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History
of the
Society of Advocates
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Edited by
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F.S.A. Scot.
Aberdeen
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Studies No. 60
Societv Advocates in Aberdeen
Aberdeen University Studies : No. 60
Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen.
COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATIONS. Convener: Professor James W. H. Trail, F.R.S., Curator of the Library.
UNIVERSITY STUDIES. General Editor : P. J. Anderson, LL.B., Librarian to the University.
1900. No. 1. — Roll of Alumni in Arts of King's College, 1596-1860. P. J. Anderson.
11 No. 2. — Records of Old Aberdeen, 1157-1891. A. M. Munro, F.S.A. Scot. Vol. I.
11 No. 3. — Place Names of West Aberdeenshire. James Macdonald, F.S.A. Scot.
1901. No. 4.— Family of Burnett of Leys. George Burnett, LL.D., Lyon King of Arms. 11 No. 5. — Records of Invercauld, 1547-1828. Rev. J. G. Michie, M.A.
1902. No. 6. — Rectorial Addresses in the Universities of Aberdeen, 1835-1900. P. J. Anderson, n No. 7. — Albemarle Papers, 1746-48. Professor C. S. Terry, M.A.
1903. No. 8.— House of Gordon. J. M. Bulloch, M.A. Vol.1.
11 No. 9. — Records of Elgin. William Cramond, LL.D. Vol. I.
1904. No. 10.— Avogadro and Dalton. A. N. Meldrum, D.Sc.
11 No. ii. — Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire. David Littlejohn, LL.D. Vol. I.
11 No. 12. — Proceedings of the Anatomical and Anthropological Society, 1902-04.
1905. No. 13. — Report on Alcyonaria. Professor J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., and others.
11 No. 14. — Researches in Organic Chemistry. Professor F. R. Japp, F.R.S., and others.
11 No. 15.— Meminisse Juvat : with Appendix of Alakeia. Alexander Shewan, M.A.
11 No. 16. — Blackhalls of that Ilk and Barra. Alexander Morison, M.D.
1906. No. 17. — Records of the Scots Colleges. Vol. I. P. J. Anderson.
11 No. 18.— Roll of the Graduates, 1860-1900. Colonel William Johnston, C.B., M.D., LL.D.
n No. 19. — Studies in the History of the University. P. J. Anderson and others.
11 No. 20. — Studies in the History and Art of the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire. Professor
Sir W. M. Ramsay, D.C.L., and pupils.
11 No. 21. — Studies in Pathology. William Bulloch, M.D., and others.
11 No. 22.— Proceedings of the Anatomical and Anthropological Society, 1904-06.
11 No. 23. — Subject Catalogues of the Science Library and the Law Library. P. J. Anderson.
11 No. ^.—Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire. David Littlejohn, LL.D. Vol. II.
1907. No. 25. — Studies on Alcyonarians and Antipatharians. Professor Thomson, M.A., and others. 11 No. 26.— Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times. J. S. Milne, M.A., M.D.
11 No. ^.—Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire. David Littlejohn, LL.D. Vol. III.
11 No. 28. — Flosculi Graeci Boreales. Ser. II. Professor John Harrower. M.A.
11 No. 29. — Record of the Quatercentenary, 1906. P. J. Anderson.
11 No. 30.— House of Gordon. J. M. Bulloch, M.A. Vol. II.
1908. No. 31.— Miscellany of the New Spalding Club. Vol. II.
n No. 32. — Religious Teachers of Greece. James Adam, Litt.D. (Gifford Lectures, 1904-06.)
11 No. 33.— Science and Philosophy of the Organism. Hans Driesch, Ph.D. (Gifford Lectures, 1907.)
11 No. 34. — Proceedings of the Anatomical and Anthropological Society, 1906-08.
11 No. 35.— Records of Elgin. Vol. II. Rev. S. Ree, B.D.
11 No. -id.— Pigmentation Survey of School Children. J. F. Tocher, B.Sc.
1909. No. 37.— Science and Philosophy of the Organism. Hans Driesch, Ph.D. Vol II. ( G iff. Lect., 1908.) 11 No. 38.— Studies on Alcyonarians and Hydroids. Professor Thomson, M.A., and others. Ser. III.
11 No. 39.— Publications of Scottish Clubs. Professor C. S. Terry, M.A.
11 No. 40.— Aberdeen Friars : Red, Black, White, Grey. P. J. Anderson.
11 No. 41.— Studies on Alcyonarians. Professor Thomson, M.A., and others. Ser. IV.
11 No. 42.— Records of Old Aberdeen. A. M. Munro. Vol. II.
1910. No. 43-— Musa Latina Aberdonensis : Poetae Minores. W. K. Leask, M.A.
11 No. ^.—Bulletins of the Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture. Nos. 1-14.
191 1. No. 45.— Records of Inverness. W. Mackay and H. C. Boyd. Vol. I. 11 No. 46.— Zoological Studies. Professor Thomson and others. Ser. V.
11 No. 47.— Subject Catalogue of the Phillips Library.
11 No. ii.— Zoological Studies. Professor Thomson and others. Ser. VI.
11 No. 49.— Anacreontic Poetry of Germany. John Lees, D.Litt.
11 No. $o. — Creeds and Confessions of Faith. Prefessor W. A. Curtis, D.Litt.
ti No. 51.— Aberdeen Alumni at Other Universities. Part I. Professor J. Harrower, LL.D.
1912. No. 52.— Royal Fishery Companies. J. R. Elder, M.A.
11 No. 5^.— Zoological Studies. Professor Thomson and others. Ser. VII.
ii No. 54— Flora of Banffshire. W. G. Craib, M.A.
11 No. 55. — Catalogue of Anthropological Museum. Professor R. W. Reid, M.D.
11 No. 56.— Physical Geology of Dee Valley. Alexander Bremner, M.A., B.Sc.
11 No. 57.— Flora of Siam. W. G. Craib, M.A.
11 No. 58.— Notes on Academic Theses. P. J. Anderson.
11 No. 59.— Gordons under Arms. C. O. Skelton and J. M. Bulloch, M.A.
11 No. 60.— Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. J. A. Henderson, F.S.A. Scot.
History
of the
Society of AdvoC; in Aberdeen
Edited by
John Alexander Henderson
F.S.A. Scot.
Aberdeen
Printed for the University
1912
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ABERDEEN
INTRODUCTION.
THE laws of Scotland are founded upon the Regiam Majestatem, a book believed by many to have been compiled by the order of King David I. [11 24-1 153]. It was the only ancient written law of the country, but its powers seem to have had little impression on the populace, for it is recorded two-and-a-half centuries later that — " In those days there was no law in Scotland, but the strong oppressed the weak, and the whole kingdom was one den of thieves. Homi- cides, robberies, fire-raisings and other misdeeds remained unpunished, and justice seemed banished beyond the kingdom's bounds." * For a lengthened period a keen rivalry existed between the civil and ecclesiastical judges. The Scottish kings, from William the Lion to Alexander III., vigorously supported the former, but the powers of the latter in the Bishop's, and subsequently in the Consistorial, or Commissary, Court, were considerable. The Bishop, or his "official, was the only judge in matters of status — legitimacy, bastardy, divorce. He was kind enough to take charge of the affairs of widows, orphans, and all personae miserabiles, all questions of slander, all disputes between churchmen, the whole management of Notaries Public, questions arising upon covenant when the covenant was sanctioned by an oath, the large class of business connected with wills, testaments, probates, executry — in a word, of all moveable succession, and perhaps of succession in heritage, for there was a time when Scotch heritage could be left by will . ."
1 Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, 382, applicable to the year 1398.
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Regard must also be had to " the business brought into their Courts by consent of parties, and add to that all the influence of all the Notaries, the largest class of ' men of business,' as we call them, and who were all churchmen, or dependents of churchmen, and so preferring the ecclesiastical courts." ■
James I. got Parliament to pass a number of enactments, and these and posterior provisions gradually superseded the Regiam referred to. Generally the law of Scotland strongly resembles that of England in regard to those branches which have either been created or greatly extended through the progress of modern civilization. Trial by jury in civil cases, and many of the most important parts of mercantile and maritime law, though differing considerably in form, are sub- stantially English.
In early times litigants were accustomed to appear in Court in propria persona, but an altered system obtained towards the close of the fifteenth century, when the personal attendance of the parties to civil actions was dispensed with, excepting " when the proceedings might result in the defender being declared infamous." In ordinary cases parties were permitted to appear by a representative or substitute, called a procurator, who had been formally appointed "to win or tyne the cause." The term "procurator" was at first held to be sufficiently wide in its meaning to include " any one patron or friend, to whom a litigant committed the management of the proceedings in an action."
Lord Bankton expresses the view that prior to the institution of the present Court of Session in 1532 there were "no advocates licensed by public authority." As Sheriff Begg remarks.s how-
1 " Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities," by Cosmo Innes, pp. 238-39.
2 "A Treatise on the Law of Scotland relating to Law Agents," by J. Henderson Begg, Sheriff Substitute, 2nd edition, 1883, p. 5.
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ever, we " know that long before that date the forms of civil jurisdiction were so complicated and the proceedings so technical as to render it very difficult for a non-professional person to conduct his own cause. Moreover, as far back as our statutes and the extant records of our temporal courts extend, we find numerous references to forspekars or forespeakers (prolocutores or prcelocutores) and advocates, terms which seem to have been used as synonymous." The following provision of a statute passed by James I. in 1424, seems to recognise the persons so designated as professional pleaders : —
Ande gif thar be ony pure creature that for defalt of cunnyng or dispense can not or may not folow his cause, the king for the lufe of God sail ordain that the Juge before quham the cause suld be determyt purvay and get a lele and a wyse advocate to folow sic pure creatures cause. And gif sic cause be obtenyt the wranger sail assyth bath the party scathit and the advocates costes and travale.
A fire unfortunately took place in the office of the Com- missary Clerk of Aberdeenshire, at Aberdeen, in October, 1721 (September, 1 719, according to the Society's first Crown Charter), when the documents and books which would doubtless have disclosed the date of the formation of the Society, were destroyed. Sufficient writs remain, however, to show that by the middle of the sixteenth century the procurators (or advocates as they were then frequently designated) in practice in Aberdeen acted in concert for the defence of their interests as well as for the maintenance of the dignity and standing of their profession. Only those of good character, education and ability were admitted as members, and applicants for admission have several times been rejected as unsuitable on one or other of those heads. The following Golden Rules for professional conduct were adjusted and subscribed by the sixteen members composing the Society in January, 1764, the eight members next admitted
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being also required to subscribe in acquiescence : —
i. To act without fraud or dissimulation.
2. To be lovers of peace, and bridle the passions.
3. To be haters of chicane and unnecessary contention.
4. To lose no opportunity of doing good.
5. To show mercy and compassion to all in distress.
6. To relieve the distressed and oppressed.
7. To do charitable actions to the poor.
8. To plead the cause of the widow and fatherless.
9. To be bountiful.
10. To avoid covetousness.
n. To examine well in the beginning that the cause we take in hand
(we have reason to believe) is just ; at least that it is not obviously
unjust.
12. To be ever willing to take up with reasonable terms.
13. To study and practise humanity, material equity, strict honour and
integrity.
14. To avoid calumnys, dissension, and fomenting of pleas.
15. Not to support wrong nor combine with knaves.
16. To despise bribery and corruption.
17. To avoid rash swearing and perjury and tampering with witnesses.
18. We should not promise too much, nor say and gainsay.
19. To avoid hypocrisy and not pretend law, and preach up religion, at
same time trampling on both.
20. To be very cautious in accepting of Trusts, and only on just con-
siderations ; and to execute the same with honour, and candour, without extravagant and unjust exactions, or taking advantage of the necessitys of those concerned.
21. To avoid buying up of law pleas or controverted claims.
22. To avoid encouraging Bankrupt Debitors to defraud their just and
lawfull Creditors.
23. Men of liberal professions should not deal in illiberal practices; par-
ticularly to abstain from sordidness about their fees ; employing the first qualitys of the mind and chief virtues of the heart.
INTRODUCTION. XI.
Many hold that the Society was not formed till October,
1633, ar|d as evidence they cite the following order passed by
Sheriff Principal Thomas Crombie : —
(2 Octr 1633)
The quhilk day the Shref Principall forsaid causit call and convein befoir him the persones particularlie following quha ar the ordinar advocates and procuratores of this judicatorie and hes bein in use to procuir in all causes They ar to say Mr. Alexr Irvving Mr. Williame Barclay Mr. Williame Lumsden Mr. James Irwing Mr. Alexander Davidson Mr. George Andersone Mr. Alexander Reid Mr. Alexander Paip Mr. Robert Reid Alexander Thomsone Mr. Alexr. Gardyn George Middiltoun Williame Cordoner John Hunter Mr. Andrew Clerk and George Merser Quhilkis persones being all personallie present and the Shreff understanding of thair abilitie honestie and judgement to continow as memberis ordinar advocates and procuratores of this seat The said Shreff be wertew of his office and authoritie Resaiwit and Admittit them and everie ane of them to that place and priviledge and causit them all to be solemlie sworne for thair dew obedience and reverence to the seat and for faithfull and trew useing and discharging of thair place and charge and for obseruing of sick guid and laudabill lawes actes statutes and ordinances as sould be sett down and prescry wit And farther the said Shref Declairit and Ordainit and expreslie dischargit all uther persones quhatsumewir of all libertie or priviledge to compeir or procuir befoir the Shref or his deputtis at any tyme heireftir in quhatsumewir caus or to tak upon them to be advocates or procuratores except they be first lauchfullie admittit be the Shreff and his license and libertie purchessit giwin and grantit to that effect. l
Crombie, who was laird of Kemnay, a Writer to the Signet, Member of Parliament, and a Privy Councillor, proved a zealous Sheriff as well as a stickler for etiquette. The date of his appointment as Sheriff is not recorded, but he issued no orders prior to August, 1633, two months before the date of the above record of his first meeting with the Aberdeen bar. The clause, " the Shreff understanding of thair abilitie honestie and judge- ment to continow as memberis ordinar advocates and procuratores of this seat," clearly proves that 1633 was not the date of the origin of the combination or Society.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., pp. 34344.
Xll. INTRODUCTION.
In the petition presented to the Sheriff Principal and his Deputies on 7th October, 1656, by Andrew Thomson, " nottar publick in Aberdeen," the crave is submitted that his lordship may, " with the advice and consent of the procurators of his judicatory, admit the petitioner to be an ordinary procurator before the samen judicatory." The same procedure was gone through until a comparatively recent date, followed before admission by the administration by the Sheriff to the applicant of the oath de fideli.
Commentaries of doubtful compliment have sometimes been made on the Society and its members. Thus James Gregory, writing in 1804, uses tne following sentence — "My dear countrymen, the Aberdonians, have long been known to be very sharp folks — so very sharp that it has been estimated that if their attornies (whom they sometimes call advocates, some- times proctors, sometimes solicitors) were allowed to practise in London, they would in seven years have the fee simple of the whole of the county of Middlesex." Sir Walter Scott in his "Diary," under date 14th March, 1826, has — "Some lawyer expressed to Lord Elibank an opinion, that at the Union the English law should have been extended all over Scotland. ' I cannot say how that might have answered our purpose,' said Lord Patrick, who was never non-suited for want of an answer, ' but it would scarce have suited yours, since by this time the Aberdeen Advocates would have possessed themselves of all the business in Westminster Hall." Lockhart, who gives the Scott " Memoirs " to the public, sneeringly remarks in a footnote, that "The Attorneys of the town of Aberdeen are styled Advocates. This valuable privilege is said to have been bestowed at an early period by some (sportive) monarch." As a variant. Robertson, in his " Book of Bon-Accord," p. 209, remarks — " On the north side of the Court house is a chamber set apart
INTRODUCTION. xiii.
for the meetings of The Society of Advocates. By this title (generally confined to the highest branch of the profession) the practitioners in the courts of the shire and burgh have been distinguished for more than two hundred and seventy years : by what authority it was assumed is unknown, but tradition ascribes its origin to a grant by James VI., in gratitude for a sum of money advanced by the procurators to his needy majesty."
It was probably on 30th July, 1685, that the scheme originated in the Society for a fund from which the widows and orphans of members might be relieved. It has been well managed, enabling widows to receive an annuity of £70. From a separate general fund decayed members are granted generous allowances according to individual circumstances.
The Society has been honoured by the conferment of three separate Crown Charters, dated 27th January, 1774, 20th February, 1799, and 13th May, 1862, respectively. Full copies are given on pp. 1 to 51.
The most cursory perusal of the following pages cannot fail to impress the reader with the important part played by members of the Society in the general affairs of the city and county of Aberdeen, as well as those of adjacent counties. Gratuitous services of an onerous character, frequently involving pro- fessional responsibility and monetary expenditure, seem to have been ungrudgingly rendered, and if rewards were few and appreciation sometimes slight, there can be no doubt that those services materially aided in bringing the North-east of Scotland to its present high standard in educational, commercial and military affairs.
Of the six hundred and thirteen individual members admitted since 1549 three fell in battle — Alexander Reid and Robert Reid at the Crabstone on 13th September, 1644, and Francis Gordon while fighting under the French flag before September, 1748.
XIV. INTRODUCTION.
The last named supported the disastrous cause of Prince Charlie, went out with Lord Lewis Gordon, and acted as " General Quarter Master to the Rebels." In consequence he was refused a pardon. James Duff was present at the skirmish at Inverurie on 3rd December, 1745, for which he escaped subsequent punishment doubtless through his then being only 16 years of age, and having only newly entered upon his legal apprentice- ship. James Petrie read the Pretender's Proclamation at the Market Cross, " assisted the Rebels in all their meetings at Aberdeen," and " levyed money" on their behalf. John Hutcheon aided in guarding Napoleon Bonaparte as a prisoner at St. Helena. Eighty-seven have been officers in Militia, Volunteer or Territorial forces, many serving as privates as a stimulus to other young men to do likewise. Two became clergymen' — David Gordon and William Humphrey. Thomas Burnett was Purse Bearer to the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Four became Lord Provosts of Aberdeen — John Cheyne, James Blaikie, Sir Alexander Anderson and John Webster, Jun. In 1853 no fewer than three of the four city baillieships were held by advocates — Messrs. Alexander Henderson, Robert Ledingham and William Ross. Of Provosts of Old Aberdeen were James Scougal and David Robert Morice, while David Littlejohn was for several years Chief Magistrate of Woodside. John Cheyne was M.P. for the burgh of Aberdeen in the Scottish Parliament, Robert Lumsden was representative at the Convention of Estates, and John Webster, Jun., was representative in the Imperial Parliament. James Scougal was M.P. for the burgh of Kintore in the Scottish Parliament. Upwards of one hundred and forty became proprietors of estates of varying size and value, and several proved such improving landlords "as to call forth the marked approbation of the Highland and
INTRODUCTION. XV.
Agricultural Society, and the admiration of all practically acquainted with such enterprise."
Of professional appointments, fifteen accepted office as professors or lecturers, forty-six became Sheriffs, Sheriffs- Depute, Sheriffs-Substitute or Honorary Sheriffs-Substitute at Aberdeen, whilst of those who were appointed Sheriffs-Sub- stitute of outside jurisdictions were — George Forbes, Banffshire, Patrick Forsyth, Kincardineshire, Hugh Fullerton, Kincardine- shire, John Law, Sutherlandshire, Thomas Mackenzie, Suther- land, Ross and Cromarty, Andrew Robertson, Forfarshire, and James Strachan, Kincardineshire. James Scougal became a senator of the College of Justice under the title of Lord Whitehill. Twenty-six were Procurators Fiscal, and fourteen were Sheriff Clerks of Aberdeenshire. Eight were Town Clerks of Aberdeen, while several held similar appointments for other Royal Burghs in the district.
James Scougal was a member of the Faculty of Advocates, as was Clements Lumsden of the Society of Writers to H.M. Signet. Three others became members of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Court — Messrs. Robert Collie Gray, James Ross and James Watson.
In the field of Literature the output by the members is very creditable. William Kennedy stands unexcelled as a local annalist, his MS. List of Members of the Society, and List of Apprentices, forming the groundwork of a large number of the individual records in this volume. The works of Dr. Grub, Dr. Littlejohn and Dr. John Stuart are of outstanding merit in expiscating the religious, commercial, agricultural and general life of past times. The lighter side had a votary in Charles Winchester. The Muse was courted by Norval Clyne and Alexander Gardyne. Heraldry had a careful exponent in Peter Duguid, Banking in George Walker, Genealogy as well
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as local Territorial History in George Cadenhead, and statistical details and general themes in Alexander Emslie Smith. English Word Study, Bibliography, and ancient northern history have each been dealt with by Hugh Fraser Campbell, as has Physical Culture and System of Musical Drill by George Cruden. Editions of Marischal College Arts Class Records were carefully edited by Patrick H. Chalmers, F. T. Garden, Harvey Hall, and T. A. W. A. Youngson, while John Buckley Allan and William Garden were editors of Records of a similar character in connection with Aberdeen University. Nor have legal works been forgotten — George Duncan, W. D. Esslemont, J. T. Jeffrey, D. R. Morice, David Reith, A. M. Williamson, and R. M. Williamson having each written on different phases of Scottish Law.
The Continuity Table given in the Appendix shows that seventy-four members followed in the footsteps of their father ; seventeen in those of their father and grandfather, while Arthur David Morice followed the footsteps of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
The following remarks by the late Sheriff Comrie Thomson, when he met the members in the Library on 7th May, 1883, express with clearness an opinion shared in by all those knowing the inner working of the Society : —
I have the privilege of looking back upon more than seventeen years of invaluable assistance, of loyal support, of unvarying kindness at your hands. I take this Resolution and this meeting rather as the articulate expression of a feeling to which your constant demeanour during the time that I have been with you, has borne perhaps a more silent but a not less certain testimony. Gentlemen, it is always a fortunate circumstance for a professional man to gain the goodwill, not only of the public, but of his professional brethren. The latter know about his work, they see it, they appreciate its difficulties and its dangers, and I may say it is their business to regard it with a critical eye. But such an opinion on the part of one's professional friends is greatly enhanced when it is given expression to by a body of lawyers whom the whole opinion of
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the country regards as amongst the foremost in the legal profession. Your kindly sentiments, however, are not the only, or indeed the principal ground upon which I feel myself indebted to you. I have had occasion more than once ... to say how much the labours of the bench in this Sheriff Court are lightened by the assistance of the bar. I repeat that statement now, and I am sure that I am not using the language of exaggeration when I say that in every case where it is necessary to disentangle a mass of evidence or to disinter a body of authority, more than half of the work has been done for the bench at the hand of the members of the bar who were engaged in the case. . . .
I . . . cannot help recalling the day when I first stood here among you, nor can I fail to remember those who then surrounded me . . . Mr. Newell Burnett, who then was your President, gave me a cordial welcome. Mr. Stronach, Mr. Chalmers, and Mr. Angus, with their courtly gracefulness, which took one back to an age of which one had read, but which one was too young to have seen, —these have gone, but have left us an example of high honour, and of gentle manners. But there remain of that worthy company not a few, among whom I may be allowed to specify yourself, Sir (Mr. John Smith, Jun., President), my esteemed friend the Treasurer of the Society (Mr. William Yeats), Sir Alexander Anderson, Mr. Murray, Dr. Grub, Dr. Edmond, and the honourable gentleman who with such distinction fills the office of Member of Parliament for this city (Dr. John Webster). I venture to assure you, Gentlemen, that the influence of such men is not lost. I see the effect on those who have been joining the ranks of your body from year to year . . .
It was formerly customary for the members to dine together on the evening of the Annual Meeting of the Society in November. Prominent gentlemen of the city and county were invited as guests, and the proceedings were wont to pass off with eclat. Through the courtesy of Dr. Littlejohn, the Toast List of one of these functions — that of 27th November, 1838 — is here given : —
To be proposed by Toast.
1. Chair .... The Queen.
2. Chair - - . The Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal
Family.
3. Chair .... The Army and Navy.
4. Chair - Her Majesty's Ministers, and may all their
measures be for the good of the country.
5. Chair .... The Lord Provost and Magistrates.
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INTRODUCTION.
To be proposed by
6. Provost Milne -
7. Chair
8. Chair
9. Chair
10. Chair
11. Treasurer -
12. Chair
13. Treasurer -
14. Captain Gordon
15. Chair
16. Mr. Banner man
17. Sir Michael Bruce
18. Mr. Gordon of Craig
19. Admiral Henderson -
20. Chair ...
21. Treasurer -
22. Chair
23. Mr. Hadden
24. Treasurer - * -
25. Mr. Forbes of Rothmaise
26. Mr. Webster
27. Chair
28. Mr. Lumsden -
29. Chair
30. Mr. D. Davidson
31. Chair ...
32. Treasurer -
33. Mr. Burnett
34. Mr. Alexander Gordon
35. Mr. N. Burnett -
Toast.
- The President and Society of Advocates.
- The Lord Lieutenant of the County — the Earl
of Erroll.
- The Member for the County.
- The Member for the City.
- Sir Michael Bruce, and the Baronets of Scotland.
- The Sheriffs of the County, and Mr. Watson.
- Sir A. Leith, and other Strangers.
- The Convener of the County.
- Mr. Lumsden of Tilwhilly, who laid the Founda-
tion Stone of the New Buildings.
- The Rev. John Murray, the Senior Minister of
Aberdeen, and the other Clergymen present.
- Mr. Farquharson of Whitehouse, the Father of
the Society.
- The New Treasurer of the Society.
- The Wives and Families of the Members.
- The Chairman.
- The Earl of Aberdeen — the Chancellor of
King's College.
- The Dean of Guild and Guildry.
- The Duke of Richmond, Chancellor of Mari-
schal College.
- Mr. Sangster, and Mr. Chalmers, the late
President and Treasurer of the Society.
- The Principals & Professors of both Universities.
- The Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot-
land, and a good Show in 1840.
- Dr. Moir, and the Medical Society of Aberdeen.
- Mr. Crombie of Kirkhill, the City Treasurer.
- The Duke of Wellington — The Prince of
Waterloo. • The Convener and the Incorporated Trades.
- Dr. Melvin, Rector of the Grammar School.
- Mr. Gordon of Craig, and the Bar.
- The Wooden Walls, and Admiral Henderson.
- Sir Alexander Leith, and the Heroes of the
Peninsula.
- The Agricultural Interests of the country.
- The Convener of the County of Kincardine.
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To be proposed by
36. Chair
37. Mr. Chalmers -
38. Mr. J. D. Milne
39. Chair
40. Mr. W. Simpson
41. Rev. Mr. Murray
42. Treasurer -
43. Mr. Sangster
44. Chair
45. Mr. Stronach -
46. Mr. Gibbon of Johnston
47. Chair
48. Mr. C. Lumsden
49. Mr. Chalmers -
50. Mr. Edmond -
51. Treasurer -
52. Chair
53. Mr. Fraser
*#* It is requested that no TOAST may be proposed until the above List be exhausted.
History is silent as to the hour when the above Toast List was exhausted and the function ended !
The Editor cannot sufficiently express his indebtedness to all who kindly furnished him with information. Dr. Littlejohn, Colonel Johnston, C.B., of Newton Dee, and Rev. James Smith, B.D., St. George's-in-the-West, not only permitted their voluminous private MSS. to be drawn upon, but rendered substantial assistance otherwise. The MS. volumes of the Society under the charge of Mr. Douglass Duncan, Secretary, the records of the Sheriff and Commissary Courts, the writs in the strong room in the Town House, the documents in H.M. Register House, Edinburgh, and the Registers of St. Paul's
Toast.
- Major Crabbe, and the gallant 74th.
- The Improvements of the City, and Mr. Hadden
of Persley.
- The Harbour Improvements, and Mr. Alexander
Gordon.
- The Town Clerks and Chamberlains.
- The Manufacturing Interest.
- Mr. Webster, the Senior Member present.
- Mr. Smith, the Architect of the Buildings.
- The Judges of the Land.
- The Professor of Civil Law, King's College —
Dr. Patrick Davidson.
- The Shipping Interest.
- The President of the Shipmaster Society.
- The Tenantry of Aberdeenshire.
- The City Councillors — Mr. Jopp, etc.
- Mr. Edmond, Lecturer on Scots Law, Marischal
College.
- The Writers' Society.
- The New Members admitted since last year —
Messrs. Monro and Henderson.
- Roads and Bridges.
- Absent Members.
XX. INTRODUCTION.
Episcopal Church and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen, yielded numerous facts and solved many points of difficulty. Mr. Francis J. Grant, W.S., Lyon Office, Edinburgh, Dr. Dickson, Keeper, Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, Mr. Richard Brown, C.A., Edinburgh, and Mr. P. J. Anderson, the Secretary of the Club, were also most helpful. To these gentlemen, and numerous other friends, grateful thanks are tendered.
Special acknowledgments are also due to those who so kindly presented photogravures of members. These cannot fail to interest the reader, nor can an inspection of the six pages of specimen signatures of members of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which were carefully selected by Dr. Littlejohn from authentic deeds, traced by his daughter, Miss Littlejohn, and produced at his expense.
J. A. H.
Cults, 21st October ; igi2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
First Crown Charter, 27th January, 1774 ... Second Crown Charter, 20th February, 1799 Third Crown Charter, 13th May, 1862 Extracts from Early Records and Society's Minutes List of Members, 1 549-191 1
No.
Appendix.
1. — Deed of Constitution of the Society's Widows' Fund
2. — Apprentices who did not enter the Society
3. — Authors and Editors
4. — Bank Agents ...
5. — Baron-Baillies ...
6. — Presidents and Treasurers
7. — Procurators Fiscal of Aberdeenshire
8. — Professional Continuity Table
9. — Professors and Lecturers 10. — Proprietors of Estates ... 11. — Provosts and Magistrates of Aberdeen
12. — Sheriffs, Sheriffs-Depute, Sheriffs-Substitute, and Hono
rary Sheriffs-Substitute !3. — Sheriff Clerks of Aberdeenshire 14. — University Records 15. — Volunteer and other Officers
Corrections and Additions Index of Names and Places
1
H 34
52 77
385 388 406 407 408 408 410 411 413 413 417
417 418 418 43i
433 437
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No.
I. — George Grub, LL.D. ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, /^.R.S.A., in Marischal College Library. Presented by the Secretary of the Club ... ... ... Frontispiece.
PAGE
2. — Sir Alexander Anderson of Blelack ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, .P.R.S.A., in Aberdeen Town Hall. Presented by his Son, Andrew Anderson ... ... 83
3. — James Blaikie of Craigiebuckler ; from portrait by John Phillip, H.R.S.A., R.A., in Aberdeen Town Hall. Presented by Representatives of the Family ... ... 96
4. — Newell Burnett of Kyllachy ; from portrait by E. U. Eddis, in County Hall, Aberdeen. Presented by his Repre- sentatives ... ... ... ... ... 103
5. — Thomas Burnett of Kepplestone ; from portrait by Sir John Watson Gordon, R.A., in County Hall, Aberdeen. Presented by his Representatives ... ... ... 104
6. — Charles Chalmers of Monkshill ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, />.R.S.A., at Ardbeck, Milltimber. Pre- sented by his Daughter, Margaret Douglas Chalmers ... 116
7. — Patrick Henderson Chalmers of Avochie. Presented
by his Widow ... ... ... ... ... 119
8. — Alexander Dauney, LL.D., of Craibstone ; from portrait by David Martin, in the Library of the Society of Advocates. Presented by the Society of Advocates ... 143
9. — Alexander Davidson of Desswood ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, />.R.S.A., at Dess. Presented by his Sons, Major Duncan Francis Davidson and Walter Ramsay Davidson ... ... ... ... 145
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xxiii.
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10. — Patrick Duff of Forresterhill, Premnay, and Cultcr ; from portrait by William Mosman, at Portman Square, London. Presented by H.R.H. the Princess Royal ... ... ... ... ... ... 156
11. — Charles Duncan of Deebank ; from portrait by James Cadenhead, A.R.S.A., at 20 Queen's Road, Aberdeen. Presented by his Family ... ... ... ... 159
12. — John Duncan ; from portrait by John Phillip, H.R.S.A., R.A., at 1 1 Ferryhill Place, Aberdeen. Presented by his Family ... ... ... ... ... 162
13. — Francis Edmond, LL.D., of Kingswells ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S. A., in the United Free Church College, Aberdeen. Presented by his Son, John Edmond, Advocate ... ... ... ... 171
14. — James Edmond ; from portrait by James Cassie, R.S.A.,
at St. Ronans, Aberdeen. Presented by his Family ... 172
15. — Arthur Dingwall Fordyce, LL.D., of Culsh, etc.; from portrait by Sir George Chalmers, Bart., at Brucklay Castle. Prese?ited by A. Dingwall Fordyce of Brucklay ... ... ... ... ... 1 86
16. — Farquharson Taylor Garden, Hon. Treasurer of the New
Spalding Club ... ... ... ... ... 193
17. — James Garden of Woodthorpe ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, /\R.S.A., at 4 Albyn Place, Aberdeen. Presented by his Grandson, James William Garden, Advocate ... ... ... ... ... 194
18. — David Littlejohn, LL.D., Vice-President and Convener
of the Executive Committee, New Spalding Club ... 245
19. — Clements Lumsden ; from portrait by James Giles, R.S.A., at Johnston House, Rubislaw. Presented by his Son, James Forbes Lumsden, Advocate ... ... ... 249
XXIV. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No. PAGE
20. — Henry Lumsden of Tilwhilly and Auchindoir ; from portrait by John Moir, at 12 Gloucester Place, Edinburgh. Presented by his Grandson, Hugh Gordon Lumsden of A ucliindoir ... ... ... ... 252
21. — Lauchlan McKinnon, Junr. ; from portrait by Miss Marjorie Evans, R.S.W., at Den more, Aberdeen. Presented by Members of his Family ... ... 26 1
22. — John Smith ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., in the Society's Hall. Presented by the Society of Advocates ... ... ... ... ... 333
23. — John Stuart, LL.D., Secretary of the Spalding Club ; from portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., at Melville House, Montrose ... ... ... ... 344
24. — Alexander Webster ; from portrait by William Dyce, H.R.S.A., R.A., at Edgehill, Milltimber. Presented by his Grandson, Alexander Webster, Advocate ... 366
25. — John Webster, LL.D., of Edgehill ; from portrait by William Carter, London, at Edgehill, Milltimber. Presented by his Son, Alexander Webster, Advocate ... 368
26. — Some specimen signatures of Advocates of the 16th and 17th centuries, with key thereto. Presented by David Littlejohn, LL.D., Advocate ... ... ... 382
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SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
FIRST CROWN CHARTER, 1774.
Carta Don : qua Societas Prncuratorum in Aberdonia in unum Corpus Politicum Eriguntur.
GEORGIUS, Dei Gratia, Magnae Britanniae Franciae, ct Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defensor.
OMNIBUS probis hominibus ad quos praescntes Literae nostra pervenerint quando quidem Nos considerantes Thomam Mosman, Joannem Clerk, Davidem Bartlet, Alexandrum Innes, Seniorem, Alex- andrum Innes, Juniorem, Doctorem Gulielmum Thorn, Gulielmum Nicol, Joannem Gordon, Gulielmum Burnett, Alexandrum Lumsden, Jacobum Ramsay, Alexandrum Duthie, Davidem Morice, Jacobum Watson, Carolum Tait, Joannem Durno, Alexandrum Carnegie, et Arthurum Dingvvall-Fordyce, Procuratores in Aberdonia, per eorum petitioncm nobis humiliter representavisse ; Quod Civitas Aberdonensis
Royal Charter erecting the Society of Procurators in Aberdeen into a Body Politic, dated 27th January, 1774.
GEORGE, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting :
'I I THERE AS We considering that Thomas Mosman, John Clark, David VV Bartlet, Alexander Innes Senior, Alexander Innes Junior, Dr. William Thorn, William Nicol, John Gordon, William Burnett, Alexander Lumsden, James Ramsay, Alexander Duthie, David Morice, James Watson, Charles Tait, John Durno, Alexander Carnegie and Arthur Dingwall Fordyce, Procurators in Aberdeen, have humbly represented to us by their Petition that the City of
B
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in respectu amplitudinis suae negotiorum et numeri Incolarum est pro- •cipua in .Septic ad sepentrionem fluvii Forthae : Quod in hac Civitate praeter Curias suae Jurisdictionis tanquam Burgo regali, Curiae Vice- com'itia ,ct* |Cornmissarii tentae sunt; Jurisdictiones quarum extendunt super spatiosam et cultam Regionem, in qua Diversa Burga regalia, et multa magna Oppida nundinaria jacent : Quod procuratores admissi per et in illis Curiis agentes a tempore immemoriali egerunt in omnibus eorum negotiis tanquam Societas vocata vel nota per nomen Presidentis et Societatis procuratorum in Aberdonia, et particulariter per solennes annuales Contributiones inter seipsos promoverunt et stabiliverunt peramplum fundum in sustentationem Sociorum deficientium dictae Societatis, Viduarum Liberorum aliorumque amicorum Sociorum obeun- tium in pauperibus circumstantiis : Quod etiamsi dicti Supplicatores ultra hominum memoriam fecerunt sub nomini Societatis tanquam Pro- curatores in Aberdonia, sed per amissionem omnium suorum scriptorum et Registrorum quae perierunt cum Officium Commissarii apud Aber- doniam combustum fuit in anno millesimo septingentesimo decimo nono, non nunc possunt cum certitudine originalem Constitutionem vel naturam Societatis suae Investigare,sic ut vires sufficerent illis ad gerendam
Aberdeen, on account of its size, business and population is the chief City in Scotland north of the river Forth, that in that City, besides the Courts of its own jurisdiction as a Royal Burgh, the Courts of the Sheriff and Commissary are held, the jurisdiction whereof extends through a spacious and cultivated region, in which lie several royal burghs and many great market towns, that the Procurators admitted by and acting in those Courts have carried on business from the earliest times as a Society, called or known by the name of the President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen, and have by regular yearly contributions among them- selves promoted and established a very large fund for the maintenance of the decayed members of the said Society and the Widows, Children and other relations of the Members falling into poverty ; that, although the said Petitioners have carried on business as Procurators in Aberdeen beyond the memory of man under the name of a Society, nevertheless through the loss of all their writs and evidents, which perished when the office of the Commissary of Aberdeen was burned in the year 1719, they cannot with certainty discover their first constitution or the nature of their Society so that they can safely manage their funds and other affairs— Therefore the said Petitioners, for the removing of these incon-
FIRST CROWN CHARTER, 1774. 3
gubernationem fundorum suorum aliorumque Negotiorum cum securitate, Igitur dicti supplicatores ad amovenda haec incommoda et ad melius sustentandam dictam Societatcm Nobis humiliter supplicaverunt ipsis con- cedere nostram regiam Cartam pro incorporando illos eorumque Succes- sores de novo, per nomen, stilum et Titulum Praesidentis et Societatis Procuratorum in Aberdonia cum talibus potestatibus privilegiis regula- tionibus et provisionibus quae usualiter conceduntur Corporibus politicis et Corporatis similis naturae et ut nobis aptum videbitur : Nos dictam petitionem animo nostro perpendentes taleque inceptum omni eo quo par est favore in beneficum tale fundamentum Idcirco petitioni benigne annuendo nostraeque regiae praerogative virtute, et ex speciali gratia nostra certa scientia proprioque motu Dedimus, Constituimus Declaravimus, et Ordinavimus sicuti nos tenore praesentium Damus, Constituimus et Ordinamus dictos Thomam Mosman, Joannem Clerk, Davidem Bartlet, Alexandrum Innes Seniorem, Alexandrum Innes Juniorem, Doctorem Gulielmum Thorn, Gulielmum Nicol, Joannem Gordon, Gulielmum Burnett, Alexandrum Lumsden, Jacobum Ramsay, Alexandrum Duthie, Davidem Morice, Jacobum Watson, Carolum Tait, Joannem Durno, Alexandrum Carnegie, et Arthurum Dingwall Fordyce et tales alios personas qui primo rite admittentur Procuratores in Vicecomitis et Com-
veniences and for the better preservation of the said Society, humbly prayed Us to grant to them Our Royal Charter for of new incorporating them and their successors by the name, style, and title of the President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen, with such powers, privileges, rules, and provisions as are usually given to bodies politic and corporate of the like nature and as to us should seem proper, that We, weighing in Our mind the said Petition and desiring to give all due encouragement to so useful and pious an institution, in terms of the said petition and by virtue of Our Royal prerogative and out of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, Have Granted, Constituted, Declared and Ordained, likeas We by the tenor of these presents Give, Constitute, Declare and Ordain, that the said Thomas Mosman, John Clark, David Bartlet, Alexander Innes Senior, Alexander Innes Junior, Dr. William Thorn, William Nicol, John Gordon, William Burnett, Alexander Lumsden, James Ramsay, Alexander Duthie, David Morice, James Watson, Charles Tait, John Durno, Alexander Carnegie and Arthur Dingwall Pordyce, and such other persons as shall first have been duly admitted Procurators in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, and
4 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
missarii Curiis dc Aberdeen, et contribuerint ad fundos dictae Societatis modo postea mcntionato erunt et vocabuntur una Corporatio et Corpus corporatum et politicum per nomen et stilum Presidentis et Societatis procuratorum in Aberdonia, et ill i et successores sui in omni tempore futuro habebunt perpetuam Successionem pro meliore et magis effectu- aliter gubernando, dirigendo, ordinando, et constituendo in omnibus rebus et negotiis dictae Societatis respicientibus et fundos ad eadcm pertinentes. Et Nos pro propositi's antedictis per praesentia facimus, Erigimus, Constitu- imus, Crcamus, et Stabilimus dictos Thomam Mosman, Joannem Clerk, Davidem Bartlet, Alexandrum Innes Seniorem, Alexandrum Innes Juniorem, Doctorem Gulielmum Thorn, Gulielmum Nicol, Joannem Gordon, Gulielmum Burnett, Alexandrum Lumsden, Jacobum Ramsay, Alexandrum Duthie, Davidem Morice, Jacobum Watson, Carolum Tait, Joannem Durno, Alexandrum Carnegie, et Arthurum Dingwall Fordyce et tales alios personas qui primo rite admittentur procurators in Vice- comitis et Commissariis Curiis de Aberdeen, et contribuerint ad fundos dictae Societatis modo postea mentionato in Corporationem et Corpus politicum et corporatum in perpetuum per nomen et Titulum Prossidentis et Societatis procuratorum in Aberdonia, cum potestate illis vel majori parti eorum, Gubernandi, dirigendi, ordinandi, et Statuendi in omnibus negotiis et rebus tangentibus et respicientibus dictam Societatem, guber-
shall have contributed to the funds of the Society in manner aftermentioned, shall be a corporation and body corporate and politic by the name and title of the President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen, and that they and their successors shall henceforth have perpetual succession for the better and more effectual managing, directing, ordaining, and appointing all matters and affairs pertaining to the said Society and the funds belonging to the same, and We for the purposes foresaid Make, Erect, Create, Constitute and Appoint, the said Thomas Mosman [and others] and such other persons as shall first have been duly admitted Procurators in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, and should have contributed to the funds of the Society in manner aftermentioned, into a corporation and body politic and corporate forever by the name and title of the President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen, with power to them or the major part of them of administering, directing, ordaining and appointing in all matters and affairs pertaining and belonging to the said Society its administra-
FIRST CROWN CHARTER, 1 774. 5
nationem suam praedia fundos aliaque Negotia et Res, et quod dicta Corporatio per Nomen et Titulum antedictum plenam habeat potestatem habilisque ac capax jure fiat Tenendi, Acquirendi, recipiendi, habendi, possidendi, fruendi, et retinendi, in perpetuitatem vel alio modo Terras Tcnementa, vel haereditamenta cujuscunque naturae generis vel qualitatis providendo omnimodo quod liquidus annus reditus Terrarum Tcne- mentorum et haereditamentorum ita acquirendorum vel quae jam- dudum acquisita sunt ad et ob usum dictae Societatis Summam Quin- gentarum librarum Sterlinensium non excesserit, computando reditus prout steterunt tempore acquirendi respectivo : deductis inde debitis feudalibus Agri tributis ministrorum stipendiis aliisque oneribus publicis quibuscunque ac etiam pecuniam fcenerandi haereditariis vel personalibus securitatibus et Bona et Res praediales tenendi et Donationes et legata pro propositi's praedictis accipiendi et tenendi : Ac itidem ullas ex terris tenementis vel haereditariis Subjectis jam acquisitis et emptis in com- modum dictae Societatis vel quae ullo tempore futuro acquirentur vel ementur per dictain. Corporationem Impignorandi vel in vadium dandi. Et Locationcs, Assedationes, vel Rentalcs dictarum Terrarum, Tene- mentorum, aliorumque haereditariorum subjectorum dandi ct con-
tion, estates, funds and other matters and affairs : And that the said Corporation by the name and title foresaid shall have full power, and be capable according to law, of having, purchasing, accepting, holding, possessing, enjoying, and retaining in perpetuity or otherwise lands, tenements, or heritages of whatever kind or nature (provided always that the free annual rental of the lands, tenements, and heritages to be so acquired, or which have already been acquired, to and for the use of the said Society shall not exceed the sum of ,£500 Sterling the rents being severally computed as they were at the time of acquiring the same, all feu-duties, ground rents, minister's stipends and other public burdens whatsoever having been deducted), And also of lending money at interest on heritable or personal securities, of holding goods and chattels, and of receiving and holding donations and legacies for the purposes aforesaid, and in like manner of selling, pledging, and wadsetting any of the lands, tenements, or heritable subjects already purchased or to be acquired for the use of the said Society, or which at any future time shall be purchased and acquired by the said Corporation, and of giving and granting leases and tacks of the said lands, tenements and other heritable subjects and
6 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
cedendi et cadem in feudum dandi per modum perpetuse loca- tionis pro competenti feudi divoria : Et similiter sub nomine et Titulo antedicto Jus fasque sit Actiones movere et sustinere, litcs intentare et propellere in quibuscunque Curiis et locis et coram quibuscunque Judicibus, Ircnarchis vel aliis Officiariis in omnibus Actionibus, processibus, Causis, Accusationibus, Rationibus Rebus et postulationibus quibuscunque tali modo et forma quali ulli alii nostrorum subditorum Jus fasque sit vel cuilibet Corpori Corporato vel politico, ac etiam dicta; Corporationi commune sigillum erit ad omnia sua Negotia et Causas eorum eorumque successorum : Et licitum sit illis eorumque successoribus frangere, mutare, vel renovarc idem sigillum a tempore in tempus prout illis vel majori parti eorum expcdiens videbitur : Quod Sigillum custodietur a Thesaurario suo qui cum eodem aderit, vel ut id adsit efificiet omnibus Convocationibus in quibus necessarium erit : Et Nos pro nobis nostrisque haeredibus et successoribus Dirigimus, Ordin- amus, et Statuimus ut quotannis teneantur duo generales Convocationes dicta: Corporationis una in ultimum diem Martis Mensis Junii, et altera in ultimum diem Martis Mensis Novembris, apud talem locum vel loca, horam vel horas, ut dictus Praesidens et Societas a tempore in tempus
giving the same in feu by way of perpetual lease for a competent feu-duty : And likewise under the name and title foresaid it shall be lawful to raise and carry on actions, and sue and be sued, in whatever courts and places and before whatever judges, justiciaries and other officers in all actions, disputes, causes, complaints, matters, suits, and demands whatsoever in such mode and form as shall be lawful to any other of our subjects or to any other body politic or corporate, And also that there shall be a Common Seal to the said Corporation for all the business and affairs of them and their successors, and it shall be lawful to them and their successors from time to time to break, change, or renew the said Seal as to them or the major part of them shall seem expedient, which Seal shall be kept by their Treasurer, who shall attend with the same at all their meetings wherein it shall be necessary, or shall cause it to be present ; and We for Us and Our heirs and successors direct, ordain and appoint, that every year two general meetings of the said Corporation shall be held, one on the last Tuesday of the month of June, and the other on the last Tuesday of the month of November, at such place or places and hour or hours as the President and Society from time
FIRST CROWN CHARTER, 1 774. 7
diriment, cum potcstatc Comperendinationis prout dictae general j Con- vocation! expediens videbitur ; et prima generalis Convocatio dictae Societatis tenta crit vigcsimo octavo die mensis Junii in hoc praesenti anno millesimo septingentesimo septuagesimo quarto in loco solito, ubi dicti socii dictae Societatis generaliter Congressus suos tenuerint et inter horas undccimam et meridiem illius diei : Et Nos ulterius Concedimus, et dcclaramus quod dictus Thomas Mosman erit primus Presidens et dicti Joannes Clerk, David Bartlett, Alexander Innes Senior, Alexander Innes Junior, Doctor Gulielmus Thorn, Gulielmus Nicol, Joannes Gordon, Gulielmus Burnett, Alexander Lumsden, Jacobus Ramsay, Alex- ander Duthie, David Morice, Jacobus Watson, Carolus Tait, Joannes Durno, Alexander Carnegie et Arthurus Dingwall Fordyce primi socii dictae Corporationis erunt : et Presidens et Membra plenam potestatem et auctoritatem apud dictam generalem Convocationem in mense Novembris habeant, Eligendi pro anno venturo Praesidentem Thesaurar- ium aliosque Officiarios necessarios ac etiam Curatores selectos quinque virorum de numero suo constituendi tanquam in Concilium adhibendum quocum eorum Thesaurarius deliberabit et consulet in ordinaria guber- natione fundorum dictae Corporationis, et cum potestate Comperendina- tionis prout illis expediens videbitur : Et Nos potestatem Damus et auctoritatem Praesidenti dictae Corporationis pro tempore existenti ad
to time shall appoint, with the power of adjournment as to the said general meeting shall seem expedient ; and that the first general meeting of the said Society shall be held on the 28th day of June 1774, between the hours of 11 and 12 of the same day, in the usual place in which the members of the said Society are generally accustomed to hold their meetings : And We also Grant and Declare that the said Thomas Mosman [and others] should be the first members of the said Corporation, and that the President and Members in the said general meeting in the month of November shall have full power and authority to elect a President, Treasurer and other necessary Officers for the ensuing year, and also to appoint a Committee of five of their number who shall be a permanent Council, with whom the Treasurer shall consult and deliberate in the usual administration of the funds of the said Corporation with power of adjournment as to them shall seem expedient : And We Grant power and authority to the President of the said Corporation for the time being at his
8 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
suum beneplacitum vel quoties corum Res id postulabunt super pre- monitionem viginti quatuor horarum aliis Membris Convocationem Dictae Societatis citandi : et quod dictus Praesidens Jus habeat praesidendi apud omnes Convocationes dictae Corporationis et habendi inibf tarn deliberativum quam supernumerarium Sufifragium in unaquaque questionc ubi aequalia Suffragia crunt inter Socios praescntes providendo verun- tamen Quod Praesidens nullum negativum habebit super vocationem Congressus dictae Societatis, et autem absente aut recusante ita facerc, Quod legitimum crit ullis quinque vel pluribus Sociorum dictae Corpora- tionis consentientibus in hanc finem vocare congressus pro re nata simili prcmonitionc viginti quatuor horarum aliis sociis data. Et Quod talis Congressus potcstatem habebit Eligendi Praesidentem pro re nata et procedendi et determinandi in ullum negotium et Res dictae Corpora- tionis quae coram illis venerint, codem modo ac si annuus Praesidens interesset et praesideret apud talem Congressum : Et Nos Ordinamus Dirigimus, et Statuimus, quod non erit in potestate Praesidentis et sociorum Dictae Corporationis vel corum successorum expendendi ullam plus vel majorem summam vel summas monetae in Eleemosynam intra annum quam immunis annua productio et proventus praediorum et
pleasure, or as often as their affairs shall require it, to call meetings of the said Society on twenty-four hours notice given to the other members : and that the said President shall have the right of presiding at all meetings of the said Corporation, and of having a deliberative as well as a casting vote on every question when there shall be an equality of the votes of the members present, provided nevertheless that the President shall not have a negative voice against calling a meeting of the Society, but in his absence, or on his refusal so to call a meeting, it shall be lawful to any five or more members of the said Corporation consenting for that end to call a meeting pro re nata on twenty-four hours notice given to the other members as aforesaid, and that such meeting shall have power to elect a President pro re nata, and to proceed and resolve on all business and affairs of the Corporation which shall be submitted to them in the same way as if the annual President had attended and presided at such meeting : And We Ordain, Direct, and Appoint that it shall not be in the power of the President and Members of the said Corporation or their successors to expend any more or greater sum or sums of money in charity within a year than the free annual produce and revenue of the estates and securities belonging to the
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Securitatum ad dictam Corporationem pertinentium et currentes Col- lectiones, Subscriptiones, et Largitiones pro tali anno (post omnem deductionem ex iisdem) praebuerint et produxerint una cum reliquiis praecedentium annorum in quantum apparebit necessarium pro propositis Eleemosynarum Societatis, et praedia et Capitales summae quae fundos dictae Corporationis composuerunt in perpetuum posthac integra et intacta in utilitatem ejusdem remanebunt : Et distributio dictae immunis annuae productionis et provcntus limitabitur ad et facta erit solummodo inter confectos et redactos socios dictae Societatis et eorum Viduas, et Liberos, et Nepotes Sociorum Confectorum in pauperibus circum- stantiis quae antcponentur omnibus aliis et in ordine praelationis supra dcscripto : et deficientibus talibus pauperibus fratribus ct Sororibus ullius demortui membri Societatis et corum liberis in eodem ordine : Et quod tales distributiones solummodo factae erunt apud generales Statutas Convocationes Societatis, et annualis Computus praediorum et fundorum dictae Corporationis et pecuniae acceptae et expensae per Quaestorem factus erit et coram generali Convocatione in mense Novembris productus fuerit pro eorum examinatione ct approbatione : Et quod Libri ejus et com- puti apud omnes alias Convocationes apcrti erunt pro inspectione Prae-
said Corporation and the current collections, subscriptions, and donations of that year (all burdens being deducted therefrom) together with the overplus of previous years, shall yield and produce however much may seem to be necessary for the established charities of the Society, and that the property and principal sums which form the sums of the said Corporation shall remain whole and entire for ever after for the benefit thereof: and that the division of the said free produce and revenue shall be limited and made allenarly among the poor and indigent Members of the said Society, and their Widows, and among the indigent Children and Grand-children of poor Members, before all others, and in the order of preference above set forth: And, failing such poor persons, among the indigent brothers and sisters of any deceased Member of the said Society and their children, in the same order, and that such division shall only be made at the stated general meetings of the said Society ; And that an annual account of the property and funds of the said Corporation, and the money received and expended by the Treasurer, shall be prepared and produced in presence of the general meeting in the month of November, for examination and approval, and that the books and accounts thereof shall be exhibited at every meeting for
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sidentis aliorumque : Sociorum dictae Corporationis : Et ulterius Nos Volumus et Declaramus Quod nemo Jus habebit aut instructus erit Socius fieri dictae Societatis et Corporationis nisi ille prius rite admissus fuerit procurator in Curiis Vicecomitis et Commissarii Aberdoniae secun- dum usualem formam et consuetudinem in talibus casibus et qui receptus sit pro Societatque et contribuerit atquc solverit ad fundos dictae Societatis usualia feoda admissionis, vel talia feoda admissionis sicut posthac Stabilientur, et constituentur acceptum iri per ullam ordinationem vel legem privatam dictae corporationis ad id propositum quae facta fuerit (sic ut idem non excesserit summam triginta librarum Sterlinensium pro admissione ullius unius Socii) Et quando ullum membrum admittetur in dictam Corporationem, nomen ejus inscribetur in Registrario libro qui in hunc finem custodietur, et remanebit et continuabit socius quamdiu continuabit taxari et solvere annuales divorias dictae Societatis, vel tales annuas divorias ut posthac stabilientur et ordinabuntur receptum iri a membris dictae Corporationis per ullam ordinationem vel legem privatam quae facta fuerit ad id propositum, sic ut eadem non excesserit Summam viginti solidorum sterlinensium pro ullo uno Membro : Et Nos pro Nobis nostrisque heredibus et Successoribus Damus et Concedimus dictis
the inspection of the President and other members of the said Corporation : And We further Will and Declare that no one shall have right or be entitled to become a member of the said Society and Corporation, unless he shall first have been duly admitted a Procurator in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen according to the usual form and practice in such cases, and have been received by the Society, and have contributed to the funds of the said Society the usual fees of admission, or shall have paid whatever else shall have been fixed and appointed to be received by any ordinance or byelaw of the said Society to be made for that purpose (the said fees never exceeding the sum of ^30 Sterling for the admission of any member), and, when any Member shall be admitted into the said Corporation, his name shall be inserted in a Register to be kept for that purpose, and he shall remain and continue a Member so long as he shall continue to be taxed and pay the yearly contributions of the said Society, or such yearly contributions as shall be afterwards appointed and ordained to be received from the members of the said Corporation by any Ordinance or Bye-law to be made at their discretion (the same never exceeding the sum of 20/- sterling for any Member) : And We for Us and Our Heirs and
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Praesidenti et Membris dictae Corporationis eorumque Successoribus plenam potestatem et auctoritatem in generalibus Convocationibus con- gregatis a tempore in tempus constituendi, ordinandi et faciendi tales et tot leges privatas, Constitutiones, Regulas et ordinationes prout illis vel majori parti eorum tunc et ibidem praesentibus proprium et necessarium videbitur, pro meliore gubernatione et directione dictae Corporationis. Et dictas leges privatas, Constitutiones, Ordinationes, et Regulas vel ullas earum Mutandi et Abrogandi prout dicto Praesidenti et Membris sic con- gregatis vel majori parti eorum tunc praesentibus necessarium videbitur : Omnes et singulas quas Leges privatas, Constitutiones, Regulas et Ordinationes sic ut praedicitur faciendas Nos Volumus rite Observari et custodiri proviso quod ejusmodi Leges non erunt contrariae vel repug- nantes legibus hujus Regni vel tenori praesentis Cartas nostras : Et ut tales Leges privatae Constitutiones, Regulae et Ordinationes a tempore in tempus imponendae vel ulla abrogatio vel alteratio earundem vel ullarum earum concordatae stabilitae et confirmatae fuerint per generalem Con- vocationem dicti Praesidentis et Membrorum tenendam et custodiendam proxime postquam eadem respective facta fuerint : Et ulterius Nos ex speciali gratia nostra certa scientia et proprio motu Concessimus, et
Successors Give and Grant to the said President and Members of the said Corporation and their successors assembled in general meeting from time to time full power and authority to constitute, ordain, and make such and so many Bye-Laws, Constitutions, Rules, and Ordinances as shall appear proper and necessary to them or the major part of them then and there present for the better administration and direction of the said Corporation, and to alter and rescind the said Bye-Laws, Constitutions, Ordinances, and Rules or any of them, as to the said President and Members so assembled or the major part of them then present shall appear necessary : And We will that all and sundry such Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances to be made in manner foresaid be duly observed and kept, provided that such laws are not contrary or repugnant in any manner to the laws of this Kingdom and the tenor of the said Charter, — And that the said Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances to be imposed from time to time or any repeal or alteration of them, or any of them, shall be agreed to, constituted, and confirmed by a general meeting of the said President and Members to be called and held soon after the meeting at which the same are made. And moreover We out of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere
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Confirmavimus et per praesentia pro nobis nostrisque haeredibus et Succes- soribus Damus et Confirmamus dicto Praesidenti aliisque Membris dictae Societatis praedictis Omnia Praedia Summas monetae Jura, Commoda, Beneficia, Securitates emolumenta, potestates, privilegia aliaque Negotia et res quascunque per dictam Societatem vel ullum Membrum ejusdem pro usu et beneficio ejusdem adhuc habuerunt, receperunt, fruiti sunt, exercuerunt, Jus habuerunt, fecerunt, vel egerunt Tenendas, habendas, recipiendas, percipiendas, excquendas et potiundas, omnia et singula dicta praemissa ultimo supra mentionata per illos eorumque Successores et dictam Corporationem in perpetuum in tarn amplo et beneficiali modo omnibus intentis et propositi's quam dicta Societas vel ullum membrum ejusdem antea tenuerunt fruiti sunt et exercuerunt eadem : Et Nos pro nobis nobismet ipsis nostrisque haeredibus et Successoribus Declaramus hasce Literas nostras patentes in omnibus et per omnia in Jure validas et efficaces futuras secundum verum intentum et intellectum earundem sensuque maxime favorabili et benefico et pro summo dictae Corporations commodo accipiendas, interpretandas, et Adjudicandas mala recitatione defectu incertitudine vel imperfectione in hisce Literis nostris patentibus quibuscunque non obstantibus : Postremo Nos pro nobis haeredibus et successoribus nostris cum dicta Corporatione seu
motion have granted and confirmed, and by these presents for Us and Our heirs and successors Give and Confirm, to the said President and other Members of the said Society all the property, sums of money, rights, advantages, benefits, securities, emoluments, powers, privileges, and other matters and affairs whatever which the said Society or any Member of the same shall have held, received, en- joyed, exercised, had right to, have done or performed, for the use and benefit thereof, To be held, had, received, taken, followed, and possessed, all and sundry the premises last mentioned, by them and their successors and the said Corporation forever, and in the most full and ample manner to all intents and purposes in which the said Society or any Member thereof has held, enjoyed, and exercised the same: And We for Us, Our heirs and successors, Declare that the said Letters patent shall in every respect be valid and sufficient in law according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and in the most favourable and beneficial sense, and shall be received, interpreted, and adjudged to the greatest advantage of the said Corporation, any wrong recital, defect, ambiguity, or imperfection in Our said Letters Patent notwithstanding: And lastly We for Us, Our heirs
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Corpore politico et Successoribus suis per praesentes pacti sumus et Con- venimus eisque Concessimus Nos haercdes et Successores nostros de tempore in tempus omnibusque temporibus futuris ad dictae Corpora- tionis seu Corporis politic! eorumque Successorum humilem rogatum et petitionem iisdem daturos et concessuros omnia ea ulteriora et alia privilegia Auctoritates Res et Negotia ad hanc nostram Concessionem secundum verum intentum et intellectum ejusdem efficaciorem redden- dam quae Nos aut illi de Jure concedere possumus aut poterunt quaeque a dictae Corporations seu Corporis politici pro tempore existenti Juris- peritis rationabiliter proponentur et excogitabuntur quaeque a nostro haeredum et Successorum nostrorum Advocato et Sollicitatore-Generali in Scotia ex nostris vel eorum parte approbabuntur : In cujus rei testi- monium praesentibus Sigillum nostrum per Unionis tractatum custo- diendum et in Scotia vice et loco Magni Sigilli ejusdem utendo ordi- natum appendi mandavimus Apud Aulam nostram de St James's vigesimo septimo die mensis Januarii anno Domini millesimo septingen- tesimo septuagesimo quarto Regnique nostri anno decimo quarto. Per signaturam manu S. D. N. Regis supra scripti.
