Robert Stephen Rintoul Robert Stephen Rintoul Robert Stephen Rintoul (1787 – 22 April 1858) was a British journalist. He was born at Tibbermore, Perthshire, in 1787, and educated at the Aberdalgie parish school. After serving his apprenticeship to the printing trade he became the printer and subsequently the editor of the "Dundee Advertiser". In 1826 he went to London where he was editor of "The Atlas" before, in July 1828 with the assistance of friends, founding "The Spectator". In this publication Rintoul strongly supported the Reform Bill, and to him was due the catchphrase "The bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the
Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul FRSE (1878-1953) was a Scottish ornithologist and rare female member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In authorship she is known as L. J. Rintoul and is closesly associated with her friend and co-author E. V. Baxter. She was born on 2 February 1878 at Lahill in Largo, Fife. She was the daughter of Major Robert Rintoul and his wife Margaret Jeffrey, daughter of John Jeffrey of Balsusney House in Kirkcaldy. Her grandfather, who died before she was born, was the botanist, John Jeffrey. With Baxter she was a strong supporter of the Women's