock 68

childhood 210-11

death 234

decision not be an engineer 231, 232

and Dhu Heartach lighthouse and rock 223, 226

The Education of an Engineer xiii-xiv, 15

engineering apprenticeship xiii-xiv, 13-16, 209, 222-3

on engineers 24, 46

on father xix, 132, 190, 214

friendship with Bob (cousin) 214

genealogy 16-17

on grandfather (Robert) 46, 47, 120, 121, 136, 197-8

on grandmother (Jean) 42, 43

ill-health 210

Kidnapped xiv, xix, 223

lack of enthusiasm for engineering 14, 222-3, 228

on lighthouse keepers 239-40

Records of a Family of Engineers 16, 136, 190

relationship with father xix-xx, 13, 14, 189, 211, 214, 231

and religion 215

wanting family recognised for lighthouse achievements xiv-xv and Wick breakwater project 230

Stevenson, Thomas (father) xix, 51, 120, 131-4, 182, 232-3

character xix, 131, 187, 214, 233

death 232

and Dhu Heartach lighthouse xix, 13, 14, 223-9, 233

engineering apprenticeship 133-4, 171

experiments and studies of waves 6, 189-90, 212-13, 213-14, 231, 250

father’s relationship with 132-3, 134, 187-8

hypochondriac 44, 210

ill-health 232

interests 132

lighthouse work xiv, xix, 180, 187, 218, 219, 228

marriage 193

and optics xx, 220, 222

relationship with son (Louis) xix-xx, 13, 14, 189, 211, 214, 231

and religion 189

schooling 122, 131

and Skerryvore lighthouse 188, 189, 190

strain in relations with family 231-2

and Wick breakwater 229-30, 231, 233

Stirling Bridge 129

Syme, Patrick 114

Taylor, Captain James 255

Telford, Thomas 40, 74, 76, 109, 115, 126

Ticktack, Captain 223-4

Tiree 147, 148, 152, 160, 161, 189

Titanic 260

Torran Rocks 6, 223, 224

Treasure Island xiv

Trinity House xvi-xvii, 204, 246