Written to the Seal and registered the twentieth day of April 1774. (Signed) Alex. Watson Dept. Seal'd at Edinburgh the twentieth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy four years. (Signed) Ro. Meikle Subt. ^80 Scots.
and successors, hereby contract, agree, and covenant with the said Corporation or Body Politic and their successors that We and Our heirs and successors from time to time and in all time coming will give and grant to the said Corporation or Body Politic and their successors on their humble request and petition all such further and other privileges, rights, matters, and things for rendering this Our grant more effectual according to the true intent and meaning thereof which We or they can lawfully grant, or which may reasonably be proposed or devised by- Counsel learned in the law of the said Corporation or Body Politic for the time being, and which should be approved on the part of Us and our heirs and successors by our or their Advocate and Solicitor General in Scotland : In Witness Whereof We have ordered Our Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and used in Scotland in room and place of the Great Seal thereof to be appended to these presents at our Court of St. James's the twenty-seventh day of January in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy four and of Our reign the fourteenth year.
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GEORGIUS Dei gratia, Magnae Britannia;, Franciae et Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defensor, omnibus probis hominibus ad quos praesentes literae nostrae perveniant, salutem. QUANDOQUIDEM nos considerantes quosdam Procuratores in Aberdonia, anno millesimo septingcntesimo et septuagesimo quarto, per eorum petitionem nobis humiliter reprae- sentavisse, quod urbs Abredonensis, propter amplitudinem suam, nego- tia, et incolarum numerum, esset praecipua in Scotia ad Septentriones Fluvii Forthae ; quod in hac urbe, praeter curias suae jurisdictionis tanquam burgo regali, curiae Vicecomitis et Commissarii tcntae fuerunt, jurisdictiones quarum extendebant per spatiosam et cultam regionem, in qua diversa burga regalia, et multa magna oppida nundinaria jace- bant ; quod procuratores admissi per, et in illis curiis agentes, ab anti- quissimo tempore egcrant in omnibus eorum negotiis, tanquam societas
GEORGE, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting :
WHEREAS We considering that in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy- four certain persons, Procurators in Aberdeen, humbly represented to Us by their petition that the City of Aberdeen, on account of its size, business, and population, was the chief City in Scotland north of the river Forth, that in that City, besides the Courts of its own jurisdiction as a Royal Burgh, the Courts of the Sheriff and Commissary were held, the jurisdiction whereof extended through a spacious and cultivated region, in which lay several royal burghs and many great market towns, that the Procurators admitted by and acting in those Courts carried on business from the earliest times as a Society
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vocata et nota per nomen Praesidentis et Societatis Procuratorum in Aberdonia ; ct praesertim per solennes annuas contributiones inter seipsos promoverant et stabiliverant peramplas opes, in sustenta- tionem dictae societatis sociorum deficientium, viduarum, liberorum, aliorumque affinium sociorum in paupertate obeuntium : Quod etiamsi dicti petitores, ultra hominum memoriam, sub nomine Societatis tan- quam Procuratores in Aberdonia egerant ; tamen, per amissionem omnium suorum scriptorum et actorum, quas perierant cum officina Commissarii Aberdoniae combusta esset anno millesimo septingentesimo decimo nono, nequiverunt certe primam constitutionem, vel naturam societatis suae investigare, ita ut opes suas aliaque negotia secure administrare potuerint : IGITUR dicti petitores ad amovenda haec incommoda, et ad melius sustentandam dictam societatem, nobis humiliter supplicaverunt, ipsis concedere nostram regiam cartam, ad incorporandos illos eorumque successores de novo, per nomen, stilum et titulum Praesidentis et Societatis Procuratorum in Aberdonia, cum talibus potestatibus, privileges, regulis et provisionibus quales usitate conceduntur corporibus politicis et corporatis similis naturae, et ut nobis in nostra magna sapientia aptum videretur : quod nos
called and known by the name of the President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen, and had by regular yearly contributions among themselves promoted and established very large funds for the maintenance of the decayed members of the said Society and the Widows, Children and other relations of the Members falling into poverty ; that, although the said Petitioners had carried on business as Procurators in Aberdeen beyond the memory of man under the name of a Society, nevertheless through the loss of all their writs and evidents, which had perished when the office of the Commissary of Aberdeen was burned in the year Seventeen hundred and nineteen, they could not with certainty discover their first constitution or the nature of their society so that they could safely manage their funds and other affairs. Therefore the said Petitioners, for the removing of these inconveniences and for the better preservation of the. said Society, humbly prayed Us to grant to them Our Royal Charter for of new incorporating them and their successors by the name, style and title of the President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen, with such powers, privileges, rules, and provisions as are usually given to bodies politic and corporate of the like nature, and as to Us in Our great wisdom should
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dictam petitionem animo nostro perpendentes, et omnia debita incitamenta institution! tarn utili tamque piae dare cupientes, ac se- cundum dictam petitionem, et virtute praerogativae nostrae regiae spe- cialique gratia, certa scientia, proprioque motu, per regiam cartam nostram de data apud Saint James's, vigesimo septimo die Januarii, millesimo septingentesimo et septuagesimo quarto, annoque regni nostri decimo quarto, benigne voluimus DARE, CONSTITUERE, DECLARARE et ORDINARE, ut Thomas Mosman, Joannes Clerk, David Bartlet, Alexander I nnes senior, Alexander Innes junior, Doctor Gulielmus Thorn, Gulielmus Nicol, Joannes Gordon, Gulielmus Burnett, Alexander Lumsden, Jacobus Ramsay, Alexander Duthie, David Morice, Jacobus Watson, Carolus Tait, Joannes Durno, Alexander Carnegie, et Arthurus Dingwall Fordyce, talesque alii qui prius in Vicecomitis, Commissariique curiis Aberdoniae Procuratores rite ad- mitterentur, et ad societatis opes in modo postea memorato contri- buerent, una corporatio et corpus corporatum et politicum essent, per nomen et titulum Praesidentis et Societatis Procuratorum in Aberdonia ; et ut illi, eorumque successores, ex eo tempore perpetuam successionem haberent, ad melius magisque efficienter administrandum, dirigendum,
seem proper : that We weighing in Our mind the said Petition and desiring to give all due encouragement to so useful and pious an institution in terms of the said petition, and by virtue of Our Royal Prerogative and out of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by Our Royal Charter dated at Saint James's the Twenty-seventh day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy-four, and in the Fourteenth of Our reign, We were graciously pleased to grant, constitute, declare, and ordain that Thomas Mosman, John Clark, David Bartlet, Alexander lnnes Senior, Alexander Innes Junior, Dr. William Thorn, William Nicol, John Gordon, William Burnett, Alexander Lumsden, James Ramsay, Alexander Duthie, David Morice, James Watson, Charles Tait, John Durno, Alexander Carnegie and Arthur Dingwall Fordyce and such others as should first have been duly admitted Procurators in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, and should have contributed to the funds of the Society in manner aftermentioned, should be a corporation and body corporate and politic by the name and title of the President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen: and that they and their successors should thenceforth have perpetual managing, directing, ordaining, and appointing all
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ordinandum, et constituendum in omnibus rebus et negotiis ad dictam societatem pertincntibus, et in opibus ad eandcm spectantibus : nosque pro propositi's memoratis, per cartam praedictam, fecimus, ereximus, creavimus, constituimus, et stabilivmus dictos Thomam Mosman, Joannem Clerk, Davidem Bartlet, Alexandrum Innes seniorem, Alex- andrum Innes juniorem, Doctorem Gulielmum Thorn, Gulielmum Nicol, Joannem Gordon, Gulielmum Burnett, Alexandrum Lumsden, Jacobum Ramsay, Alexandrum Duthie, Davidem Morice, Jacobum Watson, Carolum Tait, Joannem Durno, Alexandrum Carnegie, et Arthurum Dingwall Fordyce, talcsque alios qui prius in Vicecomitis Commissariique curiis Aberdoniae Procuratores rite admitterentur, et ad societatis opes in modo postea memorato contribuerent, in corpo- rationem corpusque policitum et corporatum, in perpetuum, per nomen et titulum Praesidentis et Societatis Procuratorum in Aberdonia, cum potcstate ill is, vel eorum parti majori, in omnibus rebus et negotiis ad dictam societatem, ejus administrationem, praedia, opes, aliasque res et negotia spectantibus et pertinentibus, administrandi, dirigendi, ordi- nandi, ct constituendi ; et quod dicta corporatio, per nomen et titulum antedictum, habilis et potens jure foret, terras, tenementa, seu haeredi- tates cujusque generis aut naturae, habendi, emendi, accipiendi, te- nendi, possidendi, fruendi, et in perpetuum aut aliter retinendi ; —
matters and affairs pertaining to the said Society and the funds belonging to the same : and We for the purposes mentioned by the said Charter have erected, created, constituted, and appointed the said Thomas Mosman [and others] and such others as should first have been duly admitted Procurators in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, and should have contributed to the funds of the Society in manner aftermentioned, into a corporation and body politic and corporate forever by the name and title of the President and Society of Procurators of Aberdeen, with power to them or the major part of them of administering, directing, ordaining and appointing in all matters and affairs pertaining and belonging to the said Society, its administration, estates, funds, and other matters and affairs ; And that the said Corporation by the name and title foresaid should have full power and be capable according to law of having, purchasing, accepting, holding, possessing, enjoying, and retaining in perpetuity or otherwise lands, tenements, or heritages of whatever kind or nature (provided always that the free annual rental of the lands, tenements and
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(PROVIDENDO semper, quod immunis annuus reditus terrarum, tenementorum, et haereditatum ita acquirendorum, vel quae jam acquisita fuerunt, ad et in usum dictae societatis, summam quingen- tarum Hbrarum Sterlinensium non excesserit, reditibus ut crant ad tempus eadem acquirendi singulatim computatis, deductis omnibus feudifirmis, agri tributis, ministrorum stipendiis, aliisque oneribus pub- licis quibuscunque) etiamque pecuniam securitatibus haereditariis sen personalibus foenore locandi, bona et possessiones tenendi, et dona- tiones et legata pro propositis antedrctis accipiendi et habendi : AC ITIDEM ullas ex tern's, tenementis, vel rebus haereditariis jam emptis, aut acquisitis pro commodo dictae societatis, aut quae ullo tempore futuro per dictam corporationem emerentur ct acquirerentur, vendendi, impignorandi, in vadium dandi, locationes et assedationes dictarum terrarum, tenementorum, aliarumve rerum haereditariarum dandi et concedendi, eademque in feudo dandi, per modum perpetuae locationis pro competenti feudi divoria ; ET SIMILITER, sub nomine et titulo antedicto, jus fasque esset actiones movere et sustinere, lites intentare et propellere, defendere et defcndi, in quibuscunque curiis et locis, et coram quibuscunque judicibus, justiciaries, aliisve officiariis, in omnibus actionibus, litibus, causis, accusationibus, rationibus, rebus et postu-
heritages to be so acquired or which had already been acquired to and for the use of the said society should not exceed the sum of Five hundred pounds sterling, the rents being severally computed as they were at the time of acquiring the same, all feu duties, ground rents, minister's stipends, and other public burdens whatsoever having been deducted) ; And also of lending money at interest on heritable or personal securities, of holding goods and chattels, and of receiving and holding donations and legacies, for the purposes aforesaid, and in like manner of selling, pledging, and wadsetting any of the lands, tenements, or heritable subjects already purchased or to be acquired for the use of the said Society, or which at any future time should be purchased and acquired by the said Corporation, and of giving and granting leases and tacks of the said lands, tenements, and other heritable subjects, and giving the same in feu by way of perpetual lease for a competent feu duty : And likewise, under the name and title foresaid, it should be lawful to raise and carry on actions, and sue and be sued, in whatever courts and places, and before whatever judges, justiciaries and other officers, in all actions, disputes, causes, complaints, matters, suits, and
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lationibus quibuscunque, tali modo et forma, quali ulli alii subditorum nostrorum, ullive alii corpori politico vel corporato jus fasque esset : ac etiam, quod dictae corporationi commune sigillum esset, ad omnia sua negotia et causas eorum eorumque successorum ; et licitum esset illis eorumque successoribus idem sigillum a tempore in tempus frangere, mutare, vel renovare, prout illis, vel eorum parti majori, expediens videretur ; quod sigillum ab eorum Thesaurario custodiretur, qui cum eodem in omnibus conventibus in quibus necessarium erit, adesset, vel illud adesse curaret : ET NOS, pro nobis nostrisque haeredibus et successoribus, direximus, ordinavimus et statuimus, ut quotannis duo conventus generales dictae corporationis tenerentur ; unus, die Martis ultimo mensis Junii, et alter die Martis ultimo mensis Novembris, in tali loco vel locis, hora vel horis, sicuti Praesidens et Societas a tempore in tempus constituerent, cum potestate comperendinationis, prout dicto conventui generali expediens videretur ; et primus con- ventus generalis dictae societatis die vigesimo octavo Junii, anno rnillesimo septingentesimo et septuagesimo quarto, inter horas un- decimam et duodecimam ejusdem diei teneretur, in loco solito quo socii dictae societatis suos congressus plerumque tenere consueverant.
demands whatsoever, in such mode and form as should be lawful to any other of our subjects or to any other body politic or corporate ; And also that there should be a Common Seal to the said Corporation for all the business and affairs of them and their successors, and it should be lawful to them and their successors from time to time to break, change, or renew the said Seal as to them or the major part of them should seem expedient, which Seal should be kept by their Treasurer, who should attend with the same at all their meetings wherein it should be necessary, or should cause it to be present : and We, for Us and Our heirs and successors, directed, ordained, and appointed that every year two general meetings of the said Corporation should be held, one on the last Tuesday of the month of June and the other on the last Tuesday of the month of November, at such place or places, and hour or hours, as the President and Society from time to time should appoint, with the power of adjournment as to the said general meeting should seem expedient ; and that the first general meeting of the said Society should be held on the Twenty-eighth day of June, Seventeen hundred and seventy-four, between the hours of Eleven and Twelve of the same day in the usual place in which the members of the said Society
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ET NOS insuper concessimus et declaravimus, quod dictus Thomas Mosman primus Praesidens esset, et quod dicti Joannes Clerk, David Bartlet, Alexander Innes senior, Alexander Innes junior, Doctor Gulielmus Thorn, Gulielmus Nicol, Joannes Gordon, Gulielmus Burnett, Alexander Lumsden, Jacobus Ramsay, Alexander Duthie, David Morice, Jacobus Watson, Carolus Tait, Joannes Durno, Alexander Carnegie, et Arthurus Dingwall Fordyce primi socii dictae corpora- tions essent ; et praesidens et socii in dicto conventu generali mense Novembris plenam potestatem et auctoritatem eligendi Praesidentem, Thesaurarium, aliosque officiarios necessarios in annum sequentem haberent ; etiamque quinque Curatores selectos ex eorum numero con- stituendi, qui tanquam concilium permanens esset, cum quo Thesaurarius in solita administratione opum dictae corporationis consultaret et deliberaret ; potestate data comperendinationis, sicut illis expediens videretur : ET NOS potestatem et auctoritatem praesidenti dictae cor- porationis pro tempore concessimus ad ejus libitum, vel quoties eorum res id postularent, praemonitione viginti quatuor horarum aliis sociis data, congressum dictae societatis convocandi ; et quod dictus Praesi- dens jus praesidendi in omnibus dictae corporationis conventibus jus haberet, et in iis, in quaque quaestione suffragium tarn deliberativum quam supernumerarium, quum suffragia inter socios praesentes aequalia
were generally accustomed to hold their meetings : And We also granted and declared that the said Thomas Mosman [and others] should be the first members of the said Corporation, and that the President and Members in the said general meeting in the month of November should have full power and authority of electing a President, Treasurer and other necessary officers for the ensuing year, and also of appointing a committee of five of their number who should be a permanent Council, with whom the Treasurer should consult and deliberate in the usual administration of the funds of the said Corporation, with power of adjournment as to them should seem expedient : and We granted power and authority to the President of the said Corporation for the time being, at his pleasure or as often as their affairs should require it, to call meetings of the said Society on twenty-four hours notice given to the other members, and that the said President should have the right of presiding at all meetings of the said Corporation, and of having a deliberative as well as a casting vote on every question when there should be an equality of the votes of the members
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essent, habendi ; providendo veruntamen, quod Praesidens nullam negandi vocem de conventu socictatis citando haberet ; sed absente illo, aut rccusante ita citare, legitimum esset ullis quinque, seu pluribus sociis dictae corporationis, in hunc finem consentientibus, conventum vocare pro re nata, premonitione viginti quatuor horarum aliis sociis, ut supra dictum, data ; et quod talis conventus potestatem haberet prae- sidentem pro re nata eligendi, et in omnibus rebus et negotiis corpo- rationis quae iliis subjicerentur procedendi et decernendi, eodem modo ac si annuus Praesidens in tali conventu adesset et praesideret : NOSQUE ORDINAVIMUS, DIREXIMUS, ET CONSTITUIMUS, quod non esset Pracsidenti sociisque dictae corporationis, eorumve suc- cessoribus, potestas cxpendendi ullam pecuniae summam vel summas in eleemosyna intra annum, ampliores vel majores quam immune annuum vectigal et reditus praediorum, securitatumque ad dictam corpora- tionem pertinentium, et praesentium collectionum, subscriptionum, et donationum ejus anni (omnibus oneribus ex iisdem deductis) una cum redundantia priorum annorum, pracberent et suppeditarent, quantum eleemosynariis institutis societatis neccssarium videretur : Et quod praedia, summaeque principales quae opes dictae corporationis formant,
present ; provided, nevertheless, that the President should not have a negative voice against calling a meeting of the Society, but in his absence, or on his refusal so to call a meeting, it should be lawful to any five or more members of the said Corporation consenting for that end to call a meeting pro re nata, on twenty-four hours notice given to the other members as aforesaid, and that such meeting should have power to elect a President pro re nata, and to proceed and resolve on all business and affairs of the Corporation which should be submitted to them, in the same way as if the annual President had attended and presided at such meeting : And We ordained, directed, and appointed, that it should not be in the power of the President and Members of the said Corporation or their successors to expend any more or greater sum or sums of money in charity within a year than the free annual produce and revenue of the estates and securities belonging to the said Corporation and the current collections, subscriptions and donations of that year (all burdens being deducted therefrom) together with the overplus of previous years, should yield and produce, however much might seem to be necessary for the established charities of the Society, and that the property and principal sums which formed
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ex eo tempore in perpetuum integrae et intactae in commodum ejusdem remanerent ; et quod partitio dicti immunis vectigalis et reditus circumscriberetur, et solummodo fieret inter socios pauperes et egenos dictae societatis, eorumque viduas, et inter liberos et nepotes sociorum pauperum in rebus egcnis, ante omnes alios, et in ordine praelationis supra dicto ; et deficientibus talibus pauperibus, inter fratres et sorores egenos ullius socii demortui dictae societatis, eorumque liberos eodem ordine ; et quod tales partitioncs in statutis generalibus conventibus dictae societatis tantum fierent ; et quod animus computus praediorum opumque dictae corporationis, et pecuniae acceptae et expensae per Thesaurarium conficeretur, et coram conventu generali mense Novembris, ut inquisitio et approbatio fierent, produceretur : Et quod ejus libri et computi in omni eorum conventu, pro inspectione Praesidentis, aliorumque sociorum dictae corporationis, exhiberentur : Et NOS INSUPER VOLUIMUS ET DECLARAVIMUS, quod nemo jus haberet aut instructus esset socius dictae societatis et corporationis fieri, nisi ille prius rite Procurator in Vicecomitis, Commissariique curiis Aber- doniae, solita forma et consuetudine in talibus casibus admissus fuisset,
the funds of the said Corporation should remain whole and entire for ever after for the benefit thereof; and that the division of the said free produce and revenue should be limited, and made allenarly among the poor and indigent Members of the said Society and their Widows, and among the indigent Children and Grandchildren of poor Members, before all others and in the order of preference above set forth : And failing such poor persons, among the indigent brothers and sisters of any deceased Member of the said Society, and their children in the same order; and that such division should only be made at the stated general meetings of the said Society ; And that an annual account of the property and funds of the said Corporation and the money received and expended by the Treasurer should be prepared and produced in presence of the general meeting in the month of November, for examination and approval, and that the books and accounts thereof should be exhibited at every meeting for the inspection of the President and other members of the said Corporation : And We further willed and declared that no one should have right or be entitled to become a member of the said Society and Corporation unless he should first have been duly admitted a Procurator in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, according to the usual form and practice in
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et per socictatem receptus, et ad opes dictae societatis usitata admissionis praemia contribuisset, aut tanta quanta per ullam ordinationem seu legem privatam dictae corporationis ad id propositum faciendatn, stabi- lirentur et recipi constituerentur, solvisset, (iisdem praemiis summam triginta librarum Stcrlinensium pro admissione ullius socii nunquam excedentibus) : Et quum ullus socius in dictam corporationem admit- teretur, nomcn ejus in libro registrario, in hunc fin em custodiendo, inscriberetur, et remaneret et permaneret socius quamdiu taxari et solvere perseveraret annuas divorias dictae societatis, aut eas annuas divorias quae posthac stabilirentur et ordinarentur recipi a sociis dictae corporationis, per ullam ordinationem vel legem privatam eo consilio faciendam (iisdem summam viginti solidorum Sterlinensium pro ullo socio nequaquam excedentibus) : ET NOS pro nobis, nostrisque haere- dibus et successoribus, DEDIMUS et CONCESSIMUS dicto Praesidcnti et sociis dictae corporationis, eorumque successoribus, plenam potestatem et auctoritatem in conventibus generalibus a tempore in tempus congregatis, tales et tot leges privatas, constitutiones, regulas, et ordi- nationes, constituendi, ordinandi, et faciendi, prout illis, seu parti majori eorum, tunc et ibidem praesentium, in meliorem administrationem et
such cases, and have been received by the Society, and have contributed to the funds of the said Society the usual fees of admission, or should have paid whatever else should have been fixed and appointed to be received by any ordinance or bye-law of the said Society to be made for that purpose (the same fees never exceeding the sum of Thirty pounds Sterling for the admission of any member) : And when any Member should be admitted into the said Corporation, his name should be inserted in a Register to be kept for that purpose, and he should remain and continue a Member so long as he should continue to be taxed and pay the yearly contributions of the said Society, or such yearly contributions as should be afterwards appointed and ordained to be received from the Members of the said Corporation, by any Ordinance or Bye-Law to be made at their discretion (the same never exceeding the sum of Twenty shillings Sterling for any member) : And We for Us, and Our heirs and successors, gave and granted to the said President and Members of the said Corporation and their successors assembled in general meeting from time to time full power and authority of constituting, ordaining, and making such and so many Bye-Laws, Constitutions, Rules and Ordinances as should appear proper and necessary to thein or the major part of them then and there present
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directionem dictae corporationis, proprium et necessarium videretur ; et dictas leges privatas, constitutiones, ordinationes, et regulas ullasve earum mutandi ct abrogandi, prout dicto Praesidenti, sociisque sic con- gregatis, vel parti majori eorum tunc praesentium, necessarium videretur ; OMNES et SINGULAS quas leges privatas, constitutiones, regulas, et ordinationes, modo praedicto faciendas, NOS VOLUIMUS rite obser- vari et custodiri ; PROVISO, quod eaedem leges nullo modo legibus hujus regni, tenorique dictae cartae, contrariae seu adversae essent ; et quod dictae leges privatae, constitutiones, regulae et ordinationes, a tempore in tempus imponendae, vel ulla abrogatio seu mutatio earum, ulliusve earum, concordarentur, constituerentur et confirmarentur per conventum generalem dicti Praesidentis et sociorum proxime convo- candum et tenendum postquam eaedem singulatim fuissent factae ; ET INSUPER, NOS, ex speciali gratia nostra, certa scientia, et proprio motu,CONCESSIMUS et CONFIRMAVIMUS, perque dictam cartam pro nobis nostrisque haeredibus et successoribus, CONCESSIMUS et CONFIRMAVIMUS dicto praesidenti aliisque sociis dictae societatis, omnia praedia, summas pecuniae, jura, commoda, beneficia, securitates, emolumenta, potestates, privilegia, aliasque res et negotia quaecunque dicta societas vel ullus socius ejusdem in usum et beneficium ejusdem,
for the better administration and direction of the said Corporation j And to alter and rescind the said Bye-Laws, Constitutions, Ordinances and Rules or any of them as to the said President and Members so assembled or the major part of them then present should appear necessary ; And We willed that all and sundry such Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances to be made in manner foresaid be duly observed and kept ; provided that such laws were not contrary or repugnant in any manner to the laws of this Kingdom and the tenor of the said Charter: And that the said Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances to be imposed from time to time, or any repeal or alteration of them, or any of them, should be agreed to, constituted, and confirmed by a general meeting of the said President and Members to be called and held soon after the meeting at which the same were made : And moreover We, out of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, granted and confirmed, and by the said Charter for Us and Our successors granted and confirmed, to the said President and other Members of the said Society all the property, sums of money, rights,, advantages, benefits, securities, emoluments, powers, privileges and other matters and affairs whatever which the said Society or any Member of the same should
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antehac habucrat, receperat, fruitus erat, exercuerat, jus habuerat, fecerat vel egerat, TENENDA, HABENDA, RECIPIENDA, CAPIENDA, EXEQUENDA, et POTIUNDA, omnia et singula praemissa ultimo memorata, per illos eorumque succcssores, et dictam corporationem, in perpetuum, et omnino, in modo tarn amplo et benefico quam dicta societas ullusve ejusdem socius antea tenuerat, fruitus erat, et eadem exercuerat : ET NOS pro nobis, haeredibus, et successoribus nostris DECLARAVIMUS dictas litcras patentes in omnibus et per omnia, in jure validas et sufficicntes futuras esse, secundum verum intentum et intellectual earundem, sensu maxime benigno atque benefico, et pro summa utilitate dictae corporationis, accipiendas, interpretandas, et adjudicandas, ulla mala recitatione, dcfectu, ambiguitate, vel imperfectione, in dictis nostris literis patentibus, non obstante : Et nos pro nobis haeredibus et successoribus nostris, cum dicta corporatione seu corpore politico, eorumque successoribus, pacti sumus, concessimus, et convenimus, nos nostrosque haeredes et successores, a tempore in tempus, et omnibus temporibus futuris, ad dictae corporationis seu corporis politici, eorumque successorum, humilem rcgatum et petitionem illis daturos et concessuros omnia ea ulteriora aliaque privilegia, auctoritates, res et negotia, quae dictam concessionem efficaciorem, secundum verum
have held, received, enjoyed, exercised, had right to, done or performed, for the use and benefit thereof, to be held, and received, taken, followed, and possessed, all and sundry the premises last mentioned, by them and their successors and the said Corporation forever, and in the most full and ample manner in which the said Society or any Member thereof before held, enjoyed, and exercised the same : And We for Us, and Our heirs and successors, declared that the said Letters Fatent should in every respect be valid and sufficient in law according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and in the most favourable and beneficial sense, and should be received, interpreted, and adjudged to the greatest advantage of the said Corporation, any wrong recital, defect, ambiguity, or imperfection in our said Letters Patent notwithstanding : And We for Us, Our heirs and successors, contracted, agreed, and covenanted, with the said Corporation and Body Politic and their successors that We and Our heirs and successors from time to time and in all time coming would give and grant to the said Corporation or Body Politic and their successors on their humble request and petition all such further and other privileges, rights, matters and things for rendering the said grant more effectual according to the true intent and meaning
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intcntum ac intellectual ejusdem redderent, quae nobis seu illis de jure concederc licitum esset, et quae per peritos juris legumque dictae corporationis aut corporis politici pro tempore proponerentur vel ex- cogitarentur, et per Dominum Advocatum, aut Solicitatorcm Gcneralem nostri nostrorumve successorum, ex nostra vel eorum parte appro- barcntur : et nos insuper voluimus, ct concessimus, quod Sigillum per Unionis tractatum custodicndum et in Scotia vice et loco Magni Sigilli ejusdem utendum sine ullo alio sigillo, seu registro, dictae cartae appen- deretur : SICUTI per dictam cartam de data antedicta latius apparebit ET NOS CONSIDERANTES, quod dicta societas PR^SIDENTIS et PROCURATORUM in ABERDONIA, per eorum humilem petitionem nobis representaverunt, quod petitores post impetra- tionem dictae cartae administraverunt res suas modo utilissimo atque aptissimo ad promovenda commoda dictae societatis ; sed impedimenta orta sunt a restrictionibus de admissione annuisque solutionibus sociorum, et limitatione reditus terrarum, tenementorum, haereditatumque sic emptarum seu emendarum pro commodo dictae societatis ad summam quingentarum librarum sterlinensium ; quod si admissionis praemia, annuaeque solutiones sociorum, per leges privatas societatis ordina-
thereof which We or they could lawfully grant, and which might be proposed or devised by Counsel learned in the law of the said Corporation or Body Politic, and which should be approved on the part of Us or Our successors, by Our or their Lord Advocate or Solicitor General ; And We further Willed and commanded that the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and used in Scotland in room and place of the Great Seal thereof should be appended to the said Charter, without any other Seal or Register, as the said Charter of the date foresaid in itself more fully bears : And We, considering that the said Society of the President and Procurators in Aberdeen have by their humble petition represented to Us that the Petitioners after the granting of the said Charter administered their affairs in the most advantageous and appropriate manner for promoting the benefit of the said Society, but that impediments have arisen from the restrictions as to the admission and annual payments of the Members, and the limitation of the rents of lands, tenements, and heritages so bought or to be bought for behoof of the said Society to the sum of Five hundred pounds sterling — that if the entrance fees and annual payments of the Members were ordained by the Bye-Laws of the Society from
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rentur a tempore in tempus prout res postularet ; si applicatio opum societatis omnino limitaretur ad usum eleemosynarium institutionis ejusdem, seu ad usus et proposita quae pro tempore appareant accom- modata ad promovendum incrementum et utilitatem opum sic dcsti- natarum ; si sociorum defunctorum parentes aeque ac fratres et sorores qui in paupertate degant includerentur, et auxilia haberent, viduis, liberis et nepotibus deficientibus, et si potestates petitorum ad emendum et tenendum terras, tenementa et haereditates, ad summam quingentarum librarum quotannis plusquam in dicta carta permissum est, augerentur, instituta utilia per eandem proposita amplius promoverentur : Quod incommoda etiam orta sunt ex eo quod nomen et titulus societatis in dicta carta minime congruit cum nomine et titulo quo socii dictae societatis fere per spatium ducentorum annorum noti fuerant et designati, et in supremis curiis aliisque curiis registri (lie " Courts of Record ") in regno adhuc nascuntur et designantur, nomine scilicet, ADVOCATO- RUM in Aberdonia (lie "Advocates in Aberdeen"): ILLI igitur humillime petiverunt, ut nobis bcnigne placeret cartam superadditam concedere, rata facientem et confirmantem eorum privilegia, potestates et jura, per dictam cartam antea concessa, eosque rursus incorporare nomine
time to time as circumstances required ; if the application of the funds of the Society be limited allenarly to the eleemosynary use of the Institution or to the uses and purposes which for the time appeared convenient for promoting the increase and usefulness of the funds so destined ; if deceased members' parents, as well as brothers and sisters, who should fall into poverty were included and should have help, failing widows, children and grandchildren, and if the powers of the Petitioners to purchase and hold lands, tenements, and heritages were increased to the sum of Five hundred pounds Sterling annually beyond what is permitted in the said Charter, the proposed advantages would be more fully promoted thereby ; that inconveniences also had arisen from the fact that the name and title of the Society in the said Charter scarcely corresponded with the name and title by which the members of the said Society had been known and designated for the space of almost Two hundred years both in the Supreme Courts and other Courts of Record in the Kingdom, namely Advocates in Aberdeen : They therefore most humbly prayed that We should be graciously pleased to grant a further Charter ratifying and confirming their privileges, powers, and rights granted by the aforesaid Charter
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tituloque PR/ESIDENTIS et SOCIETATIS ADVOCATORUM in ABERDONIA, cum psrpetua successione et extcnsione privilegiorum, in conditionibus, et cum mutationibus antea humillime propositis, cumque aliis privilegiis, potestatibus, et provisionibus quae plerumque conceduntur corporibus politicis, et ut nobis in nostra magna sapientia expediens videretur : ET nos dictam petitionem animo nostro perpendentes, cupientesque dare omnia incitamenta institutioni tarn utili tamque piae, IGITUR nos annuentes dictae humili petitioni, et virtute praerogativae nostrae regiae, et ex nostra speciali gratia, certa scientia, et proprio motu, per has praesentes literas nostras, rata facimus, et confirmamus omnia privilegia, potestates, et jura antea dictae societati concessa per praedictam cartam, de data vigesimo septimo die Januarii millesimo septingentesimo et septuagesimo quarto, in tarn amplo modo et forma ac si eadem in praesentibus particulatim memorarentur et repeterentur, exceptis mutationibus in hac praesenti carta nostra postea factis : ET nos, pro propositis antcdictis, plene et libere, pro nobis, haeredibus et successoribus nostris, per has praesentes literas, rursus FACIMUS, CREAMUS, ORDINAMUS, CONSTITUIMUS, SAN- CIMUS, CONFIRMAMUS et DECLARAMUS Socios praesentes
and of new to incorporate them by the name of the President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, with perpetual succession and the extension of the privileges, on the conditions and with the alterations thereinbefore most humbly proposed, and with the other privileges, powers, and provisions which are usually conceded to Bodies Politic and as to Us in Our great wisdom it should seem proper : And We having taken into consideration the said Petition and being desirous to give all encouragements to an Institution so useful and so pious, Therefore We, approving of the said humble petition, and by virtue of our Royal prerogative, and out of Our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, by these Our present Letters ratify and confirm all the privileges, powers, and rights granted to of the foresaid Society by the foresaid Charter of date the Twenty-seventh day of January Seventeen hundred and seventy-four in the most ample manner and form as if the same had been particularly specified and repeated in these presents, with the exception of the alterations afterwards made in this Our present Charter : And We for the purposes foresaid fully and freely for Us, Our heirs and successors by these present Letters of new make, create, ordain, constitute, ratify, confirm, and declare that the present members
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dictae socictatis, talesquc alios qui prius rite admissi fuerint procuratores in Curiis Vice-comitis et Commissarii Aberdoniae, et qui recepti sint per societatem, et contribucrint ad opes dictae socictatis modo antea et postea memorato, esse omni tempore futuro unum corpus corporatum et politicum in perpetuum, nomine et titulo Praesidcntis et Societatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia, lie " The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," cum perpetua successione, cumque omnibus potcstatibus, privilegiis, et juribus, antea concessis dictae societati per praedictam cartam : ET nos, per has praesentes, pro nobis haeredibus et successoribus nostris, concedimus dictae societati Praesidentis et Socictatis Advoca- torum in Aberdonia, plenam potestatem et libertatem acquirendi, recipiendi, tenendi, possidendi, fruendi, et retinendi terras, tenementa et haereditates, cujuscunque naturae, generis aut qualitatis, ad summam immunis annui reditus ducentarum et quinquaginta librarum Sterlin- ensium, plusquam per dictam priorem cartam, de data vigesimo septimo die Januarii, millesimo septingentesimo et septuagesimo quarto, permissum est ; (rcditibus computatis ut erant aut sint ad tempus eadem emendi singulatim, et feudifirmis, agri tributo, ministrorum stipendiis, aliisque publicis oneribus inde deductis) : ET etiam pecuniam fcenore
uf the said Society and such others as shall have first been duly admitted Procurators in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, and shall have been received by the Society, and shall have contributed to the funds of the said Society in manner before and after mentioned, shall in all time to come be one Body Corporate and Politic for ever under the name and title of The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, with perpetual succession and with the powers, privileges, and rights formerly granted to the said Society by the foresaid Charter : And We by these presents for Us, Our heirs and successors, Grant to the said Society of the President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen full power and liberty of acquiring, receiving, holding, possessing, enjoying, and retaining lands, tenements, and heritable subjects of whatever nature, kind or quality, not exceeding the free yearly value of Two hundred and fifty pounds Sterling, besides what is allowed by the said former Charter of date the Twenty-seventh day of January, Seventeen hundred and Seventy four (the rents being computed as they were or may be at the time of each purchase, and feu-duties, the ground rents, minister's stipend, and other public burdens being deducted therefrom), and also of lending money at interest on heritable
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locandi, pro securitatibus haereditariis, seu personalibus, habendi bona et res, donationes et recipiendi et tenendi legata, pro propositus ante- dictis ; ac etiam vendendi, impignorandi seu vadiandi ullas terrarum, tenementorum, aliarumque rerum haereditariarum, jam emptarum vel acquisitarum, pro emolumento dictae societatis, vel quae ullo tempore futuro per dictam societatem ementur seu acquirentur, et dandi atque concedendi locationes seu assedationes dictarum terrarum, tenementorum, aliarumque rerum haereditariarum, eademque in feodo dandi modo pepetuae locationis, pro competenti feudifirma ; AC ETIAM quod licitum erit dictae societati nomine tituloque antedicto, actiones movere et sustinere, lites intendere et propellere, defendere et defendi, in quibuscunque curiis et locis, et coram quibuscunque judicibus, justi- ciariis, aliisve officiariis, in omnibus actionibus, placitationibus. litibus, delationibus, rationibus, rebus et postulationibus quibuscunque, tali modo et forma quali ulli subditorum nostrorum potcstatem habentes, et habiles lege, vel ullum aliud corpus politicum vel corporatum potest vel possit ; ac etiam quod dicta societas habebit sigillum commune ad facienda omnia sua negotia et causas, eorumque successorum ; illisque licitum erit idem sigillum frangere, mutare et renovare, a tempore in tempus, sicuti illis vel parti majori illorum expediens videbitur ; quod
or personal securities, of holding goods and chattels and of receiving and holding legacies and donations for the purposes of the aforesaid Society — and also of selling, pledging or wadsetting any of the lands, tenements, and other heritable property already purchased or to be acquired for the benefit of the said Society, or which at any future time may be purchased or acquired by the said Society, and of giving and granting Leases or tacks of the said lands tenements and other heritable property, and of giving the same in feu by way of perpetual lease for a competent feuduty : And Also that it shall be lawful for the said Society under the foresaid name and title to raise and carry on actions, and sue and be sued, in whatever courts and places, and before whatever Judges, Justiciaries, and other officers, in all actions, disputes, causes, complaints, matters, suits, and demands whatsoever in such mode and form as any of Our other subjects having power and legal capacity, or any other body politic or corporate, can or could do ; And also that the said Society shall have a Common Seal for doing all the business and affairs of them and their successors, and it shall be lawful to them to break, change and renew the said Seal from time to time as to them or the major part of them shall seem expedient, which Seal shall
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sigillum per eorum Thesaurarium custodietur, qui cum eodem ad omnes conventus in quibus necessarium erit aderit, vel illud adesse efficiet; ET NOS VOLUMUS ET DECLARAMUS quod ncmini licebit rccipi, admitti et fieri socius dictae societatis, qui non contribuet solita praemia admissionis et annuas solutiones, vel talia praemia admis- sionis et annuas solutiones, qualia posthac statuentur et accipi ordina- buntur, per ullam ordinationem seu legem privatam dictae societatis pro eo proposito faciendam, et quam per has praesentes a tempore in tempus faciendi potestatem dicta societas habebit, uti res postulent, ulla re in dicta carta contenta in contrarium non obstante : ET IN SUPER NOS VOLUMUS ET DECLARAMUS, quod opes dictae societatis solummodo applicabuntur ad usum eleemosynarium .institutionis dictae societatis, et ad nullos alios usus seu proposita quaecunque, iis tantum exceptis quae evidenter et directo pertinebunt ad incrementum et lucrum opum sic destinatarum. Et quod sociorum defunctorum parcntes aeque ac fratres et sorores qui in paupertate degant includcntur et jus habebunt exigendi auxilium a societate; viduis, liberis et nepotibus talium sociorum prius deficientibus : ET NOS, pro nobis, haeredibus et succcssoribus nostris, CONCEDIMUS ET DECLARAMUS has
be kept by their Treasurer, who shall be present with the same at all the meetings at which it shall be necessary, or shall cause it to be there : And We Will and Declare that no one may be received, admitted, and made a member of the said Society, who shall not have contributed the usual fees of admission and annual payments, or such fees of admission and annual payments as shall hereafter be appointed and ordained to be received by any Ordinance or Bye- Law of the said Society to be made for that purpose, and which the said Society shall have power by these presents from time to time to make as circumstances shall require, anything contained in the said Charter to the contrary notwithstanding : Likewise, We Will and Declare that the funds of the said Society be applied allenarly to the charitable use of the institution of the said Society, and to no other uses or purposes whatever, excepting always those things which manifestly and directly belong to the increase and profit of the funds so destined, and that the parents as well as the brothers and sisters of Deceased Members who shall fall into poverty shall be included and shall have right to claim help from the Society, failing widows, children and grand- children of such members : And We, for Us, Our heirs and successors, Grant
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praesentes literas nostras patentcs in omnibus et per omnia tarn validas et sufficientes in lege futuras esse secundum verum intentum ac significa- tionem earundem, et sensu maxime benigno atque benefico et pro summa utilitate dictae societatis accipicudas, interpretandas et adjudicandas, ulla falsa recitatione, defectu, ambiguitate seu imperfectione in his Uteris nostris patentibus non obstante : ET NOS pro nobis, haeredibus et successoribus nostris, ad et cum dicta societate seu corpore politico, eorumquc successoribus, PACISCIMUR, CONCEDIMUS et CONVE- NIMUS, nos nostrosque haeredes et successores a tempore in tempus et omnibus temporibus futuris ad dictae societatis seu corporis politici eorumque successorum humilem rogatum et petitionem illis daturos esse et concessuros omnia talia ulteriora aliaque privilegia, potestates, negotia et res ad dictam concessionem, secundum verum intentum ac significationem ejusdem, efficaciorcm reddendam, quae nobis seu illis de jure concedere licitum erit, et quae per peritos juris legumque dictae societatis seu corporis politici pro tempore, proponentur vcl excogita- buntur, et per Dominum Advocatum aut Solicitatorem Generalem nostri, nostrorumve successorum, nostro vel eorum nomine approba- buntur: IN CUJUS REI TESTIMONIUM, Sigillum nostrum per Unionis tractatum custodiendem et in Scotia vice et loco Magni Sigilli
and Declare that these our present Letters Patent shall in all respects be valid and effectual in law according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and shall be received, interpreted, and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense to the greatest advantage of the said Society, notwithstanding any wrong recital, defect, ambiguity, or imperfection, in these Our Letters Patent : And We, for Us, Our heirs and successors, Covenant, Grant, and Agree to and with the said Society or Body Politic and their successors that We and Our heirs and successors from time to time and in all time coming will on the humble request and petition of the said Society or Body Politic and their successors Give and Grant to them all such further and other privileges, powers, matters and things for rendering the said grant more effectual according to the true intent and meaning thereof which to Us or them it is permitted by law to grant, and which shall be proposed or devised by Counsel learned in the law of the said Society or Body Politic for the time and shall be approved by the Lord Advocate or Solicitor General of Us and Our successors in Our and their name : In Witness Whereof We have ordered our Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be
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ejusdem utendo ordinatum praesentibus appendim andavimus, apud aulam nostram apud St. James's, vicesimo die mensis Februarii, anno domini millcsimo septingentesimo et nonagesimo nono, regnique nostri anno trigesimo nono. Per Signaturam manu S. D. N. Regis supra- scripti.
Written to the seal and registered the eighth Day of May, 1799.
(signed)
THOMAS MILLER, Sub.
Sealed at Edinburgh, the tenth Day of May, One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.
(signed)
CHA. GORDON, Dept. £80 Scots.
kept and used in Scotland in room and place of the Great Seal thereof to be appended to these presents at our Court at St. James's the Twentieth day of February in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred and ninety nine and of Our Reign the Thirty-ninth year.
