James Wedderburn-Colville and Isabella Clerk

Great
grand
parents
Gen.=+6

Andrew Aitoun of Glasgow

Isobella Stirling
1704-1783

Grand
parents
Gen.=+5

Andrew Blackburn of Glasgow

Margaret Aitoun
b. ABT 1730

Parents
Gen.=+4

James Wedderburn-Colville
b. 1729
d. 14 DEC 1807 Inveresk aged 78 3rd & youngest son of Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet, who fought at Culloden, was later taken prisoner, and executed on Kennington Common in November 1746. Assumed the name of Wedderburn Colville in

3rd & youngest son of Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet, who fought at Culloden, was later taken prisoner, and executed on Kennington Common in November 1746. Assumed the name of Wedderburn Colville in

Isabella Blackburn
b. 4 FEB 1756
d. 14 JAN 1821 Monumental inscription no. 61 in Inveresk Kirkyard . Great grand-niece and heir of the last Lord Colville of Ochiltree.

Monumental inscription no. 61 in Inveresk Kirkyard . Great grand-niece and heir of the last Lord Colville of Ochiltree.

Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+3

John 1776-1799
Andrew 1779-1856 took the surname COLVILLE of Olchiltree & Crombie in 1814

gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/colville_andrew.pdf

Peter 1781-1873 Assumed the additional name of Ogilvy on the death of his father-in-law in 1826.

Margaret 1784-
Joan 1786-1871 or Jean? died aged 85.

James Wedderburn-Colville
b. 12 NOV 1782
d. 7 NOV 1822 St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
Solicitor General for Scotland These children are from TWS has Jean, Janet (instead of Jemima) and one more daughter who m. ?? Mackenzie and had 1 son & 5 daughters.

pagesperso-orange.fr/euroleader/wedderburn/blackness/zapg11.htm#31

G3, ID=5518

Isabella Clerk
d. 2 NOV 1865
dau. of James CLERK and Janet IRVING. Sister of Sir George Clerk of Penicuik and of John Clerk Maxwell (father of James Clerk Maxwell)
G3, ID=5562

Children
Gen.=+2

James
b. 23 SEP 1814
d. ABT 17 JUL 1863 Craven Street London Buried in Brompton Cemetery. ¤In Nov. 1836 he entered the army as assistant surgeon to the Coldstream Guards. In 1838 he went with the regiment to Canada but was afterwards with the Scots Greys. 1851 census: lodging at 118 Jermyn Street, London.

Buried in Brompton Cemetery. ¤In Nov. 1836 he entered the army as assistant surgeon to the Coldstream Guards. In 1838 he went with the regiment to Canada but was afterwards with the Scots Greys. 1851 census: lodging at 118 Jermyn Street, London.

George
b. 25 MAR 1817
d. 1865

John
b. 5 JUL 1820 Edinburgh
d. 4 JAN 1879 Haverstock Hill Hampstead Bengal Army.

m.
Matilda Costello
d. 19 JAN 1874 Earls Court Rd Kensington

m.
Margaret Panton daughter of William James Panton

Andrew
b. 16 DEC 1821 Edinburgh
d. 12 MAY 1896 In 1879 he succeeded his cousin, James Clerk-Maxwell, in the estates of Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, and Glenair, Kirkcudbrightshire, and 'took name and arms of Maxwell'.

In 1879 he succeeded his cousin, James Clerk-Maxwell, in the estates of Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, and Glenair, Kirkcudbrightshire, and 'took name and arms of Maxwell'.

m.
Joanna Keir

Jean
b. BEF 1823 Children given by TWS: John, James, Isabella, Marion, Jean, Peter, Andrew, Colin, Agnes, Adam, Hugh, Mary, Arthur.

m.
Peter Blackburn elder brother of Hugh

Jemima
b. 1 MAY 1823 Edinburgh
d. 1909 TWS calls her Janet. ‚Biography 'Jemima, the Memoirs of a Victorian Artist', ed. by Robt. Fairley, pub. 1988 (Canongate). Bought Roshven Estate in 1854.

TWS calls her Janet. ‚Biography 'Jemima, the Memoirs of a Victorian Artist', ed. by Robt. Fairley, pub. 1988 (Canongate). Bought Roshven Estate in 1854.

m.
Hugh Blackburn
b. 2 JUL 1823 Craigflower, Fife
d. 9 OCT 1909 Roshven, Loch Ailort Son of John Blackburn, a Glasgow sugar merchant, and Rebecca Leslie Gillies. /Professor of mathematics at Glasgow University.

Son of John Blackburn, a Glasgow sugar merchant, and Rebecca Leslie Gillies. /Professor of mathematics at Glasgow University.

www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Blackburn.html

Grand
children
Gen.=+1

James Andrew Colvile 1849- On the death of his father in 1896 James succeeded to Glenlair, Kirkcudbrightshire and assumed the additional surname of Maxwell.

On the death of his father in 1896 James succeeded to Glenlair, Kirkcudbrightshire and assumed the additional surname of Maxwell.

Francis Edward Keir 11 MAR 1857-1 FEB 1893
Charles Alexander 1858-13 NOV 1882

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