Feb­ru­a­ry 21, 1817, Bal­ly­cas­tle, Ire­land.

Son of Cap­tain John Clyne of the Roy­al Scots Re­gi­ment, Nor­val grad­u­at­ed MA from Mar­is­chal Coll­ege, Un­i­ver­si­ty of Aber­deen. In 1846, he be­came a mem­ber of the So­ci­e­ty of Ad­vo­cates in Ab­er­deen. He served on the Com­mit­tee which com­piled the draft Hym­nal for the Scot­tish Church, 1857. His other works in­clude:

• Aberdeen Hym­nal
• Ballads from Scot­tish His­to­ry, 1863
• The Lost Ea­gle and Other Vers­es
• The Scot­tish Ja­cob­ites and Their Po­e­try

• Julian, p. 239

1. Blasts of Chill De­cem­ber, The
2. Chief Shep­herd of the Cho­sen Fold
3. Jesu! Hea­ven’s Eter­nal King