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VICTORIA, Dei Gratia, Britanniarum Regina, Fidei Defensor: omnibus probis hominibus ad quos praesentes Literae nostra? pervenerint : Salutem :
QUANDOQUIDEM Nos Considerantes Quod humilis Petitio Nobis praelata fuerit pro et ex parte " Pr^SIDENTIS ET SOCIETATIS Advo- CATORUM IN ABERDONIA " (in vulgari " The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen "), ostendens quod per Cartam aut Litcras Patentes, de data vigesimo Septimo die mensis Januarii anno Domini millesimo Septingentesimo septuagesimo quarto, serenissimus nostcr avus Georgius, ejus nominis Tertius, Incorporavit quosdam homines inibi nominatos, quorum omnes in curiis Vicecomitis Commissariique Aber- doniae Procuratores fuerunt, et tales alios qui priusquam rite admissi fuissent Procuratores in his curiis, et ad opes Societatis in modo inibi enunciato contribuissent, in Corpus Corporatum et Politicum nomine et titulo " Praesidentis et Societatis Procuratorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting :
WHEREAS We, considering that a humble Petition has been presented to us by, and on behalf of, " The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," setting forth, That by Charter or Letters Patent, bearing date the 27th day of January, in the year 1774, His Majesty King George the Third, incorporated certain persons therein named, all of whom were Procurators before the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, and such other persons as should first be duly admitted Procurators in these Courts, and should contribute to the Funds of the Society in manner therein mentioned, into a Body Politic and Corporate, under the name and title of "The President and Society of
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" The President and Society of Procurators in Aberdeen "), cum diversis potestatibus prout in eadem Carta expressis, et cum potestatibus inter alias emendi et tenendi terras integri annui valoris tempore emptionis, post faciendam deductionem prout in dicta Carta exprimitur, quin- gentas libras Sterlinenses non excedentis : Et quod per aliam Cartam vel Literas Patentes, de data vigesimo die mensis Februarii anno Domini millesimo Septingentesimo nonogesimo nono, dictus serenis- simus noster avus Georgius Tertius Corroboravit et Confirmavit omnia privilegia potestates et jura, quae dictse Societati concessa fuerant per dictam Cartam supra recitatam, nisi in tantum eadem mutata per Cartam nunc recitatam ; et de novo Incorporavit Societatem ante- dictam, et tales alios viros qui priusquam rite admissi fuissent Pro- curators in Vicecomitis Commissariique Curiis Aberdoniae, et qui per Societatem recepti fuissent et contribuerent opibus ejusdem in modo in ilia memorato, in Corpus Corporatum et Politicum, nomine et titulo " Praesidentis et Societatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari <l The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen "), cum omnibus potestatibus privileges et juribus prius Societati antedictae concessis per cartam primum antea recitatam, et quibusdam aliis potestatibus juribus et privilegiis, et inter alia, cum potestate emendi et tenendi terras
Procurators in Aberdeen," with sundry powers, as therein expressed, and with powers among others to purchase and hold lands of a clear yearly value at the time of purchase, after making the deduction in the said Charter expressed, not exceeding ^500 sterling : And that, by another Charter or Letters Patent, bearing date the 20th day of February, 1799, His said Majesty King George the Third, ratified and confirmed all the privileges, powers, and rights, granted to the said Society by the above recited Charter, except in so far as the same were altered by the Charter now under recital, and of new incorporated the aforesaid Society and such other persons as should first be duly admitted Procurators before the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, and who should be received by the Society, and should contribute to the Funds thereof in manner therein mentioned, into a Body Corporate and Politic under the name and title of " The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," with all the powers, privileges, and rights formerly granted to the said Society by the said first above recited Charter, and with certain additional powers, rights, and privileges, and among others with power to purchase and hold lands in addition to those
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ampliores terris permissis cmi et teneri per cartam primum supra reci- tatam, integri annui reditus non ultra summam ducentarum quinquagenta librarum Sterlinensium : Et quod Petitores et eorum Predecessores, ex data cartarum antedictarum, res dictae Societatis administraverunt et gesserunt, et quod opes ejusdem magnopere auxerunt, ac egenis sociis Societatis magnum auxilium suppeditaverunt, et viduis et consanguineis egenis Sociorum demortuorum, quorum beneficio eaedem designatae sunt et per dictam cartam directae applicari : Et quod Petitores a tempore in tempus res haereditarias empserunt et acquisiverunt, et nunc habent in possessione, quarum integra summa annui valoris apud tempus emendi in modo per dictas Cartas praescripto aestimata, ad terminum per cartas antedictas positum, ut antedictum, prope appropinquat ; et quod Societati sumrnai pecuniarum amplae sunt, quae per praemia admissionis et aliter annuatim augentur, et quae utiliter investiri possint in acquirendis rebus haereditariis, optandum fuerit antedictum terminum removere et facul- tates emendi et tenendi terras atque res haereditarias amplificare : Et quod, anno Domini millesimo octingentesimo vigesimo sccundo, Societas Assignavit partem bonorum suorum tunc existentium, et annuarum futurarum pecuniae collationum atque nummorum introitus Sociorum,
authorised to be purchased and held by the Charter first above recited, of a clear yearly value not exceeding ,£250 sterling : And that the Petitioners and their predecessors have, since the date of the foresaid Charters, managed and conducted the affairs of the said Society, and that the funds thereof have greatly increased, and become extensively useful to the indigent Members of the Society, and to the Widows and indigent relations of deceased members, for whose benefit they were intended, and directed by the said Charters to be applied : And that the Petitioners have, from time to time, purchased and acquired, and they now stand possessed of, heritable properties, the clear yearly value whereof, at the time of purchase, estimated in manner directed by the said Charters, nearly approaches to the limit prescribed by the said Charters as aforesaid : And that as the Society is possessed of considerable sums of money, which are yearly increasing by means of entry monies and otherwise, and which may be advantageously invested in the purchase of heritable properties, it had become desirable that the foresaid limit should be removed, and that the powers to purchase and hold lands and heritable properties should be enlarged: And that, in the year 1822, the Society appro- priated part of their funds then existing, and of the future annual contributions and entry money of Members, to the establishment of a Fund for the benefit of
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ad formandum pcculium pro bcncficio Viduarum Sociorum Socictatis, secundum principia quae ostensa fuissent iteratis peritorum investiga- tionibus esse sufficientia ad id servandum in plena observantia, et quod pcculium inventum fuit multo pro beneficiis Societatis operari : Et quod etiam Aulam et Cameras consessus interiores pro conventibus eorum et conficiendo usitata negotia Societatis aedificaverunt, ac confecerunt Bibliothccam, quae nunc Librorum collectionem amplam et pretiosam continet ; praEter sustinendum peculium commune pro aliis usibus benign is in antedictis Cartis memoratis, et pro propositis communibus Societatis : Et quod provisiones dictarum Cartarum, tempore praeter- misso, factae fuissent minus idoneae quam est optandum ad promovendum res Societatis secundum progressum factum per illam et prout aevi praesentis requisite postulant ; et quod spectaret ad promovendas has fines et prosperitatem Societatis tempore futuro, si Novo Constitutio concessa esset per Cartam Regiam amplificantem potestates Societatis quae attinent ad emendas et tenendas res haereditarias, ct aliter, atque mutantem Regulationes in Cartis antedictis praescriptas pro actis Societatis et pro administrando opes resque ejusdem, et per quam Petitores eorumque Successores erigendi essent de novo in unum Corpus
Widows of Members of the Society upon a principle which has been shewn by repeated scientific investigations to ensure its being maintained in full efficiency, and which Fund has been found to operate most beneficially for the interests of the Society : And that they have also erected a Hall and Committee Rooms for their meetings and for transacting the ordinary business of the Society ; and have formed a Library, which now contains a large and valuable collection of Books, besides maintaining a General Fund for the other charitable uses mentioned in the said Charters, and for the general purposes of the Society : And that the provisions of the said Charters had in the lapse of time become less calculated to promote the objects of the Society, in accordance with the progress which it has made, and with the requirements of the present age, than it is desirable they should be ; and that it would tend to promote these objects and the future prosperity of the Society if a new Constitution were granted by a Royal Charter enlarging the powers of the Society in regard to purchasing and holding heritable property, and in other respects, and varying the regulations laid down in the said Charters for the proceedings of the Society, and for the management of the funds and affairs thereof, and by which the Petitioners and their successors should be
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Corporation et Politicum, nomine et titulo " Societatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari "The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen"), cum perpetua successione et cum potestate conficiendi negotia antea narrata, et cum omnibus potestatibus usitate concessis Corporibus cor- poratis ejusdem generis ; Itaque Petitores humiliter precaverunt ut Nos iis Concederemus Nostram Cartam Regiam ad de novo erigendum illos eorumque Successores in dicta Societate in unam Corpora- tionem et Corpus Corporatum et Politicum, nomine et titulo " Socie- tatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari "The Society of Advo- cates in Aberdeen"), cum perpetua successione, et cum potestate cfficiendi res antea praelatas, et omnibus potestatibus corporibus cor- poratis ejusdem generis plerumque concessis : Nos serio Consider- antes Petitionem antedictam et cupientes promovere quam maxime possumus Institutionem tarn utilem atque tarn benevolam, Igitur dictae Petitioni Assentientes, ct virtute praerogativae nostrae Regiae atque ex nostra speciali gratia, certa scicntia et proprio motu, Dedimus, Concessimus, Ordinavimus, Confirmavimus atque Declara- vimus, prout Nos, per tenorem harum Literarum praesentium, Damus, Concedimus, Ordinamus, Confirmamus, et Declaramus, ut Socii praesentes dictae Societatis, et tales alii qui rite admissi et recepti fuerint
of new erected into one Corporation and Body Corporate and Politic, under the name and title of "The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," with a perpetual succession, and with power to carry into effect the objects before expressed and all the powers usually granted to Bodies Corporate of the like kind : Wherefore the Petitioners humbly Prayed that We would grant unto them our Royal Charter for of new erecting them and their successors in the said Society into one Corporation and Body Corporate and Politic, under the name and title of " The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," with a perpetual succession, and with powers to carry into effect the objects before expressed, and all the powers usually granted to Bodies Corporate of the like kind : — We, taking into our serious consideration the aforesaid Petition, and being desirous to promote, so far as in our power, so useful and benevolent an Institution, therefore, in compliance with the said Petition, and by virtue of Our Royal prerogative, and out of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have given, granted, appointed, confirmed, and declared, as we do by the tenor of these presents, give, grant, appoint, confirm, and declare, that the present Members of the said Society, and such others as shall be duly admitted and received by the Society in
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per Societatem, in modo postea memorato, in omni tempore futuro, fuerint una Corporatio et Corpus Corporatum et Politicum nomine et titulo " Societatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari "The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen ") : Et ut illi et eorum Successores semper posthac successionem perpetuam habuerint pro melius et plus efficienter administrando, dirigendo, imperando et ordinando omnia ad dictam Societatem pertinentia, opesque ejusdem : Cum potestate illis, vel delegato numero suorum Sociorum legitime constituto, ut postea dictum, admyiistrandi, dirigcndi, imperandi et ordinandi in omnibus rebus et negotiis, quae spectant ad dictam Societatem, et gubernationem rerum, opum et omnium aliorum negotiorum, et quibuscunque ad earn pertinentibus : Et quod dicta Societas, sub nomine et titulo antedicto, potestatem plenam habuerit, et capax fuerit, secundum legem, habendi, cmendi, accipiendi et in perpetuum, vel aliter, tenendi, possidendi et retinendi terras, tenementa, et res haereditarias cujuscunque generis, vel naturae, et cum tali amplitudine, ut Societati videbitur aptum : Ac etiam fcenerandi pecuniam super hereditarias vel personales Securitates, habendi bona, res et possessiones, et recipiendi et tenendi Donationes et Legata pro usibus dictae Societatis : Ac etiam vendendi, impignorandi vel vadiandi ullas terrarum, tencmentorum, vel rerum haereditariarum
manner after-mentioned, shall in all time to come be one Corporation and Body Politic under the name and title of " The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen : " And that they and their successors shall for ever hereafter have a perpetual succession for the better and more effectual managing, directing, ordering, and appointing all things relative to the said Society and the Funds thereof : With power to them, or a quorum of their Members lawfully constituted as after- mentioned, of managing, directing, ordering, and appointing in all matters and affairs touching and respecting the said Society, and the government of the Estates, Funds, and all other business and concerns thereof : And that the said Society, under the name and title aforesaid, shall have full power, and be capable according to law, of having, purchasing, accepting, and in perpetuity or otherwise holding, possessing, and retaining, lands, tenements, and heritable subjects of whatever kind or nature soever, to such an extent as to the Society may seem meet : And also of lending money on heritable or personal securities, of holding goods, property, and possessions, and of receiving and holding donations and legacies for the purposes of the said Society : And also of selling, impignorating, or wadsetting any of the lands, tenements, or heritable subjects aforesaid ; and of
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antedictarum ; et dandi atquc concedendi locationes seu assedationes corundem, eademquc in feodo dandi, modo perpctuae locationis : Et itidem movendi et sustinendi actiones et prosequendi et defendendi in quibuscunque Curiis et locis, tali modo et forma, quali ulli Subditorum nostrorum, vel ullum aliud Corpus Politicum vel Corporatum, possint seu possit : Et porro quod fuerit Sigillum Commune dictae Societatis quo ilia utatur in omnibus negotiis et rebus eorum et Successorum eorum ; et quod illis et Successoribus illorum, frangere, mutare et renovare dictum sigillum a tempore in tempus licebit, sicut illis vel delegato numero commnniter dicto " a Quorum " illorum, expediens videbitur ; quod sigillum per Thesaurarium vel ullum alium officiis praepositum, quern Societas, de tempore in tempus, proponet, custo- dietur : Declarantes tamen quod omnia Instrumenta quae sint necessaria concedi per dictam Societatem, valida atque efficientia erunt, si signentur per Praesidentem aut Thesaurarium, pro et ex parte Societatis, et si sigillum commune eis appensum fuerit: Et Nos, pro Nobis, et Nostris Successoribus, Concedimus, Ordinamus et Declaramus Quod totae Res et Possessioncs qualiscunque generis, nunc vestitae in dicta Societate sub eorum Titulo Corporato " Praesidentis et Societatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari "The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen "), fuerint et remanserint vestitae et fuerint possessae tractatae
giving and granting leases or tacks thereof, and of feuing out the same in perpetuity : And in like manner of raising and carrying on actions, and of sueing and being sued in any court or place, in the same form and manner as is competent to any other of our subjects, or to any other Body Politic or Corporate : And moreover, that there shall be a Common Seal of the said Society, to be used by them for all the business and affairs of them and their successors ; and that it shall be lawful to them and their successors to break, change, or renew, the said Seal from time to time, as they or the quorum of them shall think proper ; which Seal shall be kept by the Treasurer, or any other office-bearer whom the Society may from time to time appoint : Declaring always that all Deeds requiring to be granted by the said Society shall be valid and effectual if signed by the President or Treasurer on behalf of the Society, and sealed with the Common Seal : And We, for Us and Our successors, grant, ordain, and declare, that the whole Funds and property of every kind, at present vested in the said Society, under their Corporate title of "The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," shall be and continue vested in, and may be enjoyed, dealt with, and disposed of, by
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et disposita? ab illis, nomine et titulo " Societatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari "The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen"), per has pnesentes illis conccsso, in eodem modo et tarn plene et libere in omnibus ut caedem fuerunt vestitas et tcntae, et fuissent possessae, tractatae atque dispositae ab illis, sub antedicto nomine et titulo " Praesidentis et Societatis Advocatorum in Aberdonia" (in vulgari "The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen"): Et Nos, pro Nobis Nostrisque Successoribus, Mandamus, Ordinamus ac Constituimus Quod erit Conventus annuus generalis dictae Societatis ultima die Martis mensis Novembris, tali loco et hora ut Societas, de tempore in tempus, statuerit, cum potestate differendi prout dicto Conventui generali videbitur commodum ; et quod Socii apud talem annuum generalem conventum congressi, aut apud ullam dilationem ejusdem, potuerint et habuerint potestatem plenam eligendi Praesidentem, Thesaurarium, atque alios necessarios muneribus praepositos pro anno subsequente ; ac etiam constituendi Curatorcs Selectos non minus quinque eorum numeri, cum quibus Thesaurarius consulet et deliberabit de opibus dictae Societatis ; ac etiam constituendi tales alios Curatorcs Selectos qui videantur necessarii pro propria administratione rerum Societatis, et iis delegare tales potestates quales illis commodum videbitur : Et Nos, porro,
them, by the name and title of "The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," hereby granted to them, in the same manner, and as fully and freely in all respects as the same were vested in, and held, and might have been enjoyed, dealt with, and disposed of, by them under the aforesaid name and title of " The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen " : And We, for Us and Our successors, direct, ordain, and appoint, that there shall be an Annual General Meeting of the said Society upon the last Tuesday of November, at such place and hour as the Society shall from time to time appoint, with the power of adjournment as to the said General Meeting shall seem expedient, and that the Members at such Annual General Meeting assembled, or at any adjournment thereof, shall have full power and authority to elect a President, Treasurer, and other necessary office-bearers for the subsequent year : And also to appoint a Committee of at least five of their number, with whom the Treasurer shall consult and deliberate regarding the Funds of the said Society : And also to appoint such other Committees as may appear to be necessary for the proper management of the affairs of the Society, and to delegate to them such powers as shall seem expedient : And we farther grant and declare that the President of the said
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Concedimus atque Dcclaramus ut Praesidenti dictae Societatis, pro tempore existenti, erit potestas atque auctoritas, ad libitum aut quotiescunque res eorum requirent, dictae Societatis conventum convcnire, praemonitione minimum viginti quatuor horas data, aliis Sociis residentibus vel gerentibus negotia in urbe Aberdonia ; Et quod dictus Praesidens, quo deficiente, Thesaurarius, quo etiam deficiente, ullus alius Socius per conventum praestituendus, jus habebit praesidere in omnibus conventibus Societatis ; Et quod apud omnes conventus praesentia minimum Septem Sociorum nccessaria fuerit ad efficiendum quod communiter dicitur " a Quorum " ; Et in omnibus quaestionibus quae oriantur inter Socios praesentes apud ullum conventum de aliquo negotio aut re de qua fas esset illis decidere, eaedem numero majori suffragiorum dijudicatae fuerint ; et in omnibus casibus quibus sufifragia aequalia fuerint, Praesidens conventus suffragium supernumerarium tarn etiam deliberativum habuerit ; Providendo nihilominus quod annuus Praesidens non vocem negandi convocare conventum Societatis habuerit, sed, eo absente, vel recusante ad citandum, fas erit ullis quinque aut pluribus Sociis dictae Societatis eo consentientibus, conventum pro re nata convocare, praemonitione minimum viginti quatuor horas aliis sociis, ut antedictum, data ; et quod talis conventus potestatem habuerit
Society, for the time being, shall have power and authority, at his pleasure, or so often as their affairs shall require it, to convene a meeting of the said Society, on previous notice of at least twenty-four hours given to the other Members residing or carrying on business in the City of Aberdeen : And that the said President, whom failing, the Treasurer, whom also failing, any other Member to be appointed by the meeting, shall have the right of presiding at all meetings of the said Society ; And that at all Meetings the attendance of at least seven Members shall be necessary to form a Quorum ; And that in all questions that may arise among the Members present at any meeting, in regard to any matter or thing which it is competent for them to decide, the same shall be determined by a plurality of votes ; and in all cases where the votes shall be equal, the President of the meeting shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote ; Provided, nevertheless, that the Annual President shall not have a negative voice against calling a meeting of the Society, but that in his absence or refusal to call, it shall be lawful to any five or more Members of the said Society consenting for that end, to call a meeting pro re nata, giving notice of at least four and twenty hours to the other Members as aforesaid ; and that such meeting shall have power to
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eligere Praesidentem pro re nata, ac progredi et statuere de omnibus negotiis et rebus Corporationis quae illis proposita fuerint, in eodem modo quasi Praesidens annuus adfuerat et praefuerat in tali conventu : Providendo tamen quod in eventu mortis, resignations vel disquali- fications Praesidentis vel Thesaurarii aut ullius alius officiarii dictae Societatis, currente anno pro quo electus fuerat, fas erit Conventui Generali Societatis, praemonitione de ea re, convocato, eligere alios qui agant in loco eorum ita demortuorum, resignatorum, vel eorum qui fierent disqualificati, pro parte anni nondum finita, usque ad proximum Conventum Annuum : Et Nos, pro Nobis Nostrisque Successoribus, Ordinamus, Mandamus et Constituimus quod non Sociis dictae Societatis, eorumve Successoribus, potestas erit expendendi ullam summam vel summas pecuniae pro rebus postea inibi memoratis, intra ullum unum annum, ampliores vel majores quam immune annuum vectigal ct reditus praediorum securitatumque aliarumque possessionum ad dictam Corporationem pertinentium, et ex currentibus collectionibus subscriptionibus et donationibus illius anni (omnibus oneribus supervenientibus et aliis currentibus expensis Societatis ex eisdem deductis), una cum redundantia anni prioris, praeberent et suppeditarent,
elect a President pro re nata, and to proceed and resolve on all the business and affairs of the Corporation which shall be laid before them, in the same manner as if the Annual President had attended and presided at such meeting : Provided always that in the case of the death, resignation, or disqualification of the President or Treasurer, or any other office-bearer of the said Society during the currency of the year for which he was elected, it shall be in the power of a General Meeting of the Society, called with notice of that object, to elect others to act in the place of those so dying, resigning, or becoming disqualified, for the unexpired portion of the year, till the next Annual Meeting : And We, for Us and Our successors, ordain, direct, and appoint, that it shall not be in the power of the Members of the said Society or their successors to expend any more or greater sum or sums of money for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, within any one year, than the amount which the free annual produce and revenue arising from the Lands and Securities, and other property belonging to the said Corporation, and from the current collections, subscriptions, and donations, of that year (all burdens affecting the same and other current expenses of the Society being deducted) together with the overplus of the previous year, shall
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quantumcunque eleemosynariis institutis, aliisque solutionibus Societatis, necessarium videatur ; Reservando tamen Societati plenam potestatem atque libertatem judicandi de rebus eorum quibus auxilium daretur et totum quod debet dari in omni casu ; Et quod praedia summaeque principalesquc quae opes dictae Societatis formant ex eo tempore in perpetuum integrae et intactae in commodum ejusdcm remanerent ; Et quod partitio dicti immunis vectigalis et reditus, post solutionem omnium expensarum ad res gestas Societatis pertinentium, circum- scriberetur et solummodo fieret inter Socios pauperes et egenos dictae Societatis, et viduas Sociorum demortuorum, et inter liberos et nepotes (in vulgari "children and grandchildren") Sociorum egenos, quibus deficientibus, inter patres et matres et fratres et sorores egenos Sociorum demortuorum dictae Societatis, et eorum liberos in ordine ut supra relato, et pro sustentatione et extensione Bibliothecae, ac etiam, si illis proprium videretur, largitationibus ad educationem pro beneficio liberorum Sociorum ; Et quod talis divisio tantummodo facta fuerit apud Conventum Annuum Gencralem dictae Societatis ; providendo tamen ut in casu necessitatis importunae, vel si mutatio in statu aut rebus ullius Socii aut ejus affinium antedictorum eveniret, post dictum Annuum
yield and produce, however much may seem to be necessary for the established charities and other payments of the Society ; reserving always to the Society full power and liberty to judge of the circumstances which shall warrant the giving of aid, and the amount to be given in every instance ; And that the capital stock of the said Society shall be kept whole and entire for ever after for the benefit thereof ; And that the division of the said free produce and revenue, after defraying all expenses connected with the proceedings of the Society, shall be limited and made allenarly to and among tne decayed Members of the said Society and the Widows of deceased Members, and among the indigent children and grandchildren of deceased Members, whom failing, among the indigent fathers and mothers, and brothers and sisters of deceased Members of the said Society and their children in the order above set forth, and for the support and extension of the Library, and also, if they shall see fit, in educational grants for the benefit of the children of Members ; And that such division shall only be made at the Annual General Meeting of the said Society ; but providing, that in case of urgent necessity, or where an alteration in the situation or circumstances of a Member or of his relatives aforesaid, occurs after the said Annual Meeting,
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Conventum auxilium tempestivum postulans, in potestate erit Conventus Generalis, pro re speciali citati, condicere ut subsidium temporarium datum fuisset, usque ad proximum Annuum Conventum mensis Novembris ; tali subsidio temporario terminum quern Societas a tempore in tempus statuerit non excedente : Et quod, in administrando opes Societatis pro usibus antedictis, fas erit et in potestate dictae Societatis appropriare unam partem admissionis pecuniarum et annuarum solutionum, atque praedii principalis et redituum, pro acervo pecuniae Viduarum, et alteram partem eorundem pro Bibliothecae praedio, et partem residuam eorundem pro Cumulo Generali pro auxilio pauperum Sociorum et egentium affinium Sociorum demortuorum in suorum ordine supra dicto, et ad educationem largitationibus, et in solvendo expensas antedictas ; Cum potestate etiam, si illis videtur aptum, per ullam regulam privatam (in vulgari "bye-law") faciendam, in modo postea memorato, subdividere dictum pecuniae Cumulum Generalem, atque appropriare partes diversas ejusdem pro quoquam aut pluribus usuum, quibus destinatus sit, ut antcdictum, vel pro majori vcl suppeditata provisione Viduis sociorum demortuorum ; Ac etiam commutare, si illis proprium videretur, solutiones annuas futuras ullorum Sociorum in aequalem summam principalem, optione talium ullorum
demanding immediate aid, it shall be in the power of a General Meeting called for the special purpose, to appoint an interim supply to be given until the next Annual Meeting in November, such interim supply not exceeding the limit which the said Society may from time to time appoint ; And that in administering the Funds of the Society for the purposes aforesaid, it shall be lawful to, and in the power of the said Society, to appropriate one part of the entry monies, and annual contributions, and of the capital stock and revenues, for the Widows' Fund, another part thereof for the Library Fund, and the remaining part thereof as a General Fund for the relief of decayed Members, and of the indigent relatives of deceased Members in their order above mentioned, and in educational grants, and for defraying expenses, as aforesaid ; With power also, if they see fit, by any bye-law, to be enacted in manner after-mentioned, to subdivide the aforesaid General Fund, and to appropriate separate parts thereof for any one or more of the purposes to which it is applicable, as aforesaid, or for an additional or supplementary division to the Widows of deceased Members ; And also to commute, if they shall see fit, the future annual contributions of any of the Members into an equivalent capital sum at the option of any such Members ;
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sociorum : Et quod annuae Schedse rationum rerum et bonorum dictae Socictatis, ac pecuniae receptae et impensae, factae fuerint per Thesaurarium vel ullum alium officiarium constituturn per Societatem, et exhibitae Annuo Conventui Generali, audiri atque approbari ; et quod Libri et Schedae rationum exhibebuntur apud omnes eorum Conventus, pro conspectu Praesidentts et aliorum Sociorum dictae Societatis, cum requirantur : Et Nos, pro Nobis Nos- trisque Successoribus, Volumus atque Declaramus quod nemo jus habuerit vel potuerit admitti vel recipi Socius dictae Societatis, nisi priusquam rite admissus fuisset Procurator in Vicecomitis Commis- sariique Curiis Aberdoniae secundum formam usitatam et consuetudinem in talibus casibus, et receptus fuisset per Societatem, et contribuerit consueta praemia admissionis praediis dictae Societatis, sub conditionibus ordinationum vel legum privatarum (in vulgari "bye-laws") de iis factarum vel faciendarum; Et cum ullus Socius admissus fuerit in dictam Societatem, ejus nomcn inscribetur in Registro tenendo ad hunc effectum ; et, sub provisionibus inibi postea relatis, constabit et remanebit Socius quamdiu taxatus erit et solvet annuas Solutiones dictae Societatis, ut haec annuae solutiones fuissent vel postea fuerint constitutae et
And that yearly accounts of the Estate and Funds of the said Society and of the money received and expended, shall be made out by the Treasurer, or other Office-Bearer appointed by the Society, and produced to the Annual General Meeting for examination and approval ; and that the Books and Accounts shall be exhibited at all their meetings for the inspection of the President and other Members of the said Society when required ; And We, for Us and Our successors, will and declare that no one shall have right or be entitled to be admitted or become a Member of the said Society, unless he shall have previously been duly admitted a Procurator in the Sheriff and Commissary Courts of Aberdeen, according to the usual form and practice in such cases, and have been received by the Society, and have contributed the usual fees of admission to the Funds of said Society, all in terms of the Ordinances or Bye-I^aws of the said Society made or to be made thereanent : And when any Member shall be admitted to the said Society, his name shall be inserted in a Register to be kept for that purpose; and, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, he shall continue and remain a Member so long as he shall continue to be taxed and pay the yearly contribu- tions of the said Society, as these annual contributions have been, or may hereafter
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ordinatae recipi a sociis dictae Societatis, per aliam legem privatam (in vulgari " bye-laws ") factam vel faciendam, corum arbitrio ; Providendo tamen quod si videretur ut ullfe aequae causae existant suspiciendi quod ullus Socius Societatis accusatus sit dc ullo delicto flagrante vel officii derelictione, Praesidens et Thesaurarius inquisitionem rigidam facient de rebus c i re um stantibus ; et si, post talem inquisitionem, vel talem aliam inquisitionem quae dirigatur per Societatem, plena opportunitate semper data Socio accusato audiendi atque afferendi testimonium in suam vindicationem, Societas, per partem majorem ter quartariorum Sociorum personaliter praesentium in ullo conventu convocato, praemonitione rei nasciturae, declaraverit quod dicta accusatio est bene testificata et qualis- cunque naturae sicut reddere eum ita accusatum indignum esse vel remanere Socium Societatis, ab Societate eundem excludere aut expellere, statuant ; et exinde ille, ejus uxor, liberi et alii affines omne jus, beneficium vel privilegium, supra vel ex Societate, aut ejus praediis, perdent : Et Nos, pro Nobis Nostrisque Successoribus, Damus atque Conccdimus dictae Societatis sociis et eorum successoribus pfenam pote- statem et auctoritatem, apud Conventus Generales convocandos a tem- pore in tempus, ad statuendum, constituendum et faciendum tales et tarn
be, established and ordained to be received from the Members of the said Society by any Ordinance or Bye-Law made or to be made at their discretion ; Provided always, that if it shall appear that there are any reasonable grounds for suspecting that any Member of the Society may be charged with any flagrant misdemeanour or breach of duty, the President and Treasurer shall make strict enquiry into the circumstances; and if, after such enquiry, or such other enquiry as may be directed by the Society, full opportunity being always afforded to the Member charged of being heard and of producing evidence in his own vindication, the Society shall by a majority of three-fourths of the Members personally present at any meeting called with notice of the object, declare that such charge is well founded, and of such a nature as to render the person so charged unworthy of being or continuing a Member of the Society, they may resolve to exclude or expel such person from the Society ; and thereupon he, his wife, children, and other relatives, shall forfeit all claim, benefit, or privilege, upon or from the Society or its funds : And We, for Us and Our successors, give and grant to the Members of the said Society and their successors full power and authority, at General Meetings to be convened from time to time, to establish, frame, and
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multas leges privatas, (in vulgari " bye-laws ") statuta, regulas atquc ordinationes quales illi existimavcrint idonea et necessaria, pro meliore administratione et directione dictae Societatis ; et ad innovandum et abrogandum dictas leges privatas (in vulgari "bye-laws"), statuta, regulas et ordinationes, ut illis videbitur necessarium : Atque Nos Ordinamus quod omnes et singulae tales leges privatae (in vulgari "bye-laws"), statuta, regulae atque ordinationes facta in modo antedicto, stricte obser- vabuntur et tcnebuntur ; providendo quod eadem non fuerint contraria neque repugnantia in ullo modo legibus hujus Regni, et tenori hujus Cartae et quod dictas leges privatae (in vulgari "bye-laws"), statuta, regulae atque ordinationes, sic a tempore in tempus conficienda, aut ulla abrogatio vel innovatio eorundem, vel ullius eorum, consentientur et confirmabuntur per Conventum Generalem dictae Societatis, tenendum non minimum quatuordecim dies post Conventum apud quern eadem respective facta fuissent ; Et Nos, pro Nobis et Nostris Successoribus, Concedimus et Confirmamus dictae Societati omnia bona haereditaria et summas pecuniae, et omnia jura, titulos, potestates, privilegia, emolu- menta, antehac acquisita, possessa vel percepta per dictam Societatem, vel ullos ejus Socios, pro usu et beneficio ejusdem ; tenenda, recipienda, capienda, conficienda et fruenda omnia et singula praemissa proxime
make such and so many Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances as they shall judge proper and necessary for the better government and direction of the said Society ; And to alter and rescind the said Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances, or any of them, as they shall consider necessary ; And We ordain, that all and sundry such Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances, made in manner aforesaid, shall be strictly observed and kept ; provided that the same be not contrary or repugnant in any manner to the laws of this Kingdom and the tenor of this Charter ; and that the said Bye-Laws, Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances, so from time to time to be framed, or any repeal or change of the same, or any of them, shall be agreed to and confirmed, by a General Meeting of the said Society, to be held not sooner than fourteen days after the Meeting at which the same were made respectively ; And We, for Us and Our successors, grant and confirm to the said Society all heritages and sums of money, and all rights, titles, powers, privileges, and emoluments, formerly acquired, possessed, or enjoyed, by the said Society or any of its Members, for the use and behoof of the same, to be holden, received, taken, executed, and enjoyed, all and singular the premises last mentioned, by them and their successors, and by the said
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enunciata, per illos et Successores eorum et per dictam Societatem, ad perpetuum et omnino, in tam amplo et beneficiario modo, ut dicta Societas vel ullus socius ejusdem antehac tenuerit, potitus fucrit, et exercuerit eadem ; Et Nos pro Nobis Nostrisque Successoribus, Declar- amus quod hae Literae Nostrae Patentes erunt in unaquaque ratione validae et efflcaces in lege, secundum veram intentionem et significa- tionem earundem, et in more benignissimo et beneficissimo, et recipiendae, interpretandae ct adjudicandae lucro maximo dictae Corporationis, ulla mala relatione, defectu, ambiguitate vel carentia quacunque in his Nostris Literis Patentibus non obstante ; Et insuper Nos Concedimus et Declaramus quod cunctae et qualescunque materies resque, quae antehac factae fuerint per dictam Societatem, vigore dictarum Cartarum concessarum per Nostrum Regium predecessorem erunt validae et efficaces ; Ac etiam Volumus et Declaramus quod dictae Cartae con- cessae per Nostrum Regium predecessorem erunt et remanserint bona?, validae et efficaces Cartae, pro et ob omnes res gestas sub iisdem; ct quod omnes potestates per has Litems Praesentes collatae, erunt in novatione et extensione tantummodo potestatum per dictas Cartas Nostri Regii Predecessoris collatarum, et in supplemento earundem et nullo modo derogaverint a juribus et potestatibus per illas tributis, nisi in tantum
Society in perpetuity and entirety, in as ample and beneficial a manner as the said Society, or any Member of the same, formerly held, enjoyed, and exercised the same ; And we, for Us and Our successors, declare that these our Letters Patent shall in every respect be valid and effectual in law, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and in the most favourable and beneficial sense, and shall be received, interpreted, and adjudged, to the greatest advantage of the said Corporation, notwithstanding any wrong recital, defect, ambiguity, or imperfection whatsoever in these our Letters Patent ; And We further grant and declare that all and whatsoever matters and things which have been heretofore done by the said Society in the spirit of the said Charters granted by our Royal Predecessor, shall be valid and effectual ; As also We will and declare that the said Charters granted by our Royal Predecessor, shall stand and endure as good, valid, and effectual Charters, for, and in respect of all things done under the same, and that the whole powers conferred by these presents shall be in alteration and extension only of the powers conferred by the said Charters of our Royal Predecessor, and in supplement thereof, and shall in no way derogate from the rights and powers conferred thereby, except in so far as the same are altered or
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eaedem innovatae vcl cxtensae fuissent per has praesentes Litcras ; et quae dictae Cartae Nostri Regii Praedecessoris et haec Nostra Carta tenendae, judicandae et capiendae ut mutuo sustinentes et corroborantcs aliae alias ; his praesentibus Literis hinc dcclaratis de omnibus negotiis ct rebus post datam earundum factis per dictam Societatem prout imperante et potissimo Titulo dictae Societatis : Denique Nos, pro Nobis Nostrisque Successoribus, Paciscimur et Consentimus cum dicta Societate vel Corpore Politico, et eorum successoribus, dare et concedere, a tempore in tempus, et in omni tempore futuro, dictae Societati vel Corpori Politico, vel eorum successoribus, sub eorum humili rogatu atque petitione, omnia qualiacunque privilegia auctoritates, materias, atque res, pro reddendo hanc Nostram Concessionem efficaciorem, secundum verum intentum et significationem hujusce, quae Nobis aut Nostris successoribus licitum est, lege concedere, et quae ratione proponenda et consuadenda per viros con- ciliarios Juris peritos dictae Societatis, aut Corporis Politici, pro tempore existente, et quae ex nostra parte per Advocatum Nostrum vel Solici- tatorem Nostrum pro Scotia seu per Advocatum vel Solicitatorem pro Scotia Nostrorum Haeredum atque Successorum approbatae fuissent.
In cujus rei Testimonium Sigillum Nostrum per Unionis tractatum custodiendum et in Scotia vice et loco Magni Sigilli ejusdem utendo ordinatum praesentibus appendi man- extended by these presents ; And the said Charters of our Royal Predecessor, and this our Charter, shall be held, deemed, and taken as mutually supporting and corroborating each the other; these presents being hereby declared, as regards all matters and things to be, after the date hereof, done by the said Society, the ruling and active Title of the said Society. Lastly, We, for ourselves and our successors, covenant and agree with the said Society or Body Politic and their successors, to give and grant, from time to time, and in all time coming, to the said Society or Body Politic or their successors, on their humble request and petition, all such farther and other privileges, authorities, matters and things, for rendering this our grant more effectual, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, which to us or to our successors it is permitted by law to grant, and which may reasonably be proposed, and advised by Counsel learned in the law of the said Society or Body Politic for the time being, and which shall be approved on our part by the Lord Advocate or Solicitor-General in Scotland, of us or our heirs and successors.
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davimus Apud Curiam nostram apud aedes Sancti Jacobi tertio decimo die Mensis Maii anno Domini millesimo octingentesimo sexagesimo secundo Regnique nostri anno vigesimo quinto.
Per Signaturam manu S. D. N. Reginae suprascript.
Written to the Seal, and Registered the Eighteenth day of June, 1862.
JAMES P. HALLEY,
Depute Director of Chancery. Sealed at Edinburgh the Eighteenth day of June, in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-two.
JAS. HAY MACKENZIE, Depute Keeper of the Seal. .£80 Scots.
And we further Will and Command that this our Charter do pass the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and used in Scotland in place of the great Seal thereof per Saltum without passing any other Seal or Register ; for which these presents shall be, as well to the Director of our Chancellary for writing the same, as to the Keeper of the said Seal for causing the said Seal to be appended thereto, a sufficient warrant.
Given at our Court at Saint James's, the thirteenth day of May, 1862. In the twenty-fifth year of our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
(Signed) G. GREY.
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Att Aberdeen The Thirty day of July 1685 years In presence of Mr. James Scougall, Commissar of Aberdeen.
The which Day The Commissar and members of court abov and underwritten having taken to their serious consideratione how necessary and convenient it is to have ane Contrtbutione stocked for such of their relicts of the said Society or Orphants there shall happen to be depauperatte, with ane unanimous consent made ane offer of a voluntar Contribution as follows vizt.
The Commissar forsaid to give tuenty merks scots mony, the clerk and prors ilk ane of them ten merks, to be payed in for the end abov written to John Pedder clerk depute Collector appointed for that effect, That it might be lent out to some responsa'll persons Be consent of the Commissar and their successors. That the same may bear annuall rent, And like ways the Commissar forsaid was satisfied to pay Five pounds scots at the riseing of each Sessione and the Clerk and each pror half ane Rex dollar att the rising of each Session for the same use. The first terms payment beginning the last of February 1687 years.
Item, It is enacted that no part of the forsaid mony prin'll or @ rent be disposed of without consint of the Major part of the members of the forsaid court, the Commissar being alwayes on of their number.
Item, It is enacted that non shall herafter be receaved as pror before the said court but in manner under written allenarlie.
Primo. He that intends to enter pror as said is must have recourse to the eldest pror for the time being, who is herby impowered to call a meeting of the rest of the prors that they may receave his petitione and consider whi'ter or not it be fitt to give their consent thereto.
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Secundo. It is appointed that no pror shall subscreive their consent to any such petition privately but in the face of the forsaid meeting allenarlie.
Tertio. It is enacted that no stranger who has not been bred with some member of the forsaid court for some considerable time shall be admitted as pror till they undergoe such ane examine and tryall as the Commissar & remanent members of the said court shall think fitt, and that the saids strangers so entering shall pay for the use of the poor forsaid Two Hundred pounds Scots, and that.no stranger be admitted if any one of the prors oppose the same.
Quarto. If any who has served ane member of the forsaid courts for any considerable time desire to enter pror & shall undergoe a tryall as said is, he is to pay Fourty pounds scots to the poor and if he enter without a tryall upon bill he is to pay ane Hundred Merks.
Quinto. It is enacted by unanimous consent that no person be recommended but those who are of knowen integrity honesty & skill.
Sexto. It is enacted that every prentice and servant writters to Clerks or prors shall pay Ten merks at their entry for the use of the poor abov written.
Septimo. It is enacted that no pror shall lend his name to any summonds or other citation given in be any person, except themselfs or their servants be imployed be either pcrsewer or defender, unless the persons givers in of the saids summondses or executions be priviledged to make use of a prors name be the consent of the members of the said court at a meeting as said is. And all those who shall be licensed as said is shall pay ten merks at their entry for the said licence for the use abov spee'd and fourteen shilling each Session.
No/a. 14 February 1689 Thir acts wer ratified and signed by the Commissar & prors and each pror ordained to sign them after his admission, and all strangers to pay 500 Merks of Compositione.
29 November 1689.
The said day the Commissar and the Prors of the Commissar court of Aberdeen undersubscryveing Takeing to their consideration that there are few or no young men attending or servcing about the said court who are endeavouring to qualifie or breed themselves to be Prors
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before the same, and the occasion thereof proceeds chiefly from the discouragement they meet with by admitting of severall Stranger Prors before the said court who have not been bred about the same for two hundred pounds of composition payed by them, whereas they that are educat about this court pay a considerable Prentice fee and a Com- position at their admission : Therefore for the further encouragement of young men to breed themselves about this court, which certainly capacitates them the better to goe about business and actions before the same (seeing strangers cannot in two or three years understand the form and practice of this Court) The saids Commissary and Procurators undersubscryveing Doe appoint that no stranger that has not been bred about the Court shall be admitted till they undergoe such ane Examen and Tryall as the Commissary and members of Court shall think fitt and pay ffyve hundred merks of Composition to the uses specified in the preceding Acts Insert in this book, and that no stranger shall be admitted if any of the Prors oppose the same. . . .
Att Aberdeen the 25 day of January 1722 years In presence of Mr. Robert Paterson Commissar of Aberdeen & members of Court subscryving.
The said day the Commissary & members Considering that by the fatall accident of fire which happened to the Commissary Clerk's office upon the 31st day of October last by past the haill records and papers therin wer burnt and consumed, particularly the principall Register containing the acts anent the money contribute by the members of Court for their poor, the acts anent admission of prors and the Compositions payable by them with the dues payable by written and Apprentices togither with the forme of process observed before the courts att Aberdeen ; And also Considering that Severalls of the members of Court had exact coppies therof which wer subscrived by the Commissary Clerk's servant upon the thirty one preceeding pages of this book Att the design of the members of Court ffor supplying the said Acts and forms of processes which wer burnt as said is : Therfore the said Commissary and members of Court subscriving have Ratified homologate and approven and by these presents Ratifie, homologate
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and approve the haill forgoing acts contained in this book with the forme of process written on the preceeding thirty one pages, And Declares this present record therof to be alse valid sufficient and cfifectuall to all intents & purposes as the principall register which was burnt as said is, And be ther presents ratifies and approves the admissions of the Prors before the said Commissary court, where admissions are extant in the Shirreff court books. Sic Subscribitur. Ro. Paterson ; Al. Thomsone pror ; Wl. Baxter pror ; J. Gordon, Clerk ; Alex1. Gordon Pror ; Al. Milne ; Geo. Wilsone pror ; W. Johnston, pror ; Jo. Cuthbert pror ; Geo. Keith pror ; Rich. Gordon pror ; Alexr. Charles pror ; Ja. Udny pror ; Pat. Smith pror ; Al. Thomson pror ; Tho. Burnet pror ; Patt. Duff pror ; John Hay pror.
26 January 1731.
The following Regulations were unanimously Aggreed to and Enacted viz.
That the haill former Acts and Regulations be Ratified and Confirmed except in so far as they are hereby Altered.
Item, That for hereafter There be no Licentiates And that none but prors, call, manadge, and carry on processes, particularly That no Clerk or Clerks servants medle therein.
Item, at outgiveing of processes, The pror for the pursuer Sign a note Mentioning what papers he hath given out, and to whom, as also the date, And that upon Returning the process The pror for the Defender Sign a note, Mentioning what papers he hath Seen and Returned.
Item, That all defences, answers, replys etc. be signed by the rcxive prors under protestation To Add and Eik as they shall afterwards have occasion.
Item, That all confirmations be expede by prors.
12 January 1778.
. . . The meeting considering that the Magistrates and Council of Aberdeen have begun a Voluntary Subscription for raising a Body of men for his Majesty's service, to be called the Aberdeen Volunteers, for
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reducing the Colonies to their former allegiance, they unanimously approve of that measure, and empower the President to sign in name of the Society for One hundred guineas for that purpose.
8 November 1782.
The President laid before the Meeting an application addressed to him from the Lord Provost of Aberdeen mentioning the unfortunate State of the Town and Country and the situation of the Crop which in general remains in the fields uncutt, And the present scarcity of meal thereby arising, And that a subscription was commenced among all ranks and Individuals, Societies and Corporations for importation of Grain wherever it can be found either at home or abroad, for which purpose people were despatched Southward to purchase Grain, and Commissions were likeways sent abroad, And the Lord Provost concludes his Letter by asking the aid of the Society of Procurators. The Society having considered the said letter are unanimously of opinion and resolve that they ought to give a liberal Contribution in this extraordinary season of calamity and distress for so laudable a purpose as the life and support of themselves, their fellow citizens, and the inhabitants of the town and Country, And therefore, over and above the subscriptions already made by the members of the Society as individuals, the Meeting hereby recommend to and empower Mr. Gordon of Craig the President of the Society to subscribe One Hundred Guineas to be paid by the Treasurer from the funds of the Society for the purpose mentioned. . . . But as they consider the funds belonging to the Society as a Sacred Deposit under their Care for charitable purposes only, they hereby declare that the Contribution now ordered shall never be urged as a precedent for any future encroachment except upon such occasions of Urgent and General Distress as the present, which calls upoh every member of society for charitable aid.
14 February 1798.
The President stated to the Meeting that he had thought it his duty to submit to the consideration of the Society the expediency of their showing their loyalty and public spirit in the present crisis of affairs, by
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contributing collectively towards the exigencies of Government of which so many Corporations in this kingdom as well as individuals have already set the laudable example. He presumed that the propriety of the measure admitted of no question, And therefore moved that the Meeting would proceed to determine, first, the quantum of the contribu- tion, and secondly, the means of raising it in a manner the most equal and least burdensome to the Society, but so as to avoid any encroach- ment upon the public funds, which he was humbly of opinion ought to be applied solely for the charitable purposes of the Society's institution. The Meeting after maturely considering the foregoing motion, unani- mously resolved that there should be a contribution from the Society for the above purpose of One Hundred Guineas . . . They authorise the Treasurer accordingly, and to remit the money how soon he finds similar contributions are in the course of being remitted.
17 February 1798.
The President stated that in consequence of a notification from the Magistrates yesterday, it had been suggested that the sum to be given by the Society towards the expenses of Government should be added to the subscriptions of the Citizens at large, in which view what was ordered at last meeting was by many of the Members thought inadequate, he therefore, at the desire of Six Members of the Society, had called this Meeting that they might give such directions as they judged proper.
The Meeting having resumed the consideration of this business, and being satisfied of the expediency of making a liberal contribution, unanimously resolved that One Hundred Guineas should be added to the former subscription of the Society . . ., and they authorised the President to subscribe the said sum of two hundred Guineas in name of the Society accordingly.
19 February 1799.
The meeting having observed that, by a late decision of the Court of Session, the Society of Procurators of Glasgow are exempted from having soldiers billeted upon them, and as the foundation of that decision is equally applicable to the Society of Procurators in Aberdeen, they
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have resolved to claim the same privilege, and they direct their Treasurer to notify this resolution to the Magistrates of Aberdeen and to request that they will give the necessary directions to their Billet Master thereanent
17 May 1799.
The President . . . presented to the Meeting the New Charter from His Majesty erecting the Society into a body Corporate by the Stile and Title of The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, a Title which the Members and their Predecessors had individually enjoyed for several Centuries as appears by authentic Documents in the Society's Custody. The Charter also contains a very considerable extension of the powers and privileges of the Society . . .
The Meeting further appoint the Gentlemen who composed the former Committee, with the addition of Mr. David Morice, to be a Committee for suggesting such alterations as may appear proper in the Regulations of the Society agreeable to the New Charter . . .
19 June 1799.
. . . The meeting having taken under their Consideration a plan of a Charter Room,1 to be made out in the Record Office, for the purpose of containing the Society's Charters, Title deeds, and Books, they approve thereof, and direct the same to be executed under the inspection of Mr. Kennedy, one of the Committee.
28 January 1806.
The Society, on the Motion of Mr. Alexr. Carnegie, while they deeply regret the loss sustained by the death of Mr. Morice, one of their number, late Sheriff Substitute of the County and City Assessor, have learned with peculiar satisfaction the appointment of Dr. Alexander Dauney, one of the Members of the Society, to these offices, being perfectly convinced that he will discharge the several duties of both with distinguished
1 The room seems to have been duly provided, as at a meeting held on 26th November following Mr. Kennedy was thanked "for his attention to the building of the Charter Room."
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ability and with equal advantage to the Public and Credit to himself. Therefore unanimously resolved that the President or Treasurer be instructed in name of the Society to intimate and express the same to Dr. Dauney in Court upon his first taking his seat on the Bench as Sheriff; and at the same time to congratulate him upon his appointments. Ordered a Copy of these Resolutions to be transmitted to Mr. Moir of Scotstoun, Sheriff Depute of the County, and another to Dr. Dauney himself.
24 March 1806.
The Committee to whom it was remitted to obtain a proper Seal with a suitable Device for the Society having seen a sketch thereof from the Treasurer, approved thereof, and ordered a Seal to be got agreeably thereto. . . ,
Ordered the Charter Room in the Record Office to be painted ; and the Charters and Title Deeds of the Society in the hands of the Treasurer, with the books and papers for which he has not immediate occasion, to be deposited therein.
25 November 1806.
The Treasurer also delivered into the meeting the Matriculation Book, in which were entered the Names of the Members of the Society from the year 1549 to this period, made up from such Records in this City, and other authentic Documents as he had access to ; specifying the dates of their admission, deaths, and other particulars, as far as his research could enable him to go.
He also delivered in to the Meeting a similar Book, containing the Names of Apprentices to the Members of this Society from the year 1774, when the first Charter was obtained, down to this date. . . .
18 January 1808.
The Society having taken under their Consideration the very extra- ordinary manner in which Mr. Leslie of Powis l has of late, in several
1 Mr. Leslie was not a member of the Society. Mad he been so the matter in question would have been dealt with in a more drastic fashion.
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instances, when in Court, behaved towards Doctor Dauney, the Sheriff Substitute, and to the Court, were unanimously of opinion that Mr. Leslie's conduct in those instances was highly improper and reprehensible, and that the Writings he has obtruded upon their notice were most dis- respectful both to the Bench and to the Bar. The Society therefore, Resolved unanimously to express on this occasion their just esteem for Doctor Dauney the Sheriff Substitute, their respectful sense of his Abilities and Impartiality as a Judge, and obliging attention as a Gentleman — And to assure him of their Cordial Support in maintaining the dignity of his office as well as the Respect due to the Bar. . . .
22 February 1809.
The Treasurer then laid before the Meeting a letter addressed to him by Dr. Dauney, President of the Society, of the following tenor, viz. : — "Aberdeen 12 February 1809. Sir, I send you a Seal which I have taken the liberty of causing be engraved for the Society of Advocates here by one of the first Artists in London, and of which I request the Society to accept if approved of. I am, &c." The Seal was at same time produced to the Meeting.
It was then moved and unanimously ordered that this Seal (of which the Meeting highly approve) be accepted of and used by the Society as their "Common Seal" in time coming. And that their thanks be given to Dr. Dauney for this fresh Instance of his Attention to whatever can tend to promote the respectability of the Society. j
9 March 1810.
The Committee of Management reported that in Consequence of the powers committed to them for the Sale of the Society's lands at Forresterhill the same had been sold by public Roup on the Second Current to George Hogarth, Esquire, Merchant in Aberdeen, at the upset price of £2,500 Stg. ...
13 November 1813.
The said — — having also been called before the Committee and Examined as aforesaid, They found him not sufficiently Qualified to be
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admitted a Procurator of Court, and Remanded him to his Studies for six months, and Reported accordingly to the Judges.
21 August 1815.
applied for authority to enter into an Indenture with — — H.
As he had attended College for only one session it was stipulated that the apprenticeship should extend over six years and that another session at College should be given.
24 November 1818.
Mr. Francis Gordon gave in a written statement to the meeting of the following tenor, viz. : — " That the Records under his charge as Sheriff Clerk Depute had for years past suffered greatly for want of accom- modation, as well as from the dampness and insufficiency of the places appointed for keeping them. That repeated applications had been made by the Sheriff Depute and himself to various County meetings, and the situation of these records minutely, and yearly, reported on, by the Sheriff Depute to the Judges at the Circuit annually, as appointed by the Act 49, Geo. III., cap. 42, as will appear from the excerpts now produced from the Freeholders Minutes, and of said annual reports, as well as a copy letter from the Sheriff Clerk to the County Clerk. That he (Mr. Gordon) had kept fires, and sat in the back office until his health was so much impaired that he was obliged to give it up, and that fire was occasionally still kept in said back room — but as the Records were suffering, and as vermin had lately got into the office, notwithstanding that cats and poison had been placed there — he moved that a Committee be appointed to examine and report on these matters, as greatly interesting to the Society, and as the Sheriff Clerk, although custodier of these records, had no power to move them, and had hitherto been unable to procure further or better accommodation for them." Which Statement and Motion together with the excerpts therein referred to, having been deliberately considered by the Meeting, they expressed their unanimous and sincere regret that a subject of such deep interest and importance to every Society and individual connected with the County of Aberdeen, as the preservation of these Records, should in any,
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the least degree, be overlooked, or neglected, by those whose province it is to care for them. But, being of the opinion that it would be unwise in them, as a Society, to incur any responsibility, on the occasion, they declined to interfere, recommending however to Mr. Gordon to leave nothing undone on his part, for having the grievances alluded to remedied with the utmost expedition, by those liable.
Mr. Burnett stated to the Meeting the advantages, which, in his opinion, would result to the future interests of the Society, by having a Lecturer on Scots Law and Conveyancing, appointed under their patron- age, who might open a class in Aberdeen, for the instruction of apprentices, and others, and thus save them the expense of going to Edinburgh, according to the present practice, and prosecuting the same studies there. This suggestion having received the unanimous approbation of the meeting, Mr. Burnett then moved that a Committee should be named to report on the expediency of the measure, and the best mode of carrying it into effect, which motion was adopted. Committee appointed accordingly.
2 January 1819.
The following Rules and Regulations regarding the proposed Lectureship having been submitted by the Committee were after con- sideration adopted by the Society : —
(1) That the office shall be perpetual, and an application be made in the proper quarter for having the Incumbent attached to the University, as Professor of Scots Law. (2) That his duty shall be to deliver a complete course of Lectures each year upon Scots Law and Con- veyancing ; the first part of the course to embrace what relates to the
Scots Law, and to occupy months, viz., at the rate of one
hour each Lecturing day, and five Lecturing days each week, — and the
second part to embrace what respects Conveyancing, and to occupy
months each year, viz., at the same rate per day and week, as
specified in the former case. (3) That the Class shall be open to all who choose to attend the same, and it shall be left to the Lecturer's own discretion to fix the amount of his fees, — with this exception only in favour of Apprentices to Members of the Society, that the amount exigible for each course of Lectures shall not exceed Three Guineas in the whole for each Student — that is, Two Guineas for the first part of the
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Course, and One Guinea for the last. (4) That it shall be resolved as a standing Regulation of the Society that every Apprentice entering into Indenture after the office is once established must attend the Course of Lectures (both parts) for at least two years during the period of his Apprenticeship, — failing of which he shall not be entitled to claim admission as a Member of the Society. And it shall be recommended to all such Apprentices whose Indentures have commenced previously to the date of the appointment in contemplation, and are then still current, also to attend two complete Courses of these Lectures. (5) That the person who fills the office of Lecturer now proposed shall always be a Member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, chosen by and from amongst themselves, ad vitam aut culpam ; but with this express proviso or condition, that the Society are to be the sole Judges of the Culpa, and may, two-thirds of them concurring, vacate the appointment if they see cause, without being obliged in any Court of Law, or otherwise, to specify such cause. It ought also to be a fundamental condition of the Appoint- ment that the Incumbent should at all times hold himself subject to the control of the Society with respect to the plan of his Lectures, and the regulations under which the Institution is to be maintained and carried on. And as it must be of the utmost consequence to the success of the Scheme altogether, particularly at the outset, to have the office filled by a person of respectability, whose professional knowledge is not only unquestioned, but who combines with that knowledge some more general turn for literary pursuits, the Society, it is humbly thought, in making their choice, should look to these qualities as paramount to every con- sideration, and give their support to that person, and to that person only, who appears most eminently to unite them.
21 January 1819.
Mr. Andrew Robertson elected first Lecturer on Scots Law and Conveyancing.
Thereafter Mr. William Stuart stated that he conceived it would be highly expedient to have the Sheriff Clerk's office attached to the Court House, and that a room for the preservation of the Records should also be provided, the expense to be defrayed by the Sale of the Record Office, or otherwise as may be found practicable. And he moved that a
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Committee of this Society be appointed to meet and communicate on this subject with the Committee or Committees, appointed by the Town and County of Aberdeen, to forward and procure an Act of Parliament for erecting a new Jail, and to report to this Society on the expediency and practicability of the measure. This motion was seconded by Mr. David Hutcheon, and carried by a majority. Committee appointed accordingly.
29 March 1820.
The following Address was agreed to be transmitted to His Majesty King George IV.
" To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, — Most Gracious Sovereign, We the President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, incorporated by Royal Charter, beg leave to approach the Throne, and to offer the tribute of our humble but sincere condolence on the demise of our late Revered Sovereign, Your Majesty's much beloved Father, and the premature fate of His Royal Highness the lamented Duke of Kent.
" Under the pressure of these dispensations our concern is alleviated only by the recollection that the Imperial Crown devolves upon a Prince who has already given proof that he knows how to wear it, with honour to himself, and for the glory of the British name.
"Permit us, Sire, on an occasion so interesting, to mingle our congratulations with those of a loyal people, and to give assurance of attachment to Your Majesty's Person, our Veneration for the Laws, and our love for the Constitution in Church and State."
3 August 1822.
The following Address was agreed to be presented to His Majesty King George IV. upon his intended visit to Scotland.
"... Most Gracious Sovereign, We Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, incorporated by Royal Charter, beg leave to approach the Throne, to tender our sincere and most cordial congratulations upon Your Majesty's arrival in the Capital of Your Royal Ancestors, Kings of Scotland.
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" While we, in common with Your Majesty's other subjects, feel impressed with the deepest sense of the honor which has been conferred on the People of Scotland, by this Royal Visit to your Ancient Kingdom, permit us, Sire, to testify our attachment to Your Majesty's Sacred Person ; and our veneration for the Laws, Liberties and privileges which we have the happiness to enjoy,
« We hail your Majesty's arrival among us, as another gracious pledge of your paternal regard for the welfare of the people of Scotland ; and trust that Your Majesty's visit will be attended with the happiest effects ; by animating all ranks with the liveliest sentiments of gratitude for the many inestimable blessings which flow upon us tinder Your Majesty's mild and benign Government. Deign, Sire, on this auspicious occasion to accept this testimony of our homage ; while we fervently pray that Your Majesty may long continue to reign over a free and happy people."
13 November 1822.
Resolution passed expressive of regard and favour for Mr. Alexander Moir of Scotstown, who has now resigned his appointment as Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire after discharging the duties in an able and upright manner for upwards of twenty seven years.
26 November 1822.
Mr. Carnegie laid before the Meeting a Memorial relative to the proposed situation of the New Jail, representing that several years of experience had been acquired of the advantages and disadvantages likely to arise from having the Jail discontiguous to the Courthouse and at the distance of nearly a mile from the centre of the Town — that in several respects a Jail or Prison at Bridewell would from its distance from the Courthouse be totally deficient as will appear from the following among other considerations : —
(1) Experience has already shown that there must be a considerable risk and very great inconvenience in the frequent removal of prisoners backward and forward between the Jail and the places for examination and trial — particularly at the Circuit Courts of Justiciary such removals could not be attempted without the aid of the military — which, at times, it may not be possible to procure. (2) The inconvenience to Sheriffs,
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Magistrates, Agents and all others (whether in behalf of the public or of the prisoners themselves) whose duty it is to attend precognitions and the multifarious and daily examinations of prisoners, civil as well as criminal, at such a distance from the centre of the town, is inconceivable and can scarcely be known except by those who from their official or professional duties have been obliged to experience it. It may perhaps be said that this might be obviated by having the prisoners brought from the Jail and examined at the Courthouse, which would in the course of investigating crimes be often absolutely necessary, particularly in the identifying of prisoners, as well as of stolen property. That the idea of an unfortunate civil debtor being paraded through the public streets, perhaps in irons, is quite revolting — but it is likewise to be attended to that persons committed for debt could not be removed on any account or for any purpose from the Jail without rendering the Magistrates liable for the debt. (3) The additional annual expense which must be occasioned both to Town and County in consequence of having the Jail and Courthouse so remote from each other is no trifling consideration — for, by keeping up the old Prison as a Lock-up-house, or place of temporary confinement, a measure which would be indispensably necessary, an extra Jailor or Servant must be employed and paid for, and the expense of removing Prisoners backward and forward before and after trial (even supposing the Sheriffs, Magistrates, &c, were to be obliged to submit to the same drudgery which they have hitherto experienced) would in the most economical way possible amount to a very considerable sum yearly. That these objections and others con- tained in said Memorial were distinctly foreseen and repeatedly urged previous to the passing of the Act 59, George III., and the expediency of having the Jail and Courthouse in some centrical situation and contiguous to one another was universally admitted and even acted upon, at different meetings of the Town and County. It is hoped, however, that it is not too late to retract, and that, as no progress has yet been made in the erection of a new Jail, the Commissioners will pause before proceeding to the [building] in a situation liable to so many objections, and after considering the subject in all its bearings, endeavour to find the means of erecting it on the area of ground behind the Courthouse, where it is presumed every requisite accommodation, joined with convenience and economy to all concerned, could at once be obtained . . .
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25 June 1824.
The President stated that he called the Meeting for the purpose of considering the propriety of showing some mark of respect to the Remains of Mr. Moir of Scotstown, late Sheriff of the County. The Integrity and Talents of Mr. Moir as a Judge and his virtues as a Gentleman being imprinted on the minds of every Member of this Society, he felt that any Eulogium from him would be quite superfluous. The Proposition therefore which he begged to move was that the Members shall assemble in a Body in full Mourning tomorrow at one o'clock and join the Funeral Procession opposite to King's College and accompany it from thence to St. Peter's Churchyard, the Place of Interment. The Motion was seconded by Mr. Crombie and unanimously adopted by the Meeting.
2 July 1824.
Committee reported the purchase on behalf of the Society of the Fourteenth lot of the Lands of Belhelvie. Approved.
18 March 1831. Agreed to petition in favour of Parliamentary Reform.
8 September 1834.
Agreed to present an address to the Lord Chancellor in the following terms — " Unto the Right Honourable the Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, &c, — We, the President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, Incorporated by Royal Charter, beg on this occasion to join with our fellow Citizens in expressing the high gratification which is afforded to us by your Lordship's visit to Aberdeen. We assure your Lordship of the profound respect in which we hold your exalted public station and your personal distinguished talents and extensive acquirements. We gratefully acknowledge the philanthropic, assiduous and useful exertions uniformly made by your Lordship as a Member of the Commonwealth, for the education, instruction and general advantage of your Countrymen. We have an entire reliance upon your Lordship's anxious desire to execute faithfully and for the public welfare the powers which devolve upon you as the first legal Functionary in the
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Kingdom, as a Minister of the Crown, and a Member of the Legislature, for which your abilities, both natural and acquired, so eminently fit you. And we sincerely wish that your Lordship may, by a continuation of the wise and patriotic discharge of your high functions, live long and happy in the confidence of your King, and in the esteem of your Country."
29 November 1836.
. . . Mr. Lumsden, the President, then reported to the Meeting, in order that the same may appear recorded in the Minutes, that according to what had been previously resolved on at a General Meeting, he and the Treasurer had this morning laid the foundation stone of the first dressed course of the Society's New Building in Union Street [at corner of Back Wynd], in presence of James Milne, Esquire, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and a numerous body of the Members of the Society. That there was enclosed in the Stone a large Glass Bottle, made purposely at a Glass Work at Leith, containing the following articles, viz. : —
Aberdeen Observer of 7th October, 1836.
Aberdeen Herald of 26th November, 1836.
Edinburgh Evening Courant of 20th October, 1836.
Aberdeen Journal of 23rd November, 1836.
List of Members of Society, November, 1836.
List of Members of Society, Subscribers for New Hall, Nov., 1836.
Copy Charter of Society, dated 8th May, 1799, and sealed at Edin- burgh 10th May, 1799 — and Regulations, dated 19th June, 1799, and 22nd September, 1825. (Printed copies.)
Aberdeen Almanack for 1836.
Aberdeen Journal of 5th October, 1836.
Times Newspaper of 22nd November, 1836.
[Coins.]
Crown Piece, Geo. IV., 1821.
Half Crown Piece, William IV., 1834.
Shilling Piece, William IV., 1836.
Sixpence Piece, William IV., 1836.
Fourpence Piece, William IV., 1836.
Penny Piece, William IV., 1831.
Halfpenny Piece, William IV., 183 1.
Farthing Piece, William IV., 1831.
extracts from minutes. 69
10 July 1837.
Address of Condolence adopted for transmission to the Queen Dowager, as also an Address to Her Majesty Queen Victoria on her accession to the Throne.
16 October 1837.
Agreed to take part in the procession and ceremony at laying the foundation stone of the New Buildings for Marischal College.
10 JULV 1839.
Agreed to Petition the House of Commons in favour of the uniform penny postage scheme presently before the House.
18 February 1840.
Address to the Queen and Prince Albert on the occasion of their marriage, adopted.
18 June 1840.
Addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert on the occasion of an attempt upon their lives, adopted.
24 November 1840.
Addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert on the auspicious birth of a Princess Royal of England, adopted.
3 May 1841.
Resolved to Petition Parliament against any alterations being made in the present system of Banking in Scotland.
19 May 1841.
The Sub-Committee reported that they had prepared a manuscript Catalogue of the Books in the Library, and the meeting authorised the printing of the Catalogue.
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18 June 1841.
Agreed by a majority : —
I. That this Society regrets the recent proceedings of the General Assembly in regard to the majority of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, as being in direct opposition to the law of the Country, destructive of the Established Church of Scotland, and oppressive and tyrannical towards the Clergymen composing that Majority, in whom obedience to the law is construed into Crime.
II. That, highly approving of the conduct of the majority of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, and strongly condemning the illegal pro- ceedings of the Assembly, the Society conceives that the Presbytery's majority merit the countenance and support of all by whom the law and the constituted authorities of the Land are respected, and so are entitled to the Society's warmest sympathy.
And the Society accordingly direct that these Resolutions be com- municated to each of the Eight Clergymen, composing the majority of the said Presbytery ; to the law officers of the Crown in Scotland ; and to the members of both houses of Parliament connected with the city and county.
17 November 1841.
Addresses to Her Majesty and Prince Albert on the occasion of the birth of an Heir Apparent to the British Throne, adopted.
17 June 1842.
Address to Her Majesty expressing abhorrence of the late atrocious attempt upon the life of Her Majesty, and the Society's sincere joy at Her Majesty providential escape from the danger in which she was placed, adopted.
26 August 1842.
Addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert on the occasion of their visit to Scotland, adopted.
22 March 1845.
Agreed to Petition Parliament against Interference with the Scotch Banking system.
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16 October 1846.
Agreed to restrict the half yearly money terms to 20th June and 20th December of each year instead of extending or spreading out the transactions of the Aberdeen money terms over four days in each half year as formerly observed.
18 January 1847.
Agreed to memorialise the Lord Advocate to takes measures for procuring a law to enforce more complete and accurate Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland.
17 February 1847.
Tribute to the memory of the late Andrew Murray of Murrayshall, who for twenty-four years had acted as Sheriff of Aberdeenshire, adopted.
22 March 1847.
Agreed to entertain to Dinner as a mark of respect, John Thomson Gordon, Advocate, on his appointment as Sheriff Depute of the County.
20 July 1847.
Report submitted that there had been purchased on behalf of the Society the lands of Hill-Cairnie in the parish of Skene, extending to about 1037 acres, of which 558 acres are arable and 228 acres are wood.
3 April 1848.
Agreed to entertain to Dinner as a mark of respect, Archibald Davidson, Advocate, on his appointment as Sheriff of the County.
11 January 1855.
Resolutions arrived at approving of the Union of the Universities of Aberdeen.
2 June 1858.
Petition against the Universities (Scotland) Bill, adopted.
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25 January 1859.
The Society being of opinion that ha consequence of the great increase of business in the Sheriff Court, the appointment of an addi- tional Sheriff Substitute at Aberdeen is imperatively necessary it was agreed to memorialise the Sheriff and the Lords of the Treasury craving such appointment.
10 May 1859.
The following arguments were urged for the appointment of an additional Sheriff Substitute,— (1) That the Sheriff Substitute of the Aberdeen district of the County of Aberdeen is charged with a greater amount of labour than any Judge can perform with justice to the public interests, and greater than is required from any other Judge in Scotland. (2) That there is no adequate provision for the discharge of the duties of Sheriff Substitute at Aberdeen, either in Civil or Criminal business, during his necessary absence from the City, or if he. should be incapaci- tated by sickness. (3) That it is therefore " essentially necessary for the public service" that an additional Sheriff Substitute, resident in Aber- deen, should be appointed. (I) There are at present two Sheriff Substi- tutes for the County of Aberdeen, with a district assigned to each. One of them is resident in Aberdeen, the other in Peterhead. The population under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff Substitute in Aberdeen, amounted, according to the census of 185 1, to 167,781, and it is now supposed to amount to nearly 200,000. The population of the entire County in 1851 was 212,032 ; its area is 1970 square miles. . . . The only Counties having larger populations than Aberdeen, although spread over com- paratively trifling areas, are Edinburgh and Lanark. The former with a population of 259,435, and an area of 399 square miles, has a Sheriff and three Substitutes all resident in the Capital. Lanark has a popula- tion of 530,169; its area is 987 square miles. The Sheriff, as in Edin- burgh, is resident, and has six Substitutes. Every County in Scotland, with a population of 80,000 (or less than one-half of the population of the Aberdeen district of the County) has two Sheriff Substitutes. . . .
The Civil and Criminal business of the Court at Aberdeen has increased year by year until the Sheriff Substitute, though eminently prompt and quick in the despatch of business, declares himself unable longer to discharge the duties, and has applied for the assistance of an
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additional Substitute. This great increase has arisen through the rapid development of the trade, commerce and agriculture of the district, and also through the additional duties which by recent legislative enactments have been devolved upon the Sheriff Substitute. A large portion of his time is now occupied in taking proofs, all of which were formerly taken by Commission. . . .
No sensible relief would be given by the division of the Aberdeen district into two with a Sheriff Substitute for each. By far the greater part of the business arises in the City of Aberdeen and its populous neighbourhood. In Aberdeen the country shopkeepers and tradesmen purchase their goods, the farmers dispose of the most of their produce, and the factors of the landed Proprietors are mostly resident. The County population having thus frequent occasion to transact business in the City, can go there with less inconvenience and with greater facility than to towns in the County much nearer their residence. Aberdeen- shire has only one chief town, and from it the whole turnpike roads of the Country radiate up the valleys of the Dee and the Don, through the Strath of the Garioch, and to Huntly, Turriff, etc. Railway and tele- graphic lines already made, or in course of formation, connect all these districts and places with Aberdeen. These valleys running inland from Aberdeen, have no communication with each other, but by cross roads, always difficult for vehicles, often impracticable in winter, and unprovided with public conveyances.
26 December 1861.
Address of Condolence to Her Majesty Queen Victoria on the death of the Prince Consort, adopted.
30 December 1861.
Agreed to give from the Society's lands of Mardyke, adjoining King Street, a feu of about i| acres for the purpose of erecting a Militia Depot.
24 February 1863.
Agreed that the Society's Hall, like the other Public Buildings of the City, should be illuminated on the evening of 10 March prox. being the day of the marriage of the Prince of Wales.
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16 January 1866.
Tribute passed on the retirement of Mr. William Watson, who for upwards of thirty-six years had acted as Sheriff Substitute.
3 September 1867.
Property in Concert Court, Broad Street, having been acquired for the purpose of erecting thereon a new Hall and Library for the Society, Mr. Matthews to-day submitted plans thereof.
21 May 1869.
Amended plans by Mr. Matthews submitted and remitted to a Sub- Committee for consideration.
8 November 1870.
Resolutions of condolence and regret at the death of Mr. Andrew Jameson, Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine, adopted.
12 November 1870.
Resolution to memorialise the Government to appoint Mr. John Comrie Thomson, Sheriff Substitute, as Sheriff, passed.
June 1873.
Property in Union Street, at corner of Back Wynd, which had formed the Advocates' Hall and Library, sold to Lockhart and Salmond, Confectioners, etc.
23 August 1876.
Memorial adopted for presentation to the Home Secretary craving that through the recent death of Mr. Christian, who had held the office of Sheriff and Commissary Clerk of Kincardineshire, the office might be abolished and the duty transferred to the Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeen, thus completing the judicial amalgamation of the two Counties.
LIST OF MEMBERS
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EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS, Etc.
Admission — Date of admission to the Society is given on the same line as the member's name.
App. — Apprentice.
Children — Where names of children are given the sons take the first place and the daughters the second.
Educational Notes —
Aberd. — The University of Aberdeen.
Alumnus — Alumnus in Arts (i.e., a student who did not proceed to a degree
in Arts). Cantab. — The University of Cambridge. Edinb. — The University of Edinburgh. Glasg. — The University of Glasgow.
King's Coll. — The University and King's College of Aberdeen. Mar. Coll. — The Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. Oxon. — The University of Oxford. St. And. — The University of St. Andrews.
Spelling — The forms of spelling of names and places in use during the individual memberships have been followed so far as possible.
Writer — The equivalent of the modern' term Law Agent.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 1549-1911.
Abel, Alexander. 1st August, 1840.
Son of Alexander Abel, farmer, Auquherton, Kintore. Born at Kintore. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1832-35, being first bursar. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Sometime in partnership with Duncan Forbes (1839), firm being Forbes & Abel. Membership ceased 1854. Emigrated to Australia, and subsequently practised in Sydney as an Attorney.
Died, at Sydney, August, i860.
Abercrome, John. 1557.
Abernethy, John. 1576.
Probably the Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire who, on 23rd June, 1 584, sat along with Sir Patrick Gordoun of Auchindoun, and two others. »
Adam, George. 22nd July, 1670.
Son of Hendrie Adam, shoemaker and heritor in Old Aberdeen. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1656-60. App. to William Melville (1658). Notary Public. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 23rd Sept., 1670, and honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, 24th July, 1671. Joint Clerk of the Town Council of Old Aberdeen, appointed 19th November, 1692. Married Jean Irving (died 31st March, 1702 2), dau. of a guild burgess. In 1696, resident in Old Aberdeen, with his wife and two children. 3
' Littlcjuhn's '* Sheriff Court Records," I., pp. 325 and 460. 2 Old Machar Burial Ke^islers. 3 Poll Book, II., p. 591.
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Adam, Robert. 13th November, 1851.
Eldest son of William Adam, farmer, Buss, Banchory-Ternan, and Elizabeth Stephen, his wife. Born at Buss, 31st August, 181 1. Educated at Parish School, Banchory-Ternan ; M.A., King's Coll., March, 1829. App. to William Adam (Adam & Anderson). For some time a procurator before the Sheriff Court of Banff- shire, and agent for the North of Scotland Bank at Macduff. * Relinquished all Banffshire appointments prior to admission to Society.1 Married, 28th July, 1842, Barbara Gordon (died at Aberdeen, 14th Sept., 1879), dau. of James Oswald, shipmaster, Aberdeen. 2
Died s.p. at Aberdeen, 15th January, 1868.
Adam, Robert 5th March, 1909.
Eldest son of William Adam, farmer, Bush, Banchory-Ternan, and Margaret Ross, his wife. Born at Bush, 17th April, 1879. Edu- cated at Public Schools, Crathes and Banchory-Ternan ; M. A., Aberd., 1900 ; B. L. (with honours), 1902. App. to John Thomson and James Ross (Adam, Thomson & Ross). Partner of Adam, Thomson & Ross since January, 1909. Treasurer of the Burgh of Banchory. Second Lieutenant, 7th Batt. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.).
Adam, William. 12th July, 1790.
App. to Hary Lumsden (1778). Sometime writer in Edinburgh.3 Town Clerk of Inverury from 1797 to 1805. 4 Married Elizabeth (died 6th April, 1829), dau. of Andrew Jopp, Insch, with issue two sons and three daughters, the last survivor of whom was Janet Margaret.5
Died, at Aberdeen, 25th May, 1805, 6 aged 36.
1 MS. Records of Society. 2 Aberdeen Sasine Register.
3 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes, which bear further that Adam took the oath of allegiance, etc., to George III., 14th July, 1790.
4 Davidson's " Inverurie and Earldom," p. 480. 5 Ibid.
6 Adam had sasine to tenement and shop on the east side of Gallowgate, 20th June, 1803. "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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Adam, William. 15th May, 1818.
Second son of Andrew Adam, farmer, Easter Beltie, Kincardine O'Neil,
and Seivwright, his wife. Born at Easter Beltie, 15th March,
1793. Educated at Parish School, Kincardine O'.Neil ; M.A., King's Coll., 26th April, 1813. App. to Hugh Fullerton (1804). Partner of Adam x & Anderson from 1830 to 1866, and of Adam, Thomson & Ross from 1866 to 1881. Notary Public. Fiars Juror, seventeen times, 1834-65. Director, North of Scotland Bank and Northern Assurance Coy. Sometime proprietor of estates of Ranna in Cromar ; Buxburn, Newhills ; and of Easter Beltie from 1874.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th April, 1881.
Adam, William. 28th July, 1835.
Only son of Alexander Adam, cartwright, Skene Street, Aberdeen, and Isobel Aberdein, his wife. Born at Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1826-28. App. to James Grant (1803). Membership ceased November, 1854. Married, and was survived by his wife and a daughter. The latter died at Inverurie, 19th February, 1885.
Died, at Glasgow, 8th April, 1867, aged 56.2
Alcock, Robert. 13th November, 1818.
Son of Rev, Alexander Alcock, minister of St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, Aberdeen, and Barbara Trail, his wife. Born, at Aberdeen, 7th August, 1796. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1809-11. App. to Lewis Nicoll (1804). Sometime in partnership with John Lumsden Shirrefs (1818), firm being Shirrefs & Alcock. Fiars Juror, 1834. Membership ceased November, 1844.
Alexander, George. 1700.
1 He was a keen agriculturist, and the introducer of the sub-soil system of drainage in Aberdeenshire. Carnie's "Reporting Reminiscences," II., p. 11. The firm of Adam and Anderson engaged energetically in the promotion of Railways converging on Aberdeen, and also in the formation of Public Companies in Aberdeen. See Anderson, Alexander (1827).
2 Tombstone, Nellfiekl Cemetery.
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Alexander, John.1 Before May, 1643.
Son of Robert Alexander, heritor of the sunny half lands of Boigholl. 2 Married Marjory,3 eldest dau. of George Jamesone, the painter, with issue, of whom George, the second son, was admitted guild burgess 26th September, 1676.
Died before 26th June, 1663. 4
Alexander, John. 29th January, 1752.
App. to John Forbes (1739). Burgess of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1752.
Married Katherine Forbes (died October, 1772 5), widow of the
said John Forbes.6 See Forbes, John (1739). Died between February, 1757, and October, 1772.
Allan, Alexander. 10th July, 1810.
Son of Alexander Allan, brick and tile manufacturer, Old Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1806. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Sometime Joint Legal Assessor and Clerk to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Prominent Freemason. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 29th December, 1814, and honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted April, 1823. Went to Canada, where acted as District Superintendent of Schools, which voided 1st January, 1850, through the abolition of the office. Subsequently was Superintendent of Schools for Township of Waterloo and Woolwich, as also Town Clerk of Preston, Canada. Married at Burnside, 7th October, 1824, Ann (died at Salem, Canada West,
'Not in Kennedy's List. - Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 15.
3 On 26th June, 1663, Marjory Jamesone, as "relict of the late Mr. John Alexander, advocate," had a tack from Marischal College, for a term of 76 years, of the croft called the White Friars yards, at a rent of 43 merks Scots. Anderson's "Aberdeen Friars," p. 118.
4 In March, 1645, Alexander was one of the "four discreit weill set burgessis" appointed to wait upon Montrose, and to point out 10 him the disastrous consequences that would follow to Aberdeen unless " assureans of saiftie and protectioun " given. Spalding's " Memorialls of the Trubles," II., pp. 452-53.
5 St. Nicholas Kirkwork Accounts. 6 MS. Records of Society.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 8 1
17th September, 1878), eldest dau. of James Davidson, thread manufacturer, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1841-42.
1.
2. Ann, married at Salem, 26th August, 1863, Thomas
McQueen, farmer, Pilkington.
Died, at Preston, Canada, 16th July, 1855.
Allan, George. 10th June, 1844.
Son of George Allan, shipmaster, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 8th April, 1820. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1835-37. App. to John Yeats (1834). Senior partner of Allan, Buckley Allan & Milne, from 1887, and of Allan, Buckley Allan and Coy. from 1904. Notary Public. Sometime Secretary and Treasurer of Alexander Shaw's Hospital. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 1st December, 1890. Treasurer, 1878-79. President, 1879-80. Portrait in Committee Room. J. P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen. Married, first, at Smethwick, 23rd November, 1848, Margaret (born 22nd June, 1829, died 7th March, 1861), second dau. of the late William Bisset, merchant burgess and town councillor, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. George Horn Best (born 16th October, 1849, died 13th May,
1876), assistant to his father.
2. William Bisset (born 25th July, 185 1), statistician, London
and Lancashire Insurance Company, Liverpool.
3. Alexander John, died July, 1857, in infancy.
4. John Buckley, advocate (1881).
5. Richard Crossley (born 17th October, 1858, died nth August,
1910), stock and share broker in Aberdeen.
6. Alexander de Wet (born 20th December, 1859), M.B., CM.,
Aberd., 1887, Port Nolloh, Namaqualand, South Africa. 1. Margaret Bisset, married, first, James Collie Smith (died August, 1887), solicitor, of Hunter, Gordon & Smith, M
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and, second, John Fiennes-Sullivan (died 1904), late civil
commissioner, Southern India. Married, second, at Edinburgh, 4th September, 1879, Agnes (born 31st March, 1830, died at Crieff, 12th July, 1905), dau. of George Smith, merchant, Banff.
Allan, John. 27th March, 1841.
Son of James Allan, hotel-keeper, sometime of Banff. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1832-33, and 1834-35. App. to Thomas Sangster and Alexander Muir (Sangster & Muir). Sometime in partnership with the said Alexander Muir, firm being Muir & Allan.
Died, unmarried, 8th February, 1862,1 aged 44.
Allan, John Buckley. 9th August, 1881.
Fourth son of George Allan ( 1 844). Born at Aberdeen, 7th November, 1855. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Academy, West End Academy, and Chanonry House School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1872-74 and 1875-78. Law Student, Edinb., 1878-79. App., first, to his father, and, second, to James Duncan Smith, S.S.C., Edinburgh. Partner of Allan, Buckley Allan & Milne, 1887- 1904, and of Allan, Buckley Allan & Coy., from 1904. Commissioner for Oaths, Province of Manitoba, from 1902. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 5th February, 1906. Author of " The Gym, or Sketches from School," 1885 ; and joint author of "Aberdeen University Arts Class Record, 1872-76," 1897. Married, at Montrose, 28th August, 1889, Jane, elder dau. of James Thomson, Dunninald, near Montrose, with issue : —
1. Muriel Marr.
2. Hilda Margaret.
3. Rhoda Jane Bisset.
Anderson, Alexander. 1628.
Died before 2nd October, 1633.
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Anderson, Alexander. 24th February, 1827.
Only son of Rev. William Anderson, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1776, minister of Strichen, and Helen Findlay, his wife. Born at Strichen Manse, 10th June, 1802. Educated at Parish School, Strichen, and Gram- mar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1819. App. to David Hutcheon (1789). Partner of Adam & Anderson from 1830 to 1866, and from 10th x^pril, 1878, partner with William Rae (1877), and Andrew Jamieson Ironside, land surveyor, firm being Anderson & Rae. Notary Public. Active promoter of the North of Scotland Insurance Coy., now known as the Northern Assurance Coy. (Ltd.), North of Scotland Bank, Aberdeen Market Coy., various Railway Companies, Aberdeen Water Works, and the Aberdeen Land Association. Commissioner for the Lord Saltoun, and Baron Baillie of Fraserburgh from 1872 to 1887. Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 10th June, 1839. Lord Provost of Aberdeen, 1859-66. Knight Bachelor, created 13th October, 1863. D.L. and J. P., Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1872. Sometime proprietor of Blelack, Cromar. Author of " Memorandum ... on the emoluments of the Masters" [of the Grammar School, Aberdeen], 1863. Treasurer, 1863-65. Portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., in Aberdeen Town Hall, and a copy of same by another artist in Fraserburgh Town Hall. Married, at Viewfield, 26th March, 1835, Rachel (died at Aberdeen, 13th December, 1886), elder dau. of William Johnston of Viewfield, with issue : —
1. William, advocate (1859).
2. Andrew, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1859; B.A., Cantab., 1863;
barrister, Lincoln's Inn, called 1865.
1. Catharine Morice, married at Aberdeen, 24th November, 1863, Rev. Archibald Hamilton Charteris, then minister of The Park Church, Glasgow ; Professor of Biblical Criticism in Edinburgh University, 1868-98; Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1892, and died in Edinburgh 24th April, 1908.
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2. Helen Rachel, deaconess of the Church of Scotland, died in Edinburgh 9th October, 1910. Died, at Aberdeen, nth April, 1887. 1
Anderson, Andrew. 1590.
Anderson, Arthur. 30th March, 1833.
Son of Alexander Anderson of Candacraig. Alumnus, Mar. Coll.,
1822-24. App. to Lewis Nicoll (1804). Died, unmarried, in London, 14th November, 1837, aged 31.
Anderson, George. 16th June, 1870.
Eldest son of Alexander Anderson, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1824, sometime in Tillygreig and Balnacraig, and Christina Keith Shand, his wife. Born at Balnacraig, Aboyne, 15th March, 1846. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1865. App. to Robert Smith and Alexander Cochran (Smith & Cochran). Partner of Smith & Cochran, 1870-74, and of Cochran & Anderson from 1874. Notary Public. Clerk to the 6th, or Aberdeen District, Road Trustees, 1874-84. Joint Agent at Aberdeen of the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1874-84. Quartermaster, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 19th July, 1879.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 9th August, 1884.
Anderson, John. 27th July, 1830.
Son of James Anderson, bank agent, Peterhead, and Christian Soutar, his wife. Born at Peterhead. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-24. App. to James Blaikie and Patrick Bannerman (Blaikie & Bannerman). Notary Public. Practised in Peterhead.
Died, unmarried, 1st December, 1871.
Anderson, John. 13th December, 1839.
Son of Arthur Anderson of Deebank (now Newton Dee), Aberdeen- shire, and of Charlton, Forfarshire, and Margaret Skene, his wife.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," III., pp. 147-48.
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Born 26th February, 1817. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1832. App. to Duncan Davidson (D. & P. Davidson). Sometime in partnership with David Robert Morice (1837), firm being Moricc & Anderson. Married, at Little Mill, Montrose, 1st December, 1843, Mary- Harriet, youngest dau. of Lieut.-Col. Renny, with issue : —
1. Arthur Robert, died at Riga, 25th November, 1862, in his 1 8th year. Died, at Aberdeen, 21st March, 1846.
Anderson, William. 12th October, 1859.
Elder son of Alexander Anderson (1827). Born at Aberdeen, 9th January, 1836. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1851-53. App., first, to John Dunn and, second, to George Grub. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted at Tulloch, Ncwhills, 12th October, 1861. Went to Australia in 1865.
Died, unmarried, at Brisbane, 16th January, 1873.
Andersone, George. 1615.
Eldest son of William Andersone, advocate (1584). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., entered 1606. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 6th January, 1616. Secured, in 1624, a gift of the reversion of the office of Sheriff Clerk, as held by his father. x
Died after 27th June, 1638. 2
Andersone, William. 1584.
M.A. Notary Public. Burgess of Aberdeen. Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire, 1 597- 1630. 3 Married , with issue: —
1. George, advocate (161 5).
2. Alexander, burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 5th March, 161 2.
3. William.
1 Liltlcjohn's "Sheriff" Court Records," II., pp. 279 and 537.
- In 1628, Andersone was charged, with others, before the Privy Council, with having written and uttered certain pasquils, including one against the Provost of Aberdeen. On subsequently denying the charge on oath he was assoilzied. In March, 1629, he was ordered to be apprehended for not having compeared to answer the charge of " ressctting of Jesuits," etc. — "Privy Council Register," III., Second Series, pp. 31-35,' and 103.
3 For interesting notes, sec Liltlcjohn's " Sheriff Court Records," I., p. 475, and II., P- 537-
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1. Jean, married Alexander Paip, advocate (1615).
2. Bessie, married William Layng, * merchant burgess, and
agent in Scotland for the King of Spain.
3. Helen, married Patrick Chalmer, who succeeded his father-
in-law as Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire, and was, from 1643 until his death in 1646, Town Clerk of Aberdeen. Died between 1st December, 1630, and 14th March, 1632. 2
Angus, John. 16th November, 1822.
Son of George Angus, watchmaker, and burgess, Aberdeen, and Christian Watt, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 29th March, 1799. Educated at the Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1816. App. to William Stuart (1804). Notary Public. Com- missary Depute. Town Clerk of Aberdeen, 1840-75. Keeper, Register of Sasines for the Burgh of Aberdeen. Director, North of Scotland Bank, and Northern Assurance Coy. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank of Aberdeen. Member of Council, Spalding Club. Honorary Sheriff Substitute. Treasurer, 1855-56. President, 1857-59. Portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., in Aberdeen Art Gallery. Portraits in Committee Room and in Town Clerk's Office. Married, at Aberdeen, 1st December, 1840, Katherine Ann (died at Aberdeen, 3rd August, 1903), second dau. of Alexander Forbes of Ainslie, with issue : —
1. George, born 1842, B.A., Oxford, 1866, M.A., 1882. Lieut.,
Indian Army; Priest, Ch. of England, 1867; Ch. of Rome, 1876. Died at St. Andrews, 17th March, 1909.
2. Alexander Forbes, born 1844, sometime of Foochow, there-
after of Sydney. Married, at Sydney, 14th March, 1883,
1 On 7th May, 1624, there was recorded at Aberdeen a 1'rocuratory, dated 25th August, 1623, the narrative of which proceeds : — " Be it kend till all men be thir presents me Williame Layng Agent for his Maiestie of Spaine in the Kingdome of Scotland To haif maid and constitut and be the tenor heirof makis and constituts Bessie Andersone my spous my verrie laufull and undoutit procurator and agent preposita my haill actionis effairis in my absens from hir with powar ..." The deed was written by Patrick Chalmer, secretary or clerk, the attesting witnesses being Mr. William Andersone, Sheriff Clerk, Alexander Andersone, his son, William Andersone, servitour to the granter, and brother to the grantee, and the said Patrick Chalmer.— Ur. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
- See poem on Andersone's death by Arthur Johnston in Principal Sir William D. Gcddes' " Musa Lalina Aberdonensis," II., p. 208.
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Miriam Adelaide, eldest dau. of the Hon. Samuel A. Joseph, M.L.C., of Sydney.
3. John, born 1845, sometime of 79th Highlanders, 7th Royal
Fusiliers, and York and Lancaster Regiment. Lieut.- Colonel, Army Pay Dept. (retired) ; served in Afghan War, 1878-79 (medal). Married, in 1870, Edith Mary, dau. of the late Edward Ronald Douglas, CLE., Dept. Inspector General of Post Office of India.
4. James Keith, author and journalist, died, unmarried, at
Aberdeen, 29th October, 1895.
5. William James, formerly Lieut, Highland Light Infantry
Militia.
1. Margaret Forbes, married at Aberdeen, 17th July, 1873, as
his second wife, William John Renny, W.S., of Danevale Park, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, D.L. and J. P., who died 25th January, 1879.
2. Katherine Ann, married in 1874 Lewis Lyle Clarke, and
died 1899.
3. Janet Christian, married in 1880 James Alexander Beattie,
C.E., Aberdeen.
Died, at Aberdeen, 6th November, 1878. r Arthur, Robert. 1584.
1 8th November, 1878. "Thereafter the Lord Provost stated that it was with feelings of sincere regret that he had formally to announce to the Council the recent death of Mr. John Angus, who for many years held the important offices of Depute Town Clerk and Town Clerk of this City. After referring to the important services rendered by Mr. Angus to the Council and Community while he held office, the Lord Provost concluded by moving ' That the Council resolve to record in their Minutes their sincere regret at the recent death of Mr. John Angus, who, for upwards of forty years, so ably discharged the onerous and important duties of Depute Town Clerk and Town Clerk of this City, and who, during that long period, rendered so valuable and efficient services to the Council and Community — and direct that a Copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Family, with an expression of the deep sympathy of the Council with them under their melancholy bereavement ' — which motion was seconded by Mr. George Donald, and unanimously adopted by the Council."— Aberdeen Town Council Minute Book, XCIIL, p. 138.
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Bain, Richard William Kidston. 31st December, 1887.
Younger son of Rev. James Bain, Free Church minister of Delting, Shetland, and Mary Russell Garioch, his wife. Born at Delting, 15th September, i860. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen, and Glasgow Academy; M.A., Glasg., 1880. Law Student, Aberd., 1880-82. App. to William Leslie Reid (1847) and Thomas Wilsone, Solicitor (Reid & Wilsone). Qualified as Law Agent, 1883. With Tods, Murray & Jamieson, W.S., Edin- burgh, 1886-87. Partner with T. A. W. A. Youngson (1857), 1 890- 1 90 1, firm being Youngson & Bain, which title is continued under Mr. Bain's sole partnership. Notary Public. Local Secretary (Hon.) of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and (Hon.) F.R.S.G.S. Has contributed articles to " The Scottish Law Review," " Field," etc.
Bannerman, Charles. 9th July, 1776.
Third son of Alexander Bannerman, merchant, Aberdeen, and Margaret Burnett, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1767. App. to William Thorn (1752). Sometime in partnership with James Blaikie (1808), firm being Bannerman & Blaikie. Joint Com- missary Depute. Collector of Bishop's Rents. Director, Aber- deen Banking Coy. Fiars Juror, 1794- 18 10. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 15th March, 1788. One of the assessors to the Rector of King's Coll., 1798- 1806. Major, Royal Aberdeen Volunteers, 1806. Treasurer, 1784-86. President, 1798- 1800. Married, 6th January, 1785, x Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 25th April, 1836, aged 74), dau. of Patrick Wilson, sometime Collector of Customs in the island of St. Christopher, with issue : —
1. Alexander, of the H.E.I.C.S.
2. Patrick, advocate (1816).
3. Thomas, born 24th December, 1795, died young.
4. Charles, died at Edinburgh, 15th February, 1816, in his 19th
year.
5. George, born 16th August, 1799, merchant, Aberdeen.
1 St. Paul's Episc. Church Registers.
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6. Thomas, born 15th October, 1800.
1. Catherine, born 6th May, 1787.
2. Margaret, born 8th December, 1788, married, at Aberdeen,
1st Oct., 1816, Alexander Forbes, younger of Blackford, and died 24th March, 1825.
3. Anne, born 3rd December, 1790, married, 14th August,
1 82 1, Charles (afterwards Sir Charles, eighth Bart.) Bannerman, of Kirkhill and Crimonmogate, and died 1838.
4. Mary, born 24th January, 1792, died at Aberdeen, 29th
October, 18 16.
5. Georgina, born 19th February, 1793, died at Aberdeen, 18th
February, 1876, in her 84th year.
6. Elizabeth Ogilvie, born 1st January, 1806, died at Aberdeen,
4th July, 1 814. Died, at Aberdeen, 24th September, 181 3, aged 63. *
Bannerman, Patrick. 1st February, 1816.
Son of Charles Bannerman (1776). Born at Aberdeen, 18th December, 1794. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1812. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with James Blaikie (1808), firm being Blaikie & Bannerman. Secretary and Treasurer, Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Proprietor of Elmfield. Married, at Hilton, 5th September, 1826, Anna Maria (died at Edinburgh, 8th March, 1884, aged 75), second dau. of Sir William Johnston, seventh Baronet of that Ilk, Caskieben and Hilton, with issue : —
1. Charles, died 12th April, in infancy.
2. William, born 23rd September, 1828, General, Indian Army,
C.B.
3. Patrick Wilson, baptised 23rd January, 1834, Col., Indian
Army.
1 Bannerman possessed house property in Aberdeen, and one-eighth share of the Cruive Salmon Fishings in the Don. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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4. Charles Bromhead, Lieut., Bombay Army, fell before Delhi,
8th September, 1857, aged 22.
5. Arthur Johnston, born 26th April, 1839, Lieut.-Col. (retired),
Bombay Staff Corps.
6. Alexander D'Arcy, born 27th February, 1848.
7. Edward Mordaunt, born 14th January, 1850.
1. Anna Maria, born 28th November, 1829, married W. Elford
Adams, Captain, Royal Irish Fusiliers, and died at Even- wood, Oakham, Surrey, 12th January, 1904.
2. Margaret Anne, born 21st September, 1831.
3. Catherine Georgina, born 30th October, 1832, married R. J.
Rutherford Aytoun, of Ashintully, Perthshire.
4. Clara Elizabeth, born 8th March, 1836, married George
Vertue.
5. Mary, born 14th April, 1837, married Col. James Vertue,
R.E., and died in Normandy, 19th July, 1902.
6. Emily, born 8th July, 1840.
7. Frances Caroline, born 10th September, 1841, died, un-
married, 6th August, 1 90 1.
8. Blanche Amy, born 16th May, 1843.
9. Constance Gertrude, born 17th June, 1846. Died 16th September, 1854, at Edinburgh.1
Barclay, George. 1568.
Son of Barclay of Gartly. 2 Notary Public. Procurator Ffscal
of Aberdeenshire from at least 1584. 3 Sheriff Clerk of Banff- shire from early in 1590. 4 Commissioner for the Earl of Erroll.
1 Bannerman, among other legacies, bequeathed .£105 to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen, to be applied towards a fund for building a new chapel.
2 Spalding Club "Miscellany," V., p. 336.
3 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," I., p. 476. ♦ Rose's Notes in Sheriff Clerk's Office, Banff.
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Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 18th July, 1569. Married Marjory Cheyne, J dau. of Cheyne of Esslemont, with issue : —
1. William, advocate, 1595.
2. Alexander, minister of Drumblade, married Bessie Duncan,
dau. of John Duncan, Scurdargue. 2 1. Jean, married William Ord, merchant burgess of Aberdeen.3
Barclay, John. 1584.
Barclay, John Barclay. 28th November, 1882.
Only son of John Barclay, Aberdeen, and Mary Barclay, his wife. Born, at Aberdeen, 2nd June, 1855. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1873-77. App. to James Paull (185 1 ). Notary Public. J.P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen. Married, 1st September, 1903, Elizabeth, dau. of the late James Minto, Aberdeen.
Barclay, William. 1595.
Eldest son of George Barclay (1568). Probably M.A. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire from about 1594 to 163 1.4 Procurator for the city. Proprietor of Ardmurdo. Married in, or before, 1604, Agnes Hay, with issue : —
1. James, who had sasine in a house and yard in Old Aberdeen, 1 8th February, 1622. 5
1. Helen, married William Lumsden, advocate (1624). Died after 7th July, 1637. 6
1 In 1581 Barclay and his wife acquired the ruinous buildings in Old Aberdeen connected with the churches of Snow and Invernochtie. " Reg. Mag. Sig."
2 Spalding Club " Miscellany," V., p. 339. *Ibid„ p. 336.
4 Littlejohn's " Sheriff" Court Records," I., p. 476, and II., p. 539.
5 "Register of Sasines."
6 Spalding Club "Miscellany," V., p. 325.
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Baroun, George. 1609.
Died 9th February, 1614.
Barron, John. 8th January, 1851.
Son of Alexander Barron, vintner, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1 833-36. App. to William Skinner (1829). Notary Public. Married, at Aberdeen, 13th June, 1848, Elizabeth Ross (died, at Aberdeen, 22nd November, 1859), dau. of the late Alexander Irvine Ross, land surveyor, with issue : —
1. Alexander, died at North Kurrajong, New South Wales,
1 2th January, 1874, aged 22.
2. George, died at Aberdeen, 28th November, 1872, aged 14.
1. Barbara Isabel, died at Aberdeen, 4th July, 1863, aged 13.
2. Mary Elizabeth, died at Aberdeen, 28th April, 1 871, aged 16.
3. Caroline Anne, died at Aberdeen, 5th March, i860, aged 3. Died, at Aberdeen, 3rd January, i860, aged 40.
Barron, Lambert 12th December, 1834.
Son of John Barron, watchmaker, Aberdeen, and Ann Allan, his wife. Born 8th May, 1809. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-23, and 1824-25. App. to Alexander Webster (1794). Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Married, at Aberdeen, 22nd October, 1857, Mary, eldest dau. of James Fraser, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John, died 10th March, 1861, in infancy.
2. Lambert.
1. Jane Brown, married, at Aberdeen, 19th April, 1881, Frank
Griffith, insurance secretary, Birmingham, and died at Horsell, Surrey, 2nd September, 1904, aged 45.
2. Anne.
Died, at Aberdeen, 27th March, 1879.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 93
Bartlet, David. j> $TM*^rf- 26th July, 1743.
Second son of James Bartlet, merchant, Aberdeen, and Ann Gregory, his wife. App. to James Irvine (1724). Fiars Juror, 1750-76. Treasurer, 1776-78. President, 1779-80. J Married, first, in November, 1747, Helen (died 23rd May, 1767), dau. of James Cuming, merchant, Aberdeen, of the family of Altyre, with issue :
1. Alexander, born 1760, died young.
2. James, honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 4th Dec,
1771, afterwards banker in Edinburgh, who, as "only son in life and heir to his father," had sasine in properties in the Castlegate, Aberdeen, 15th March, 1780. 2
1. Helen, buried 25th May, 1762.
2. Isobel, buried 9th August, 1777.
Married, second, Anne Westland (died 22nd March, 1795, aged 72). Died 2nd March, 1780, aged 62. 3
Baxter, William. 30th July, 1680.
App. to William Melville (1658). Merchant and trade burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 17th September, 1681; and guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 22nd June, 1692. Resided in, and was for some time a magistrate of, Old Aberdeen. Married, first, Isobel Brebner (died before 1705), and, second, before 16th February, 1705, Helen, dau. of Mr. Patrick Gordon, humanist, King's Coll. Issue, probably by first marriage : —
1. William.
2. John.
3. James.
1. Janet.
2. Agnes, married, in January, 1716, James Dyce, merchant,
Aberdeen (afterwards of Disblair), and died 15th December, 1739.
3. Rachel.
4. Isobel.
1 Bartlet died while holding office as President.
2 " Aberdeen Sasine Register."
3 Tombstone, St. Nicholas Churchyard.
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Bean, Alexander. 2nd February, 1779.
Son of Alexander Bean, farmer, merchant, and burgess of Old Aberdeen. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1766-70. App. to David Morice (1764). Merchant and trade burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 2nd October, 1782. Married, in October, 1779, Elizabeth (died 29th May, 1798, aged 42), dau. of William Movvat, sometime maltman in Aberdeen.
Died, at Aberdeen, 14th November, 1783, aged 32.
Bean, George. 15th March, 1759.
Son of George Bean, tailor, Aberdeen. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1740-44, being guild bursar. App. to George Turner (1731). Membership ceased in 1789, after which he was a writer in Inverness.
Died at King's Mills, Inverness, 17th March, 1798.
Beidie, Gilbert. 1676.
Notary Public. x
Bennett, John Carmichael.2 30th October, 1895,
Fifth son of Robert Bennett, Dunfermline, and Elizabeth Roy Car- michael, his wife. Born at Dunfermline, 27th November, 1858. Educated Grammar or High School, Dunfermline ; B.L., Edinb., 1882. App., first, to Patrick James Soutar, writer, Dunfermline, and, second, to Andrew Anderson Hastie, S.S.C., Edinburgh, continuing with the latter's firm of J. & A. Hastie for several years thereafter. Admitted Law Agent, 1882. Original member of the Society of Solicitors in Aberdeen, formed in 1886. Some- time in partnership with Charles Gordon Downie (1870), firm being Downie & Bennett. From its dissolution in September, 1885, practised alone till 1st January, 1 891, when joined Murray
1 See Anderson's "Records of Mar. Coll.," II., p. XI. 1 "The Scots Law Times," 17th June, 1905.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 95
and McCombie, which firm title was then altered to Murray, McCombie & Bennett. Since the dissolution of this firm on 5th January, 1906, has practised on his own account. Notary Public, admitted 7th September, 1888. Sometime Clerk to the Visiting Committee of H.M. Prison, Aberdeen. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire, and member of Claims Committee. Clerk to the Income Tax Commissioners of Aberdeenshire, appointed 1908. Secretary to the Aberdeen Artists' Society from Sept., 1888, to Dec, 1891. Secretary to the Aberdeen Conservative Club, 1889 to 1893. Purchased, in 1898, the estates of Allathan and Corbshill, parish of New Deer, and also acquired, in same year, the property of Buchanness, parish of Peterhead. Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 26th July, 1884; Captain, 7th February, 1891 ; Hon. Major, 9th August, 1899; Major, 7th January, 1905, retiring as Lieut-Col., 16th October, 1905. V.D. " Married, at Huntly, 20th March, 1884, Christian, youngest dau. of George Mellis, merchant, Huntly, with issue : —
1. Norman Carmichael, Lieut, Argyll and Sutherland High-
landers.
2. John Carmichael, ranching in South America.
1. Annie Geddes.
2. Muriel Christian.
3. Elizabeth Roy Carmichael.
4. Irene Constance.
Birnie, Alexander. 1675.
Black, William. 1686.
Probably eldest son of Gilbert Black, Treasurer of Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 22nd September, 1668, while in pupilage. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 8th
1 Mr. Bennett originated, in 1895, the proposal for changing the Battalion's uniform by the adoption of the kilt in lieu of the trews, and subsequently raised and formed " No. r " or "L" Company, being Captain in command. He is a member of the Territorial Force Association for the County of Aberdeen.
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October, 1698. Adviser, re town affairs of Old Aberdeen, 1698-99. Married Isabella (interred March, 1745), eldest dau. of Patrick Sandilands of Cotton, with issue, several sons and daughters, of whom Rachel died December, 1768.
Died March, 1745. x
Blaikie, Anthony Adrian.2 23rd September, 1848.
Son of James Blaikie, advocate (1808). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1841-44, being first bursar. App. to his father. In partnership with his brother John (1836), firm being John & Anthony Blaikie. Notary Public. Director, Aberdeen Commercial Coy. Proprietor of Inchgarth. Membership ceased January, 1862. Married, at Aberdeen, 6th July, 1852, his cousin Helen (died in London, 17th January, 1887, aged 56), second dau. of Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas, Knt.) Blaikie, of Kingseat, Provost of Aberdeen, 1839-47, and 1853-56, with issue : —
1. James Adrian, law student, "served as a Volunteer in the
Natal Carabineers, and lost his life at Isandula," 22nd January, 1879.
2. Thomas, solicitor in Pietermaritzburg.
1. Agnes Elizabeth, married, in 1877, Kenneth Hathorne, Natal.
2. Amy Jane, died at Lowestoft, 13th October, 1887, aged 21. Died at Foxhill, Pietermaritzburg, 18th November, 1871, aged 45.
Blaikie, James. 23rd February, 1808.
Son of John Blaikie, plumber, coppersmith, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Helen Richardson, his wife. Born 1786. Edu- cated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1803. App. to Charles Bannerman (1776). Sometime in partnership with the said Charles Bannerman, firm being Bannerman & Blaikie ; thereafter with Patrick Bannerman (1816), firm being Blaikie and
1 St. Nicholas Kirkwork Accounts.
2 Named after his father's client, the 7th Earl of Kintore.
, 1698-99.
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LIST OF MEMBERS. 97
Bannerman, and finally with John Smith (1819), firm being Blaikie & Smith. Long collector of Bishops' rents. Town Clerk of the burghs of Inverury and Kintore. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Proprietor of Craigiebuckler. J. P. for Aberdeen- shire. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 19th Sept., 181 2. Fiars Juror, 1828-32. One of the assessors to the rector of Mar. Coll. in 1832, and Dean of Faculty, 1834 to 1836. Treasurer, 1824-26; President, 1828-30. Author, in 1825, of prize essay on " Embanking rivers and arms of the sea." Lord Provost of Aberdeen, 1833-36. Statue in marble by Sir John Steell, R.S.A., in vestibule of Town House. Portrait by John Phillip, R.A., in Council chamber. Married, at Stonehaven, 7th August, 181 5, Jane (died at Allangowan, Bridge of Allan, 2nd April, 1857), youngest dau. of William Garden, tacksman of Braco Park, Pitsligo, with issue : —
1. John, advocate (1836).
2. William Garden, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1837; minister of Drum-
blade, and subsequently of F. C, Pilrig ; Professor of Apologetics and Pastoral Theology, New College, Edin- burgh; D.D., Edin., 1864; LL.D., Aberd., 1871 ; Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church in 1895 ; author; died nth June, 1899, aged 79.
3. James Andrew, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1838-41; law apprentice;
died 1st December, 1842, aged 18.
4. Anthony Adrian, advocate (1848).
5. Alexander Francis, born 24th August, 1834; Alumnus, Mar.
Coll., 1850-52; law apprentice.
1. Elizabeth, married, at Craigiebuckler, nth August, 1840,
Rev. Alexander Dyce Davidson, minister of the West Parish (afterwards of the Free West Church), Aberdeen, and died 23rd January, 1842, aged 23.
2. Frances Grace, married, at Craigiebuckler, 23rd September,
1847, Robert Balfour, accountant, Edinburgh, youngest son of James Balfour of Pilrig.
3. Helen, died 6th December, 1841.
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4. Jane Garden, married, at Foxhill, Natal, 2nd August, 1863,
P. C. Sutherland, Surveyor General.
5. Jemima, married, at Riverton, Natal, 15th June, 1871,
Thomas Foster, Pietermaritzburg, and died nth Sept., 1905, aged 69. Died suddenly in Aberdeen Town House, 3rd October, 1836. *
Blaikie, John. 29th October, 1836.
Eldest son of James Blaikie, advocate (1808). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1829-32. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with John Smith (1819), firm being Blaikie & Smith; and thereafter with his younger brother, Anthony Adrian (1848), firm being John and Anthony Blaikie. Notary Public. Commissary Clerk of Aberdeen- shire. First Secretary, Royal Northern Agricultural Society.
1 8th October, 1836. "The Treasurer mentioned that those present were all aware of the distressing event which was the occasion of their present Meeting. That in the absence of the President he had called them together on the present melancholy occasion. That it would be superflous and improper in him to say much in regard to the worthy friend they had lost, as they were all intimately acquainted with Provost Blaikie, and could well appreciate his worth. That he was sure the Meeting would go along with him when he said that Provost Blaikie had left few better men behind him, and his Death was really a public loss. That the awful event was a most striking Lesson to all of the uncertainty of life. Just before his Death Mr. Blaikie was in the full exercise of his faculties, both mental and bodily, going on fairly and honestly in the Discharge of his duties as a most useful and active Member of Society. At one moment he was thus employed — and the next— he was in eternity.
"That he, The Treasurer, happened to be present when Provost Blaikie breathed his last, and had thought it proper immediately to write to the President, who had gone to Edinburgh, but transmitted an immediate answer deploring in the most feeling terms the melancholy event which had occurred in so awful a manner, and requesting the Treasurer to announce that he was most ready and anxious to join in any measures that might be thought right by the Society to show every possible respect to Provost Blaikie's memory. That he, The Treasurer, had also had a communication with the Magistrates, and in conse- quence of this had called the present Meeting. That the Magistrates had taken the whole charge of the Funeral, which was to be a public one— and Mr. Angus, Town Clerk Depute, being present, requested him to read to the Meeting the Programme proposed by the Magistrates on the occasion, which he did accordingly, and the Meeting generally approved of the same— and it was then resolved that the Members should meet in the Library a Quarter before Two o'clock on Tuesday preparatory to attending the Funeral as a body, and that each member should have black crape on his Hat." — Society's Minute.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 99
Joint Treasurer, Spalding Club. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy., and afterwards of Union Bank of Scotland, Great North of Scotland Railway, and Northern Agricultural Coy. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted at the Weather Craig, 7th September, 1840. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1843-58. Sometime member, Aberdeen Town Council. Succeeded to estate of Craigiebuckler. Membership ceased January, 1862. Married, at Perth, 15th March, 1842, Eliza Tuckett (died in London, 1st March, 1892), dau. of Thomas Duncan, writer, Perth, with issue, of whom : —
Jane Garden, married in London, 15th Sept., 1870, Richard
Kennedy, eldest son of Richard Birley of Seedley. Frances Elizabeth, married in London, 21st March, 1872, Harry
Lefevre, Lieut., R.N., younger son of the Rev. Henry
Dudley Ryder, Canon of Lichfield. Died in London, 22nd November, ii
Body, George.1 Before 1607.
Married the daughter of a burgess. 2
Bonnyman, Charles Dawson. 19th April, 1861.
Son of John Bonnyman, blacksmith, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 9th March, 1834. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1851-53. App. to Alexander Henderson (1838).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 19th August, 1867.
Booth, William. 21st November, 1839.
Third son of John Booth, Junior, merchant, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, and Jean Duff, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1831. App. to James Murray (1817).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 1st June, 1850, aged 37. 3
1 Not in Kennedy's List, but name and designation as " advocate and burgess " have been furnished by Ur. Littlejohn, Sheriff Clerk.
2 " Miscellany," I., p. 91.
3 Tombstone, St. Nicholas Churchyard.
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Bower, George Haddon. 30th June, 1899.
Second son of James Haddon Bower of Pitmurchie, Torphins, and Susan Potter Anderson, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 12th October, 1 87 1. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1891. App. to Thomas Wilsone (Wilsone & Duffus), Solicitor. In Law department, Caledonian Railway Company, Glasgow, 1895-99. In partnership, 1899-1910, with Kenneth Macrae Simpson, Solicitor, firm being Simpson & Bower. Proprietor of estate of Pitmurchie. Second Lieut, in 7th Gordon Highlanders, December, 1891. Major, 7th July, 1908, T.D.
Brebner, James. 13th November, 1828.
Son of Alexander Brebner,1 shipmaster, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1 817. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Notary Public. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Sometime a Magistrate, and City Treasurer of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1848-51. Treasurer, 1865-67. President, 1869-70. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 3rd March, 1831, Margaret (died 3rd November, 1850, aged 48), second dau. of the late George Pirie, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander Crombie. (See under Apprentices in Appendix).
2. George Hamilton Gordon, went to Australia.
3. James.
4. Charles Napier Gordon, Lieut., 4th Madras Light Cavalry,
26th May, 1857, died at Kamptee, 22nd April, i860, aged 20.
5. Arthur, entered the army.
1. Emily Udny, married in London, 9th April, 1861, Lieut- Colonel Graeme Alexander Lockhart, C.B., 78th High- landers ; in 1899 Sir G. A. Lockhart-Sinclair, Bart., on succeeding his kinsman as 10th Bart, of Stevenson. 2
1 The Society's minute of 6th July, 1815, inter alia, authorises Mr. Crombie to enter into an indenture with "James Brebner, son of the late James Brebner, Aberdeen." The latte* is given as "Alexander Brebner. shipmaster, Aberdeen," in Anderson's "Records of Mar. Coll.," p. 417, and the class list of each of the four years, 1813-17, proves the accuracy of this entry. The Death Register of Banchory- Devenick gives "James Brebner, Advocate in Aberdeen," as the son of "Alexander Brebner, Gentleman."
'-* G. E. C.'s "Complete Baronetage," II., p. 422.
LIST OF MEMBERS. IOI
Married, second, in London, 27th January, 1852, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 10th August, 1884, aged 81), third dau. of the late Thomas Black, second of Wateridgemuir, druggist, Aberdeen.
Died, at Cults, 23rd August, 1874, aged 74. l ::;••?;,% ■ j"
Bremner, Thomas John. 16th June, 1834.
Son of the Hon. William Bremner,2 M.D., and Jane Laing, his wife. Born in the West Indies in 18 10. M.A., King's Coll., March, 1828. App. to James Edmond (J. & F. Edmond). Long Agent for the Commercial Bank of Scotland at Peterhead, from which retired in 1882. Honorary Sheriff Substitute, and J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Commissioner of Supply and Commissioner of Income Tax, both for Aberdeenshire. Succeeded to the estate of Haddo (Rattray), and subsequently to that of Glasslavv. Married, at Aberdeen, 22nd June, 1837, Marion Mill Wilson, afterwards Nicolson (died 5th October, 1878, aged 69), youngest dau. of the late Rev. James Wilson, minister of Farnwell, with issue, of whom : —
William Bruce, married at Umzinto, Natal, 19th December, 1877, Annie Joyner, dau. of Joyner, planter, Natal.
Elizabeth Helen.
Died, at Aberdeen, 12th May, 1890, aged 79. 3
1 Tombstone, St. Nicholas Churchyard.
2 The Hon. William Bremner was for many years a member of the Legislative Council of Dominica. On the departure of the Governor, the Earl of Huntingdon, "the Honourable William Bremner, the Senior Member of Council," assumed " the administration of the Government of the Island on the 30th June, 1824, as ' President and Commander-in-Chief.' and continued to administer the Government until the arrival of the new Governor, Major W. Nicolay, i.e., till the 31st July, 1824." — Information from The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
3 Mr. Bremner interested himself greatly in charitable institutions, to the funds of which he was a generous contributor. His sister, Sophia Catherine, was drowned under distressing circumstances, 1st April, 1853, by the wreck of the S.S. M Duke of Sutherland," in Aberdeen Bay.
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Brown, Robert. 19th January, 1832.
Son of Alexander Brown, hosier, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 25thi October, 1833. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1823-26. App. to Alexander Smith (1804).
,*, : [Djedj. uumarried^ at Aberdeen, 12th March, 1848, aged 37.
Bruce, Robert. 7th November, 1908.
Elder son of John Bruce, newspaper proprietor, Aberdeen, and Elsie Mackie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen 21st February, 1884. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1905; B.L., 1906. App. to James Younger Collie and George Duncan Collie (James & George Collie). Married, at Aberdeen, 2nd December, 191 1, Lucy Ross, second dau. of Robert Lamb, advocate (1873).
Bryce, James. 18th March, 1845.
Only child of John Bryce, manufacturer, and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Anne Stewart, his wife. Born 16th June, 1817. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1830-33. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Married, first, at Ferryhill, Aberdeen, 4th July, 1848, Catharine (died 18th February, 1867), dau. of the late James Abernethy, ironfounder, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John Stewart, advocate (1876).
2. James, M.B., CM., 1887; M.D., 1889, Aberd.; died at sea,
24th March, 1896, aged 33.
1. Anne Harvey, married James Murray Garden, advocate
(1868).
2. Catherine Abernethy, married Rev. Peter Fisher, minister
of the United Free Church, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire.
3. Jane, married at Aberdeen, 6th March, 1879, Robert John
Garden, M.D.
4. Susan Anne, married James Duguid, advocate (1874).
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Died, at Aberdeen,, 15th July, 1885.
Bryce, John Stewart 25th November, 1876.
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Burnett, Newell. 5th July, 1825.
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1803. Educated mmar School, Abei Mar.
,1817-! :,to Duncan Da cond,
to his father. Thereafter with Willian Muirton,
W.S., Edinburgh le in pa: her, firm
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Married, second, at Aberdeen, 29th June, 1869, Sarah Leith, dan. of the late James Harvey, manufacturer, Grandholm.
Died, at Aberdeen, 15th July, 1885.
Bryce, John Stewart. 25th November, 1876.
Elder son of James Bryce, advocate (1845). Born at Aberdeen, 15th April, 1849. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1865-66 and 1869-70. App. to Alexander Davidson and James Garden (Davidson & Garden). Partner in the firm of Davidson & Garden. Notary Public.
Died, unmarried, at Puckeridge, 10th February, 1890.
Burnett, Newell. 5th July, 1825.
Second son of Thomas Burnett, advocate (1796). Born 12th June, 1803. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1817-19. App., first, to Duncan Davidson (1794), and, second, to his father. Thereafter with William Mackenzie, of Muirton, W.S., Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with his father, firm being Thomas & Newell Burnett ; and thereafter with John Reid (1854), firm being Burnett & Reid. Notary Public. Clerk of Supply T ; Clerk to Prison Board ; and Clerk of Lieutenancy, all for the County of Aberdeen. General Clerk to Road Trustees. Keeper, Register of Sasines for the Counties of Aberdeen and Kincardine. Director, Aberdeen Banking Company, and subse- quently of Union Bank of Scotland. Director, Great North of Scotland Railway. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, twelve times, 1840-61. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Sometime proprietor of Kepplestone, near Aberdeen, and subsequently of Kyllachy, Inverness-shire. Treasurer, 1857-59. President, 1865-67.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 20th November, 1878.
1 A portrait in the County Hall, Aberdeen, bears the inscription — "Newell Burnett, Advocate in Aberdeen, Clerk of Supply, 1826 to 1878. Painted by E. U. Eddis."
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Burnett, Thomas. 1563.
Commissary of Aberdeen. Died after 26th August, 1580. x
Burnett [Poles2], Thomas. 1691.
M.A., Mar. Coll., 23rd June, 1687.
Burnett, Thomas. 15th August, 1722.
Son of Thomas Burnett of Kirkhill, Dyce. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1704-6. App. to George Keith. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 5th April, 1735. Succeeded as proprietor of Kirkhill. Treasurer, 1722-24. Married, 25th December, 1716, Margaret (died 8th December, 1775, aged 80), dau. of Robert Turner of Turnerhall,3 with issue : —
1. Thomas, died April, 1734, in infancy.
2. James, Doctor. 4
1. Margaret, co-heir to her father, married Alexander Banner-
man, merchant, Aberdeen, frequently designed as " of Frendraught." 5
2. Clementine, married Robert Sandilands, advocate (1743).
3. Mary, died May, 1734, aged 5. Died 3rd November, 1763, aged 74.
Burnett, Thomas. 7th March, 1796.
Seventh and youngest surviving son of William Burnett, advocate (1754). Born 6th March, 1773. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1787-89. App. to Alexander Shand (1789). Sometime in partnership with
1 Spalding Club " Miscellany," II., p. 53.
2 The word Poles was applied to differentiate the family from the other branches, and to show their connection as traders with Poland.
3 "Aberdeen Kirk Session Registers." ■•"Aberdeen Sasine Register."
s G. E. C.'s "Complete Baronetage," IV., p. 317.
1563.
1691.
15th August, 1722.
Educated at Grammai
1704-6. App. to George
Abe*\ mined 5th April,
i Kirkhill. Treasurer, 1722-24.
^garet (died 8th December, 1775,
rnerhall,3 with issue : — l infa;
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7th March, 1796.
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. Mar. Coll., 1787-89.
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LIST OF MEMBERS.
105
his father, firm being William & Thomas Burnett, and afterwards with his son Newell, firm being Thomas & Newell Burnett. Joint Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1805-11. Clerk of Supply,1 and Clerk of Lieutenancy, both for the County of Aberdeen. Clerk to Trustees under the Turnpike Acts. Purse Bearer to the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1829 and 1831. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Fiars Juror, 1797, 1800 and 1836. Lieut, Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1798; Captain, 1803. Sometime proprietor of Park, in the parish of Drumoak, and of Kepplestone, near Aberdeen. Treasurer, 1812-14. President, 1814-16. Married, first, 30th June, 1800, Anne Rebecca (born 31st March, 1779; died 13th Nov., 1804), eldest dau. of Dr. John Paterson of Baulk, Hanover, Jamaica, with issue : —
1. John, born 26th June, 1802 ; in 1823 entered the H.E.I.C.S.
as a civil servant on the Bombay Establishment ; married Harriet, dau. of Samuel Bourchier of the same Service, and died 3rd March, 1834.
2. Newell, advocate (1825).
3. Thomas, born 30th October, 1804, killed by accident on
board the ,( Buckinghamshire," East Indiaman, 2nd July,
1820. 1. Margaret, died, unmarried, August, 1837, aged 36. Married, second, at Ballater, 26th August, 1806, Mary (died, at Kepplestone, 28th May, 1863, aged 83), dau. of the late Peter Garden of Delgaty, with issue : —
4. Francis, M.D., born 14th April, and baptised 3rd May, 1810;
died, unmarried, 6th August, 1843.
5. William Farquharson, C.B., Captain, R.N. ; born 18th
February, 181 5 ; served at siege of Sebastopol ; drowned in the wreck of H.M. Ship " Orpheus," off New Zealand,
'A portrait in the County Hall, Aberdeen, bears the inscription — "Thomas Burnett, Advocate in Aberdeen, Clerk of Supply, 1790 to 1854. Painted by Sir John Watson Gordon." To the testimonial, which included this portrait, eight Noblemen, nine Baronets and Knights, and one hundred and twelve landed proprietors, were subscribers.
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7th February, 1863, when Commodore of the Australian Station. 6. James, born 17th February, 1820; went to New South Wales, where became a Superintendent of the Royal Bank of Australia ; and was accidentally drowned while crossing a tributary of the Lower Murray River, 29th October, 1851.
2. Marianne, married, 2nd July, 1833, Rev. Charles Edward
Birch, rector of Wiston, Suffolk, and died at Colchester, 26th October, 1895, aged 87.
3. Helen Christian, married, 29th July, 1839, Thomas Innes
(member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 19th May, 1836), of Learney, second son of William Innes of Raemoir. She died 30th October, 1901, aged 88.
4. Catherine, died 20th February, 18 14, in infancy.
5. Penelope, married, 10th April, 1834, Captain (afterwards
Major) Napier Turner Christie, formerly of 79th High- landers and nth Regiment, son of James Christie of Durie, and died, at Liverpool, 10th August, 1882.
6. Harriet Hay, married, at Leamington, 20th January, 1842,
James Cumine of Rattray, then in the Bengal Civil Service of the H.E.I.C. She died 21st November, 1884.
7. Eliza Deborah, married, nth June, 1844, John Paton of
Ferrochie and Grandhome, formerly of 91st Highlanders; Major, Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders (Militia). She died 24th February, i860, aged 37. Died, at Kepplestone, 1st December, 1854.
Burnett, William. 11th July, 1754.
Youngest surviving son of James Burnett of Monboddo, and Elizabeth Forbes, his wife. Born in 1731. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1746-50. App. to Thomas Burnett (1722). Sometime in partnership with his son Thomas, firm being William & Thomas Burnett. Com- missioner for Lord Forbes. Clerk of Supply for the County of Aberdeen. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire from 17th January,
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!759> to 13th December, 1805. " Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted February, 1757. Fiars Juror, 1758-98. Treasurer, 1 757-59- President, 1786-88. Married Margaret (died 23rd August, 1806, in her 73rd year), dau. of John Taylor, advocate (1743), with issue : —
1. John, member of the Faculty of Advocates, admitted 10th
December, 1785 ; author of a treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland ; Advocate-Depute, 1792 ; Sheriff of Had- dington, 1803 ; and Judge of the Admiralty Court of Scotland, 18 10. Married Deborah, dau. of Dr. John Paterson of Baulk, Jamaica, and died 7th December, 1 8 10.
2. James, baptised 3rd August, 1760; died in infancy.
3. Arthur, baptised 5th March, 1763 ; died of yellow fever in
Jamaica, 22nd May, 1794.
4. James, baptised 10th September, 1767.
5. William, born 14th February, 1770; died I2th Nov., 1788.
6. Alexander, born nth May, 1771, land measurer.
7. Thomas, advocate (1796).
8. George, born 9th August, 1777.
1. Marjory, born 1766, married Robert Taylor, sometime in
Quartains of Drum.
2. Mary, married John Taylor, and died 1838.
3. Margaret, born 1768.
4. Jean, born 1774.
Died, at Lochhead, 8th March, 181 1.
Burnett, William Kendall. 30th November, 1880.
Second son of Alexander George Burnett, of Kemnay, and Letitia Amelia Kendall, his wife. Born at Kemnay House, 6th February, 1854. Educated at Oxford; M.A., Edinb., 1876. App. to John Duncan and Arthur D. Morice (Duncan & Morice). Notary Public. Magistrate of Aberdeen, 1904-8, and 1910-11. City
1 Littlejohn's '• Sherilt Court Records," III., pp. 131-32.
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Treasurer, 191 1-12. Chairman, Aberdeen Reformatories, Industrial Schools, and Distress Committee ; Governor, Aberdeen Endow- ments Trust, Public Library, Art Gallery, and Milne Bequest Trust. J. P. for the County of Aberdeen, and also for the County of the City of Aberdeen. Married, first, at Coleraine, 14th June, 1883, Margretta Mary (died, 17th July, 1905), youngest dau. of Dr. James C. L. Carson, J. P., Coleraine, with issue : — 1. Ian Alistair Kendall.
1. Kathleen Elizabeth.
2. Amy Verena Carson.
3. Olive Kendall.
Married, second, 25th April, 1907, Florence Emma, youngest dau. of T. L. Hargreaves, Hull.
Butchart, Henry Jackson. 20th October, 1908.
Fourth son of James Sylver Butchart, advocate (1876). Born at Aberdeen, 18th April, 1882. Educated Grammar School, Aberd.; Alumnus, Aberd., 1901-3, Edinb., 1906-7 ; B.L. (with honours), Aberd., 1905. App. to Ernest Rennet (1901). With A. P. Purves & Aitken, W.S., Edinburgh, 1905-6. In partnership with Ernest Rennet from 1908, firm being Butchart & Rennet. Second Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 27th June, 1907, and subsequently 1st Lieut. First Lieut, Scottish Horse, Yeomanry, 1st August, 191 1. Married, at Aberdeen, 6th April, 191 2, Catherine, dau. of Alexander Johnston, wholesale produce merchant, Aberdeen.
Butchart, James Sylver.1 30th May, 1876.
Eldest son of Alexander Butchart, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Alexander, his wife. Born, at Aberdeen, 1st September, 1847. Educated at the Free South Church School. Aberdeen ; and Alumnus, Aberd., 1869-71. App. to Alexander Stronach, Junior (1857). In partnership with his son-in-law, Ernest Rennet (1901),
1 "The Scots Law Times," 22nd June, 1895.
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firm being Butchart & Rennet. Notary Public. Political agent for the Right Hon. James Bryce, M.P., and Dr. [subsequently the Right Hon.] Robert Farquharson, M.P., of Finzean. One of the promoters of, and Law Agent for, the Scottish Employers' Liability and General Insurance Coy. (Limited). Married, at Aberdeen, 23rd September, 1874, Sarah Ann (died at Aberdeen, 1 2th January, 1889, aged 40), eldest dau. of Alexander Bruce, of the Aberdeen Commercial Coy., with issue : —
1. James Alexander, Captain, Royal Field Artillery, 23rd
February, 191 1.
2. William Robert, engineer and farmer, Alberta, Canada.
3. Alexander Bruce, farmer, Alberta, Canada.
4. Henry Jackson, advocate (1908).
5. Reginald Errol, divinity student, Theological College of the
Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
1. Sarah Anne Elizabeth, married Ernest Rennet, advocate
(1901).
2. Jeanetta Marian, married David A. Pope, sometime insurance
secretary, Aberdeen. Died, at Aberdeen, 16th January, 1903. l
Cadenhead, Alexander. 4th July, 1809.
Eldest son of John Cadenhead, gardener, and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Anna Bonner, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 4th April, 1786. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1805. App. to John Low (1792). Sometime in partnership with his brother, John Cadenhead (1816), firm being A. & J. Cadenhead. Clerk to the 9th District Road Trustees. Procurator Fiscal2 of the City of Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 25th March, 1813. Admiral Depute of the bounds between Kinneff and the Ythan. Married, at Edinburgh,
1 ''The Scottish Law Review," XIX., p. 42.
■ The Aberdeen Journal remarks that Mr. Cadenhead's " legal knowledge was extensive and accurate ; and the important and delicate functions of his office were discharged (assisted for a long period by his brother, and latterly by his son) with an amount of ability, care, and discretion, which were highly appreciated by successive leading officials of the Crown, and Judges, as well as by the local civic authorities."
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9th August, 1 817, Jane (died, at Aberdeen, 22nd April, 1832, aged 34), younger dau. of Rev. James Shirrefs, D.D., minister of the West Church, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John, bom 22nd February, 1820, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1839,
sometime farmer in Ontario, and Inspector of Schools.
2. James Shirrefs, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1843-44, entered the
Mercantile Marine Service, and died of fever on board his ship, " Verbena " of London, at Shanghai, 22nd March, 1863, aged 41.
3. Alexander Shirrefs, born 3rd July, 1823 ; Alumnus, Mar.
Coll., 1840-43; became a settler in Canada; married, at Fergus, 31st May, 1850, Mary Arbuthnot, youngest dau. of Alexander Dingwall Fordyce, and died 22nd May, 1883.
4. Brebner, born 26th December, 1824 ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll.,
1838-39; married, 8th May, 1851, Jane Muir, and died at Fergus, 7th September, 1877.
5. George, advocate in Aberdeen (1848).
6. David, born 1831, died in infancy.
1. Amelia, born 12th June, 1818; married, 17th June, 1841,
Francis Ogston, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1821, M.D., Edinb., 1824, Professor of Medical Logic and Medical Jurisprudence, Mar. Coll., 1857-60, and in the University of Aberdeen from the union till 1883. She died 10th May, 1852.
2. Anne, born 14th December, 1829; married, at Aberdeen,
5th October, 1854, Captain James Cadenhead of the 14th Madras Native Infantry, subsequently of Summerhill, Aberdeen. Died, at Aberdeen, 3rd July, 1854.
Cadenhead, George. 23rd September, 1848.
Fifth son of Alexander Cadenhead, advocate (1809). Born, at Aberdeen, 3rd March, 1827. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1841-44; at Edinb. as Law Student. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with Alexander Simpson, Junior (1848), firm being Simpson and
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Cadenhead. Procurator Fiscal of the City of Aberdeen, 1854-86, and of the County of Aberdeen from 1886 to 1894, when resigned. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 19th Nov., 1859; Hon. Quartermaster, 12th April, 1866 ; Quartermaster, nth November, 1874. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 6th October, 1851. Author of "Sketch of the Territorial History of the Burgh of Aberdeen," 1878, and "The Family of Cadenhead," 1887. Treasurer, 1880-81. Married, at Aberdeen, 10th July, 1855, Katharine Seton Forman (died at Hampstead, London, 23rd February, 1909), dau. of James Leonard, M.R.C.S., Eng., London, with issue: —
1. James, born 12th January, 1858, A.R.S.A., artist.
1. Alice Jane, married, at Aberdeen, 10th August, 1876, William Henry Carter, merchant, of Shanghai and London. Died, at Aberdeen, 19th January, 1900. *
Cadenhead, John. 16th November, 1816.
Second son of John Cadenhead, gardener, and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Anna Bonner, his wife. Born, at Aberdeen, in 1792. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1809. App. to Thomas Burnett (1795). Sometime in partnership with his brother, Alexander Cadenhead (1809), firm being A. & J. Cadenhead. Joint Procurator Fiscal for the City of Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 29th December, 1814.
Died, unmarried, at Summerhill House, 4th July, 1867.
Cameron, Andrew James. 19th May, 1841.
Son of John Cameron,2 surgeon, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll.,
1833-36. App. to John Fleming (1821). Died, unmarried, at More-field, 9th January, 1855.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XVI., p. 39.
2 The Society's minute of 18th April, 1835, **&* alia, authorises Mr. John Fleming to enter into an indenture with "Andrew James Cameron, son of George Cameron, surgeon in Aberdeen." It is believed, however, that George is a mistake for John. See Anderson's "Records of Mar. Coll.," II., p. 485.
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Campbell, Hugh Fraser. 10th May, 1897.
Eldest son of David Campbell, Tordarroch, Dornoch, and Jessie Fraser, his wife. Born at Dornoch, 14th May, 1857. Educated at the Grammar School, Old Aberdeen ; M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1879 ; B.L., 1895. " App. to John Stewart Watt (1888). Assistant to John Dove Wilson, LL.D., Professor of Scots Law and Roman Law in Aberdeen University (1893-99). Member of Peterculter School Board, 1894-97; anc* of Aberdeen School Board, 1897-1900. Governor of Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture (representing County of Sutherland), 1908-12. Author of " English Word Study," 1884; " Bibliography of Sutherland," 1909; "Sutherland in the 18th Century," and " Poems of John Munro" (Inverness Gaelic Society's Transactions, 1910 and 191 2). Married, at Aberdeen, 17th April, 1894, Jessie Theresa (died, at Manchester, 18th Nov., 1910), youngest dau. of Edward Fiddes, Joint-Manager, North of Scotland Bank (Limited), with issue : —
1. David, born 13th May, 1895, died in infancy.
1. Jean Byres, born 13th December, 1898.
2. Margaret Scott, born 27th July, 1901.
Carnegie, Alexander. 13th August, 1766.
Son of James Carnegie, litster, burgess, Aberdeen, and Mary Thomson, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll. (Liddell bursar), 1748-52. App. to Alexander Thomson (17 18). Notary Public. Town Clerk of Aberdeen for upwards of forty-four years. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Guild burgess of Aberdeen. Proprietor of Cookston and Cornhill. J. P., Aberdeenshire. President, 1790-92. Portrait by Chandler, painted March, 1802, at Birsmohr Lodge, Aboyne. Married, in June, 1769, Helen (died 24th June, 181 5, aged 71), dau. of the late William Davidson, merchant, burgess, and for sometime Provost of Aberdeen, with issue : —
1 Mr. Campbell was first bursar in Aberdeen University in 1876 (the only instance where the first bursary was gained with Mathematics as the optional subject as against the Version). He was the first to be admitted to the degree of B.L. by Aberdeen University, having taken a first place in each of the four subjects embraced in that degree.
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1. James, born 1771.
2. William, advocate (1796).
3. Alexander, born 1776.
4. John, born 1778, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1796 ; Surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.
(Bengal).
1. Violet, died 1st July, 1835.
2. Mary, married, at Aberdeen, 25th September, 1794, William
Robertson, younger of Foveran, physician in Aberdeen.
3. Helen, born 1779, died in infancy.
4. Helen, born 1780, married, at Aberdeen, 31st October, 1807,
John Ross of Grenada.
5. Jane, died at Aberdeen, 18th March, 18 10, in her 28th year.
6. Elizabeth, died at Portobello, 30th April, 1842.
7. Hannah, died at Aberdeen, 9th November, 1868, aged 83. Died, 17th May, 1806, aged 73.
Carnegie, William. 7th March, 1796.
Son of Alexander Carnegie, advocate (1766). Born at Aberdeen in 1772. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1790. App. to his father. Joint Town Clerk of Aberdeen from 1793 to 1806, when became sole Town Clerk. J Keeper, Register of Sasines for the Burgh of Aberdeen. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Ensign, Royal Aberdeen Volunteers, 1803. Succeeded to Cookston and Cornhill. 2 Portrait by John Moir, painted, October, 1808, at Birsmohr Lodge, Aboyne. Treasurer, 1821-22. President, 1824-26.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th May, 1840. 3
1 See Walker's "Aberdeen Awa'," pp. 122-24.
2 Sasine dated 27th March, 1807.
3 8th June, 1840. "Which day the Provost stated that since the Council last met they had been deprived by death of the services of a gentleman who had long held a prominent station in Society, and who had sat at that table for nearly half a century — he meant Mr. Carnegie, Town Clerk. The Provost said that it afforded him a melancholy gratification to take the earliest opportunity of expressing the regret of the Council at his loss, and the respect entertained for his character as a public officer, a warm friend and an honourable man — and concluded by proposing that the Council direct that a letter of condolence embracing these sentiments be transmitted in name of the Magistrates and Council to Miss Carnegie, sister of their late Clerk. The proposal was seconded by Baillie Simpson, and agreed to unanimously." — Aberdeen Town Council Minute Book, LXXV., p. 197.
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Catanach, James. 27th January, 1731.
Son of James Catanach, merchant, Aberdeen. LL.D., Mar. Coll., 31st May, 1743. LL.D., King's Coll., 13th February, 1748. App. to George Keith. Sheriff-Substitute of Aberdeenshire, 1737-41. Professor of Civil Law, King's Coll., 1745-60. * Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 1 ith April, 1740. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1740-44.
Died, unmarried, 24th November, 1760. 2
1 " At Aberdeen, the 4th day of June, in the year 1745, in presence of the Advocates and Procurators of the Courts at Aberdeen, The said day it being taken under consideration, that upon the Demise of Sir William Forbes, Advocate, late Civilist and Professor of Civil Law in the King's College of Aberdeen, the members of the University who are vested with the power of supplying the vacancy and choisemg their own members had several persons in their view to the said office, particularly James Catanach, Advocate in Aberdeen, who, the better to qualify himself to enjoy the same in terms of the foundation charter of the said University, obtained a Diploma as Doctor of Laws from the Marishel College and University of the Royal Burgh of Aberdeen, After obtaining whereof the election was pro- ceeded to in the usual form, and the majority of the Electors made choise of the said Doctor James Catanach to be Professor of Civil Law in the said King's College, but the minority objecting to his qualifications made choise of Mr. Charles Hamilton Gordon, one of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, to be Professor of Civil Law in the said University, as having studied the said science and being admitted Advocate upon a tryal cum rigore examinis ; Whereupon a competition arose before the Court of Session betwixt Dr. Catanach and Mr. Hamilton Gordon, which of them ought to be preferred to the office, and after long debate a majority of the Lords of Session were pleased to find Dr. Catanach disqualified to be Professor of Civil Law, and the said Charles Hamilton Gordon duly qualified for that office, and that he was regularly elected, and preferred him accordingly ; Against which Judgement of the Court of Session Dr. Catanach brought ane appeal before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the Parliament of Great Britain, who by their decree unanimously reversed the judgement of the Court of Session and found Dr. Catanach duely qualified and elected to be Professor of Civil Law in the said King's College ; and the said Society and Faculty of Advocates and Prors. in Aberdeen, considering that if the judgement of the Court of Session had stood unreversed, they and their successors had been for ever debarred from being elected and enjoying the said office of Professor of Civil Law, whereas by the reversing thereof they and their successors, Advocates and Prors. in Aberdeen, are found qualified to be elected Professors of Civil Law and to enjoy the said office ; Therefore, as the said
2 Will recorded 31st December, 1761, 13th July and 15th December, 1762, and 19th May, 1790.— "Aberdeen Commissariot Register." On iSth February, 1769, Margaret Catanach, spouse of George Turner of Menie, and Isobel Catanach, the only two surviving sisters german, and heirs portioners, of Dr. James Catanach, had sasine to his tenement and yard on the east side of the Broadgate. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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Cattanach, Donald George. 20th December, 1849.
Son of Donald Cattanach, merchant, Aberdeen, and Janet Allan, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 14th August, 1825. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1842. A pp. to John Angus (1822). Proprietor of Hillbrae. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 1st June, 1852, Jessie (died at Aberdeen, 21st April, 1853, in her 20th year), only dau. of the late John Thorn, advocate (18 16), with issue : —
1. Jessie, married, at Aberdeen, 4th January, and again on 26th June, 1 87 1, John William, youngest son of John Compton, R.N., of Kingston.
Married, second, at North Berwick, 31st May, 1881, Isabella Masson (died at Aberdeen, 2nd May, 1892), dau. of the late Roderick Sinclair, Aberdeen.
Died, at Aberdeen, 14th September, 1896.
decree of the House of Peers tends so much to the Honour and Interest of the Society, they appoint the same to be engrossed in the publick records and a notarial copy thereof, with the printed debate, to be laid up along with the writings belonging to the Society to the effect their successors, Advocates and Prors. in Aberdeen, may know that they are qualified to be elected Professors of Civil Law and to enjoy the said office ; The tenour of which decree follows : —
" Die Jovis, 11 April, 7743.
"After hearing Counsel, as well yesterday as this day, Upon the petition and appeal of James Catanach, Doctor of Laws and Advocate in Aberdeen, And of Mr. Alexr. Burnet, Subprincipal, Doctor James Gregorie, Professor of Medicine, both in the King's College of Old Aberdeen, and Mr. Alexr. Rait, Mr. Daniel Bradfutt, and Mr. John Chalmers, Regent or Professors and Teachers in the said College, Complaining of ane Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 20 of July 1744, and of ane Interlocutor of the 4th of December last, whereby they adhered to their former interlocutor, made on the behalf of Charles Hamilton Gordon, Advocate at Edinburgh, And Praying That the same might be reversed ; And that this House would be pleased to afford the Appellants such other relief, as to their Lordships in their great wisdom should seem proper. As also upon the answer of the said Charles Hamilton Gordon, put into the said Appeal, and due consideration had of what was offered on either side in this cause, It is Ordered and Adjudged by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said interlocutors complained of in the said Appeal be, and the same are, hereby reversed. And it is hereby further Adjudged, that the Appellant, James Catanach, was duely qualified to be elected a Professor of Civil Law in the King's College of Aberdeen, and was duly elected, And it is also ordered and adjudged that the appellant Catanach be preferred to the said office accordingly."
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Chalmcr, John. 1649.
Son of George Chalmer, Sheriff Clerk of Banffshire. - Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire from 1st December, 1630. 2 Sheriff Clerk, 1646-49. 3 Town Clerk. Married, and had a family. The will of his second son, John, was proved at Edinburgh, nth December, 1724. 4
Interred January, 1661.
Chalmer, Thomas.5 Before 1600.
Honorary burgess of Aberdeen. Married Elizabeth, or Bessie, Forbes, with issue, of whom : —
Thomas, Liddell bursar at Mar. Coll. in 1624, when secured prize for "poesie" ; M.A., 1628 ; Under Master, Grammar School, Aberdeen, 1630; Johnston divinity bursar, 1633-37; Master, Grammar School, 1640. 6 Buried in St. Nicholas Churchyard, 2nd July, 1609. 7
Chalmer, William. 1598.
M.A.8 Notary Public. 9 Married , with issue, of whom : —
William. Died before 4th June, 1616.
Chalmers, Charles. 21st November, 1812.
Youngest son of James Chalmers, guild burgess, printer, and proprietor Aberdeen Journal, and Margaret Douglas, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 6th July, 1790. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1803-4 and 1805-6. A pp. to Alexander Shand (1789). Senior partner
1 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," II., pp. 61 and 537-38-
■ Ibid., p. 336. * Ibid., p. 538. 4 Edinburgh Wills.
5 George Chalmer, Sheriff Clerk of Banffshire, was his brother.
6 Simpson's " Bon -Record," p. 30; and " Musa Latina Aberdonensis," III., p. 350. i St. Nicholas Burial Registers.
• Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes. 9 Ibid.
anffshire. « Sheriff Clerk
December, 1630. ■ Sheriff
„,um. j,j^»mM/ 1 own ( id had a family.
was proved at Edinburgh,
Before 1600.
ried Elizabeth, or Bessie, Forbes,
[ar. Col!, in 1624, when secured 1628 ; i r, Grammar
:<ston divinity bursar, 1633-37; 1640.6
id July, 1609. 7
1598.
1 wjth issue, of whom :—
21st November, 1812.
guild burgess, printer, and
Margaret Dougla . his wife.
Alumni * , 1803-4
»hand (1789). Senior partner
Abeidottensis," III., p. 350.
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of Chalmers & Farquhar from 1830 to 1861, of C. & J. H. Chalmers from 1861 to 1875, and of C. & P. H. Chalmers from 1875 to 1877. Notary Public. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Member of Council, Spalding Club. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, twelve times, 1830-55. Ensign, Aberdeenshire Militia, 1808. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 5th July, 1814. Proprietor of estate of Monkshill, Fyvie, from October, 1827. Treasurer, 1836-38. President, 1840-42. Portrait by Sir George Reid at Ardbeck, Milltimber. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Stemster, Caithness, 4th January, 1828, Mary (born 6th August, 1796, died at Rothie Brisbane, Fyvie, 22nd July, 1869), second dau. of Alexander Henderson of Stemster, with issue : —
1. James Hay, advocate (1854).
2. Alexander Henderson, born 30th September, 1830;
Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1845-47 ; W.S., admitted 6th July, 1854 ; Commissary Clerk of Aberdeenshire ; F.S.A., Scot. ; married, 27th October, 1870, Meylia Jessie Marjory Williamson, eldest dau. of Patrick Sinclair Laing, Deputy Inspector General of Army Hospitals, and died 3rd November, 1871.
3. William Gordon, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1850-53; Captain,
Bengal Staff Corps, died at Kussowlie, Upper India, 2 1 st August, 1868, aged 33.
4. Charles David, born 8th June, 1837 ; Major-General, R.A.,
succeeded to Monkshill, and died 20th July, 1893.
5. Patrick Henderson, advocate (1864).
1. Margaret Douglas, of Ardbeck, Milltimber. Died, at Rothie Brisbane, 28th November, 1877.
Chalmers, David Montague Alexander. 3rd September, 1884.
Elder son of James Chalmers of Westburn, guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Theresa Isabel Bratidcr or Elliott, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 26th December, 1861. M.A., Aberd., 1880. App. to Patrick Henderson Chalmers and Farquharson Taylor Garden
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(C. & P. H. Chalmers). Partner of C. & P. H. Chalmers since 1884. Notary Public. Director, Aberdeen, Newcastle and Hull Steam Coy. (Limited). Trustee and Manager, Aberdeen Savings' Bank. Guild burgess, admitted 4th October, 1897. Purchased Beaconhill, Murtle, in 1899.
Chalmers, James Hay. 25th April, 1854.
Eldest son of Charles Chalmers, advocate (18 12). Born at Aberdeen, 7th January, 1829. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1842-46. App. to Charles Chalmers and Nathaniel Farquhar (Chalmers and Farquhar). Partner of Chalmers & Farquhar, 1855-61, and of C. & J. H. Chalmers, 1861-67. Commissary Clerk of Aberdeenshire, 1861-67. Director, Aberdeen Commercial Coy. Fiars Juror, 1856. Captain, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 26th April, 1865. Author of "On Remains at Auchterless," and "Stone Cist at Inverurie." F.S.A., Scot.
Died, unmarried, at Torquay, 24th April, 1867. J
Chalmers, John. 1563.
M.A. Consistory Clerk.2 Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted
23rd January, 1567-8. Died, 26th October, 1575. 3
Chalmers, Lewis. 29th June, 1847.
Son of Lewis Chalmers, solicitor, factor for the Lord Saltoun, and Baron-Baillie of Fraserburgh, and Jessie Kelman, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1843. App. to William Simpson (1813). Succeeded his father as factor for the Lord Saltoun and Baron- Baillie of Fraserburgh. Fiars Juror, 1863. Membership ceased
1 The Aberdeen Journal, of 1st May, 1867, in referring to the death of Mr. Chalmers, says — ". . . His practical knowledge of farming, and his warm sympathy with farmers, were well known and appreciated ; and as he was a man of the strictest honour, whose word was his bond, he was regarded with confidence and affection by the tenantry on the estates with which his firm were connected. Whatever he took in hand he entered on with a quiet ardour, very unostentatious, but very real, and to whatever enterprise he gave his support, he gave it wholly and heartily. . . ."
= St. Nicholas Death Register. 3 Kennedy's List.
November, 1866. A
1850, Eliza Ann Gordc
1 85 1, aged 20), eldest di House. Married, second, Miller (died at Fraserburgh, 231- dau. of the late David Mac Ewe
Died 22nd February, 1904.
Chalmers, Patrick Henderson.
at Aberdour House, 25th June,
lied at Fraserburgh, 6th December,
lames Cameron, Aberdour
i, 5th July, 1833, Ellen
1863, aged 2
iee, with issue.
11th April, 1864.
Fifth and youngest son tdvocate
Born at Rothie J> Coll., 1858. A pp. and James Ha* C. & J. H. Chain 1875-89. Notar shire. Conservati of Aberdeen. 1 : Newcastle and Assurance Co) Fiars Juror. 13th Febru History of from Hu,gh Cbalme Principal G College Cfo Avochie, parish ■■ Bryanstone Sq eldest dau. sometime ot 1. Charles
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November, 1866. Married, first, at Aberdour House, 25th June,
1850, Eliza Ann Gordon (died at Fraserburgh, 6th December,
1 85 1, aged 20), eldest dau. of James Cameron, Aberdour House. Married, second, at Brighton, 5th July, 1853, Ellen Miller (died at Fraserburgh, 23rd July, 1863, aged 28), younger dau. of the late David. MacEwen, Dundee, with issue.
Died 22nd February, 1904.
Chalmers, Patrick Henderson. 11th April, 1864.
Fifth and youngest son of Charles Chalmers, advocate (1812). Born at Rothie Brisbane, Fyvie, 12th July, 1839. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1858. App. to Charles Chalmers, Nathaniel Farquhar, and James Hay Chalmers (Chalmers & Farquhar). Partner of C. & J. H. Chalmers, 1861-75, and of C. & P. H. Chalmers, 1875-89. Notary Public. Clerk of Lieutenancy of Aberdeen- shire. Conservative Agent for the County, City, and University of Aberdeen. Director, Aberdeen Commercial Coy., Aberdeen, Newcastle and Hull Steam Coy., and the Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy. Treasurer, New Spalding Club. F.S.A., Scot. Fiars Juror, 1875-86. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 13th February, 1867. Author of "Memorandum as to the History of the branch of the family of Chalmers descended from Hugh Chalmers," and " Branch of the family from which Principal George Chalmers was descended." Editor, " Marischal College Class Record, 1854-58" (1st ed.). Purchased estate of Avochie, parish of Rothiemay, in 1883. Married, at St. Mary's, Bryanstone Sq., London, 23rd November, 1880, Emma Jane, eldest dau. of the late Aeneas Ranald McDonell, of Glengarry, sometime of the Madras Civil Service, with issue : —
1. Charles Hugh Lindsay Henderson, born 1st June, 1882;
succeeded to the estates of Monkshill and Avochie.
2. James William Douglas, born 30th April, 1884, and died
22nd May, [886.
3. Ian Patrick Honeyman, born 31st August, ti Died, at Aberdeen, 19th February, 1889. *
1 "The Scottish Law Review," V., p. 62.
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Chalmers, William. 1654.
Charles, Alexander. 16th November, 1705.
Fiars Juror, 1735-36. Married, 22nd December, 1701, Margaret1 (died 23rd February, 17 16, aged 42), only child of James Liddell, mathematical tutor, Mar. Coll., 1668-69, with issue:—
1. Robert, Comptroller of the Inland Orifice, General Post
Office, London. 2
2. George,3 M.A., Mar. Coll., 1721, LL.D., 1741 ; High
Master of St. Paul's School, London, 1737-47; Secretary to the Earl of Rochford, who was Ambassador to the Court of Turin, 17484; preceptor to the Princes William Henry and Henry Frederick, brothers to the Prince of Wales5; afterwards preceptor to the Duke of Cumber- land6; Author; died in London, 10th December, 1788, in his 85th year.
1 The marriage contract is recorded in the Aberdeen Kirk Session Registers of date 14th November, 1701 — "Alexander Charles, Methlick, and Margaret Liddell, daughter of James Liddell, Professor of Mathematics, Aberdeen — Adam Gordon of Inverebrie and William Souper, witnesses."
2 On 18th July, 1768, Robert, as heir to his grand uncle, George Liddell, sometime Professor of Mathematics in Marischal College, had Sasine in tenements, close, and yard on west side of Gallowgate— " Aberdeen Sasine Register." He appears to have retired from the postal service on 5th July, 1765.
3 On behalf of George, his father lodged a protest against the appointment of Mr. John Stewart as Professor of Mathematics in Marischal College, 23rd August, 1727, on the ground that the said George Charles "as a near Relation to the Mortifier ought to be prefer'd to the said office without disputing, seeing he is qualified" — Anderson's "Records of Mar. Coll.," I., p. 148. On 25th October, 1770, George Charles, as "Doctor of Laws of Leicester Square, London, and immediate younger brother and nearest heir of Robert Charles" deceased, had Sasine in the property in Gallowgate as described — "Aberdeen Sasine Register." Among the pupils of Charles, at St. Paul's School, were the fifth Duke of Argyll, Field Marshal, and his brother, Lord Frederick Campbell, also John Carr the translator of Lucian.
♦ Rev. R. B. Gardiner's MS.
5 On 15th June, 1763, a pension of ,£1000, for thirty-one years, was granted to Charles, whom failing, his executors and representatives — Cal. Home Office Papers, 1760-5, p. 375.
6 Through holding the preceptorship stated, Charles enjoyed a pension of ^300 which was exempted from taxation — Information from Mr. A. E. Hillard, St. Paul's School.
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3. Alexander, Liddell bursar, Mar. Coll., 1723-26 ; afterwards
in London ; died 1781.
4. John, Liddell bursar, Mar. Coll., 1726-30; D.D., King's
Coll., 16th August, 1763 ; minister of the English Episcopal Church, Amsterdam; died 1780.
1. Anne, died 6th January, 1792, in her 88th year.
2. Margaret, died in infancy. Died 25th March, 1754, aged 82. «
Cheyne, Francis. 1561.
Cheyne, John. 1576.
Clerk of the Commissariot of Aberdeenshire, appointed 29th October, 1575.2 Secured a gift of the Commissary Clerkship, 16th December, 1577. 3 Magistrate of Aberdeen, 1588-89, when successfully prosecuted a policy of reform and economy.4 Provost of Aberdeen, 1593-94. 5 M.P. for burgh of Aberdeen, 1593-94. 6 Commissioner for George, Earl Marischal. Proprietor of Fortrie, Ellon. Married Jane Coutts, with issue : —
1. Janet, married, before July, 1589, George Seton of
Auchinhuif.
2. Besse, baptised 12th August, 1574.
'Will recorded 20th October, 1755 — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
2 Privy Seal Register, XLIIL, p. 35.
3 Ibid., XLIV., p. 128. For account of an assault in which Cheyne figures prominently, see Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," I., pp. 473-74.
4 Munro's MS. and Kennedy's "Annals."
3 Munro's "Provosts," p. 118-19.
6 For his services as M.P., Cheyne received the thanks of the community, voted at a Head Court.
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Cheyne, Patrick.1 1570.
Died, 5th October, 1602.
Chivas, Alexander. 19th November, 1821.
Son of Alexander Chivas, cashier, Commercial Banking Coy., Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Walker, his wife. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1810-13. App. to David Hutcheon (1789). Notary Public. Agent at Aberdeen for the National Bank of Scotland, retiring in 1867. Director, Northern Assurance Coy. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. J.P. for Aberdeenshire. Married Christian Abercromby (died at Aberdeen, 14th November, 1878, aged 77).
Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 21st December, 1871, aged 73.
1 The following Crown respite for slaughter and mutilation was granted to Cheyne in 1588: — James, Be the Grace of God, King of Scottis, To all and sindrie oure Justices, Sheriffs, Stewartis, Justice Clerkis, Crownars and thair deputis, Provistes, Auldermen, and Bailleis of our burrowis, and all utheris our officiaris, leigis and subdittis, quhome it effeires, quhais knowledge thir our lettres sal com, Greting, Wit ye us of our speciall grace and mercie, to have respitt and be thir our lettres in the law and by the law speciallia respittes Mr. Patrick Chene, Advocat in our burgh of Abirdene, Alexander Gardin of Blackfurde, and Johnne Chene, sone to Robert Chene in Caldwallis, for airt and pairt of the slaughter of umquhil Williame Annand and mutilation of Patrick Annand, in Clayhills, committit in the moneth of the yeir of God 1570, upoun foirthocht
fellony or suddantie, and for all actioun or cryme that may be imput to thaim thairthrow, and that may follow thairupoun, To be onhurt, unharmit, unattachit, unarreistit, unfollowit, unpersewit, unsomminit, unvexit, and undisturbit, in thair persones, landis or guidis thairfor be you or ony of you, our officiaris, liegis and subdittis foirsaidis, during the tyme of thir our lettres : Quhairfore we charge straitlie and commandis you all and sindrie our officiaris liegis and subdittis foirsaidis that nane of you tak upoun hand to do or attempt onything incontrair or breking of thir our lettres of speciall respitt during all the tyme thairof, under all hiest pane charge and offence that ye and ilkane of you may commit and inryn against our Majesties in that pairt thir our lettres of speciall respitt for the space of 19 yeiris incommin efter the day and dait of the samyn, but only revocation to indure, because the said cryme was committit lang befoir our last Act of Parliament maid against the granting of respittis or remissionis for slaughteris to be committit effter the dait of the said Act, and als our thesaurer his sene quhair the pairtis is assythit. . . .
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Clark, John. 29th January, 1752.
App. to George Turner (1731). Married, in February, 175 1, Jean
(died 27th January, 1782 *), dau. of Robert Irvine of Cults. Died, at Aberdeen, 4th November, 1767. 2
Clark, John. 4th July, 1832.
Son of John Clark, cabinetmaker, Aberdeen. Born 20th September, 1805. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-23. App. to James Nicol (1820). In partnership with David Littlejohn, 1865-66, firm being Clark & Littlejohn, and afterwards with David Robert Morice, firm being Clark & Morice. Notary Public. Second permanent factor and secretary to the Society from March, 1841, to 24th November, 1874, when retired. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 2nd October, 185 1. Married, at Inverurie, 28th July, 1857, Christian (died at Bristol, 29th November, 1901), second dau. of Thomas Thomson, M.A., King's Coll., 1810, M.D., Mar. Coll., 1 8th Oct., 1854, physician, Inverurie.
Died, at Clifton, Bristol, 21st November, 1886. 3
Clark, Peter. 29th May, 1865.
Third and youngest son of Leslie Clark, merchant, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Saunders, his wife. Born, at Aberdeen, 18th November, 1842. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1856-58. App. to Patrick Davidson, Alexander Davidson and Patrick Cooper (Davidsons & Cooper). With Ronald & Ritchie, S.S.C., and John Rutherford, W.S., Edinburgh, 1863-65. Sometime in partnership with William Dunn, firm being Dunn & Clark, and
1 Tombstone, St. Nicholas Churchyard.
2 Will recorded at Aberdeen, 2nd January, 1768.
3 Mr. and Mrs. Clark left upwards of ^35,000 to be employed in educational and benevolent benefactions. About ,£12,000 of that amount was expended upon the recent extensions and improvements of the Aberdeen Art Gallery.
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afterwards with William Monro Sellar, Solicitor, firm being Clark & Sellar. Sometime a member of the Aberdeen Town Council. Married, at Aberdeen, 4th February, 1868, Frances Brodie, third dau. of William Esplin, General Manager, Scottish North Eastern Railway Coy., with issue : —
1. Henry Sylvester, died in India.
2. Edward Francis, died in India.
3. James, died in infancy.
4. Patrick William Leslie, sometime Solicitor, Aberdeen, now
in Vancouver, British Columbia.
5. John Travers, tea planter, Assam.
6. William Esplin, tea planter, Assam.
1. Frances Mary, died in infancy.
2. Elizabeth Harvey.
3. Amelia.
4. Annie Stewart.
5. Frances Kate.
6. Maria Theresa.
Died, at Aberdeen, 20th December, 1!
Clerihew, Francis. 28th June, 1831.
Son of George Clerihew,1 builder, and guild burgess of Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 16th May, 1808. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1825. App. to Charles Gordon and Alexander Gordon (Charles & Alexander Gordon). Director, Northern Assurance Company. Guild burgess, admitted 15th October, 1833. Proprietor of house property in Aberdeen. 2 Author of " Letter to Free- holders," and of numerous pamphlets, particularly in opposition to the Reform Bill of 1832. Prepared, in conjunction with
1 George Clerihew, in respect of each of his four sons having received bursaries while at Mar. Coll., bequeathed under his settlement, ^150 to found "a Bursary in said College."
2 "Aberdeen Sasine Register." He was succeeded in his house property by his brother, George Clerihew, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1827 ; M.D., Edinb., 1831 ; Inspector General of Army Hospitals.
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William Simpson, in 1853, MS. Report on the Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire. Married, at Aberdeen, 28th July, 1853, Ann (died, at Aberdeen, 3rd February, 1893), dau. of the late James Barron, watchmaker, Aberdeen. Died, at Aberdeen, 5th April, 1865.
Clerk (or Clark), Andrew. x 1581.
M.A. App. to John Kennedy. Notary Public. Honorary burgess
of Aberdeen, admitted 26th March, 1596. Died after 16th November, 1633.
Clerk, John. 26th July, 1743.
App. to Patrick Smith (1705). Clerk to Justices of Peace. Commissary Clerk Depute. 2 Sheriff-Substitute of Aberdeen- shire, 1746-47. 3 Baron-Baillie of Balquhain, etc. Fiars Juror, 1748-50, and 1759-71. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 15th May, 1762. Proprietor of estate of Kincardine, and of considerable house property in Aberdeen.4 Treasurer, 1745-49. President, 1774-76. s Married Marjory (frequently
1 On 1 8th December, 1604, Clerk was accused of behaving irreverently, on Sunday, towards Bishop Blackburn, when admonishing William Allan for non-adherence to his wife, by making public opposition and contradiction to the Bishop's proceedings, and taking instruments in the hands of two notaries. Having confessed his offence, and submitted himself to the session, it was decreed " that he should appear on Sunday next, in the new church ; and there, in the same place where he offended, to sit down on his knees, confess his offence, and crave God and the congregation, and particularly the minister whom he had offended, pardon and forgiveness, promising never to fall in the like gross misbehaviour in time coming." On the following Sunday, therefore, he submitted to this humiliating punishment. — Kennedy's "Annals," I., p. 181.
2 Dr. Littlejohn's MS.
3 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 1 16-17.
4 Mr. Clerk succeeded to the estate of his brother Andrew, who perished in the blowing up of H.M. Ship "Dartmouth."
5 Mr. Clerk rendered special service in the securing of the Society's charter of 1774, in respect whereof and on account of his being one of the senior members he was elected, on 29th November, 1774, the first President of the reconstituted Society. Dishealth, however, prevented his presiding at the meetings.
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called May; died 7th April, 1783), only child of John Fraser, merchant, Aberdeen, and his wife Marjory Jaffray, l with issue : —
1. Alexander, baptised 15th January, 1738, merchant and
burgess of Aberdeen. Married, first (contract dated 4th February, 1764), Elizabeth Grant, eldest dau. of Captain Alexander Grant of Grantsfield, Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, and, second, Barbara Grant.
2. John, baptised 5th April, 1739, died 29th March, 1809.
3. Andrew, baptised 4th September, 1743, died 2nd March,
1800.
4. Francis, baptised 23rd December, 1744.
5. James, baptised 4th March, 1749, died 9th April, 1829.
6. William, baptised 6th October, 1754.
1. Anna, baptised 26th July, 1741, married, in 1757, James
Watson, then writer, and advocate, 1764.
2. Helen, baptised 25th March, 1747.
3. Margaret, baptised 9th September, 1752, married George
Symmers.
Died, 23rd February, 1778. 2
Clyne, Norval. 4th June, 1846.
Elder son of John Clyne, Captain, 1st (or Royal) Regt. of Foot, and Elizabeth Stewart, his wife. Born at Ballycastle, Ireland, 21st February, 1817. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1835. App. to John Duncan (1824). Subsequently with Greig & Morton, W.S., Edinburgh. Sometime in partner- ship with the said John Duncan, firm being Duncan & Clyne. Third permanent factor and secretary to the Society, appointed
1 Mrs. Clerk, as heir to her father, had Sasine, on 7th Sept., 1765, in a tenement of land on east side of the Broadgate. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register." She also had Sasine, 24th Nov., 1781, in a croft of land called "Holy lands, near the Thieffs briggs" at Footdee, which had belonged to her aunt, Ann Jaffray. — Ibid.
3 Will recorded at Aberdeen, 24th June, 1778.
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24th November, 1874. Portrait in Committee Room. Author of " Ballads and Lays from Scottish History," Edinburgh, 1844 and 1863; "The Romantic Scottish Ballads," Aberdeen, 1859; "The Lost Eagle and other verses," Aberdeen, 1880. "The Scottish Jacobites and their poetry," Aberdeen, 1887; and other poetical works. Contributed ten separate articles on " The Advocates in Aberdeen " to " Scottish Notes and Queries," Vol. I. Married, at Edinburgh, 15th December, 1846, Elizabeth (died at Aberdeen, 16th August, 1892, aged 66), youngest dau. of the late John Notman, Edinburgh, with issue : —
1. Charles, died 7th May, 185 1, in infancy.
2. Henry, died in Vancouver, British Columbia, 1904, aged 55.
3. Stuart, died at Madras, 25th April, 1882, aged 31.
4. Arthur, F.R.I.B.A., architect, Aberdeen.
5. Edward, died 19th May, 1865, aged 10.
6. Robert Russell, now in Australia.
1. Nora Kate, married, as his second wife, Sir David Wilson,
K.C.M.G., sometime Governor of British Honduras.
2. Lizzie Mary, married, at Aberdeen, 5th April, 1883, Rev.
John Skinner Wilson, B.A., incumbent of All Saints Episcopal Church, Woodhead, Fyvie, now Dean of Edinburgh.
3. Ellen Alice, died 18th March, 1867, in infancy.
4. Edith Angela, married Rev. Robert Cruickshank, present
rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen.
Died, at Aberdeen, 31st December, 1888.
Cochran, Alexander. 27th March, 1862.
Eldest son of Francis James Cochran, advocate (183 1). Born at Aberdeen, 31st May, 1840. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1858. App. to Robert Smith (1839). Partner of Smith & Cochran from 1864 to 1874, of Cochran & Anderson from 1874 to 1885, and of Cochran & Macpherson from 1885. Notary Public. Clerk to Aberdeen District Road Trustees from 1884 to 1893, which
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office was abolished by the "Local Government (Scotland) Act" of 1892. Collector of County Rates. Clerk to Shipmaster Society of Aberdeen from 1870. Joint, and latterly sole, Agent at Aberdeen of the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1870-93. Fiars Juror, 1 89 1. Succeeded to the estate of Balfour on the death of his father. Colonel Commanding 5th (Deeside) Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders. Treasurer from 1891. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Old Aberdeen, 24th September, 1867, Mary Hamilton (born 24th September, 1840, died at Aberdeen, 24th May, 1891), second dau. of the Very Rev. Peter Colin Campbell, D.D., Principal of Aberdeen University, with issue : —
1. Francis James, advocate (1893)
2. Peter Campbell. (See under Apprentices in Appendix.)
3. Alexander Gordon, of the Durban Roodepoort Gold
Mining Company (Limited), Transvaal.
1. Elizabeth Farquharson.
2. Janet Campbell, married, at Aberdeen, 15th April, 191 2,
Colvin Arthur Edward, youngest son of Sir C. Colvin- Smith, K.C.B., M.D., Hon. Physician to the King, Surgeon- General, Indian Medical Service (retired).
3. Mary Hamilton.
4. Edith Margaret, married in London, 3rd July, 1909,
John Poynter Miller, manufacturer in Aberdeen.
5. Dora Alexandrina.
Died, at Aberdeen, 8th June, 1893.
Cochran, Francis James. 8th July, 1831.
Only son of Alexander Cochran, shipowner and burgess, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Roger, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 30th June, 1809. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1823-27. App. to Alexander Smith (1804). Partner of Smith & Cochran from 1844. Clerk to Shipmaster Society of Aberdeen from 1836. Collector of County Rates of Aberdeenshire, and of Old Machar Poor
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Assessment. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy., and subsequently of Union Bank of Scotland. Joint Agent at Aberdeen of the Royal Bank of Scotland, from 1861. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, 19 times, 1841-69. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 25th October, 1833. Purchased estate of Balfour, Birse, in 1840. Treasurer from 1869 till his death. Portrait at Craigentoul, Murtle. Married, at Aberdeen, 4th June, 1839, Elizabeth (died, at Aberdeen, 8th September, 1899, aged 83), eldest dau. of Alexander Smith, advocate (1804), with issue: —
1. Alexander, advocate (1862).
2. Francis, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1859-60, Colonel (retired),
sometime Commanding 1st Batt. Hampshire Regiment, and afterwards the 37th Regimental District, Winchester ; Author; married, first, 21st October, 1874, Alexandrina, dau. of Rev. Philip Kelland, Professor of Mathematics, Edinb., and, second, 20th January, 1881, Amy Isabel, eldest dau. of the late Abingdon Gray, of the Bombay Civil Service.
3. Hugh, died at Aberdeen, 4th August, 1863, aged 16.
4. Robert, stockbroker in Toronto, married there, 24th
August, 1 88 1, Lucy, third dau. of Rev. W. S. Darling, Rector, Holy Trinity, Toronto.
1. Elizabeth, married, at Aberdeen, 29th January, 1861,
James Gibbon Anderson of H.M. Bengal Uncovenanted Civil Service.
2. Margaret Gordon, married, at Aberdeen, 6th June, 1865,
George Pirrie, then Lieut., afterwards Captain, H.M. 17th Madras Native Infantry, and died in London, 10th May, 1896.
3. Anne Farquharson, married, at Balfour, 3rd September,
1873, Edmund Boyd Osier, of Toronto, Canada, and died at Craigleigh, Toronto, 5th April, 1910.
Died, at Aberdeen, 8th July, 1870.
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Cochran, Francis James. 5th May, 1893.
Eldest son of Alexander Cochran, advocate (1862). Born at Aberdeen, 21st November, 1868. Educated at Loretto School, Midlothian; M.A., Aberd., 1889. App. to his father, and Andrew Macpherson (Cochran & Macpherson). Partner of Cochran & Macpherson from 1894. Notary Public, admitted 1905. Director, Northern Assurance Coy. (Limited). Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 4th May, 1892. Succeeded to the estate of Balfour. Married, at Bieldside, 16th January, 1895, Edith Emily, younger dau. of General David Brown, formerly 1st Madras Fusiliers, afterwards Chief Commissioner in Burmah, of the Firs, Murtle, with issue : —
1. Francis Alexander.
2. David Gordon.
3. John Maclver Campbell. 1. Edith Mary Elizabeth.
Cochran, Peter. 1557.
Collie, George. 7th November, 1856.
Fifth son of Robert Collie, house proprietor, Aberdeen, and Elspeth Collie, his wife. Born, at Aberdeen, 26th June, 1831. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1848-49, and Mar. Coll., 1849-50. App. to his elder brother, James Collie (1841). In partnership with his said brother, 1856-96, firm being James & George Collie. Partners subsequently assumed were Robert Collie, accountant, in 1861 ; Oswald Prosser, solicitor, in 1872 ; George Duncan Collie and James Younger Collie, advocates, both in 1885. Director, Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy.; Local Board, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy.; and Aberdeen District Tramways Coy. (Limited). Proprietor of Balnagarth, Cults, and of Campfield, Torphins. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1890- 1 900. Married,
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at Aberdeen, 18th April, 1861, Jane, younger dau. of David McHardy of Cranford, Aberdeen, with issue : — 1. George, born in 1865, died 12th August, 1872.
1. Margaret.
2. Jeannie, married George Watt, architect, Aberdeen.
3. Ella Gordon.
4. Lucy Mary.
5. Constance Ida, married Rev. Charles W. Hunter of
Ballyrashane, Coleraine, Ireland.
6. Annie, married Rev. James Wishart, Irvine. Died, at Balnagarth, 15th May, 1901.
Collie, George Duncan. 6th December, 1882.
Fourth son of James Collie, advocate (1841). Born, at Aberdeen, 2nd September, 1857. Educated Grammar School, Aberd., and Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh; Alumnus, Aberd., 1875-79. App. to his father and George Collie (James & George Collie). Partner of James & George Collie from 1885. Notary Public, admitted 1899. Married, at The Lee, Bucks, 2nd August, 1899, Muriel, dau. of George Francis Griffin, leather merchant, Stafford, with issue : —
1. George Francis.
1. Margaret Elspeth Liberty, born 6th August, 1900; died
31st August, 1903.
2. Rachel Vernon.
3. Hester Margaret.
4. Joan Liberty.
Collie, James. 19th May, 1841. 1
Third son of Robert Collie, house proprietor, Aberdeen, and Elspeth Collie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 8th April, 1819. Educated
1 It is of interest to note that Mr. James Collie is now (1912) the senior member of the Society, and second oldest member of the legal profession in Scotland.
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Grammar School, Aberd. ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1833-36; Law student, Edinb. App. to John Duncan (1824), and thereafter with Sir Charles Gordon, S.S.C., Edinburgh. Notary Public, admitted 1853. 1° partnership with his brother George from 1856, firm being James & George Collie.1 Proprietor of Viewbank, Pitfodels. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeen- shire. Commissioner for Property and Income Tax. Married, at Edinburgh, 19th August, 1847, Christina (died at Pitfodels, 5th September, 1872, aged 48), only dau. of Robert Gorham, writer, Edinburgh, with issue : —
1. James, died at Aberdeen, 27th April, 185 1, in infancy.
2. George Gray, died at Aberdeen, 25th December, 1854,
in infancy.
3. Gordon, born at Aberdeen, 10th June, 1856; died at Cults,
9th January, 1905.
4. George Duncan, advocate (1882).
5. James Younger, advocate (1882).
6. Robert John, born at Aberdeen, 15th August, i860;
M.B., CM., Aberd., 1882; M.D., 1885; J.P., London; Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem ; Medical Examiner to the London County Council in 18862; in practice in London ; Knight Bachelor, January, 1912.
7. Frank Lang, born at Aberdeen, 18th March, 1864; M.B.,
CM., Aberd., 1886; M.D., 1889; sometime superin- tendent, Colonial Hospital, Natal ; Medical Officer of Health, Queenstown ; partner with Sir William Berry, Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Cape Town ; and now in practice at Balham, London.
1. Robina Christina, married, at Viewbank, 24th February,
1886, John Frank Lang, M.R.C.S., Eng., 1850, Sunderland.
2. Annie, born at Aberdeen, 19th June, 1854; died at
Pitfodels, 30th September, 1877.
1 For names of partners since assumed, see under Collie, George (1856).
2 For list of other appointments held by Sir R. J. Collie, see the current issue of "Who's Who."
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Collie, James Younger. 6th December, 1882.
Fifth son of James Collie, advocate (1841). Born at Pitfodels, 24th May, 1859. Educated Grammar School, Aberd., and Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1875-79. App. to his father and George Collie (James & George Collie). Partner of James & George Collie from 1885. Married, at Aberdeen, 17th June, 1886, Isabella Abernethy (died at Aberdeen, 23rd December, 1901), third dau. of the late Charles Stuart, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. James Stuart Gorham, born 19th July, 1891.
1. Doris Christina, married, in London, 26th March, 1910,
James Alexander Davidson, M.D., Aberd., 1909, Hanwell, London.
2. Margaret Leila.
3. Elinor Elizabeth, died 6th December, 1901, in infancy.
Cooper, Patrick, 4th March, 1847.
Third and youngest son of George Cooper, farmer, Wraes, Kenneth- mont, and Elizabeth Roger, his wife. Born at Wraes, 27th March, 1823. Educated at Parish School, Kennethmont, Dr. Woodford's Academy, and Grammar School, Aberd. ; M.A., King's Coll., March, 1841. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). In partnership with Patrick Davidson (1831) and Alexander Davidson (1839), 1857-68, firm being Davidsons & Cooper; and with his son, Patrick Cooper (1883), 1883-88, firm being Patrick Cooper and Son. Notary Public. Chamberlain and Baron-Baillie of Macdonald, 1848-50. Auditor of Aberdeen Sheriff Court at Aberdeen from 1881. Legal adviser to St. Nicholas Parochial Board. Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Hospital for Relief of Persons Labouring under Incurable Disease, 1857-83. Chairman, Nigg Parochial Board, and Nigg School Board. Member of Aberdeen Town Council — Master of Shoreworks, 1863-65 ; City Treasurer, 1871-74. Guild burgess, admitted 6th November, 1862. Fiars Juror, 1880-81. Ensign, 1st
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Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 19th November, 1859; Lieutenant, 3rd July, i860. Treasurer of Society of Advocates, 1879-80. President, 1880-81. Portrait in Committee Room. Author of "Scottish Farmers' Politics," and "An Old Story Retold— The Macdonald Evictions." Married, first, 24th June, 1856, Harriet (died at Aberdeen, 16th January, 1863), elder dau. of James Roger, bank agent, Rhynie, with issue : —
1. Patrick, advocate (1883).
2. George, born 13th February, 1861, stock broker, and
chartered accountant, Aberdeen, 1884. Married, 1891, Mary, dau. of John Warrack, shipowner, Edinburgh, and died 8th March, 1898.
3. Harry James, born 20th, died 23rd November, 1862.
1. Helen, born 17th February, 1858, died 9th May, 1861. Married, second, Harriet Anne (died at Aberdeen, 14th January, 1 881), youngest dau. of the late Robert Kilgour, manufacturer in Aberdeen.
Died, at Aberdeen, 21st May, 1891.1
Cooper, Patrick (Junior). 17th May, 1883.
Eldest son of Patrick Cooper, advocate (1847). Born at Aberdeen, 1 2th August, 1859. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Bellevue Academy, Aberd., and the Gymnasium, Old Aberd. ; M.A., Aberd., 1879. Law Student, Edinb. App., first, to his father, and, second, to Thomas Jarron Gordon, W.S., Edinburgh. In partnership with his father, 1883-88, firm being Patrick Cooper and Son. Notary Public. General Council Assessor, University Court, from 1909. Governor of the Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture. Member of Council of the Incorporated Society of Law Agents. Member of Council and Executive Com., New Spalding Club. Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Hospital for Relief of Persons Labouring under Incurable Disease, 1883. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted
1 "The Scottish Law Review," VII., p. 196.
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7th June, 1909. Second Lieut., 1st Aberdeenshire Artillery Vols., 24th May, Lieut, October, 1878; Captain, 23rd June, 1883. Married, at Aberdeen, 18th June, 1885, Mary, second dau. of John Cook of Ashley, shipowner, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Patrick Ashley, born 18th November, 1887.
2. John Russell, born 30th July, 1891.
1. Frances Mary, born 27th April, died 12th November, 1886.
Copland, Alexander. 30th November, 1812.
Eldest son of Patrick Copland, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics and subsequently of Natural Philosophy, Mar. Coll., and Elizabeth Ogilvie, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1807. App. to Charles Bannerman (1776). Proprietor of Fountaingrove. Went abroad and membership terminated November, 1868. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 26th April, 1824, Louisa Latifer (died at Fountainhall, Aberdeen, 6th September, 1826, aged 29), eldest dau. of Christopher Norton of Penkridge and Congreve, Staffordshire, with issue : —
1. George Huntly, died 19th January, 1827, in infancy. 1. Louisa.
Married, second, at Aberdeen, 18th May, 1829, Anna,1 third dau. of Rev. William Anderson, M.A., minister of Strichen.
Died at Fountaingrove, Huntingdon, Lower Canada, 10th November, 1885, in his 98th year.
Copland, William. 7th July, 1791.
Fifth and youngest son of Baillie Alexander Copland, merchant, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Johnston, his wife. Born, at Aberdeen, 14th January, 1753. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1783-87. App. to John Durno (1764). Notary Public. Sometime Sheriff Substitute, Town Clerk Depute, and Keeper, Register of Sasines,
1 She was sister of Sir Alexander Anderson, advocate (1827).
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for the Counties of Aberdeen and Kincardine. Collector of City Taxes. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 1787. J.P. for Aberdeenshire. Possessed considerable house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer, 1808-10. Married, 30th April, 1791, Elizabeth (died at Aberdeen, 20th April, 1838, aged 73), eldest surviving dau. of Thomas Cruickshank, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander, baptised 4th December, 1793 ; infant burgess
of Aberdeen, admitted 25th September, 1798 ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 1; M.R.C.S. ; London; sometime of Jamaica; died at Aberdeen, 7th April, 181 8.
2. James, baptised 9th October, 1795 ; infant burgess of
Aberdeen, admitted 25th September, 1798 ; succeeded his father as Keeper, Register of Sasines ; died at Edinburgh, 16th May, 1826.
3. William, baptised 28th March, 1797 ; died in infancy.
4. William, baptised 17th December, 1798 ; infant burgess
of Aberdeen, admitted 24th September, 1799; died at Aberdeen, 12th July, 1846.
1. Elizabeth, baptised 31st March, 1792; died at Hamilton,
1 6th July, 1846.
2. Jean Byres, baptised 6th April, 1806; married, at
Aberdeen, 30th May, 1839, James Forbes Beattie, C.E. Aberdeen; died at Aberdeen, 19th March, 1891.
Died, at Aberdeen, 22nd January, 1821.
Cordoner, William. 1616.
Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire in 1629, and later. ■ Notary Public.
Died after 2nd October, 1633.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 534.
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Coutts, Adam. March, 1803.
Son of James Coutts, flaxdresser, and guild burgess, Aberdeen. M.A. (first bursar), Mar. Coll., 1799. App. to Peter Farquharson (1789). Sometime legal assessor and clerk to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Possessed considerable property in Aberdeen.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, nth April, 1849, aged 72. *
Coutts, John. 30th June, 1841.
Son of William Coutts, cutler, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1828-30. App. to Adam Coutts (1803). Membership terminated 24th November, 1868. Married, at Aberdeen, 7th July, 1853, Mary, only dau. of the late James Paterson, cabinetmaker, Aberdeen. 2
Craig, John. 7th July, 1791.
App. to John Gordon (1753). Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire. Proprietor of Mugiemoss from 6th Nov., 1782, to 20th July, 1795. Liferent proprietor of Drimmies, Inverurie. Married, at Aberdeen, in October, 1775, Jane (buried in St. Nicholas Churchyard, 24th January, 1785 3), dau. of Hugh Gordon, watchmaker, Aberdeen,4 with issue : —
I. Thomas, born 15th November, 1780, law apprentice, pro- prietor of Drimmies, died at Aberdeen, 10th August, 1798.5
1. Clementina, married John Imray, brewer, Inverness.
2. Ann, married, 22nd December, 1798, John Burnett, writer,
Stonehaven.
1 Mr. Coutts was succeeded in his movable estate by his niece, Jean Coutts (daughter of his elder brother, John Coutts, coppersmith in Aberdeen), or Rowell, wife of Joseph Rowell, blacksmith in Aberdeen, and in his heritable estate by his grand-nephew, Benjamin Rowell, watchmaker.
2 Aberdeen Journal. 3 Kirkwork Accounts.
4 Davidson's " Inverurie and Earldom," p. 487.
5 On 20th May, 1801, Clementina, Ann, and Margaret Craig, deceased's three surviving sisters, had sasine (as his heirs of provision, etc.) in house property in the west end of Castlegate, Aberdeen.— "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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3. Mary Cumine, died at Aberdeen, 24th May, 1800, aged 18.
4. Jean, born 24th June, 1783, died young.
5. Margaret, born 16th January, 1785, married George Munro. Died, at Ashville, 4th May, 181 1, in his 73rd year.
Cromar, Robert. 27th June, 1829.
Son of James Cromar, rector, Grammar School, and Isabella Monro, his wife. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1823. App. to Charles Gordon and Alexander Gordon (Charles & Alexander Gordon).
Died abroad.
Crombie, Alexander. 26th January, 1789.
Eldest son of John Crombie,1 Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 1766. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1783. App. to Alexander Duthie (1764). Commissioner to the Earl of Aberdeen and Baron-Baillie of his barony, also Commissioner to the Hon. William Gordon of Ellon. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Fiars Juror, twenty-two times, 1 793- 1 830. J. P. for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire. Member, Town Council of Bervie. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1827 and 1830. Captain, Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803. Proprietor of Phesdo and Thornton, Kincardineshire, and of extensive house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer, 1796-98. President, 1802-4. Married, at Burnside, 12th August, 1799, Elizabeth (died at Aberdeen, 6th February, 1837), eldest dau. of Alexander Duthie, advocate (1764).
Died, s.p., 21st November, 1832. 2
1 John Crombie had sasine to himself and his son Alexander, jointly, in a tenement on the south side of Netherkirkgate, 24th December, 1783. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
2 A complimentary tablet to Mr. Crombie in the West Church, Aberdeen, bears that "The singular worth of the deceased can be duly estimated by those only who had the happiness to know him. By them his virtues, and his kind offices, will be long and grate- fully remembered. In his professional character he was distinguished by a sound judgment, and incorruptible integrity ; in his general intercourse, by affability of manners, and benevolence of heart. In him the rich ever found an able and honest counsellor ; the poor a kind and compassionate friend."
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Cruden, George. 2nd November, 1875.
Only son of the Rev. James Cruden, M.A., King's Coll., 1826, minister of Tyrie, afterwards of Gamrie, and Joanna Welsh, his wife. Born at Tyrie, 2nd June, 1850. Educated Parish School, Gamrie ; Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1873. App. to Harvey Hall (1866). With J. & J. Gardiner, S.S.C., Edinburgh, 1874-75. In partnership, 1876-90, with Alexander Simpson (1848); 1890-96, with the said Alexander Simpson and George Archibald Simpson (1890), firm being Simpson & Cruden ; 1 896-1907, with Archibald John Watt Storie, S.S.C., the said George Archibald Simpson and Robert C. Jackson, solicitor, firm being Storie, Cruden & Coy. ; and from 1907 with the said Archibald John Watt Storie and George Archibald Simpson, firm being Storie, Cruden & Simpson. Long secretary, West Aberdeenshire Conservative Association. Clerk to General Kirk Session of Aberdeen. Director, Local Board Commercial Union Assurance Coy. (Limited), and Union Assurance Society (Limited). Lecturer on Physical Training in the University, 1899. Hon. Fellow, Educational Institute of Scotland. Member, Aberdeen School Board, 1888-94 and 1909-n ; Monquhitter Parish School Board since 1909 ; and Strachan Parish School Board since 1909. Member, Kincardineshire Secondary Education Com- mittee since 1909. Member, Aberdeen Provincial Committee since 1909. Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Col.), Commanding 1st Vol. Batt. The Gordon Highlanders, 20th Sept., 1900, until 20th Sept., 1904, when retired. V.D., 1892. Author of "Manual of Physical Culture and System of Musical Drill," which has reached a thirteenth edition. Married, at Manse of Insch, 19th September, 1877, Helen Dixson, third dau. of Rev. Archibald Storie, M.A., minister of Insch, with issue :—
1. James Wilson Fraser, Lieut., Black Watch (Royal High- landers), married, 23rd April, 1910, Beatrice, elder dau. of the late George Rennie, of 7 Hyde Park Place, London, W.
1. Anne Avery Craig, married Alexander Burnett Whyte,
advocate (1901).
2. Helen Dixson, married William Garden, advocate (1898).
3. Muriel, died at Edinburgh, 5th February, 1898.
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Cruden, William Mocher. 27th July, 1830.
Son of William Cruden, Fairholm House, Lanark. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1824. App. to Alexander Smith (1804). Membership terminated November, 1848.
Cruickshank, Alexander Thomas. 4th February, 1897.
Eldest son of James Smith Cruickshank, farmer, Logie Newton, Rothienorman, and Mary Walker, his wife. Born at Logie Newton, 28th February, 1869. Educated Episcopal School, Tillymorgan ; Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M. A. (with honours), Aberd., 1891. App. to Farquharson Taylor Garden, Charles Ruxton, and David Montague Alexander Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers) ; and with Alexander Morison, S.S.C., Edinburgh, 1894-95. In partnership, from 1902, with Alexander James Brander, solicitor, firm being Brander & Cruickshank. Member, Aberdeen School Board since 1909. Governor, Robert Gordon's Technical College since 1910. Married, at Christ Church, Hornsey, London, 29th June, 1898, Mary Grace Munro, dau. of James P. Roger, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, with issue : —
1. James Stanley Rowland.
1. Dorothy Mary.
Cruickshank, George. 19th April, 1839.
Fourth son of the Rev. John Cruickshank, M.A., King's Coll., 1789, minister of Glass, and Jean Scott, his wife. M.A., King's Coll., April, 1830. App. to Alexander Jopp (1825).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 21st March, 1848, aged 35.
Cumine, John Paton, 12th July, 1866.
Third son of Peter Cumine, shipowner, Fraserburgh, and Christian Paton, his wife. Born at Fraserburgh, 5th July, 1840. Educated Parish School, Fraserburgh, and Bellevue Academy, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., i860; Law student, Edinb., 1864-66. App. to
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William Yeats and Robert Spottiswood Farquhar Spottiswood (Yeats & Spottiswood). With John Forman, W.S., Edinburgh, from October, 1864, to July, 1866. In partnership with John Watt, advocate (1843), 1870-81 ; with John Henderson Chalmers, solicitor, 1881-97, and with Alexander Sands, solicitor, from 1897, firm throughout being Watt & Cumine. Notary Public. Clerk to the Board of Directors of the Aberdeen Reformatory and Industrial Schools, etc., 1885. Assistant Procurator Fiscal for the City of Aberdeen. Director of the Corporation of the Scottish Episcopal Clergy Widows' and Orphans' Fund, 1903. Clerk to the School Board of Peterculter, 1885 to 1888, his copartners holding the office since the latter date. Trustee and Manager, Aberdeen Savings' Bank. Governor, Aberdeen Educational Trust, as representing the Society of Advocates, from 1902 to the termination of the Trust, 31st December, 1909. Trustee, Aberdeen Endowments Trust, as representing the Society, 1 9 10. Life Manager, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum, 1878. Life Manager, Morningfield Hospital for Incurables, 1905. Director, Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children. Director, Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Registrar and Treasurer for the United Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, 1889. Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Dispensary, Maternity Hospital, and Vaccine Institution, 1870.
Cumming, George. 13th November, 1818.
Son of the late James Cumming, Dysart. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1813.
App. to Andrew Davidson (1783). Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 21st August, 1845.
Cumming, Robert. 16th April, 1894.
Eldest son of Robert Scott Cumming, sometime manager, Devanha Brewery, Aberdeen, and Isabella Shand, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 21st November, 1861. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1881. App. to William Dunn and
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Peter Clark (Dunn & Clark). Procurator Fiscal Depute of Justice of Peace Court. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 16th March, 1896. Married, at Aberdeen, 21st September, 1892, Ellen, elder dau. of the late William Poole, London, with issue : —
1. Robert Scott.
2. Ian.
Died, at Aberdeen, 9th October, 19 10.
Cuthbert, John.1 6th June, 1705.
M.A., King's Coll., 1695. Practised for some time as a writer in Edinburgh. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1716-23.2 Fiars Juror, 1725. Proprietor of Rosshall, and also designed as of Brackenhills. Married, in 1694, Christian (born 15th January, 1664, died 1 2th January, 1739), second dau. of David Gregory of Kinnairdie, with issue : —
1. David, honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 24th March, 1737 ; succeeded to Rosshall ; recorded arms about 1750. 3
1. Elizabeth.
2. Barbara, died June, 17 15.
Daniel, Alexander. 21st July, 1828.
Son of George Daniel, merchant, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1821. App., first, to William Copland (1791), and, second, to James Hardie (1804). Notary Public. Deputy Keeper, Register of Sasines. Author. Married, and was survived by at least two daughters.
Died, at Aberdeen, 24th February, 1868, aged 65.
1 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 122.
- Cuthbert was a descendant of " William Cuthbert of Bracanhilles," whose widow, Jean Abercrombie, and their children, in June, 1670, criminally pursued " William and James Catenachs, brethren of John Catenach at the Mill of Logic in Cromar, and also the said John Catenach," "for their assaulting and setting upon the said" William Cuthbert "and murdering and killing him by shooting him with a gun loaded with ball ' throw the craige ' whereof he immediately died." — "Privy Council Register," 3rd Series, Vol. III.
3 Information from Mr. Francis J. Grant, W.S., Lyon Office.
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LIST 01
Dauney, Alexander. 1776.
Son of Rev. Francis Dauney, minister of Lumpha
>anchory-Ternan, and M-
chory-Ternan 1st Sept., 171 LL.D., 8th January, 1793.
nmissibner to Lord Saltoun and B .illie of Fraserbu
Promoter of, and first Secretary to, I
icague to Dr. William Thorn as ( King's Coll., 91 r Dr. Thorn's
9th April, 1795, oc his own death.3
Legal assessor t< Derdeen To 1807-31. Sheriff
Substitute of Aber. 1806-29. Old
Aberdeen, admitted 1st November 6-88.
President, 1796-98, and 1808-10.
Craibstone, Ncwhills. Built house of Ru; it. Royal
Aberdeen Volunteers, 1795 ; Captai; to Royal
Aberdeen Li^ Volunteers, .indant,
17th January, 1 Married, 1st June, 177; died
29th July, 1 econd dau. of lock,
D.D., Principal sor of Di
od, s.p.y at Aberdeen, 14th July, 1833. 4
1 An author who that Dr. Dauney " was a man and the minutes [pre* couched in beautiful i nee of the '
3 Littlejohn's "Reccu ' urt of Al. ." III., p
3 On 15th March, ti y, when Lord
Provost of Aber Colonel Dauney from the the high s and of their j> ►auney."—
* Dr. Dauney adopted hi> nephi Dauney, member of the I l\ -cates
1823. Alexander
Dauney, Barrister of the Middle Temple, pri
,\ painted
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Dauney, Alexander. 9th July, 1776.
Son of Rev. Francis Dauney, minister of Lumphanan, and subsequently of Banchory-Ternan, and Margaret Chalmers, his wife. Born at Banchory-Ternan 1st Sept., 1749. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1762- 66; LL.D., 8th January, 1793. App. to William Thorn (1752). Commissioner to Lord Saltoun and Baron-Baillie of Fraserburgh. r Promoter of, and first Secretary to, the Aberdeenshire Canal Coy. Colleague to Dr. William Thorn as Civilist and Professor of Law, King's Coll., 9th January, 1793, and after Dr. Thorn's death on 9th April, 1795, occupant of the Chair until his own death.2 Legal assessor to the Aberdeen Town Council, 1807-31. Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire, 1806-29. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 1st November, 1793. Treasurer, 1786-88. President, 1796-98, and 1808-10. Sometime proprietor of estate of Craibstone, Newhills. Built house of Rubislaw Den. Lieut, Royal Aberdeen Volunteers, 1795 ; Captain, 1796; transferred to Royal Aberdeen Light Infantry Volunteers, as Lieut-Col. Commandant, 17th January, 1799. 3 Married, 1st June, 1778, Margaret (died 29th July, 1 83 1, aged 79), second dau. of Rev. Robert Pollock, D.D., Principal and Professor of Divinity in Marischal College.
Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 14th July, 1833. 4
1 An author who recently perused the Fraserburgh Town Council Minute Books records that Dr. Dauney " was a man of outstanding ability, as all his communications to the Council and the minutes [presumably written by himself] of meetings over which he presided are couched in beautiful English, far in advance of the language generally met with at the time."
2 Littlejohn's "Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire," III., p. 127.
3 On 15th March, 1802, the "corps had a field-day, when James Hadden, Esq., Lord Provost of Aberdeen, as first major, presented an elegant sabre, value ten guineas, to Lieut. - Colonel Dauney from the officers of the corps, accompanied with an address expressive of the high sense they entertained of Lieut. -Colonel Dauney's exertions on behalf of the corps, and of their personal esteem for him as their commanding officer, and a piece of plate for Mrs. Dauney." — Don. Sinclair's "The History of the Aberdeen Volunteers," p. 78.
4 Dr. Dauney adopted his nephew, William Dauney, member of the Faculty of Advocates, 1823, who died in Demerara in 1843. The elder and surviving son of the latter, Alexander Dauney, Barrister of the Middle Temple, presented to the Society in 1909 a portrait of Dr. Dauney, painted by David Martin in 1780, which is now hung in the Library.
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Davidson, Alexander. 1570.
Davidson (or Davidsone), Alexander. 1616.
M.A. Son of Thomas Davidson, burgess of Aberdeen. x Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1631-60. 2 Honorary burgess of Aber- deen, admitted, along with his servant, George Scot, 7th May, 1635. One of the Assessors to the Rector of King's Coll. in 1663. Proprietor of Cairnbrogie. Married Euphemia, younger dau. of John Anderson,3 painter, Aberdeen, with issue: — 1. Alexander, advocate (1661).
Died, 26th April, 1666. 4
Davidson, Alexander. 1661.
Son of Alexander Davidson, advocate (1616). App. to his father. Succeeded to Cairnbrogie, and purchased estate of Newton, Culsalmond. Also proprietor of Berryhill, Old Machar, and fishings in the Don of the valued rent of ^400. Married, first, Jean Burnett (died August, 1671), with issue: —
1. Alexander, succeeded to Newton, and was progenitor of
the Davidson -Gordons of Gight. 5
2. James, admitted guild burgess of Aberdeen, 2nd March,
1685.
Married, second, Marie, second dau. of George Leslie, Provost of Aberdeen, with issue : —
3. George, admitted guild burgess of Aberdeen, 2nd March,
1685.
1 "Scottish Notes and Queries," I., p. 69.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records." II.. p. 539; and III., p. 91.
3 John Anderson was brother of David Anderson of Finzeauch — "Davie di a' thing" — and uncle of George Jamesone, "The Scottish Vandyck."
* Davidson, who was characterised by Spalding as " ane good honest man of the Kingis," had a wide professional connection. In 1664 he accompanied Provost Gilbert Gray and the Town Clerk as a commissioner to the Earl of Mar to offer reasonable satisfaction for any supposed wrong in the cruives of Don. Mar, believing in more drastic measures, proceeded with a force of 2500 men and demolished the cruives, which have never been rebuilt at that part of the river.
5 Bulloch's "The House of Gordon," I., pp. 272-78, and II., pp. 471-76.
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LIST OF Ml
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1. Marjory, married
in Cairnbrogie. '■
2. Jean.
d, rrid April, 1685. a
>avidson, Alexander. 21«t November, 1839.
Youngest son of Dun Aberdeen, 26th Alumnus, Mar. - Sometime in Patrick Davidso with the said P subsequently with th (1847), firm bei: Garden (18 , still continues, Sometime Chaii 1 of Aberdeen L; (Limited), Deeside Railv Commercia Coy., etc. Juror, fourteen known as Des for Aberde Portrait by London, 10th F< the late William shire, with i
uncan Fra Own Camei
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1. Marjory, married William Thain of Blackhall, afterwards
in Cairnbrogie. T
2. Jean.
3. Christian. Died, 2nd April, 1685. 2
Davidson, Alexander. 21st November, 1839.
Youngest son of Duncan Davidson, advocate (1794). Born at Aberdeen, 26th July, 1818. Educated Finchley School, etc. ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1832-33, and 1834-36. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with his father and his brother, Patrick Davidson (1831), firm being D. & P. Davidson ; thereafter with the said Patrick Davidson, firm being P. & A. Davidson ; subsequently with the said Patrick Davidson and Patrick Cooper (1847), firm being Davidsons & Cooper; and, finally, with James Garden (1842), firm being Davidson & Garden, which last title still continues, although other partners have been assumed. Sometime Chairman of Directors, Northern Assurance Coy., City of Aberdeen Land Association, Culter Mills Paper Company (Limited), and Adam Steamship Company (Limited). Director, Deeside Railway Coy., Union Bank of Scotland, Aberdeen Commercial Company, Aberdeen Newcastle and Hull Shipping Coy., etc. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Fiars Juror, fourteen times, 1852-82. Proprietor of Desswood, now known as Dess, Kincardine O'Neil. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Treasurer, 1874-75. President, 1875-76. Portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., at Dess. Married, in London, 10th February, 1857, Sarah Douglas, youngest dau. of the late William Rose Robinson of Clermiston, Sheriff of Lanark- shire, with issue : —
1. Duncan Francis, born 26th June, 1859, Major, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, now of Dess.
'"Aberdeen Sasine Register." 2 Tombstone, St. Nicholas Churchyard. U
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2. Walter Ramsay, born 23rd March, 1870, architect, London.
1. Elizabeth Douglas.
2. Alice Maud. Died, 19th September, 1895. J
Davidson, Andrew. 29th November, 1783.
Born at Bridge of Dee, 13th October, 1754. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1768-72. App. to Alexander Lumsden (1759). Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 14th December, 1808. House proprietor in Aberdeen, and principal tacksman of Kennerty, Peterculter. Fiars Juror, ten times, 1793-1814. Married Barbara (died at Edinburgh, 27th August, 1852, in her 84th year), dau. of John Forbes,2 sometime Comptroller of Customs, Aberdeen, with issue :
1. Fredrick Booth, died in infancy, 1806.
2. Nathaniel Forbes, 1st bursar (75 compet.), Mar. Coll., 1817,
died in 18 19, aged 14.
3. Andrew, died at Tanjong Poera, Java, 31st January, 1831,
aged 32.
4. Richard Rich Wilford, died at Singapore, 28th June, 1831.
5. John, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1808, died in Java, 1841, aged 49.
6. Charles Forbes, M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 5 ; W.S., admitted
27th May, 1824; married, 9th June, 1831, Eliza, dau. of Charles Hill of Luthrie, Fifeshire, and died at Edinburgh, 8th March, 1853, aged 53.
7. Jonathan, M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 3, died at Mauritius, 1854,
aged 57.
8. Gordon Forbes, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1820-23, died in
New South Wales, 17th October, 1865, aged 58.
9. Daniel Mitchell, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., died at Yately,
Hampshire, 30th July, 1877, aged 64. 10. Robert, M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 1, Physician General, H.E.I.C.S.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XL, p. 301.
2 "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
LIST OF MEMBERS. 147
1. Ann, married James Allan of the Mercantile Marine
Service, and died at Edinburgh, nth May, 1855.
2. Sophia, died at Portobello, 21st July, 1885, aged 83.
3. Barbara, died at Edinburgh, nth July, 1844, aged 41. Died, at Aberdeen, 28th September, 1826.
Davidson, Andrew. 23rd January, 1888.
Eldest son of Rev. John Davidson, M.A. (with honours), Mar. Coll., 1838; D.D.j Aberd., 1838, Minister of Inverurie, and Mary Bisset his wife. Born at Inverurie, 18th January, i860. Educated Parish School, Inverurie, and Grammar School, Old Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1880. Law Student, Aberd., 1880-82, and Edinb., 1883-84. App. to Lessel Stephen and William Smith (Stephen & Smith). With J. & A. F. Adam, W.S., Edinburgh, 1883-84. C.A. (member of the Society of Accountants in Aberdeen), admitted 1888. Partner in James Meston & Company, Chartered Accountants, Aberdeen, from 1888. Married, at Peterhead, 25th September, 1895, Flora Jane, dau. of Thomas Knox, bank agent, Peterhead, with issue : —
1. Lessel Murray.
2. Donald Arbuthnot.
3. Andrew Forbes.
4. Richard Barker.
5. John Sinclair. 1. Elspeth Mary.
Davidson, Charles Brown. 19th April, 1861.
Son of Alexander Davidson, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1822-26; bank agent, Inverurie. Born at Inverurie, 14th August, 1837. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1852-54; LL.D., Aberd., 1895. App. to James Murray and James Garden (Murray & Garden). In partnership with John Robertson (1852), and James Forbes Lumsden (1862), 1862-93, firm being Robertson & Lumsden ; and with the said James Forbes Lumsden from 1893, firm being Lumsden & Davidson. Examiner under " The Law Agents
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(Scotland) Act" of 1873, on the representation of the Society. Clerk and factor, Milne Bequest Trust. Town Clerk of Inverurie. Clerk, Garioch District Road Trustees, and subsequently of Garioch District Committee. Fiars Juror, 1869. Director, Great North of Scotland Railway Coy. Chairman, Aberdeen Con- ciliation Board. Honorary Sheriff Substitute. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. General Council Assessor, University Court, from 1891. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. F.S.A., Scot. Author, " Stone Cists at Broomend, Inverurie," 1870; "Burgh of Inverurie — A Retrospect," 1888. Treasurer, 1889-91. President, 1891-98. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Port-Elphinstone, 15th September, 1869, Jane (born 17th April, 1848, died, at Aberdeen, nth January, 1890), only dau. of William Bennett, sometime farmer at Holl, parish of Boharm, with issue : —
1. Charles James, advocate (1898).
2. Henry Alexander, B.Sc, Aberd., 1896, Law Agent,
admitted 19th November, 1910. C.A. (member of the Society of Accountants in Aberdeen, 1901). Partner in the said firm of Lumsden & Davidson, 1st March, 1911.
1. Margaret Bremner Harvey.
2. Edith Mary.
Died, at Aberdeen, 29th April, 1900. x
Davidson, Charles James. 18th June, 1898.
Elder son of Charles Brown Davidson, advocate (1861). Born at Aberdeen, 3rd June, 1874. M.A., Aberd., 1895, and B.L. (with honours), 1897. App., first, to James Forbes Lumsden and the said Charles Brown Davidson (Lumsden & Davidson) ; and, second, to Mackenzie & Kermack, W.S., Edinburgh. Partner in the said firm of Lumsden & Davidson from 1898. Clerk and Treasurer, Milne Bequest Trust.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XVI., pp. 142-43, and "The Scots Law Times," 26th May, 1894.
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Davidson, Duncan. 8th March, 1794.
Son of John Davidson of Tillychetly, sometime Notary Public in Tarland, and Anne Farquharson, his wife. Born 17th March, 1773. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1787-90, and 1794-95. App. to John Davidson (1782). Sometime in partnership with his son Patrick Davidson (1831), firm being D. & P. Davidson, which title was continued after his son Alexander Davidson (1839) was assumed as a partner. Joint Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeen- shire, 1805-6. x Clerk to Robert Gordon's Hospital. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. ; Aberdeen Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, 1 801 -1 2. Dean of Faculty of Mar. Coll., 1827-33. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Succeeded to Tillychetly and purchased Inch- marlo. Lieut, Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803. Treasurer, 1816-18. President, 1818-20. Married, at Aberdeen, 28th June, 1804, Frances Mary (died at Inchmarlo Cottage, 15th November, 1859, aged 73), only dau. of Patrick Pirie, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Patrick, advocate (1831).
2. Duncan, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1828-31, H.E.I.C.S. (civil) of
Tillychetly. Married, at Aberdeen, 21st September, 1842, Katherine Frances, second dau. of Charles David Gordon, Yr. of Abergeldie, and died in 1880.
3. Charles Forbes, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1828-31 ; died in
1904.
4. James, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1832-33, and 1834-35, some-
time of Windermere ; died at Marsden, near Burnley, Lancashire, 26th February, 1868.
5. Alexander, advocate (1839).
1. Margaret Jane, married, at Inchmarlo, 6th August, 1850,
Arthur Fraser, merchant, Java, afterwards residing in Edinburgh, and died in 1906.
2. Anne, married, at Inchmarlo, 26th July, 1854, W. Burnett
Ramsay of Banchory Lodge, and died in 1880.
3. Williamina, died in 1907. Died, at Aberdeen, 8th December, 1849. 2
1 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 132.
2 The Aberdeen Journal, in noticing Mr. Davidson's death, remarks that " he entered early into public life, . . . and has ever since been considered as one of its most intelligent members — equally distinguished for professional talent, strong common sense, and great legal acumen. . . ."
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Davidson, James. 1590.
App. to John Kennedy. Notary Public. Married, and had issue, of whom : —
i. Alexander. 2. Patrick. Died after January, 1627.
Davidson, James Watt 13th July, 1898.
Second son of George Davidson, Cullen, and Mary Watt, his wife. Born, at Cullen, 19th July, 1858. Educated Public School, Cullen. M.A., Aberd., 1880. App., first, to John Watt, Junior (1856), and, second, to William Gordon (1864). With A. & A. Campbell, W.S., Edinburgh, 1880-87. Town Clerk Depute of Aberdeen from 1st January, 1894. Author of "The Common Moss and Freedom Hill of Old Aberdeen," 1896.
Davidson, John. 26th November, 1782.
Only son of John Davidson, sometime farmer in Footie, Kincardine O'Ncil, afterwards residenter in Aberdeen, and Janet Ettershank, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1768-72. App. to Alexander Lumsden. (1759). Purchased estate of Kcbbaty — i.e., part of the property from John Middleton of Shiels in 1792, and part from Francis Fraser, younger of Findrack, in 1806, the superiority being acquired from the Duke of Gordon in 1807. l Fiars Juror, eleven times, 1793-1816. J.P. for Aberdeenshire. Treasurer, 1790-92. President, 1804-6. Married, first, Helen2
1 Information from Messrs. Skene, Edwards & Garson, W.S., Edinburgh, who also explain that Davidson was succeeded in Kebbaty, under a deed of entail executed by him, by his eldest surviving grandson, Alexander Davidson.
2 Helen Ferguson, or Davidson, had sasine on iolh May, 1791, in her father's property in the Green, and on 28th July, following, in his property in Schoolhill.— " Aberdeen Sasine Register."
LIST OF MEMBERS. 1 5 1
(died at Kebbaty, 15th September, 1794, aged 48), eldest dau. of Thomas Ferguson, wright in Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John, died November, 1777.
2. Thomas, born 1st, and baptised 8th November, 1777. Married, second, at Kintore, 17th March, 1796, Jane (born nth August, 1765, died, at Aberdeen, 4th November, 1834), second dau. of Baillie Alexander Farquhar, Kintore.
Died, at Aberdeen, 7th January, 1824, in his 74th year.
Davidson, John. 28th July, 1851.
Son of John Davidson, merchant at Cotton, Woodside. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1836-38. App. to Alexander Gordon (1814). Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 26th March, 1884.
Davidson, Patrick. 8th July, 1831.
Eldest son of Duncan Davidson, advocate (1794). Hon. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1st March, 1834; LL.D., King's Coll., 24th November, 1849. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with his father, firm being D. & P. Davidson, which title was continued after his brother Alexander Davidson (1839) was assumed as a partner ; thereafter with the said Alexander Davidson, firm being P. & A. Davidson ; and, finally, with the said Alexander Davidson and Patrick Cooper (1847), firm being Davidsons and Cooper. Notary Public. Civilist in Mar. Coll., 8th August, 1833, and, at the union of the Universities and Colleges in i860, Professor of Law in the University of Aberdeen. Master Extra- ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Vice-Chairman, Deeside Railway Coy. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll. in 1833. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1838-56. J.P. for Aberdeenshire. Succeeded to the estate of Inchmarlo. Captain, Kincardineshire Rifle Vols. Married, at
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Warthill, 2nd August, 1836, Mary Anne (died 27th December, 1898), eldest dau. of William Leslie, of Warthill, with issue: —
1. Duncan ; succeeded to Inchmarlo ; D.L. ; J.P. ; married,
first, at Richmond, Surrey, 8th January, 1874, Flora Frances (died 6th January, 1884), eldest dau. of Lieut. - Col. Francis (afterwards Sir Francis, 7th Bart., of Fore- mark, Derbyshire) Burdett. Married, second, at Thorpe, 8th June, 1887, Ethel Harriet, only dau. of Lieut-Col. Charles Inge, of Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire.
2. William Leslie ; Col., R.H.A. ; C.B. ; J.P. ; married in
London, 1st February, 1887, Theodora, eldest surviving dau. of William, Baron Ashford, afterwards 7th Earl of Albemarle.
3. Patrick.
4. George Louis Outram.
1. Jane Anne, married, at Inchmarlo, 20th October, i860,
Francis Boyd Outram, of the Bengal Civil Service, only son of Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Outram, Bart, G.C.B.
2. Frances Mary.
3. Catherine Helen.
4. Mary Margaret.
5. Matilda Rose.
6. Williamina Saida. Died, at Inchmarlo, 8th May, 1881.
Davidson (or Davidsone), Robert. 1598.
M.A. Notary Public. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 15th September, 1609. In 1608, had joint commission (with James Mowat), from the Supreme Court, as a Sheriff of Kincardineshire, to deal with the marches of certain estates. «
Died, 20th November, 161 2.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 136.
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Davidson, William. 1566.
Died, 17th May, 1587.
Davidson, William. 16th November, 1819.
Fifth son of Robert Davidson, of Balnagask, and Christian Philip, his wife. Born 1797. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1811-13. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th December, 1821.
Dawson, John Grant 23rd November, 1859.
Youngest son of George Grant Dawson, farmer, Boldow, and Grace Grant, his wife. Born at Knockando, 26th November, 1820. Educated Parish School, Knockando. M.A., King's Coll., March, 1843. App. to William Hunter (1840). Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 28th April, 1849. Married, first, at Old Aberdeen, 29th April, 1845, Elsie (died at Old Aberdeen, 30th October, 1868, aged 54), only dau. of the late George Barrack, contractor, Old Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Patricia Collins, married, at Old Aberdeen, 5th January, 1869, Rev. Alexander McLean, minister of Strachan. Married, second, 16th October, 1872, Margaret, eldest dau. of David Mortimer, miller and farmer, Mill of Clinter, Birse, with issue : —
1. John Grant, Alumnus, Aberd., 1894-95 ; m 2r>d Batt.
Gordon Highlanders, and served in South African War, being severely wounded in the battle of Amersfoort.
2. George Davidson Mortimer.
2. Grace Grant.
3. Margaret Ann Mortimer.
4. Harriet Mortimer.
5. Edith Jessie Grant.
6. Isabella Jean Mortimer. Died, at Kemnay, 1st February, 1909.
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Donaldson, Charles. 19th November, 1814.
Son of William Donaldson, in Mill of Wester Coull. M.A., King's Coll., 29th March, 181 1. App. to Henry Lumsden (1807). Sometime Procurator Fiscal of the city of Aberdeen, and Justice of Peace Court for the County.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 16th April, 1824. x
Downie, Charles Gordon. 2nd June, 1870.
Younger son of Charles Downie, of Ashfield, Garmouth, and Mary Leith, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 24th May, 1843. Educated West End Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1857-60; M.A., Aberd., 1861. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Sometime in partnership with John Carmichael Bennett (1895), firm being Downie & Bennett. Sometime Clerk to the Visiting Committee of H.M. Prison, Aberdeen. Trustee of the Boys' and Girls' Hospital, Aberdeen. For many years member of St. Nicholas Parochial Board ; and for sometime of Old Machar Parochial Board. Member of Urquhart Parish Council. Many years Chairman, Speymouth School Board. J. P. for Morayshire. Married, at Edinburgh, 4th November, 1875, Margaret, dau. of George Stuart, Burnmouth, Grange, Banffshire.
Duff, Alexander. 14th June, 1837.
Son of Alexander Duff, tailor, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll.,
1827-31. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 9th April, 1842, aged 35.
Duff, James. 9th January, 1754.
Fourth and youngest son of Alexander Duff of Hatton, Auchterless. Born at manor of Hatton. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1742-46. App. to Alexander Thomson (17 18). Went out with Prince
1 Mr. Donaldson was succeeded in his heritable property in Aberdeen, by his immediate younger brother, William Donaldson, Junior, residing at Mill of Coull.— "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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Charlie's forces at the age of 16, but was sent home after the skirmish at Inverurie on 23rd Dec, 1745. Sometime collector of Assessments to the Commissioners of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Agent for Mrs. Catherine Byron Gordon of Gight. Appointed Sheriff Clerk of Banffshire in 1761, which office resigned at Candlemas 1801, in favour of William Rose of Ballivat and his fourth son, Patrick Rose. r Portrait in possession of Mr. Duff's great grandson, Mr. Adam Gordon Duff, at Chester Square, London, a copy being at Hatton Castle. Married, first, 12th August, 1755, 2 Helen (died at Rubislaw, 12th March, 1764, aged 30), dau. of George Skene of Rubislaw, with issue : —
1. Alexander, born nth, and baptised 12th July, 1758.
2. George, baptised 22nd February, 1764; infant burgess of
Aberdeen, admitted April, 1777 ; Captain in the Navy ; fell while commanding H.M. Ship " Mars," at the battle of Trafalgar, 21st October, 1805. 3
1. Helen, baptised 3rd June, 1756, married, at Aberdeen, 28th
April, 1782, Thomas, son of Captain Bell, Dublin.
Married, second, in 1772, Margaret Ogilvie (died 1829, aged 75), dau. of James Dumbar of Kincorth, with issue : —
3. James, died young.
4. James, died 1797, aged 21.
5. John, died 1801.
6. Fife, midshipman, died 1800.
7. Alexander.
2. Isabella.
3. Catherine.
4. Mary.4
5. Anne, born 1785, married Walter Biggar, and died at
Edinburgh, in 1877.
6. Sophia, born 1786, died young. Died, 19th November, 1804, aged 75. 5
1 Note in Sheriff Clerk's Office, Banff. 2 Aberdeen Journal.
3 Monument, St. Paul's Cathedral, London. 4 Tombstone at Banff.
5 Many of these facts have been furnished by Mr. Duff's great-great grandson, Mr. Alistair N. Tayler, of Glenbarry and Bilbohall.
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Duff, Patrick.
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4th June, 1718.
Fourth son of Patrick Duff of Craigston, and Anne Innes, his wife.1 Born, i6th November, 1692. 2 App. to George Keith (1704). Commissary of Aberdeenshire. One of the Assessors to the Rector of King's Coll. in 1725. Rector of Mar. Coll., 1726-28. Member, Town Council of Old Aberdeen in 1729, and honorary- burgess, admitted 17th January, 1730. Fiars Juror, 1725-27. Portrait by William Mosman, in possession of H. R. H. the Princess Royal, at Portman Square, London. Proprietor of Forresterhill, 3 as also of Premnay, and Culter. 4 J. P., and Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Married, in 1721, Margaret (married, as her second husband, 25th December, 1768, Alexander Udny of Udny, and died, 14th January, 1793), only surviving child of his cousin, William Duff of Braco.
Died, s.p., at Culter House, 20th October, 1763.
Duffus, Alexander.
24th December, 1889.
Elder son of Alexander Duffus, wholesale confectioner, Aberdeen, and Anne Watt, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 2nd July, 1859. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1876-78 ; Law student, Edinb., 1879-80. App., first, to Henry Tod, W.S., Edinburgh, and, second, to John Robertson, James Forbes Lumsden, and Charles Brown Davidson (Robertson & Lumsden). Commenced practice as Law Agent, 1884. In 1892 joined Thomas Wilsone, of Reid & Wilsone, under firm name of Wilsone & Duffus. Notary Public. Director, Local Branch, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Royal Engineers, 18th August, 1888; Captain, 27th November, 1889. Married, at St. Andrew's Chapel of Ease, Mannofield,
1 Information from the late Mr. R. W. Duff.
2 Tombstone at Peterculter.
3 Forresterhill was acquired by Mr. Duff before 1723, when he petitioned the Town Council of Aberdeen anent the straitening of boundaries, as he contemplated erecting enclosing walls and improving the land. — Town Council Minute, 8th June, 1723.
4 See Baird's " Geuealogical Memoirs of the Duffs," pp. 102-5.
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William Duff of Braco.
October, 1763.
24th December. 1889.
>, wholesale confectioner, Aberdeen, Horn at Aberdeen, 2nd July, 1859. Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1879-80. App., first, to II nd, to John Robertson, Jai es Brown Davidson (Robertson & as Law Agent, 1884. In 1892 eid & Wilsone, under firm name iblic. Director, Local Branch, North nee Coy. Lieut, 1st Aberdeen- iptain, 27th Novem: s Chapel of Ease, Mannon
1723, when he petitioned the Town as he 1 lute, 8th June, 1723.
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17th July, 1890, Mary, eldest dau. of James Catto, wine merchant, Cliff House, Cults, with issue : —
1. James Catto.
2. Alan Alexander.
3. Harold Watt.
4. William Brand.
5. Sydney.
1. Mary Isobel.
2. Hilda, died at Aberdeen, 22nd October, 1900.
Duff us, John. 5th April, 1832.
Son of John Duffus, engineer and iron founder, Aberdeen, and Ann Fraser, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-24. App. to William Smith (18 17).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 24th September, 1840, aged 32.
Duguid, Alexander. 16th November, 1819.
Son of William Duguid of Newlands, merchant, Aberdeen, and Margery Leslie, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1814. App. to Charles Gordon (1783).
Died, unmarried, abroad, in 1824.
Duguid, James. 19th June, 1874.
Only son of Charles James Gordon Duguid, of Springhill, guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Morison, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 23rd June, 1849. Educated, West End Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1867. App. to William Yeats and Robert Spottiswood Farquhar Spottiswood (Yeats & Spottiswood). With Millar, Allardyce & Robson, W.S., Edinburgh, 1872-73. In partnership with Gray Campbell Fraser (1855) from 1876, and with the said Gray Campbell Fraser and Alexander Tytler Nicol, solicitor, from 1896, firm
158 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
being Fraser & Duguid. Notary Public. Lecturer on Con- veyancing in Aberdeen University, appointed 1895. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff, appointed 1896. Examiner under "The Law Agents (Scotland) Act" of 1873, appointed 1900. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Member of Aberdeen School Board, 1906-9. Lieut, Aberdeen City Artillery, 1881 ; retiring 1908 with rank of Lieut-Colonel and Honorary Colonel. V.D., 1901. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 31st October, 1894. Treasurer of the Society of i\dvocates, appointed November, 191 1. Married, at Aberdeen, 8th December, 1881, Susan Anne (died at Aberdeen, 5th December, 1890), youngest dau. of James Bryce, advocate (1845), with issue: —
1. Charles James Gordon.
2. Francis John.
1. Katherine Elisabeth, married William Littlejohn, advocate (1900).
Duguid, Peter. 14th April, 1855.
Only son of Simpson Duguid of Cammachmore, Kincardineshire, sometime merchant in London, and Margaret McCombie, his wife. Born at Clapham, London, 10th October, 1829. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll, 1844-47. App. to John Duguid Milne (1814), and John Duguid Milne, Junior (1844). Subsequently with legal firm in Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with Alexander Stronach (181 8), firm being Stronach & Duguid ; thereafter with the said Alexander Stronach, Charles Duncan (1854), and Henry Peterkin, solicitor, firm being Stronach, Duncan & Duguid ; finally with the said Henry Peterkin, William Oswald Duncan (1890), and Macbeth Moir Duncan (1891), firm being Duguid, Peterkin & Duncans. Sometime in Forfar and Kincardineshire Militia. Succeeded his father in the estate of Cammachmore. Succeeded, in 1890, to the estates of Easter Skene and Lynturk, Aberdeenshire, when he adopted the name of Duguid-McCombie. Fiars Juror, 1868-73. Expert in heraldry
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and genealogy. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Member of Council, Spalding Club. Joint editor (with Principal Sir William D. Geddes) of the " Lacunar Basilicae Sancti Macarii." Married, at Aberdeen, 1st September, 1859, Jane, younger dau. of Henry Adamson, shipowner, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Simpson, got the estate of Cammachmore from his father
in 1895, and died at Leddach, Skene, 4th September, 1910.
2. William McCombie, Captain, Royal Scots Greys, now
proprietor of Easter Skene and Lynturk.
3. Henry Adamson, died at Aberdeen, 12th May, 1871, in
his 6th year. 1. Margaret, married William Rich, mining agent, Millom, Cumberland.
Died, at Easter Skene, 13th September, 19 10. Duguid-McCombie, Peter. See Duguid, Peter.
Duncan, Charles. 25th April, 1854.
Fourth son of William Duncan, merchant, shipowner, and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Isabella Matthews, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 13th January, 183 1. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1844-46 and 1849-50. App. to Alexander Webster and John Webster (A. & J. Webster). In partnership with Alexander Stronach (18 18), Peter Duguid (afterwards Peter Duguid-McCombie) (1855), and Henry Peterkin, solicitor, firm being Stronach, Duncan & Duguid. Notary Public, admitted 1856. Examiner under "The Law Agents (Scotland) Act" of 1873. First Vice-President of the Incorporated Society of Law Agents in Scotland. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire from 1880. Director, Town and County Bank (Limited). Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 1st March, 1869. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen.
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Proprietor of Deebank, now Newton Dee, parish of Peterculter. Portrait by James Cadenhead, A.R.S.A., at 20 Queen's Road, Aberdeen. Married, at Edinburgh, 10th May, 1864, Emily Robertson (died at Aberdeen, 15th December, 1898), youngest dau. of Dr. David Macbeth Moir, Musselburgh (" Delta "), with issue, of whom : —
William Oswald, advocate (1890).
Macbeth Moir, advocate (1891).
James Matthews, M.A., Aberd., 1894; M.B., Ch.B., 1899;
Great Grimsby. Alexander Bell, B. A. (with honours), Oxon., Indian Civil Service. Katherine Moir, married Hugh de Maine Alexander, M.D., Edinb., Medical Superintendent, Kingseat Asylum, Newmachar. Charlotte Rose, married James George Paull, advocate (1895). Emily Robertson. Died, at Deebank, 14th October, 1886.
Duncan, David. 3rd December, 1863.
Son of Robert Duncan, wright, Aberdeen. Born, 22nd January, 1838. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1859. App. to Clements Lumsden and John Robertson (Lumsden & Robertson).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, nth May, 1910, having been a confirmed invalid for upwards of thirty years.
Duncan, Douglass. 3rd August, 1865.
Third son of John Duncan, advocate (1824). Born at Aberdeen, 30th October, 1840. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1856-59. App. to his father. Sometime with Morton, Whitehead & Greig, W.S., Edinburgh. In partnership with his father and Norval Clyne (1846), firm being Duncan & Clyne ; thereafter with his father, firm being John & Douglass Duncan. Factor, Secretary, and Librarian to
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the Society, appointed ioth January, 1889. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Colonel, Commanding 1st Vol. Battalion Gordon Highlanders. T
Duncan, George. 2nd March, 1894.
Elder son of James Duncan, architect, Turriff, and Ellen Liddle, his wife. Born at Turriff, nth February, 1869. Educated Public School, Turriff, and Grammar School, Old Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1888. App. to Alexander Davidson, James Murray Garden, John Whyte and John Stewart Bryce (Davidson & Garden). In partnership with Alexander Wilson, solicitor, from 1894, firm being Morice & Wilson. Lecturer on International Law in the University of Aberdeen, appointed 1908. Joint author (with Mr. D. Oswald Dykes, M.A., LL.B., advocate) of a treatise on " The Principles of Civil Jurisdiction as applied in the Law of Scotland," 191 1; and author of various articles on legal subjects in the "Juridical Review," and other legal magazines. Married, 4th August, 1897, Eveline Louisa, dau. of Peter Crombie, dental surgeon in Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. James Lindsay.
1. Anne Elizabeth.
2. Helen Margaret Eveline.
Duncan, George Tait. 22nd June, 1899.
Eldest son of John Duncan, cattle salesman, Aberdeen, and Mary Tait, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 6th October, 1872. Educated, Chanonry School, Old Aberdeen, Bonaccord School, Aberdeen, and Morrison's Academy, Crieff ; M.A., Aberd., 1895; B.L. (with honours), 1898. App. to James Collie, George Duncan Collie, and James Younger Collie (James & George Collie). Clerk and Treasurer to Old Machar School Board, 191 1.
1 " The Volunteer Officers' Decoration " was conferred on him in 1892 after thirty-three years' service. Colonel Duncan retired in 1900, when he was presented with a piece of plate.
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Duncan, John. 30th June, 1824.
Only son of Francis Duncan, wood merchant, and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Jean Hendry, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 31st August, 1801. Educated, Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 8. App. to Charles Donaldson (1814). Sometime in partnership with Norval Clyne (1846); thereafter with the said Norval Clyne, and his son Douglass Duncan (1865), firm being Duncan & Clyne, and, finally, with his said son, firm being John & Douglass Duncan. Notary Public. Chairman, Caledonian Railway Coy., Deeside Railway Coy., and Great North of Scotland Railway Coy. Deputy Chairman, Aboyne and Braemar Railway Coy. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy., and subsequently of the Union Bank of Scotland. Member, Aberdeen Town Council. Guild burgess, admitted 25th October, 1833. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1859-61. President, 1863-65. Portrait by John Phillip, R.A., at 11 Ferryhill Place, Aberdeen. Married, at Aberdeen, 8th July, 1833, Helen Drysdale (died at Cairngall, Longside, 29th October, 1890), dau. of Andrew Douglass, merchant, Berwick-on-Tweed, with issue : —
1. Francis, Colonel, Royal Artillery ; C.B. ; M.A. ; D.C.L. ;
LL.D. ; M.P. for Holborn ; author; married, 24th August, 1858, May Kate, eldest dau. of the late Rev. William Cogswell, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He died at Woolwich, 1 6th November, 1888.
2. John, merchant, Wellington, New Zealand, married, at
Kandy, Ceylon, 25th April, 1864, Emily, eldest dau. of William Macartney, Colombo.
3. Douglass, advocate (1865).
4. Alfred Henry, at Monyruy, Cairngall.
5. Gordon, died at Aberdeen, 16th January, 1849, aged 3.
6. Robert Dyce, died at Aberdeen, 6th April, i860, aged 13.
7. William Hamilton Greville, India merchant, now retired.
1. Helen Douglass, married, at Aberdeen, 19th December, 1 86 1, William Hutchison of Cairngall.
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Duncan, John. 30th June, 1824.
wood merchant, and guild burge Hendry ife. Born at Aberdeen,
Grammar School, Aberdeen ; 1818. ; harles Donaldson (1814).
nership with Norval Clyne (1846); thereafter ral Clyne i son Douglass Duncan (1865),
can & CI; 1, finally, with his said son,
Dougla: n. Notary Public. Chairman,
de Railway Coy., and Great Deputy Chairman, Aboyne ctor, Aberdeen Banking Coy., Bank of Scotland. Member, urgess, admitted 25th Octob Advocates, 1859-61. President, illip, R.A., at 11 Ferryhill Pla ■ iried, at en, 8th July, 1833, Helen Drysda
,th October, 1890), dau. of Andr n-Tweed, with issue : —
Colone' I Artillery; C.B. ; M.A. ; D.C.L
rn ; author; married, 24th Augu lest dau. of the late Rev. Willi. Scotia. He died at Woolwi
ngton, New Zealand, married, April, 1864, Emily, eldest 1 , Colombo.
5).
yruy, Cairngall.
- i6th January, 1849, aged 3.
6, , Aberdeen, 6th April, i860, aged 13.
7. V Hamilton Greville, India merchant, now retired.
1. He'. ^lass, married, at Aberdeen, 19th Decern;
1. William Hutchison of Cairngall.
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2. Margaret Drysdale, married, first, Edward A. Lawrence, Surgeon Major, Indian Medical Service (Bombay) ; second, Barton Grindrod, East India merchant ; and died at West Ealing, 31st July, 1910.
Died, at Cults, Aberdeenshire, 12th December, 1874.
Duncan, John (Junior). 17th July, 1855.
Son of James Duncan, merchant, Woodside, and Mary Pratt, his wife. Born, 24th December, 1824. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1845-47. App. to John Yeats and Alexander Flockhart (Yeats & Flockhart). Sometime a partner in the said firm of Yeats & Flockhart, and subsequently with Arthur D. Morice (1870), firm being Duncan & Morice. Law Agent for the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen.
Died, unmarried, at Merlebank, Ruthrieston, 12th May, 1888.
Duncan, Macbeth Moir. 22nd October, 1891.
Second son of Charles Duncan, advocate (1854). Born at Aberdeen, 1st September, 1866. Educated, Cargilfield Trinity School, and Fettes College, Edinburgh ; scholar, Clare College, Cambridge ; B.A. (Mathematical Tripos Honours, Senior optime), Cambridge, 1888. Law student, Aberd. and Edinb. App. to Peter Duguid (afterwards Peter Duguid-McCombie), advocate (1855), and Henry Peterkin, solicitor (Stronach, Duncan & Duguid). With Mackenzie & Kermack, W.S., Edinburgh, 1890-91. Sometime in partnership with the said Peter Duguid, Henry Peterkin, and also his brother, William Oswald Duncan, firm being Duguid, Peterkin & Duncans, which was altered to Peterkin & Duncans on the retirement of the said Peter Duguid. Clerk, Mitchell's Hospital. Major, Commanding 2nd City of Aberdeen Battery, 1st Highland Brigade, R.F.A. Married, 5th June, 1906, Catherine Margaret, eldest dau. of James Murray Garden, advocate (1868).
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Duncan, Thomas. 9th July, 1776.
Son of William Duncan, x wright, Aberdeen. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1765-69. App. to John Alexander (1752). Joint Legal Assessor and Clerk to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire. Married in October, 1777, Elizabeth Johnston (died 3rd June, 1810), with issue: — 1. Thomas, advocate (1803).
Died in 18 16.
Duncan Thomas (Junior). March, 1803.
Son of Thomas Duncan, advocate (1776). M.A., Mar. Coll., 1796. App. to Alexander Dauney (1776). Married, in 1807, Jessie, otherwise Janet (married as her second husband, before 28th November, 1820, Harry Leith-Lumsden, of Auchindoir, and died at Edinburgh, 7th January, 1861, aged 73 2), residing in Portsoy, dau of the late James Young, surgeon, R.N.,3 with issue : —
1. Margaret, married, first, at Clova, 13th November, 1828,
Captain James Keith Forbes, Commander in the H. E. I. C, Marine Service, and, second, in London, 13th May, 1844, Thomas Horlock Bastard.
2. Mary Elizabeth, married, at Edinburgh, 6th January, 1848,
Alexander Kilgour, M.D., Aberdeen.
3. Jessie, married, at Edinburgh, 24th December, 1855,
Professor C. Piazzi Smith, Astronomer Royal of Scotland.
4. Anne Walker, married, at Clova, 15th April, 1840, Hugh
Mackenzie, Bengal Army.
Died, 2 1st January, 181 5.
1 On 1 6th January, 1 796, Thomas Duncan had Sasine in his father's tenements of land, etc., on the east side of Lodge Walk.— "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
2Jervise's "Epitaphs and Inscriptions," I., p. 264.
3 Aberdeen Kirk Session Registers.
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Duncan, William Oswald. 22nd August, 1890.
Eldest son of Charles Duncan, advocate (1854). Born at Aberdeen, 1st March, 1865. Educated, Rattray's School, Aberdeen ; Cargilfield Trinity School, and Fettes College, Edinburgh ; B.A. (Mathematical Tripos Honours, Senior optime), Cambridge, 1887. Law student, Aberd. and Edinb. App. to Peter Duguid (afterwards Peter Duguid-McCombie), advocate (1855), and Henry Peterkin, solicitor (Stronach, Duncan & Duguid). With Mackenzie & Kermack, W.S., Edinburgh, 1889-90. Sometime in partnership with the said Peter Duguid, Henry Peterkin, and also his brother, Macbeth Moir Duncan, firm being Duguid, Peterkin & Duncans, which was altered to Peterkin & Duncans on the retirement of the said Peter Duguid. Served in South African War, 1900-1901. Hon. Lieut, in the Army, 1901. Major, 1st Vol. Batt. The Gordon Highlanders, 1906. V.D., 1907.
Dunn, John. 20th July, 1839.
Son of John Dunn, merchant, and burgess of Aberdeen, and Ann Farquharson Carr, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1830-32. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Sometime Sheriff Clerk Depute, Commissary Depute, and Joint Auditor of Sheriff Court at Aberdeen. Honorary Sheriff Substitute. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank of Aberdeen. Member of Council, Spalding Club, and editor of two of its vols. : — " A short Abridgement of Britane's Distemper," 1639-49, by Patrick Gordon of Ruthven, 1844; "Letters illustrative of Public Affairs in Scotland, 1681-84, addressed to George, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, by contemporary Statesmen," 185 1. Married, at Aberdeen, 5th September, 1848, Isabella (died at Aberdeen, 18th January, 1891), dau. of Alexander Nisbet, Stoneyton.
Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 19th August, 1853, aged 38. "
1 The following is the Spalding Club's tribute — "In Mr. John Dunn, the Club must lament the untimely loss of the erudite and able editor of two of its works — a gentleman who did much in every way to promote the interests of the Association, and who, if his life had been spared, would, in all probability, have left a name known and honoured in a wider sphere."
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Dunn, William. 16th October, 1856.
Seventh son of John Dunn, merchant, and burgess of Aberdeen, and Ann Farquharson Carr, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 26th November, 1827. Educated, Trades School, Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Mar. Coll. App., first, to his elder brother, John Dunn (1839), and, second, to George Grub (1836). Sometime in partnership with Peter Clark (1865), firm being Dunn & Clark. Sometime Secretary, Treasurer, and Manager, Public Soup Kitchen, and Treasurer, United Coal Fund. Director, Northern Agricultural Company. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Proprietor of Murtle, Peterculter. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Commissioner for Property and Income Tax. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Active promoter of,' and liberal contributor to Christ Church, Huntly,1 and subsequently to St. Devenick's Church, Bieldside. Married, at Aberdeen, 13th November, 1856, Helen, third dau. of William Walker, wine merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
I. Annie Farquharson Carr, married, at Christ Church, Huntly, 27th September, 1882, William Robert Freeman of Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London, and latterly of Murtle Den, Aberdeenshire.
Durno, John. 24th July, 1764.
Eldest son of John Durno of Cattie (now Whitehouse), parish of Tough, and Lilias Gilchrist, his wife. Born, 1741. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1756-58. App. to John Gordon (1753). Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire (jointly with the said John Gordon), from
1 Prior to acquiring Murtle, Mr. Dunn was resident for several years at Huntly, where he was Treasurer, and a leading member of Christ Church. When arrangements were being made fcr the consecration of that Church, in September, 1909, he was requested to go to Huntly to be present at the ceremony, so that he might, on behalf of the congregation, present the keys to the Bishop. Dishealth, however, prevented the request being complied with. The same cause prevented his laying the corner stone of St. Devenick's, Bieldside, a duty which was gracefully performed by Mrs. Dunn, who was presented with a silver trowel as a memento.
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14th July, 1764 to 10th February, 1784, when he resigned.1 Keeper, Register of Sasines for the Counties of Aberdeen and Kincardine. Collector of cess for the County of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, seventeen times, 1764-96. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 6th September, 1765. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Succeeded to estate of Cattie, 2 and was proprietor of extensive house property in Aberdeen, as well as of the lands of Auchleuchries, Nether Tillykeira, Tyacksnook, and the first and second lots of Stocket. Married in July, 1771, Jane, dau. of Patrick Byres of Tonley, with issue : — 1. Jane, born 31st March, 1772.
2. , buried 12th September, 1778. 3
Died in Jamaica, 6th December, 18 16.
Durward, James. 8th January, 1756.
Educated, Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll.,
1740-44. App. to Thomas Burnett (1722). Died, January, 1758. 4
Duthie, Alexander. 24th February. 1764.
Son of James Duthie, 5 and Margaret Thomson, his wife. Educated, Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1744-48.
1 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 129. On 24th July, 1764, Durno granted a Deed of Obligation, that, having been appointed, along with John Gordon of Craig, conjunct Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeen by Commission, dated 14th July preceding, he would not "during the life of the said John Gordon, at least so long" as he [Durno] should continue to act as a Procurator before the Sheriff Court, M act as Sheriff Clerk in any Business relating to the Court in any manner of way, except in granting Deputations along with the said John Gordon, And that under the penalty of £$ " to be paid to Alexander Lumsden, Advocate, then Manager of the Society's Funds. — Holograph Deed in possession of Dr. David Littlejohn, Sheriff Clerk.
2 Mr. Durno resided for a long period at Kingswells, for which property he was factor. His brother James was proprietor of Artrochie and H.B.M. Consul at Memel, receiving the honour of knighthood on 13th March, 1799.
3 St. Nicholas Registers.
4 Buried in St. Nicholas Churchyard, 16th January, 1758. — " Kirkwork Accounts." s "The Duthie Park."
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App. to Alexander Thomson (1718). Sometime joint assessor and consulter to the town of Aberdeen. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 19th September, 1768; and guild burgess, admitted 8th September, 1790. Fiars Juror, 1774-90. Patron of the parish and parish church of Peterculter. " Proprietor of Burnside, Rosehill, and Ruthrieston. Treasurer, 1774-76. President, 1789-90. Married in December, 1773, Jane (died at Burnside, 18th May, 1840, aged 90), dau. of the late Rev. Robert Pollock, D.D., Minister of Grey Friars, Professor of Divinity, and Principal of Mar. Coll., with issue : —
1. Alexander, Dean of Guild of Aberdeen in 1820, afterwards
of Ruthrieston, died, unmarried, in 1830, aged 45.
2. James, solicitor, London.
3. Robert, shipowner, Aberdeen, afterwards of Ruthrieston,
died, unmarried, in 1838.
4. Walter, W.S. (See under Apprentices in Appendix.)
1. Jane, died at Burnside, 10th April, 1857.
2. Margaret, married, at Burnside, 28th November, 1809, her
cousin, Alexander Duthie, Junior, merchant, and magistrate of Aberdeen.
3. Violet, died at Burnside, 22nd April, 1863. Died, 7th February, 1792, aged 63.
Duthie, Alexander. 15th March, 1841.
Son of Alexander Duthie, Junior, merchant, burgess, and magistrate of Aberdeen, and Margaret Duthie, his wife, being a younger brother of William Duthie, advocate (1840). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1830-33. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Notary Public. Second Secretary, Royal Northern Agricultural Society. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Proprietor of Ruthrieston.
Died, at Edinburgh, unmarried, 24th June, 1877, aged 62. 2
1 Dr. Littlejohn's MS., which bears further that Mr. Duthie, as patron, took the oath of Allegiance, etc., to George III., 24th October, 1766.
2 Mr. Duthie bequeathed between ,£20,000 and ,£30,000 to private friends and public institutions. His sister, Miss Elizabeth Crombie Duthie, was the donor of the Duthie Park to the city of Aberdeen.
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Duthie, John. 2nd July, 1808.
Son of John Duthie, burgess of Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll.,
1803. App. to William Kennedy (1783). Died, unmarried, 9th February, 1863, aged 77, having been an invalid
for upwards of thirty years.
Duthie, William. 1st August, 1840.
Son of Alexander Duthie, Junior, merchant, guild burgess, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, and Margaret Duthie, his wife, being an elder brother of Alexander Duthie, advocate (1841). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1827-30. App., first, to Alexander Crombie (1789), and, second to James Brebner (1828). Fiars Juror, 1841. Guild burgess, admitted 1841.
Died, unmarried, 3rd October, 1858, aged 46.
Dyce, Robert. 30th June, 1824.
Son of Alexander Dyce of Tillygreig, Udny, and Elizabeth Cruickshank, his wife. Born 1st June, 1788. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1 8 14- 16. App. to George Yeats (1804). Chamberlain of the burgh of Inverurie. Sometime Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy., and subsequently of Union Bank of Scotland.
Died, unmarried, at Old Aberdeen, 7th June, 1857.
Edmond, Alexander. 22nd July, 1858.
Eldest son of Francis Edmond, advocate (1829). Born at Aberdeen, 2 1st September, 1836. Educated, Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1850-52. App. to his father. Partner of Edmonds & Macqueen, and subsequently of Edmonds & Leding- ham. Notary Public. Examiner from February, 1887, under "The Law Agents (Scotland) Act" of 1873. Chairman, Aberdeenshire Local Authority, 1883-89. Chairman, Aberdeen Educational Trust. General Council Assessor in Aberdeen University Court from 1889. Director, Northern Assurance Coy., Aberdeen Land Association, and Great North of Scotland Railway Coy. Com- missioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Proprietor of Garthdee.
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Fiars Juror, 1881-90. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 3rd March, 1890. President of the Society of Advocates, 1884-91. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Kincraig House, 31st October, i860, Alice, youngest dau. of the late Major Roderick McKenzie of Kincraig, Ross-shire. She married, as her second husband, at Paris, 18th August, 1896, the Vicomte — afterwards Comte — de Roussel. Died, s.p., at Garthdee, 18th June, 1891. «
Edmond, Alexander (Junior). 17th May, 1864.
Fourth son of James Edmond, advocate (1821). Born at Aberdeen, 28th June, 1841. Educated at Little Belmont Street Public School, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1855-58. App. to his father. With Hill & Robertson, W.S., Edinburgh, 1861-63. In partnership with his father, 1st January, 1872, until the death of the latter, firm being James & A. Edmond. Notary Public. Treasurer, British and Foreign Bible Society. Secretary and Treasurer, Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Trustee and Manager, Aberdeen Savings' Bank. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Author of " A few Historical Notes concerning The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen," 1906. Joined the Volunteer force in August, 1859; Lieutenant, No. 7 Coy., 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, 1871-74. Rejoined as Quartermaster in 1895, and continued till 1901, when received the Long Service Medal and retired, with rank of Captain, owing to age limit. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 3rd December, 1894. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1902-4. President, 1904-6. 2
1 "The Scottish Law Review," VII., pp. 220-21.
2 During the Aberdeen University Quatercentenary celebrations, Mr. Edmond, as President of the Society, gave a Luncheon to eminent members of the legal profession. Amongst those invited were — The Lord Provost, Sheriff Crawford, The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, The Lord Justice General, The Lord Advocate, The Lord Justice Clerk, Sir Edward Fry, The Dean of Faculty, The Solicitor General, The Lyon King of Arms, The Deputy Keeper of the Signet, The Rev. Dr. Mitchell, Moderator Designate of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ; Professor Goudy, Oxford ; Professor Rankine, Edinburgh ; Professor Borgeaud, Geneva ; Professor Deruginsky, St. Petersburg ; Professor Taranger, Christiania ; Professor Grabar, Jurieff-Dorpat ; The President of the Society of Solicitors ; The Treasurer of the Society of Advocates ; The Factor of the Society of Advocates, and G. W. W. Barclay, Esq. — Anderson's " Records of the Quatercentenary," pp. 344-45.
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Edmond, Francis. 19th December, 1829.
Third son of Francis Edmond, wood merchant, cartwright, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Katharine Paul, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 12th November, 1805. Educated privately, and at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., King's Coll., March, 1823 ; LL.D., Aberd., 1881. App. to David Hutcheon (1789). Sometime in partnership with his elder brother, James Edmond (1821), firm being J. & F. Edmond, thereafter with the said David Hutcheon, firm being Hutcheon & Edmond, and, finally, partner in the firm of Edmonds & Macqueen. Notary Public. Legal adviser to the University. Founder of Law Bursary there in 1889. J Law Agent to the North of Scotland Bank. Proprietor of Kingswells, Newhills. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, thirteen times, 1865-80. Guild burgess, admitted 24th October, 1842. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Author of " A Letter to the Office-bearers, etc., of the Free Church of Scotland"; also a second letter, 1850, and "Scripture Texts Selected." Portraits by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., LL.D., in the University Senatus Room, and in the United Free Church College. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 19th March, 1835, Una (died at Kingswells, 29th May, 1876, aged 65), third dau. of Rev. Colin Mackenzie, minister of Stornoway, Lewis, with issue: —
1. Alexander, advocate (1858).
2. George, died at St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight, 3rd May,
1883, aged 43.
3. Colin, died 12th July, 1846, aged 5.
4. Francis, advocate (1866).
'This represents an annual value of ;£io, which is directed "to be applied for a Bursary or Medal, or for Prizes in money or books, to one or more Students of Law attending the Scots Law and Conveyancing Classes of the University, as the Law Faculty may from time to time determine."
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5. John, advocate (1880).
1. Jean Mackenzie, died 7th February, 1838.
2. Catherine, died 10th November, 1864, aged 17.
3. Jean Una, married at Kingswells, 4th September, 1872,
Alexander Dyce Davidson, M.A., Aberd., 1863 ; M.B., CM. (with honours), 1866; M.D., 1870; afterwards Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Aberdeen. She died at Braemar, 5th August, 1887.
Married, second, at Haddington, in 1877, Mary (born 16th
October, 1809, and still alive at the date of this publication), dau.
of David Shier, land surveyor, Aberdeen, and widow of Professor
Marcus Sachs, Free Church College, Aberdeen. Died at Kingswells, nth September, 1892. *
Edmond, Francis (Junior). 10th April, 1866.
Fourth son of Francis Edmond, advocate (1829). Born at Aberdeen, 19th October, 1842. Educated privately, and at Milne's Institution, Fochabers. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1857-60. App. to his father. Partner in the firm of Edmonds & Macqueen. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen.
Died, unmarried, at 5 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, 14th November, 1872.
Edmond, James. 19th November, 1821.
Second son of Francis Edmond, wood merchant, cartwright, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Katharine Paul, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 2nd August, 1799. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1811-14. App. to Andrew Robertson (1803). Subsequently in Edinburgh with firm which became Cheyne & Stuart, W.S. Sometime in partnership with his younger brother, Francis Edmond (1829), firm being J. & F. Edmond, and from 1st January, 1872, with his son Alexander (1864), firm being James & A. Edmond. Notary Public. Nominated by the Society on 7th, and appointed by the Senatus, 24th June, 1828, as Lecturer on Scots Law and
1 "The Scottish Law Review," VIII., pp. 263-64.
FROM THE FAfWTINl.
ed 7th February, 1838. 10th November, 1864, aged 17.
I at Kingswells, 4th September, 1 ■on, M.A., Aberd., 1863; M 1 866; M.D., 1870; afterw in the University Braemar, 5th August, 1887. 11, in 1877, Mary (born 1 he date of this publication), 1 berdeen, and widow of Profe .-, Aberdeen. 1892. »
10th April, 1866.
advocate (1829). Born Educated privately, and Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1857 in the firm of Edmonds & Macqu ersity of Aberdeen. Aberdeen, 14th November, 1
19th November, 1
I merchant, cartwright, and Katharine Paul, his wife. Bon Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1811-iJ Subsequently in Edinburg! ne & Stuart, W.S. Sornet; r brother, Francis Edmond ( ] and from 1st January, 1872, being James & A. Ed the Society on 7th, and app< •n Scots La'
VIII., pp. 263-64.
t-Jfomei 0tvm6>7i<&.
FROM THE PAINTING BY JAMES CASS IE. R.S.A.
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Conveyancing in Mar. Coll., which he resigned, 31st January, 1843. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1855-69. Director, North of Scotland Bank. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Secretary and Treasurer of the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Guild burgess, admitted 25th October, 1833. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1853-55. President, 1 85 5-57. Portrait by James Cassie, R.S.A., at St. Ronans, Aberdeen. Married, at Old Aberdeen, 9th July, 1829, Mary (died at St. Leonards, Banchory, 14th December, 1886), eldest dau. of the Rev. William Paul, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy in King's Coll., with issue> of whom : —
Francis, died 18th July, 1857, aged 25.
William, of the Chartered Bank of Australia, India and China, sometime of Sidcup, Kent, afterwards of St. Leonards, Banchory; died 22nd January, 1909.
James, went to Canada.
Alexander, advocate (1864).
Robert, died 10th August, 1846, in infancy.
Mary, died 24th April, 1855, aged 19.
Margaret, died 2nd November, 1895, age^ 48.
The three surviving daughters — Isabel, Katharine, and Janet — reside at St. Leonards, Banchory.
Died at Aberdeen, 2nd April, 1874.
Edmond, John. 25th February, 1880.
Fifth son of Francis Edmond, advocate (1829). Born 17th May, 1845. Educated at The Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; Alumnus, Aberd., 1861-64. App. to his father. Partner in the firm of Edmonds & Macqueen,and subsequently in Edmonds & Ledingham. Director, North of Scotland Bank. Director, or Member of Com- mittee, in the following Hospitals and Institutions: — Royal Infirmary, Convalescent, Sick Children's, Incurable, Deaf and Dumb, Dispensary, Poor Association, and Larbert Imbecile.
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Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 3rd December, 1894. Proprietor of Fern Bank, Eastbourne, and liferenter of Kingswells, Aberdeenshire. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Married, at Edinburgh, 13th October, 1880, Evangeline Mary, eldest dau. of Surgeon-General John Fraser, C.B., M.D., Honorary Physician to H.M. Queen Victoria, with issue: —
1. Rev. Francis John, M.A., Cantab.
2. Colin Alexander, B.A., Oxon.
Edwards, James Hastings. 10th June, 1909.
Elder son of David Edwards, solicitor, Aberdeen, and Georgina Sheed Mather, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 9th June, 1883. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1903; B.L., 1906; LL.B., 1 910. App. to his father and Alfred Martineau (1894) (Edmonds & Ledingham). With Alexander Morison & Coy., W.S., Edinburgh, 1906-7. In partnership with Alexander Ledingham, S.S.C., and the said Alfred Martineau, 1910, firm being Edmonds & Ledingham. Secretary and Treasurer of the Financial Board, United Free Church College, Aberdeen ; Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Master Masons' Incorporation (Ltd.) ; and Secretary, Aberdeen Grain Warehousing Coy. (Ltd.). Director, Wm. Davidson (Ltd.), Aberdeen ; and the Ross Steam Trawl Fishing Coy. (Ltd.). Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Royal Garrison Artillery (V.), 1903-8. Lieut, 1st Highland Brigade Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 1908.
Esslemont, William Davidson. 20th December, 1899.
Second son of John Ebenezer Esslemont, merchant, Aberdeen, and Margaret Davidson, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 28th February, 1872. Educated at Robert Gordon's College; M.A., Aberd., 1892; B.L., 1895. App. to Thomas Robertson Gillies (1885). In partnership with David Hutcheon Duthie, solicitor, 1897-1901, firm being Esslemont & Duthie. Notary Public. Assistant to the Professor of Law in the University of Aberdeen, appointed 1902.
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Parliamentary (Liberal) Agent for South Aberdeen since 1906. Secretary, University of Aberdeen Liberal Association. Resident Secretary, Scottish Life Assurance Coy. (Limited). Author of " A Popular Handbook on the Commercial Law of Scotland," 1910. Married, at Aberdeen, 27th December, 1899, Sarah Annie, dau. of the late David Ross, M.D., Portree, Isle of Skye.
Ewen, Thomas. 24th July, 1834.
Son of John Ewen, timber merchant, Aberdeen, afterwards of Ewen Place, Pitfodels, and Elizabeth Yeats, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 12th June, 1806. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1830. App. to Charles Gordon and Alexander Gordon (Charles & Alexander Gordon). Married, first, Catherine Soutter (died at Aberdeen, 29th March, 1852), with issue: —
1. Thomas Yeats, died 15th November, 1848, in infancy.
1. , teacher, in England.
Married, second, at Turriff, 10th March, 1863, Elizabeth (died at Aberdeen, 20th April, 191 2), sixth dau. of James Cheyne, Turriff, with issue.
Died at Aberdeen, 30th December, 1874.
Ewing, John. 21st November, 1811.
Son of Alexander Ewing, merchant, and guild burgess, Cruives of Don. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1803-6. App., first, to Alexander Thorn (1794), and, second, to John Low (1792). Sometime in partnership with William Robison (1820), firm being Ewing & Robison. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 20th December, 18 14. Married, 5th July, 181 3, Elspet (died 24th February, 1829), youngest dau. of the late John Aiken, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1828-30; LL.D., Glasgow, 1848; D.C.L., Oxon., 1851 ; Bishop of Argyll and the
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Isles ; author of " Revelation considered as Light," etc. ; died 22nd May, 1873. 2. John, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1828-30; B.A., Oxon., 1849;
M.A., 1850. Rector of Westnill, Herts. 1. Christina Amelia, died at Belvidere, April, 1832, aged 15. Died 15th June, 1827.
Falconer, George. 24th November, 1876.
Second son of George Falconer, draper, Aberdeen, and Jane Gray, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 10th February, 1849. Educated at Sinclair's Central Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1868. Law Student, Edinb., 1873-74. App. to William Yeats and Robert Spottiswood Farquhar Spottiswood (Yeats & Spottiswood). With Davidson & Syme, W.S., Edinburgh, 1873-74; McClure, Naismith, Brodie & Macfarlane, writers, Glasgow, and Mackenzie, Gardner & Alexander, writers, Glasgow, 1874-76. Clerk to Shipmaster Society of Aberdeen, 1 894- 1900. Clerk and Treasurer to Maryculter School Board. Director, Local Board, The National Insurance Company of Great Britain (Ltd.). Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Sailors' Institute. J. P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen.
Farquhar, Nathaniel. 6th June, 1829.
Son of Arthur Farquhar, boot and shoe maker, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1825. App. to Charles Chalmers (18 1 2). In partnership with the said Charles Chalmers from 1830, firm being Chalmers & Farquhar. Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire from 6th May, 1852. Director, Aberdeen Commercial Coy. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Married, 28th April, 1835, Anne (died at Aberdeen, 6th June, 1854), dau. of Alexander Taylor, Wellhouse, Alford, with issue : —
1. Arthur, died in Australia in 1887.
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2. William Gordon, sugar planter, married at Maryborough,
Queensland, 30th January, 1879, Maggie Wallace, eldest dau. of James Robertson, and died at Hummock Plantation, Bundaberg, Queensland, 10th June, 1909, aged 66.
3. Nathaniel, advocate (1870).
1. Helen, married, at Alford, 28th June, 1864, John Lyall
Grant, merchant, Aberdeen, and died at Bridge of Allan, 5th May, 1870.
2. Elizabeth Jane, married, at Aberdeen, 10th September,
1862, George Carr, M.D., Mar. Coll., 1858 (died 17th October, 1863). She died at Putney, London, 10th July, 1910.
3. Mary Anne, married, at Aberdeen, 10th January, 1871,
Harry Leith Mackenzie, Lieut., R.A., and died at Landour, India, 17th July, 1873. Died at Harrogate, 19th July, 1861, aged 55. *
Farquhar, Nathaniel. 27th September, 1870.
Third son of Nathaniel Farquhar, advocate (1829). Born at Aberdeen, 25th September, 1845. Alumnus, Aberd., 1860-63. App. to Robert Smith, Francis James Cochran and Alexander Cochran (Smith & Cochran). Assistant Procurator Fiscal from 1 2th April, 1872. Married, at Cults, 24th June, 1873, Mary (born 20th December, 1845, died at Aberdeen, 30th October, 1876), eldest dau. of the late Robert Watson, builder, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Margaret Watson, born 23rd July, 1875, married, 25th November, 1898, Roland Peter Legg, engineer.
Died at Cosie Brae, Cults, 26th August, 1876.
Farquhar, Robert Spottiswood. See Spottiswood, Robert Spottiswood Farquhar.
1 " . . . Few were gifted with a larger amount of vigorous intellect and sterling common sense, which, although unobtrusive in his whole walk of life, he brought to bear effectually upon all public measures in which he was called on to take a part. . . ."
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Farquharson, Peter. 26th January, 1789.
Son of William Farquharson, M.D., Dundee, and Margaret Souper, his wife. Born at Dundee. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1781. App. to William Thorn (1752). Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Commissioner for Property Tax. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, sixteen times, 1807-31. Adjutant, Royal Aberdeen Vols., April, 1796. Purchased estate of Abercattie (since known as Whitehouse), Tough. Treasurer, 1794-96. President, 18 12-14. Portrait at Whitehouse and in Committee Room. Married, at Elgin, 18th October, 1795, Marjory (died 1st April, 1849, aged 84), only dau. of William Stewart of Lesmurdie, with issue : —
1. George Campbell, died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 8th
September, 1838.
2. Andrew, succeeded to Whitehouse, and died, unmarried,
23rd January, 1896, aged 93.
1. Jane Stewart, died 9th December, 1891.
2. Margaret, married, at Aberdeen, 29th June, 1846, Lieut.-
Col. John Farquharson, H.E.I.C.S., of Corrachree, and died 1st May, 1888.
Died, senior member, 20th February, 1855, aged 89. *
1 " Referring to our obituary of to-day, in which we have recorded the death of Mr. Farquharson of Whitehouse, we cannot allow the opportunity to pass without paying a tribute to the sterling worth of his character. Mild, gentle and affectionate in disposition, modest and retiring in conduct, guileless, single-hearted and sincere, largely gifted with that charity which thinketh no evil, thoroughly contented in the station in which he was placed — his aim through life having been ' to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with his God' — he has passed from this world, leaving the inheritance of a good name, which is rather to be chosen than great riches. Early in life Mr. Farquharson became a member of the legal profession in this city, and was long the confidential agent and commissioner for several of the most considerable proprietors in this county, gaining for himself by his strict integrity and disinterested conduct, not only their attachment but also the gratitude and respect of their tenantry. In the district with which he was more immediately connected, he took a lively interest in many public improvements. Mr. Farquharson was the lineal male representative of the . . . branch of the family whose surname he bore, and who settled in the upper district of this county in the early part of the 16th century. During all the troubles of the House of Stuart, his ancestors took a warm interest in the Royal cause, three of whom lost life and lands in its behalf — first, Findla Mhor, killed at the battle of Pinkie while bearing Queen Mary's Standard ; second, the gallant and chivalrous Colonel Donald Farquharson of Castleton and Monaltrie, styled in his time 'The Pride of Braemar,' the lieutenant and attached friend of the illustrious Montrose, who, having been killed at Aberdeen in March, 1645, was subsequently interred in the Laird of Drum's Aisle, his great Commander having sent 1000 horse to witness his funeral rites ; and, third, his grandfather, Harry Farquharson . . . who fell at Culloden while gallantly leading on the Mar men in their impetuous charge at the commencement of that disastrous battle, leaving a numerous youthful family to lament his loss. Blessed and happy is the death of the upright man. . . ." — Aberdeen Journal.
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Ferguson, James. 18th May, 1816.
Only son of John Ferguson, merchant, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1809. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Fiars Juror, 1841-54. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 26th November, 1814. Proprietor of Altens, x Nigg. Married, at Aberdeen, 22nd July, 1822, Jane Birnie (died at Aberdeen, 22nd November, 1872, aged 81), with issue: —
1. William Black, civil engineer ; Secretary, Great North
of Scotland Railway Coy., and Lieut.-Col., Deeside Highlanders ; married, first, at Edinburgh, 28th June, 1853, Jane Amelia, dau. of George Smith, architect; second, at Stonehaven, 22nd September, 1868, Helen Louisa, eldest surviving dau. of Thomas Smith. He died at Banchory-Ternan, 4th September, 1881.
2. John, advocate (1849).
1. Jane B., married Alexander Muir, advocate (1817).
2. Catherine, married, 20th January, 1858, James Lumsden,
Braco, Grange, and died at Walkerburn, Innerleithen, 4th June, 1883.
3. Elizabeth Georgina, died 6th March, 1862.
4. Jemima, married Thomas Ruxton, advocate (1848).
5. Mary Birnie, married, 19th May, 1857, Rev. George
Davidson, minister of Logie-Coldstone.
6. Isabella Garioch, married, 25th December, 1856, Rev.
George Mclrvine, M.A., King's Coll., 1849, of St. Andrew's Church, Port Louis, Mauritius. He died 19th August, 191 1, aged 81.
Died at Aberdeen, 16th February, 1863.
1 " Altens, when it came into Mr. Ferguson's hands, was nearly a waste of heather and stone. Mr. Ferguson devised and executed his improvements with so much skill and energy as to call forth the marked approbation of the Highland and Agricultural Society, and ,the admiration of all practically acquainted with such enterprise. . . ." — Aberdeen Journal.
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Ferguson, John. 17th January, 1849.
Second son of James Ferguson, advocate (1816). Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1840-43. App., first, to his father, and, second, to Francis Edmond (1829). Sometime in partnership with his son John, advocate (1878), firm being J. & J. Ferguson. Stock and share broker. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 26th October, 1863. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Aberdeen, 20th November, 185 1, Jane Ann (died in London, 5th September, 1898), youngest dau. of the late Captain James MacDonald of Coulnakyle, with issue : —
1. James, died at Aberdeen, 8th December, 1854, in infancy.
2. John, advocate (1878).
3. William Birnie.
4. George Birnie, died at Woodside, 22nd October, 1866,
in infancy.
1. Margaret Hay, died at Edinburgh, 20th May, 1908.
2. Jane Birnie, married, at Aberdeen, 27th September, 1876,
Surgeon-General David Sinclair, C.S.I., M.B., Aberd., 1869, Indian Medical Service (retired).
3. Catherine MacDonald, married, at Aberdeen, 28th August,
1877, Surgeon-Colonel Sir George Thomson, K.C.B., M.B., Aberd., 1864, Indian Medical Service. He died 21st December, 1903.
4. Flora MacDonald, died at Kincardine O'Neil, 5th June,
1872.
5. Mary Helen.
6. Mabel Ada Hay, married Colonel Frank Hutchinson,
Indian Army (retired). Died at Aberdeen, 22nd August, 1879.
Ferguson, John (Junior). 6th September, 1878.
Second son of John Ferguson, advocate (1849). Born at Aberdeen, 1 8th July, 1855. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1870-72.
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App., first, to John Duguid Milne and George Walker (Milne & Walker), and, second, to Alexander Cochran and George Anderson (Cochran & Anderson). Sometime in partnership with his father, firm being J. & J. Ferguson. Stock and share broker. Membership ceased, November, 1890.
Died, unmarried, at New York, 30th April, 1901.
Ferguson, John Mackay. 9th February, 1891.
Son of Rev. Fergus Ferguson, minister of the Evangelical Union Church, St. Paul Street, Aberdeen, and Margaret Mackay Cornwall, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 12th September, 1861. M.A., Aberd., 1883. App. to William Smith (Stephen & Smith). Notary Public. Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 20th June, 1 891 ; Captain, 3rd April, 1897. Married, at Kelvinside, Glasgow, 30th September, 1891, Agnes Donald, eldest dau. of Henry M. Barker, LL.D., Glasg., 1870. Membership ceased, May, 1902.
Ferres, John. 19th December, 1825.
Son of John Ferres, mason, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1817-19. App., first, to Robert Charles Grant (181 1), and, second, to Alexander Smith (1804). Author of " Letters from Pannanich and Ballater," in " Aberdeen Censor." Married, at Glasgow, 27th December, 1826, Jessie, dau. of John Fraser, Linlithgow, with issue : — I. John.
Died at Swan River Settlement, New South Wales, October, 1830.
Fleming, John. 17th February, 1821.
Son of John Fleming, tailor, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1809. App. to William Kennedy (1783). Sometime in partnership with James Paull (185 1), firm being Fleming & Paull. Notary Public. Secretary and Treasurer of Dr. Anderson's School. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 1st July, 1863, aged 72.
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Flockhart, Alexander. 28th February, 1840.
Son of Henry Flockhart in Cowhills. M.A., King's Coll., March, 1 83 1. App. to George Yeats (1804). Sometime in partnership with John Yeats (1834), firm being Yeats & Flockhart. Married Elizabeth (died at Belmont, 1st June, 1861), dau. of William Yeats of H. M. Customs, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John Yeats, Alumnus, King's Coll., 1858-59; Aberd., 1859-60;
law apprentice; died 25th February, 1888.
2. Alexander, died 25th October, 1870, aged 23.
1. Jessy Ann, died 6th May, 1864, aged 19.
2. Isabella Christie, died 18th March, 1898.
3. Elizabeth.
Died at Ladymill Cottage, Aberdeen, 9th July, 1874, aged 58.
Forbes, Alexander. 1648.
M.A. Sometime Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire. Commissioner of Taxes for the burgh of Aberdeen. Honorary burgess of
Aberdeen, admitted 22nd September, 1655. Married ,
with issue : —
1. Alexander, Ross bursar, Mar. Coll., 1633. *
Died in or before 1663.
Forbes, Alexander (Junior). 1654.
Forbes, Duncan. 29th March, 1839.
Eldest son of Henry David Forbes, M.A., King's Coll., 25th March, 1808, of Balgownie, and Margaret Fraser, his wife. Born at Balgownie, 7th October, 18 17. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1830-32. App. to Alexander Jopp (1825). Sometime in partnership with Alexander Abel (1840), firm being Forbes & Abel. Fiars Juror, 1 875-78. Succeeded to Balgownie. Commissioner of Supply, and J. P., both for Aberdeenshire. Membership terminated
'Anderson's "Records of Mar. Coll.," II., p. 229.
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28th November, 1854. Married, at Old Aberdeen, 23rd March, 1847, Janet Dyce (died at Balgownie House, nth July, 1899, aged 88), only dau. of the late Robert Forbes of Castleton, Kincardineshire, and widow of Gavin Hadden, Junr. Died, s.p., at Balgownie House, 2nd July, 1893.
Forbes, George. 1558.
Forbes, George. 9th July, 1776.
App. to John Gordon (1753). Treasurer, 1780-82. x Sheriff Substitute of Banffshire, from 1st November, 1790, to 9th
1 At a General Meeting of the Society on 31st January, 1783, it was resolved that the two following letters should be preserved in the records "as honourable to Mr. Forbes": —
(1.) Translation of letter in French by Frederick II. (the Great), King of Prussia, addressed to " Sn George Forbes, Avocat, a Aberdeen, en Ecosse."
I duly received the letter which you wrote me the sixth of October, and see by its contents that one of my subjects named Tonges Rolofs Jansen, an inhabitant of my province of East Friesland, while trading with his ship in Merchandize not prohibited to a neutral owner, has been taken and carried into Aberdeen, and illtreated by a Scotch Privateer contrary to the general law of nations, and that he has not been able to obtain his release, nor satisfaction, nor Justice, notwithstanding all your exertions on his behalf. I have been (and indeed you had reason to believe I would be) very much concerned to hear of such manifest injustice done to one of my subjects, altho' of no high rank ; but I am not the less sensible of your generous proceeding ; and I am really affected to find, that a stranger, as you are to me, should have taken in hand, without any private view, the defence of oppressed innocence against the injustice of your own Country. I therefore hasten to return you my thanks, and express to you my grateful acknowledgment, as well as the esteem and the particular value which I entertain of such uncommon virtue. If a man of a similar way of thinking stood in need of any other reward, it would be a pleasure to me, and my duty, to bestow it on him. I have not delayed the communication of your letter to my Minister at London, the Count Lusi ; and have given him positive orders to make the strongest representations to His Britannic Majesty's Ministers, to get at least the releasement of the unfortunate Jansen and his men ; and to obtain full and speedy justice for him. I expect it the more, as I have taken the most equitable measures, by publishing two Declarations, of which a printed copy is enclosed, that my subjects, during the course of the present war, shall only carry on an innocent Commerce, entirely conformable to the Law of Nations, and noways prejudicial to any of the belligerent powers ; making use only of the liberty natural and customary to neutral countries. As to the rest I recommend the unfortunate Jansen to your further assistance, and I pray God to have you in His holy keeping. (Signed) Frederic.
Berlin, 17th November, 1781.
(2.) From the Prussian Ambassador.
Sir, — It is with sincere pleasure that I execute the orders of the King my Master in sending you inclosed his answer to your Letter. I am fully persuaded that he himself will tell you how much he is sensible of your generous proceedings. The interest which he takes in the concerns of the meanest of his subjects, and his love of Justice, must
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November, 1821, when he retired.1 Honorary burgess of Banff, admitted 1791. Membership of the Society of Advocates ceased in 1802, after permanent removal to Banff. Portrait at 5 Fonthill
Terrace, Aberdeen. Married , dau. of Cruickshank of
Monellie, Forgue, 2 with issue : —
1. Lewis William, M.A., King's Coll., 181 1 ; minister of
Boharm, 1816; D.D., Mar. Coll., 1851 ; Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1852. Married, first, 12th November, 18 16, Penelope, dau. of George Cowie, Northfield, Banff, and, second, 20th October, 1835, Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Young, solicitor, Banff, afterwards Archibald Young Leslie of Kininvie. He died 8th January, 1854. 3
2. George Robinson, solicitor, and Sheriff Clerk of Banffshire
from 1844; married Isabella, dau. of William Reid, farmer and nurseryman, Colleonard, and died, 28th February, 1874.
1. Jean.
2. Bathia.
Forbes, John. 10th February, 1739.
Son of Forbes of Boyndlie. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1733-37.
Succeeded to the estate of Boyndlie. Married Katherine, dau. of
have made him admire that noble manner of thinking which you have manifested in the affair of poor Jansen. I would willingly tell you, Sir, the effect it made on me ; I would also offer you my services ; but to the thanks and applause of a Great King, who is such a judge of merit, I dare not add anything. Only it is necessary for my own satisfaction, that I conclude with assuring you how entirely and sincerely, I shall always be, with much esteem, Sir, your most humble servant. (Signed) Comte Lusi.
London, 4th December, 1781.
P.S. — I am well convinced that you will finish your business, by employing the means which I have pointed out to you by the Consul, Mr. Fridag, to make the Pirate pay all the Expenses and Damages, in order that the Vessel may proceed on her voyage.
""Sheriff Forbes possessed an acute discernment of the human character, was profoundly versed in the law, and admirable in taking evidence, and in the art of cross- examination."— James Imlach's "History of Banff."
2 Information from Mr. Alex. Colville, solicitor, Banff.
3 Information from Rev. Stephen Ree, Boharm.
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Colonel Fullerton, and widow of Forbes of Tyrie, and who,
after the death of Forbes, married, thirdly, John Alexander, advocate (1752).
Died, s.p., 20th June, 1751.1
Forbes, Thomas. 3rd June, 1687.
Son of William Forbes of the Auchreddie family, 2 and Martin,
his wife. App. to George Paton (1670). Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 20th August, 1685 ; and guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 31st January, 1693.
Died 1703. 3
Forbes, William. 28th June, 1832.
Son of Rev. Robert Forbes, minister of Monymusk, and Rachel Copland, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-25. App. to Charles Gordon and Alexander Gordon (Charles & Alexander Gordon). Membership ceased in 1861. Afterwards connected with the Scottish Amicable Assurance Society, Glasgow.
Fordyce, Andrew Watson. 6th July, 1835.
Son of Rev. Andrew Watson, minister of Tarland, and Helen Maitland, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1825-29. App., first, to Alexander Crombie (1789), and, second, to Colin Allan Philip (1830). He adopted the patronymic of Fordyce in November, 1834, on succeeding to the estate of Ardoe, bequeathed to him by the proprietrix, Miss Agnes Fordyce.
Died, unmarried, 4th April, 1837, in his 26th year.4
"Will recorded 6th February, 1752. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
2 Macfarlane's "Genealogical Collections," II., p. 234.
3 Forbes was buried in the old kirk of St. Nicholas, "in ane oaken coffin," 2nd Sept., 1703. "Relict" buried 1st January, 17 19. — St. Nicholas Kirkwork Accounts.
4 Tablet in Banchory-Devenick Parish Church.
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Fordyce, Arthur Dingwall. 14th April, 1769.
Second son of William Dingwall Fordyce of Culsh, burgess of Aberdeen, and Jean Fordyce, his wife. Born at Brucklay Castle, 28th December, 1745. LL.D., Mar. Coll., 8th February, 1790. App. to Alexander Lumsden (1759). Sometime with Alexander Keith of Ravclston and Dunnottar, W.S., Edinburgh. Notary Public, admitted 24th January, 1767. Commissary of Aberdeen- shire, appointed 1788. Fiars Juror, twenty -two times, 1768-92. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 10th September, 1770. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll. in 1796. Succeeded to Culsh, and purchased Eggie and Balmedie, as also extensive house property in Aberdeen. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Treasurer, 1770-74. Portrait, by Sir George Chalmers, fourth Bart, of Cults, at Brucklay Castle. Married, 14th June, 1770, Janet (died at Arthurseat, Aberdeen, 15th July, 183 1), sixth dau. of James Morison of Elsick, sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen, with issue, of whom : —
William Dingwall, advocate (1794).
James, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1793, engaged in mercantile business, married, 23rd July, 1797, Charlotte Macdougall, and died in London, 2nd March, 1850.
Arthur Dingwall, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1796-98, of Arthurseat and Polmuir ; Capt, Bengal Engineers, died on passage home, off Cape of Good Hope, 19th December, 18 12.
Alexander, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1800, guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 4th February, 1805, engaged in mercantile business, married, 9th September, 181 3, his cousin, Magdalen Dingwall, and died in Canada, 23rd February, 1852.
Thomas, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1804 and 1806-7, entered the H.E.I.C.S., married, 16th May, 1818, Margaret Hopper, and died 7th December, 1819.
Isobel, married, 26th October, 1809, James Bentley, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1791, Professor of Oriental Languages, King's Coll., and died 16th July, 1852.
14th April. 1769.
vce of Culsh, burgess of 'vifc. Born at Brucklay Castle, Coll., 8th February, 1790.^ netirnc with Alexander W.S., Edinburgh. Notary nmissary of Aberdeen- times, 1768-92. ..Imitted 10th September, 1770. lector of Mar. Coll. in 1796. d .Eggie and Balmedie, as also J. P. for Aberdeenshire. :. by Sir George Chalmers, fourth e. Married, 14th June, 1770, n, 15th July, 1 851), sixth k, sometime Lord Provost of
.e(i794).
1793, engaged in mercantile i!y, 1797, Charlotte Macdougall, 2nd March, 1850.
s, Mar. Coll., 1796-98, of Arthurseat ;al Engineers, died on passage ood Hope, 19th December, 18 12.
i, guild burgess of 4th February, 1805, engaged ied, 9th September, 1813, his .11, and died in Canada, 23rd
, 1804 and J 806-7, entered the 1 6th May. 1818, Margaret Hopper, ber, 1819.
r, 1809, James Bentley, M.A., essor of Oriental Langua
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LIST OF MEMBERS. 1 87
Janet, died, unmarried, 7th April, 1854.
Barbara, married, 18th January, 18 10, James Farquhar, surgeon, R.N , and died 16th January, 1861.
Angelica, married, 12th March, 1800, John Harvey of Kinnettles, and died 27th November, i860.
Agnes, married, 31st May, 1798, Alexander Fraser, merchant, sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and died 6th March, 1834.
Jean, died, unmarried, at Nairn, 16th February, 1869.
Patience, married, 27th November, 1806, James Young, merchant, sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and died at Rotterdam, 21st March, 1827.
Died at Arthurseat, 21st April, 1834.
Fordyce, Arthur Dingwall. 19th November, 1821.
Eldest son of William Dingwall Fordyce, advocate (1794). Born 19th June, 1797. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 181 2-14. App. to David Hutcheon (1789). Succeeded to the estate of Culsh on the death of his grandfather, Dr. Arthur Dingwall Fordyce, on 2 1 st April, 1834, and to the estates of Brucklay, Aberdour, etc., on the death of John Duff Dingwall, 26th October, 1840. Married, at Aberdeen, 17th October, 1822, his cousin, Jessy Stewart Dingwall (died 30th June, 1887), elder dau. of Captain Arthur Dingwall Fordyce, Bengal Engineers.
Died, s.p.y at Aberdeen, 30th December, 1843.
Fordyce, William Dingwall. 8th March, 1794.
Eldest son of Arthur Dingwall Fordyce, advocate (1769). Born 9th April, 1776. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1791-93. App. to his father. Joint Commissary Depute of Aberdeenshire. x
1 In this capacity Mr. Fordyce took the oath of Allegiance to George III., 13th January, 1801. — Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
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Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 23rd September, 1800. Married, at Aberdeen, 1st September, 1796, Margaret (died at Brucklay Castle, nth August, 1844), only dau. and heiress of William Ritchie of Techmuiry, manufacturer, Aberdeen, with issue : —
Arthur Dingwall, advocate (1821).
William Dingwall, born 22nd September, 1798, merchant, died, unmarried, in Charleston, South Carolina, 13th April, 1839.
Alexander Dingwall, born 4th March, 1800, captain, R.N., succeeded to Culsh and Brucklay ; M.P. for the City of Aberdeen, 1847-52; married, 14th July, 1835, Barbara (died 1 2th May, 1863), dau. of James Thorn, sometime merchant in Halifax. He died at Aberdeen, 16th July, 1864.
John, died 1803, in infancy.
Thomas, died 1805, in infancy.
George Dingwall, born 16th June, 1809, member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 24th May, 1832 ; Advocate Depute, appointed 185 1 ; Sheriff of Sutherland and Caithness, and afterwards of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland ; married, 27th October, 1836, Sophia (died 1 2th November, 1884), dau. of James Thorn, sometime merchant in Halifax. He died at Edinburgh, 7th September, 1875.
Elspet, died 1802, in infancy.
Margaret, died in 181 2.
Janet, died, unmarried, 13th January, 1863.
Margaret, married Rev. A. L. R. Foote, D.D., one of the ministers of, and afterwards Free Church minister at, Brechin. She died at Clifton, Bristol, 29th April, 1842, in her 30th year.
Died at Aberdeen, 1st March, 1831.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 1 89
Forsyth, Patrick. 9th July, 1776.
Alumnus, King's Coll., 1764-68. App. to James Watson (1764). Sometime Sheriff Substitute of Kincardineshire. Depute Conservator of the Scotch Privileges at Campvere. Fiars Juror, 1774. Married, 23rd March, 1778, Rachel (died at Aberdeen, 30th January, 18 10), dau. of the late Baillie Alexander Mitchell of Colpnay, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue.
Died March, 1796.
Fraser, Alexander. 10th February, 1671.
Son of Alexander Fraser, burgess of Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., being Rolland bursar. Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire, appointed 2nd July, 1691.1 Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 16th July, 1684. Magistrate of Old Aberdeen. One of the two Commissioners who took up the Poll of Old Aberdeen in 1696. 2 Married Helen Tyrie (died after 1719), with issue : —
1. John, baptised 5th October, 1672.
1. Elizabeth, died after 1749.
Fraser, Alexander. 13th November, 1823.
Son of John Fraser, vintner, Kintore. Born at Kintore. M.A., King's Coll, 26th April, 18 13. App. to James Hardie (1804). Notary Public. Appointed Joint City Chamberlain with the said James Hardie in 1832 ; sole City Chamberlain in 1840; and Depute Town Clerk thereafter. Clerk to Guildry. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy., and thereafter of Union Bank of Scotland, Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy., and Northern Agricultural Coy. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 10th June, 1839. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1856-57. President, 1861-63. Married, at Aberdeen, 18th July, 1833, Katharine (died at Inverurie, 16th February, 1887, aged 82),
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 112. 2 Poll Book.
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third dau. of George Pirie, sometime merchant in Aberdeen, with issue : —
i. James Hardie, Major, 67th Foot, died at Glasgow, 13th April, 1884, aged 50.
2. George, sometime law apprentice, died at Georgetown,
Demerara, 20th June, 1882, aged 43.
3. Alexander, died at sea, 23rd July, 1872, aged 31.
4. William, Lieut., 24th and 63rd Foot, afterwards Superin-
tendent of Police in Natal ; died there in May, 1 894.
1. Jane, married, at Inverurie, 7th November, 1866, James
Wilson, M.D., Mar. Coll., 1858, of Cromlet Bank, Old- meldrum.
2. Katharine Michie, died 2nd April, 1840.
3. Katharine, died 8th July, 1848.
Died at Aberdeen, 4th December, 1865, aged 69. x
Fraser, David Carter. 25th August, 1864.
Youngest son of Angus Fraser, merchant, and guild burgess, Aberdeen, afterwards of Woodbank, Pitfodels, and Isabella Carter, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 12th November, 1840. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1854-56. App. to Patrick Davidson, Alexander Davidson, and Patrick Cooper (Davidsons & Cooper). Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Industrial School Association. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Artillery Vols., 14th February, 1866.
Died, unmarried, 23rd September, 1875.
Fraser, George. 1557.
Fraser, Gray Campbell. 14th April, 1855.
Son of James Fraser, candlemaker and merchant, Aberdeen, and Jane Beatson Campbell, his wife. Born 8th December, 183 1.
'See Carnie's "Reporting Reminiscences," II., p. 239.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 191
Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1843-47. App. to William Yeats and John Whyte (Yeats & Whyte). Sometime in partnership with David Henderson Kennedy (1855), ^rm being Kennedy & Fraser, and thereafter with James Duguid (1874), firm being Fraser & Duguid — A. Tytler Nicol becoming a partner in 1896. Joint Secretary, Sheriff Watson's Female Industrial School. Treasurer, Aberdeen Bible Women's and Evangelistic Association. Chairman and Treasurer, Aberdeen Evangelical Association. Secretary, Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Treasurer, North East Coast Mission. Governor, Aberdeen Educational Trust. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1898- 1900. President, 1900-2. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Aberdeen, 14th June, 1877, Anne Bathia, eldest dau. of James Abernethy, C.E., iron founder, Aberdeen, with surviving issue : — Phoebe Isabella Campbell. Died at Aberdeen, 5th April, 1906. «
Fraser, Thomas. 1554.
Fraser, William. 1673.
Died 26th September, 1682.
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Fraser, William. 29th January, 1752.
Son of Alexander Fraser, Inveraven. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1760. App.
to Richard Gordon (173 1). Practised latterly at Peterhead. Died before 15th January, 1760.
French, John. 26th July, 1743.
Fourth son of George French, litster, manager of the Woollen Manufactory, and Barbara Fordyce, his wife. Baptised 1st
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XXII., pp. 143-44.
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March, 1713. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1727-31. App. to Alexander Thomson (17 18). Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, from 9th May, 1748. x Baron-Baillie of barony of Belhelvie. Ensign of 3rd Company of Town's Volunteers guarding the town in the absence of the King's forces, April, 1746. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted January, 1753. Married, in 1749, Christian (died, August, 1784), dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Blackwell, ninth Principal of Mar. Coll., with issue : —
1. George, M.D.,2 physician, Aberdeen, first Professor of Chemistry in Mar. Coll. (chair founded in 1793 by Barbara Black, widow of his uncle, Dr. Thomas Blackwell, eleventh Principal of Mar. Coll.), died 13th August, 1833.
1. Sarah, married, at Aberdeen, 17th August, 1785, Rev.
Alexander Wilson, minister of the Scots Church, Campvere, Holland, and died 15th March, 1793.
2. Christian, died young.
3. Barbara, married, 9th June, 1796, Peter Jamieson, sometime
of Kingston, Jamaica, and died June, 1801.
Died 2nd January, 1759. 3
Fullerton, Hugh. 21st January, 1804.
Second son of the Rev. John Fullerton, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1757; minister of Drumoak, and Isabella Rose, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Col!., 1794-98, being silver pen prizeman, 1794. App. to Alexander Shand (1789). Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire,
1 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
2 A portrait of Dr. French is in the Medico-Chirurgical Society's Hall, King Street.
3 Will recorded 28th June and 23rd September, 1762, and 2nd July, 1764. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
" If clearness of judgment and integrity of conduct, accompanied with unaffected piety and benevolence of heart— if the most steady and disinterested friendship, adorned with the most engaging affability, meekness and simplicity of manners — can give a claim to the appellation of a worthy man, such truly was Mr. French."
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of Forest, Stonehaven, 18th September,
Stonehaven, 1st June, 1833, aged 42), dar
Cowan, manufacturer, Paisley, and widow of I
R.N., late Commander, "Earl of Buckinghamshi
I. Alexander, first bursar at Mar. Coll., 1843, died "Tuticor,"* vlay, 1855, *{
l. Isabella Jan Aberdeen, nth August, 1869,
Henry Fov to.
Married, thirdly, at Stonehaven, 5th February, 183; at Walthamstow, nth October, 1878, aged 86), >f the
Rev. William Greig, minister of Longside, James Mackay, sometime of Eden , Banffshire.
Died at Stoncha\ j.6, aged 66.
Garden, Farquharson Taylor. ? 27th June, 1864.
Only son of William ant, Aiford, and
Mary Taylor, his / wife. Born at Aiford, 20th February, 1839. Educated at West End Academy, Dr. Tulloch'.s md
Grammar Sc: Alumnus, Mar. 58.
App. to Charles Chalmers. iiel Farquhar and James
Hay Chalmers (Chalm< e &
Stuart, W.S., Edinburgh. 14. Partner in the firm of
C. & J. H. Chalmers, i- and of C. & aimers
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1813-22. l Sheriff Substitute of Kincardineshire from 1832. Fiars Juror, 1817. Lieut., Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803 ; Captain Aberdeenshire Local Militia, 1808. Married, first, at Peterhead, 23rd April, 1 8 16, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 1st February, 1821), dau. of the late John Marshall, R.N. ; second, at Mill of Forest, Stonehaven, 18th September, 1826, Jane (died at Stonehaven, 1st June, 1833, aged 42), dau. of the late James Cowan, manufacturer, Paisley, and widow of Robert Christian, R.N., late Commander, "Earl of Buckinghamshire," with issue: —
1. Alexander, first bursar at Mar. Coll., 1843, died at "Tuticor,"2 East Indies, 4th May, 1855, aged 26.
1. Isabella Janet, married, at Aberdeen, nth August, 1869, Henry Fowler, Toronto. Married, thirdly, at Stonehaven, 5th February, 1835, Eliza (died at Walthamstow, nth October, 1878, aged 86), dau. of the Rev. William Greig, minister of Longside, and widow of James Mackay, sometime of Eden Cottage, Banffshire.
Died at Stonehaven, 20th January, 1846, aged 66.
Garden, Farquharson Taylor.3 27th June, 1864.
Only son of William Garden, surgeon and bank agent, Alford, and Mary Taylor, his wife. Born at Alford, 20th February, 1839. Educated at West End Academy, Dr. Tulloch's Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1854-58. App. to Charles Chalmers, Nathaniel Farquhar and James Hay Chalmers (Chalmers & Farquhar). With Cheyne & Stuart, W.S., Edinburgh, 1862-64. Partner in the firm of C. & J. H. Chalmers, 1864-75, and of C. & P. H. Chalmers from 1875. Director, Northern Assurance Coy. (Limited). Honorary Treasurer, New Spalding Club. F.S.A., Scot. Editor, "Marischal College Arts Class Record, 1854-58" (third edition). Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1906-8.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 132. 2Jervise's "Epitaphs and Inscriptions," I., p. 345. 3 "The Scots Law Times," December 5th, 1908. A I
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President, 1908-10. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Aberdeen, 5th July, 1870, Mary (born 6th December, 1850, died at Aberdeen, nth July, 1871), dau. of Charles Fox Griffith, late manager, Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy., with issue: — 1. William, advocate (1898).
Garden, Francis. 16th May, 1814.
Son of William Garden, in Braco Park. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1809. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Succeeded as tacksman of Braco Park. Fiars Juror, 18 19 and 1837-40. Married, at St. Pancras Church, London, 3rd June, 1822, Helen (died at Aberdeen, 27th February, 1832, aged 29), third dau. of James Young, Percy Street, London, with issue : —
1. William, * J. P., sometime in Braco Park; married, at Glasgow, 5th June, 1866, Mary Gray (died at Aberdeen, 13th June, 191 1, in her 80th year), youngest dau. of James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd," and died at Aberdeen, 26th November, 1904, aged 81.
Garden, James. 25th June, 1842.
Second son of Robert Garden, merchant, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Jean Davidson, his wife. Baptised at Aberdeen, 7th December, [812. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1826-29. App. to John Fleming (1821). In partnership, from 1843, with James Murray (18 17), firm being Murray & Garden; and, from 1870, with Alexander Davidson (1839), and James Murray Garden (1868), firm being Davidson & Garden. In the latter firm, John Whyte (1869) and John Stewart Bryce (1876), were subsequently assumed as partners. Fiars Juror, ten times, 1851-76. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 26th October, 1863. Proprietor of Woodthorpe, parish of Peterculter, from September, 1872. Author of Letter (Murchison Case), 1861. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1 876-77. President, 1 877-78.
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LIST OF MEMBERS. 195
Portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., at 4 Albyn Place, Aberdeen. Married, at Aberdeen, 23rd September, 1841, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 23rd February, 1885), dau. of Alexander Maitland, Huntly, with issue : —
1. James Murray, advocate (1868).
2. Robert John, born 16th May, 1849; M.B., CM. (with
honours), Aberd., 1872; M.D., 1874; Senior Surgeon and Lecturer on Clinical Surgery, afterwards Consulting Surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, and author of various medical works (married, first, Jane, dau. of James Bryce, advocate (1845), who died 14th June, 1886, and, second, Mary Ann, dau. of Rev. Charles Macpherson, minister of Tomintoul, and widow of John Ferguson, Brae of Coynach), and died at Coynach, 22nd October, 1903.
3. Alexander, born 16th May, 1849.
4. William, born 27th November, 1850; M.A., Aberd., 1870;
Director, Alex. Pirie & Sons (Limited), paper manu- facturers ; subsequently Director, Alex. Cowan & Sons (Limited), paper manufacturers ; married, at Aberdeen, 3rd June, 1880, Agnes Jane Lumsden, fourth dau. of James Bryce, advocate (1845). 1. Eliza, born 21st March, 1844, died at Barkmill House, 14th August, 1849.
Died at Aberdeen, 20th January, 1884.
Garden, James Murray. 5th August, 1868.
Eldest son of James Garden, advocate (1842). Born at Aberdeen, 1 8th December, 1845. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Academy and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1864. App. to James Murray, and his father (Murray & Garden). In partnership, from 1870, with Alexander Davidson and the said James Garden, firm being Davidson & Garden. Notary Public. Director, Town and County Bank (Limited); North of Scotland Canadian Mortgage Company (Limited) ; Northern Assurance
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Coy. ; Sickness and Accident Assurance Coy. (Limited) ; Local Board, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy. Director, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, and an active promoter of its reconstruction. Director and promoter of Aberdeen Sick Children's Hospital. Chairman of Directors, Royal Lunatic Asylum. President, Aberdeen Sabbath School Union ; Aberdeen Choral Union ; and Aberdeen Royal Horticultural Society. Active promoter of Board of Conciliation, Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce. Assessor to the Rector, Aberdeen University, 1890-91. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 3rd March, 1890. Married, at Aberdeen, 13th January, 1876, Anne Harvey, eldest dau. of James Bryce, advocate (1845), with issue: —
1. James William, advocate (1903).
2. Alexander Murray; student-at-law, Toronto, Canada.
1. Catherine Margaret, married Macbeth Moir Duncan,
advocate ( 1 89 1 ).
2. Anne Bryce.
3. Eliza.
4. Mary Bryce. Died at Aberdeen, 4th March, 1891. *
Garden, James William. 30th October, 1903.
Eldest son of James Murray Garden, advocate (1868). Born at Aberdeen, 30th January, 1878. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1899; B.L., 1902. App. to John Whyte, David Macbeth Moir Milligan, and Arthur Badenach Nicolson, W.S. (Davidson & Garden). With Auld & Macdonald, W.S., Edinburgh, 1902-3. Partner of Davidson & Garden from 1st January, 1910. Second Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Artillery Vols., 6th October, 1896; now Captain, 1st Highland Brigade Royal Field Artillery (T.F.).
Garden, Robert 1620.
Died before 2nd October, 1633.
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Garden, Robert 29th June, 1784.
App. to John French (1743). Baron-Baillie of Peterhead. Factor for Viscount Arbuthnott, and for many years farmer at Mains of Fordoun. Sometime proprietor of Grange, Clerkhill, and part of Shettocksley. Magistrate of Aberdeen, 1796-98. Married Elizabeth (died at Aberdeen, 6th August, 1831, aged 94), eldest dau. of the Rev. Andrew Moir, minister of Methlick, and subse- quently of Ellon, with issue : —
1. James.
2. Alexander.
3. Francis.
4. Robert.
5. Andrew.
6. George, merchant, Montreal, married Euphemia, dau. of
William Forbes of Echt.
1. Janet, married Major Robertson.
2. Mary.
3. Jean.
4. Williamina, * married, as his second wife, 7th June, 1807,
Andrew Nicol, merchant, Aberdeen, and died 5th April, 1854.
5. Susan.
Died at Birness, 18th March, 1800, aged 64.
Garden, Thomas. 1593.
Commissary Clerk of Aberdeenshire, appointed 8th September,
1584. 2 Proprietor of Blairton. Married Isabella Stewart, with issue : —
1 Her second son, George Garden Nicol, merchant in China and Singapore, subsequently a banker in London, Director of the London Joint Stock Bank, the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., the Eastern Telegraph Co., the Eastern Extension Australia and China Telegraph Co., left at his death, which occurred in London, 16th January, 1897, a capital sum of ,£20,000, to form "The Garden Nicol Benevolent Fund," for the benefit of ladies belonging to Aberdeen city and county who, having been in affluence, are reduced to poverty ; .£20,000 to the University Court of the University of Aberdeen for bursaries ; besides munificent bequests to Scottish and English Hospitals. — Information from Mr. Donaldson S. Rose and Mr. W. E. Nicol's "The Genealogy of The Nicol Family, Kincardineshire Branch," pp. 11- 12.
2 On 26th February, 1592, there was lodged a Bond of Caution by William Leslie of Wardes for John Leslie of Balquhain in ^2000, and by the said John and William Leslie for William Urie of Pitfichie in 2000 merks, for William Leslie, Provost of Inverurie, John Leslie of Abersnethok, John Leslie of Largie, and George Leslie, son-in-law of the goodman of Law in 1000 merks each, and for George Leslie, brother of William Leslie of Crichie, William Duguid, son of the laird of Auchinhove, Patrick Leslie, son of James Leslie, burgess of Aberdeen, with -six others, for 500 merks each, that they would " not harm Mr. Thomas Gairden of Blairtoun." — "Privy Council Register," V., p. 45.
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I. Robert, succeeded as Commissary Clerk, and as proprietor of Blairton ; sometime Sheriff Depute of Inverness ; married Elspet, dau. of Alexander Rutherford of Rubislavv, sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen.
1. Katherine, married John Leith, advocate (1595). Died 24th February, 1610.
Garden, William. 18th June, 1898.
Only son of Farquharson Taylor Garden, advocate (1864). Born at Aberdeen, 1st July, 1871. M.A., Aberd., 1892; B.L., 1895. App. to his father, Charles Ruxton, and David Montague Alexander Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers). With Tods, Murray & Jamieson, W.S., Edinburgh, 1895-99. Partner of C. & P. H. Chalmers, 1899. Editor, "Aberdeen University Arts Class Record, 1888-92." Married, at Aberdeen, 28th June, 1906, Helen Dixson, second dau. of George Cruden, advocate (1875), with issue : —
1. Muriel Mary Helen, born 1st April, 1907.
Gardyne (or Garden), Alexander. 1617.
M.A. before 1609. l Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, appointed 1629. 2 Sheriff Depute in 1634. 3 Author of (1) "Garden of Grave and Godlie Flovvres ; Sonets, Elegies, and Epitaphs," Edinburgh, 1609; (2) "The Theatre of the Scotish Kings" [i6i2-25?];4 (3) "The Lyfe, Doeings and Death of R. R. William Elphingstone, the 23 Bishope of Aberdene, translated into Scottish verse out of the Lives of the Bishopes of Aberdeene, be Maister Hector Boes" [Hunterian Club, 1878].
Died after 30th April, 1638. 5
1 Leask's " Musa Latina Aberdonensis," III., p. 86.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 539. * Ibid., 535.
4 In 1625-26 Gardyne was paid by the Aberdeen Town Council 66 lib. 13s. 4d. "for dedicating of his pamphlet to the toune."— Spalding Club "Miscellany," V., p. IOI.
5 In 1636, Gardyne was living in Old Aberdeen, with one male servant.
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Gardiner, William. 3rd December, 1793.
Son of William Gardiner, sometime farmer at Smithston, Rhynie. M.A., King's Coll., 30th March, 1782. App. to John Gordon
(*753>
Died at Elgin, 5th November, 1826.
Garrow, William. 27th July, 1825.
Son of John Garrow, thread manufacturer, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen in 1802. M.A., Mar. Coll., 18 19. App. to James Grant (1803). Merchant and trades burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 30th October, 1826. Married, first, at Old Aberdeen, 17th July, 1826, Ann, youngest dau. of John Irvine, Old Aberdeen, with issue. Married, second, at Liverpool, 6th February, 1861, Ruth (died 4th February, 1908), dau. of the late Luke Taylor, builder.
Died at Liverpool, 9th February, 1864.
Geddes, James. 27th July, 1831.
Son of Andrew Geddes, merchant, and guild burgess, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 1st September, 1809. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1823-25. App. to John Ewing and William Robison (Ewing & Robison). Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 25th October, 1833. Went to Canada. Married, 17th August, 1842, Cecilia Byng Clarke (died 19th March, 1896).
Died 28th May, 1883.
Gerard, Gilbert. 13th August, 1751.
Son of Rev. Gilbert Gerard, minister of Chapel of Garioch, and Marjory Mitchell, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1743-47. App. to Alexander Thomson (17 18). Sub-collector of the Bishop's rents of the Bishopric of Aberdeen and Moray, and part of
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the Archbishopric of St. Andrews.1 Fiars Juror, 1759-63. Proprietor of house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1755-57. Married, at Aberdeen in 1756, Agnes Hay2 (died at Walworth, London, 13th February, 1800), of Oldmeldrum, with issue, of whom : —
1. Gilbert, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1775, succeeded to his father's
heritable estate.
2. John Gray, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1777, merchant, London,
became member of Lloyds, succeeded to his elder brother's heritable estate ; and died at Camberwell, 19th May, 1840, in his 80th year.
3. Adam, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1779, died 29th November, 1779,
aged 17. Died at Aberdeen, 8th July, 1766, aged 37. 3
Gibbon, Alexander. June, 1817.
Only son of Charles Gibbon, shipmaster, Aberdeen, and Rachel Susan Farquhar, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 14th September, 1793, M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 1. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794). Clerk to the Shipmaster Society, Aberdeen, 1817-36. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank, and Aberdeen Savings' Bank. Succeeded his uncle, James Farquhar, M.P. for the Aberdeen District of Burghs, 1802-18, as proprietor of Johnston, Laurencekirk, in 1833. Member of Town Council of Bervie. J. P. for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire. Portrait by William Crabb in St. Laurence Hall, Laurencekirk. Married, at Aberdeen, 4th December, 1835, Margaret Allardice (died at Edinburgh, 4th April, 1882), youngest dau. of John Innes of Cowie, with issue : —
1. Elizabeth Abercromby, married, at Edinburgh, 4th December, i860, David Alexander Pearson, W.S., of
1 Dr. Litllejohn's MS. Notes, which bear further that Gerard took the oath of Allegiance, etc., to George III., November 27th, 1765.
2 Aberdeen Kirk Session Registers.
3 Will recorded 23rd June, 1767, and 10th December, 1781. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
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NorthclifT (he died 22nd Dec, 1905), and succeeded to the estate of Johnston on the death of her father.
Died at Edinburgh, 14th September, 1877.
Gill, John. 14th February, 1815.
Only son of John Gill, merchant, Aberdeen. Born in Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1808. App. to Andrew Davidson (1783).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 29th January, 1826, aged 32.
Gillies, James Brown. 24th October, 1910.
Only son of Thomas Robertson Gillies, advocate (1885). Born at Aberdeen, 29th July, 1886. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1904-5 ; B.L., 1908. App. to Farquharson Taylor Garden, Charles Ruxton and David Montague Alexander Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers). Thereafter with Tods, Murray & Jamieson, W.S., Edinburgh. In partnership with his father from 1910, firm being T. & J. Gillies. Notary Public. Secretary, Cairngorm Club, and editor of Magazine. Captain, 4th Batt. the Gordon Highlanders (T.F.) ; Divisional Signalling Officer of the Highland Division.
Gillies, Thomas Robertson. 19th June, 1885.
Third son of Archibald Gillies, journalist, and Mary Robertson, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 27th November, 1850. Educated at High School, Dundee ; Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1866-68 and 1871-73. App. to John Duguid Milne and George Walker (Milne & Walker). In partnership with George David Rutherford (1864), 1883-90, firm being Rutherford & Gillies; and with his son from 1910, firm being T. & J. Gillies. Notary Public. Auditor of Sheriff Court at Aberdeen, appointed 3rd June, 1892. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 4th February, 1895. Director, Local Board, Commercial Union Assurance Coy. (Limited), and Union Assurance Society
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(Limited). Joint author (with Alexander Copland) of "Two Days and a Night in the Wilderness," 1878, and author of various works. Married, at Aberdeen, 30th July, 1885, Mary, dau. of Alexander Copland, Manager, Aberdeen Commercial Coy., with issue : —
1. James Brown, advocate (1910).
1. Margaret, married, at Aberdeen, nth April, 1912, William Alexander Hunter, wool merchant, Lodz, Russian Poland.
Gordon, Alexander. 4th June, 1718.
Son of John Gordon of Seaton, sometime civilist, King's Coll., and Elizabeth Irvine, his wife. Born 15th June, 1688. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1704-8. App. to Alexander Thomson (1680). Commissary Clerk Depute. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1720-21. Married, 21st July, 1716, Marjory, dau. of James Milne of Blairton, with issue : —
1. Alexander.
2. Richard, buried 19th September, 1725.
3. John, buried 21st September, 1725.
1. Elizabeth, buried 29th August, 1725.
2. Janet, buried 21st September, 1725. * Died January, 1727. 2
Gordon, Alexander.3 19th November, 1814.
Son of Charles Gordon, advocate (1783). M.A., Mar. Coll., 1809. App. to his father, with whom afterwards in partnership, firm being Charles & Alexander Gordon. Succeeded his father as Commissary Clerk. Factor for Synod of Aberdeen. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Treasurer, Aberdeen
1 Mr. J. M. Bulloch, who obligingly furnishes many of these particulars, thinks that the four children last mentioned had been cut off by an epidemic.
2 St. Nicholas Kirkwork Accounts.
3 for amusing reference to Gordon, see G. Walker's "Aberdeen Awa'," pp. 1 17-18.
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Humane Society. Member of Aberdeen Town Council. Guild burgess, admitted 1st November, 1836. Dean of Guild, 1847-48. Fiars Juror, 1845-53. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1842-44. President, 1846-48.
Died, unmarried, at Culter House, 28th April, 1855. J1
Gordon, Charles. 15th September, 1703.
Eldest son of William Gordon in Buthlavv, third son of James Gordon first of Buthlaw, and Elizabeth Martine, his wife. 2 M.A., Mar. Coll., 1698. App. to Thomas Forbes (1687). Fiars Juror, 1725-45. Purchased Buthlaw from Thomas Gordon, fourth laird, 1st April, 17 12, and also acquired Thunderton and Newtyle. Married Jean, dau. of John Udny of Cultcr-Cullen and part of Newtyle, with issue : —
1. William, born 1714.
2. John, born 171 5.
3. Thomas, born 17 17.
4. Charles, born 17 19, merchant in Jamaica.
5. Alexander.
6. James.
1. Mary, born 17 16, died at Banff, 26th January, 1795.
2. Margaret, born 17 18, died young.
3. Jean, died at Aberdeen, 31st January, 1789.
4. Susan, married John Gordon of Crichie.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Margaret, born 1730.
7. Anna, born 1732. Died 23rd December, 175 1. 3
1 Mr. Gordon, who was much interested in farming, was for sometime tenant of Mains of Culter.
2 Information from Mr. H. Pirie Gordon of Buthlaw.
3 Will recorded, 13th November, 1752. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register." As Mr. Gordon "was a Gentleman of great knowledge and indefatigable industry in his business he acquired a handsome Fortune, . . . and his death is much regretted by all his Acquaintances to whom his friendly advice or assistance was never denied." — Aberdeen Journal.
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Gordon, Charles. 29th November, 1783.
Son of Alexander Gordon in Milton of Drum, and brother of Alexander Gordon who wrote the at one time famous Treatise on Puerperal Fever. Baptised 25th February, 1755. x Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1775-77. App. to James Watson (1764). Sometime in partner- ship with his son, firm being Charles & Alexander Gordon. Commissary Clerk. Commissioner for the Countess Dowager Fife. Fiars Juror, fifteen times, 1795- 1827. J. P. for Aberdeen- shire. Proprietor of extensive house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1788-90. President, 1810-12. Married, at Aberdeen, 26th August, 1787, Mary (died at Polmuir, Aberdeen, 23rd May, 1830), dau. of Alexander Harvey, sometime of Antigua, with issue : —
1. Alexander, advocate (1814).
2. Charles, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1814-17 ; W.S., admitted
7th July, 1824; in partnership with George Barron, W.S. (1829), firm being Gordon & Barron; died, unmarried, 12th October, 1848, aged 47.
3. James, born nth September, 1805.
1. Margaret, married, 16th April, 1816, James Duguid
of Springhill, merchant, Aberdeen, grandfather of James Duguid, advocate (1874).
2. Isabella, born 30th December, 1789; died 19th February,
1823.
3. Elizabeth, born 28th September, 1794, married, 12th
January, 1854, John Urquhart, druggist, sometime magis- trate of Aberdeen.
4. Mary, born 4th November, 1796.
5. Helen, born 27th August, 1798, died 1st July, 1826.
6. Jessie, born 23rd January, 1809, died 30th December, 1825. Died at Culter House, 24th January, 1835.
Gordon, David. 1578.
1 Peterculter Baptismal Registers.
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Gordon, David. 13th November, 1724.
Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1706 and 1709. App. to Charles Gordon (1703). Left the country "as a Clergyman" before the summer of 1729. J Probably it was he who was afterwards minister of the Episcopal Congregation at Pittenweem. 2
Gordon, Francis. 27th July, 1745.
Son of George Gordon, heritor of Mill of Kincardine, Kincardine O'Neil, Aberdeenshire, and Agnes Gordon, his wife. App. to Richard Gordon (173 1). Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, appointed by Captain Alexander Grant of Grantsfield, Sheriff of the county,3 and sworn into office, 21st May, 1744. Fiars Juror, 1742-44. Served heir in special to his grandfather, John Gordon, in the mill and lands of Kincardine (now known as Dess), 15th October, 1744. Went out with Lord Lewis Gordon to join Prince Charlie ; " acted as General Quarter Master to the Rebels," and, after Culloden, escaped to France, where entered the French Military Service, in which he was shortly afterwards killed.4 Married Barbara Rose (died before 19th October, 1746), with issue : — 1. Hugh.
1. Helen.
2. Ann, married Lieut. Thomas Stewart of the 56th Regt,
afterwards at Pittyvaich, Mortlach.
1 MS. Records of Society.
2 Will recorded 28th April, 1756. — "St. Andrew's Commissariot Register."
3 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 123.
4 Information from the late Mr. Alex. Simpson, Junr., who possessed a miniature likeness of Mrs. Gordon, said to have been the work of the artist Strange who went out in the '45. Francis Gordon did not long survive the Jacobite " campaign, as his will subscribed at London, 19th October, 1746, was soon after [3rd September, 1748] confirmed at Aberdeen. He bequeathed his whole personal estate to William Duff of Corsindae and Alexander Chalmers of Balnacraig, for the use and benefit of Hugh Gordon, his only son, then an infant, and also for the maintenance and education of his daughters, Helen and Ann, referring to the portions settled upon them in the marriage contract between him and Barbara Rose, his late spouse. The personal estate consisted entirely of debts due to him by various parties, chiefly Jacobites, including John Burnet of CampHeld, Robert Mackie in Mains of Midbelty, . . . James Farquharson of Balmurrel (now Balmoral), who owed 1000 merks, and others." — Scottish History Society's "A List of I'ersons concerned in the Rebellion, 1745-46," p. 366.
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Gordon, Francis. 7th March, 1796.
Youngest surviving son of John Gordon, advocate (1753). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1787-89. App. to his father. Acted as Deputy1 for his brother James, who was Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire. Clerk of the Peace for Aberdeenshire. Sometime factor for Earl Fife. Director, Aberdeen Banking Company. President of the Society of Advocates, 1832-34. Proprietor of Kincardine O'Neil, Aberdeenshire, and succeeded to Craig, Auchindoir, on the death of his said brother James. On 6th October, 1784, when eleven years of age, appointed Ensign, 68th Foot, and transferred in the same rank to the half pay list of the 16th Foot, 23rd March, 1785, on which he remained until his death.2 Married, first, at Banff, 29th January, 1807, Elizabeth (born 8th November, 1784, died at Kincardine Lodge, 28th October, 1822), second dau. of James Gordon of Rosieburn, merchant, Banff, with issue: —
1. John, born 23rd February, 1810; died 5th March, 1824.
2. James, born 28th December, 181 1; Alumnus, Mar. Coll.,
1824-27 ; died at Manse of Abernethy, 27th March, 1871.
1. Jessie Anne, died at Heavitrec, Exeter, 30th September,
1825.
2. Mary Johnston, born 12th June, 1813; died at Kincardine
Lodge, 15th October, 1821.
3. Elizabeth Shepherd, born 12th May, 1815 ; married at
Edinburgh, 16th March, 1837, Captain Charles Kinnaird Johnstone, late H.E.I.C.S., younger son of the late James Johnstone of Alva. She and her second daughter,
1 Gordon, in the conduct of his own business and that of the Sheriff Clerk's depart- ment, required a large staff of clerks. lie probably indentured a larger number of apprentices than any other advocate, and made the transaction a remunerative one. As late as 1826, his indentures bound each apprentice to serve for five years, from eight a.m. to eight p.m., and, till another apprentice was engaged, to care for and see the office fire properly extinguished, to bolt and properly secure the window shutters each night on the closing of the office, and to lock the door thereof. The apprentice fee charged was Nineteen guineas, no salary was allowed, and the father or guardian was taken bound to aliment the apprentice, and to clothe him in a style suitable to his position and aspirations. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register.''
2 Bulloch's "House of Gordon," I., p. 497.
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Mary, were accidentally burned to death at Nice in January, 1863. 4. Andrew Skene,1 born 12th September, 18 17. She died at Aberdeen, 12th February, 1823. Married, second, at Parkhill, 7th September, 1826, Isabella2 (died at Edinburgh, 1st July, 1877, aged 88), dau. of Lieut-General John Gordon Cuming Skene of Pitlurg, Parkhill and Dyce. Died at Aberdeen, 27th January, 1857, aged 84.
Gordon, John. 6th June, 1676.
App. to John Sandilands (1655). Married Mary Seaton, who,
with a daughter Anna, was resident in Aberdeen in 1696. 3 Buried "in the Marquis Aisle, Old Machar," 13th December, 1686. 4
Gordon, John. s 1696?
Eldest son of James Gordon of Seaton, Commissary Clerk and
guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Forbes (dau. of Robert
Forbes of Rubislaw), his wife. M.A., King's Coll., 1676.
Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 16th October,
1682. Commissary Clerk. Civilist in King's Coll., 1696 to
17 17. Married Elizabeth, only dau. of Richard Irvine of Cairnfield, with issue : —
1. James, died March, 1686.
2. Alexander, advocate (17 18).
3. Richard, advocate ( 1 7 3 1 ). And at least three daughters.
Buried in "Gordon's isle," Old Machar, 28th September, 1741.6
1 A daughter named after Andrew Skene of Dyce.
2 Among those who attended the marriage ceremony was George, fifth and last Duke of Gordon.
3 "Poll Book," II., p. 615. lOld Machar Burial Registers. 3 Not in Kennedy's List.
5 Old Machar Burial Registers. — On 13th March, 1742, paid £6 6s. to James Carnegie for draping the " Lawyer's Loft " in the College Church, and St. Paul's Chapel on the occasion of Gordon's death. — MS. Records of Society.
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Gordon, John. 5th February, 1753.
Son of John Gordon of Craig, Auchindoir, and Anne Reid, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1743. App. to Alexander Thomson (1718). Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire (in conjunction with John Durno (1764)), appointed 14th July, 1764. Re-appointed to same office (along with his son James), 21st June, 1784. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1761-62. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted June, 1759. Prominent Freemason. Succeeded as proprietor of Craig. President of the Society of Advocates, 1780-82. Married, first, in 1757, Anne (died 14th May, 1774, in her 39th year), eldest dau. of James Gordon of Banchory, Banchory-Devenick, with issue: —
1. John, died in infancy.
2. James, born 29th September, 1767 ; member, Faculty of
Advocates, admitted 27th November, 1790; Joint Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire, 1784- 1800; and sole Sheriff Clerk from 1st March, 1800, till his death ; succeeded to Craig ; married Ann Elizabeth, dau. of John Johnstone of Alva, Stirlingshire, and died, s.p., at Craig Castle, 14th April, 1852.
3. Francis, advocate (1796).
1. Margaret, died 13th September, 18 16.
2. Isabella, died in infancy.
3. Mary, died in infancy.
Married, second, in 1775, Mary (died 30th November, 181 1), dau. of Charles Cumming of Kininmonth.
Died 1st March, 1800, in his 69th year.
Gordon, John. 22nd January, 1788.
App. to John Innes (1776). Died March, 1790.
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Gordon, John. 14th November, 1792.
Son of Lieut. Francis Gordon, Mill of Lumphart, parish of Daviot Alumnus, Mar. Coll., Class 1783-87. App. to John Gordon (!753)- Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire, admitted 2nd July, 1788.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 4th August, 1793. *
Gordon, John Henry Forbes. 8th August, 1901.
Eldest son of James Foote Gordon, shoemaker, Aberdeen, and Jane Smart, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 10th October, 1871. Educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1 891. App. to Alexander Webster (J. & A. Webster). Married, at Aberdeen, 26th August, 1903, Hilda Easterbrook, dau. of Robert Grant, merchant, Aberdeen.
Gordon, Peter. 24th July, 1764.
Son of John Gordon of Avochie, and Mary Gordon, his wife. App. to James Petrie (1743). Fiars Juror, 1757-70. Married Mary, (died 2nd March, 1824, in her 84th year), eldest dau. of John Burnett of Elrick, with issue : — 1. John, succeeded to Avochie.
Died at Aberdeen, 23rd January, 1773.
Gordon, Richard. 27th January, 1731.
Son of John Gordon, advocate (1696?). Born 3rd January, 1687. M.A., King's Coll., 29th April, 171 5. App. to his father. Commissary Depute. 2 Appointed Regent in King's Coll., April, 171 5, from which office he was deposed by the Royal Commission in 17 17. Procurator for the Town Council of Old Aberdeen at a retainer of One guinea per year, which was declared, 20th
'Will recorded at Aberdeen, 9th October, 1793. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register." 2 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
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November, 1743, to be "ane unnecessary expense."1 Fiars Juror, 1744-62. Purchased estate of Craigmyle in 1742. Married, first, 22nd January, 1730, Elizabeth, dau. of John Leith of Leithhall, 2 with issue :—
1. Janet, born 1731.
2. Elizabeth, born 1732.
Married, second, Mary Auchindachy (died 6th November, 1782), with issue : —
I.John, born 1747; succeeded to Craigmyle; died 9th July, 1830.
3. Sarah, died 12th May, 1827, aged 80.
4. Jean, born 1749.
Died 9th November, 1763, aged 77. 3
Gordon, William. 28th May, 1825.
Fifth son of Rev. George Gordon, D.D., minister of the second charge of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, and Margaret Copland, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 15th April, 1795. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1809-12. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796). In partnership with William Hunter (1840), firm being Gordon & Hunter. Sometime Auditor of Sheriff Court at Aberdeen. Factor for the University and King's College from 1826. Honorary Sheriff Substitute. Portrait by John Russell, in possession of Hunter & Gordon. Married, at St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh, 18th April, 1854, Mary Alexander (married, as her second husband, 10th December, 1881, Joseph T. Willet, and died 28th September, 1882), dau. of A. D. Lindsay.
Died at Raeden, Aberdeen, 4th April, 1856.
1 Munro's "Records of Old Aberdeen," I., pp. 185, 189.
2 Aberdeen Kirk Session Registers.
3 Will recorded 2Qth December, 1765. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
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Gordon, William. 7th October, 1864.
Eldest son of William Gordon, stock and share broker, Aberdeen, and Margaret Campbell Miller, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 31st March, 1839. Educated at West End Academy, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1854-57; LL.D., Aberd., 1903. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Notary Public. City Chamberlain of Aberdeen, 1866-75. Town Clerk from 1875. J. P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Cheshunt, Herts., 21st April, 1881, Ella Mary,1 second dau. of William Paul, Waltham House, Waltham Cross, Herts., with issue : —
1. Seton Paul, B.A., Oxon., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; writer on Natural History.
Grainger, Charles Garston. 29th June, 1837.
Son of Capt. Thomas Cecil Grainger of Cuckfield, Sussex, and Euphemia Bannerman, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., Class 1830-34. App., first, to John Lumsden Shirrefs and Robert Alcock (Shirrefs & Alcock), and, second, to Alexander Stronach (18 1 8). Sometime in partnership with the said Alexander Stronach, firm being Stronach & Grainger. Joint founder, and subsequently agent and secretary, of the Scottish Australian Investment and Insurance Coy. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Went to America, and afterwards practised in London. Married
Isabella (died at 19 Wellington Street, Islington, London,
28th March, 1870).
Died 2 1st January, 1892, aged 78.
Grant, George. 6th July, 1835.
Second son of George Grant, farmer, Linbeg, Glenlivet. Born at Linbeg, 1st December, 1806. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1825-27. App. to James Nicol (1820). Member of General Council,
1 Mrs. Gordon, who is F.R.S.L., etc., is the authoress of several poetical works.
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University of Aberdeen. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 15th June, 1848, Christian (born January, 1806, died at Aberdeen, 20th May, 1861), second dau. of William Hendry, house painter, Aberdeen, and sister of Alexander Hendry, advocate (1826). Married, second, at Aberdeen, 14th April, 1870, Christian (born 8th April, 1830), second dau. of James Meldrum, Old Deer. Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 12th April, 1900.
Grant, James. 6th December, 1803.
Son of Alexander Grant, Wcstseat, near Huntly. Alumnus, King's Coll.1 App. to Charles Bannerman (1776). Collector of City Assessments. Fiars Juror, 1816-27. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 25th March, 18 13. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1822-24. First permanent factor for the Society, appointed November, 1824.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th February, 1841, aged 64.
Grant, Robert Charles. 1st June, 1811.
Son of Charles Grant of Blairfindy and Balgovvan. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1803-5. ^PP- to Charles Gordon (1783). Succeeded to Balgovvan (now known as Airlie), Keig, which he bequeathed to Trustees for behoof of a Roman Catholic College. Lieut., Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803 ; Lieut., Aberdeenshire Local Militia, 1808.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 23rd March, 1823, in his 35th year.2
Gray, Henry John. 25th June, 1903.
Fifth son of James Gray, cab proprietor, Old Aberdeen, member of Aberdeen Town Council, and Mary Ingram, his wife. Born, Old Machar, Aberdeen, 17th June, 1874. Educated at Robert Gordon's
1 MS. Records of Society.
2 Grant's father, who survived him, succeeded to his heritable estate in Aberdeen. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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College, Aberdeen; M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1895; B.L. (with honours), 1897. App. to John Watt (Junior) and John Stewart Watt (J. & J. S. Watt). Member of Aberdeen Town Council since 1906, of Aberdeen Harbour Board since 1907, and of Aberdeen Art Gallery Committee. Assessor representing the Aberdeen Town Council on the Aberdeen University Court. Agent for the Liberal candidate for North Aberdeen at the two Parliamentary General Elections in 1910. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 7th June, 1909. Married, at Aberdeen, 25th September, 1902, Elsie, dau. of John Thomson, printer, Aberdeen University Press, residing at Brackenhill, Murtle.
Gray, James. 1561.
Gray, Robert. 10th November, 1874.
Son of Charles Gray, cooper, Aberdeen, thereafter stationmaster, Great North of Scotland Railway. Born at Aberdeen, 18th July, 1843. Educated at the Trades School and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1861. Law student at Edinb. App. to John Duguid Milne and George Walker (Milne & Walker). Sometime interim secretary, City of Aberdeen Land Association.
Died, unmarried, at Edinburgh, 6th October, 1900.
Gray, Robert Collie.1 24th August, 1864.
Second son of George Gray, merchant, Aberdeen, and Jane Collie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, nth July, 1842. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1856-58. App. to James Collie and George Collie (James & George Collie). Notary Public. Member of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, admitted 23rd October, 1869. Examiner in that body from January, 1879, to December, 1887, and Censor from January, 1888, to December, 1889. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. J. P. for the
1 "The Scots Law Times," February 22nd, 1902.
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County of the City of Edinburgh, appointed 1910. Married, at Aberdeen, 2nd February, 1870, Martha (died at 10 Hermitage Drive, Edinburgh, 6th April, 1911), second dau. of William Esplin, sometime General Manager, Scottish North Eastern Railway Coy., with issue : —
1. George Douglas, M.D., Edinb., physician to the British
Legation, Pekin, China.
2. William Esplin, of The North British and Mercantile
Insurance Company, Edinburgh. 1. Mary Jane, married, 30th December, 1891, Henry Milne Crowe, tea planter, Assam, India.
Gray, William. 13th November, 1823.
Son of William Gray, shoemaker, Aberdeen, and Jane Gray, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1811-13. App. to William Carnegie (1796). Sometime member of Aberdeen Town Council, in which was Master of Kirk and Bridge Works, etc. Guild burgess, admitted November, 1847.
Died, unmarried, 4th October, 1852, in his 54th year.
Grub, George. 22nd February, 1836.
Only son of George Grub, sometime Convener of Trades of Old Aberdeen, and Christian Volum, his wife. Born at Old Aberdeen, 4th April, 181 2. Educated at Grammar School, Old Aberdeen; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1825-29; M.A., 1856; LL.D., Aberd., 1864. App. to Alexander Allan (1810). Town Clerk of Old Aberdeen. Librarian to the Society of Advocates from 1841. Appointed Lecturer on Scots Law and Conveyancing, Mar. Coll., nth March, 1843, having been nominated to the office by the Society on 10th February preceding. Became, in i860, substitute for Professor Patrick Davidson, civilist in King's Coll. from 1833, and on Mr. Davidson's death, 8th May, 1881, succeeded to the Chair of Law in the University of Aberdeen. Retired in 1891, and in 1892 was presented with his portrait, painted by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A. It now hangs in the Society's Library, a similar portrait being at Marischal College.
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Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Examiner under the "Law Agents (Scotland) Act" of 1873. One of the originators of the Spalding Club in 1839, and the only member of its Council who survived to see the formation of the New Spalding Club, of which he was a Vice-President. Merchant burgess of Old Aberdeen. Author of " Ecclesiastical History of Scotland," 4 vols., Edinburgh, 1861 ; and Preface to " Illustrations of the Typography and Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff," Vol. I., Spalding Club. Editor of Innes's "The History, Civil and Ecclesiastical, of Scotland," the Life of Father Innes, written by Dr. Grub, being included,1 Spalding Club. Joint Editor, with Joseph Robertson, of Gordon's " History of Scots Affairs," 3 vols., Spalding Club. Contributor to Chambers's Encyclopaedia — the articles " Scotland," and " Church of Scot- land," being written by him. Married, at Aberdeen, 1st August, 1844, Anne (died at Aberdeen, 12th December, 1875), youngest dau. of William Lyell, of H.M. Customs, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. George. (See under Apprentices in Appendix.)
2. John, died 9th November, 1849.
3. William, died 16th February, 1854.
4. Charles, born 17th March, 1855, merchant burgess of Old
Aberdeen ; ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church in Scotland, 1879, and priest in 1881 ; sometime curate of St. John's, New Pitsligo ; Christ Church, and St. Ninian's, Glasgow ; St. Michael's, Portsmouth ; St. Mary's, Stafford ; Holy Trinity, Southport ; rector of St. Mary's, Montrose ; now rector of Holy Trinity, Dunoon ; married, September, 1908, Ellen, dau. of Alfred Bourne of Peterborough, and widow of George Minty, Peterhead.
1. Martha, died 5th March, 1851.
2. Christian, died 19th June, 1850. Died at Aberdeen, 23rd September, 1892. 2
1 By the permission of Dr. Grub, his Life of Father Innes was printed in the edition of Innes's "Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of Scotland," published in the "Historians of Scotland" series. — Dr. Walker's "Three Churchmen," pp. 262-63.
2 " The Scottish Law Review," VIII., pp. 264-65; Anderson's "Aurora Borealis Academica," pp. 205-11 ; and Diet. Nat. Biog.
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Hadden, Cyril Martin. 10th November, 1906.
Eldest son of Martin Lindsay Hadden, manufacturer, Aberdeen, and Alice Leslie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, nth November, 1881. M.A., Aberd., 1902; B.L., 1905. App. to John Whyte, David Macbeth Moir Milligan, A. B. Nicolson and A. S. R. Bruce (Davidson & Garden). Sometime in Law department, North British Railway Coy., Edinburgh, now in General Manager's office there.
Hall, Harvey. 9th May, 1866.
Eldest son of John Hall, wholesale cloth merchant and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Margaret Elsmie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 27th February, 1841. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1856-59. Law student, Edinb., 1864-65. App. to Lauchlan McKinnon, Junior (1842). With Morton, Whitehead & Greig, W.S., Edinburgh, 1864-66. C.A. ; member and past President of the Society of Accountants in Aberdeen. In partnership with George Marquis, C.A., 1st January, 1870, firm being Marquis & Hall, which was altered to Marquis, Hall & Milne on William Milne, C.A., being assumed as a partner. The firm is now Marquis & Hall, the partners being the said Harvey Hall and William Paterson, advocate (1894). Auditor of the Society of Advocates' accounts, and of the Aberdeen Corporation accounts. Law Agent for the Aberdeen Savings' Bank. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Director, Caledonian Insurance Coy., Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children, and Aberdeen Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society. Past President of the St. Andrew's Society of Aberdeen. Senior Trustee and Chairman of the Committee of Management of Rubislaw Parish Church. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 2nd April, 1906. Captain (retired), 4th Gordon Highlanders (25 years service). V.D., 22nd Nov., 1892. Editor, " Marischal College Arts Class Record, 1856-60," 1887. Married, first, at Glasgow, 28th April, 1870, Janet (born 17th August, 1850, died at Aberdeen, 25th April, 1874),
LIST OF MEMBERS. 2iy
third dau. of Peter MacLellan, iron merchant and manufacturer, Glasgow, with issue : —
i. Harvey MacLellan, born 19th April, died 5th August, 1874.
1. Elizabeth Shaw, married Alexander Duval Forbes (since
deceased), tea planter, Ceylon.
2. Margaret Elsmie.
Married, second, at Goval, New Machar, 20th August, 1884, Johan, dau. of James Crombie, manufacturer, Grandholm, with issue : —
2. Harvey, born 26th November, 1885, died 30th May, 1890.
3. John Crombie, born 8th, died 9th December, 1886.
4. George Elsmie, born 2nd January, 1890, B.A., Cantab.,
Second Lieut, The Royal Scots.
3. Joan Harvey.
4. May Forbes Harvey.
Hardie, James. 21st September, 1804.
Son of John Hardie, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1793 (first bursar). App. to William Copland (1791). City Chamberlain and Town Clerk Depute of Aberdeen from June, 1812. Joint Town Clerk in 1840. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Ensign, Royal Aberdeen Volunteers, 1803. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 26th September, 18 15. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1826-28. Portrait in Town Clerk's Office.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 19th October, 1840, aged 67. z
'27th October, 1840. — "The same day the Provost stated that since the Council last assembled they had laid in the grave their esteemed friend Mr. Hardie. That gentleman began his career in this House nearly fifty years ago, and by his assiduity and talents soon brought himself under the favourable notice of the Magistrates. In 1812, he was appointed Chamberlain of the City — afterwards Town Clerk Depute, and latterly, on the demise of Mr. Carnegie, Town Clerk, along with Mr. Angus. Unwearied in his attention to public business, he brought to the consideration of every subject a clear and vigorous mind and an extensive fund of information, especially on the affairs of the Corporation — he lived esteemed and respected by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, and his useful and honorable life was closed in peace, regretted by many friends and by none more sincerely than by the Magistrates and Council with whom he was associated in his public labours. Mr. Hadden begged to add his testimony to the sentiments which had been so feelingly expressed by the Provost, and proposed they should be engrossed in their minutes, which the Council unanimously agreed to." — Aberdeen Town Council Minute Book, LXXV., pp. 243-44.
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Harvey, Alexander. 30th January, 1830.
Son of William Harvey, farmer, Monykebbock, Newmachar, and Jean Lumsdcn, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1814-16. App. to Henry Lumsden (1807).
Died, unmarried, at Schoolhouse, Dyce, 18th November, 1866, aged 66.
Harvie, Alexander. 1654.
Harvie, Robert 1661.
Hay, James. 29th June, 1896.
Eldest son of James Hay, farmer, Little Ythsie, Tarves, and Catherine Rae, his wife. Born at Little Ythsie, 20th October, 1871. Educated at Public School, Tarves, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1891 ; B.L., 1896. App. to John Robertson, James Forbes Lumsden and Charles Brown Davidson (Robertson & Lumsden). In partnership with Robert Downie Leslie (1876), 1899-1906, firm being R. D. Leslie & Hay, which was continued under Mr. Hay's sole partnership till 191 1, when he became partner in the firm of Adam, Thomson & Ross. Notary Public. Commissioner for Oaths for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia. Married, at West Parish Church, Aberdeen, nth July, 1900, Helen Milne, dau. of David Sinclair of Loirston, Kincardineshire, with issue : —
1. David Sinclair.
2. John Rae.
1. Helen Sybil.
Hay, John. 1671.
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Hay, John. 4th June, 1718.
Alumnus, Mar. Coll. Fiars Juror, 1727. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted May, 1736. Proprietor of Auquharney. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1721-22. Married, 6th July, 1727, Jean (died March, 1765), dau. of Thomas Hay, Sheriff Clerk,1 with issue : —
1. Mary, married Thomas Mosman, advocate (1731).
2. Violet, died February, 1759. Died 1756.
Hay, Nicholas. 1557.
Civilist in King's Coll. before 1555. Rector in 1592. Commissary of Aberdeenshire.
Died after 10th March, 1593.
Hay, Patrick. 1667.
Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 7th July, 1670, and merchant and trade burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 7th January, 1673. Magistrate of Old Aberdeen in 1691. Married Marjory Murray (died November, 1671). 2
Hay, William. 1670.
Probably the William Hay, Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire,3 who was honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 20th Nov., 1688,4 and acted as "collector of suplie" for Aberdeenshire in 1696, when he had a "wife and three children — John, Anna and Bathia."5
1 "Aberdeen Session Registers." For notes on Thomas Hay, see Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 112, 119-21.
2 St. Nicholas Burial Register.
3 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 122.
*" Miscellany," II., p. 462. s p0n Book, II., p. 630.
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Henderson, Alexander. 16th April, 1838.
Son of William Henderson, soap manufacturer and guild burgess, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1824. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). For sometime conjunct clerk and assessor to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Assistant Procurator Fiscal for Aberdeenshire. Magistrate of Aberdeen, 1849-53. Guild burgess, admitted 7th November, 1844. Possessed house property in Aberdeen.
Died at Aberdeen, 24th November, 1868, aged 61.
Henderson, Francis. 24th July, 1834.
Son of James Henderson, manufacturer, Aberdeen, and Jane Wright, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-25. App. to William Simpson (18 13).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 8th March, 1838, aged 30.
Henderson, John Sharp. 9th February, 1859.
Son of James Henderson, farmer, Crimond. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1850-53. App. to Charles Chalmers and Nathaniel Farquhar (Chalmers & Farquhar). Sometime in partnership with John Cattanach, writer and Notary Public, firm being Henderson & Cattanach, advocates. Lieut., Aberdeen Art. Vols., 8th June, 1866; Captain, 22nd April, 1874. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married at the Chapel, Pitfour, Aber- deenshire, 3rd September, 1863, Emily (died in London, 9th October, 1888), younger dau. of Rev. James Ncwsam, Episcopal chaplain, Pitfour.
Died at Cults, 28th October, 1880, aged 48.
Henderson, Patrick. 16th November, 1816.
Son of John Henderson, auctioneer, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1806-7, etc- App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Sometime Depute Sheriff Clerk and Depute J. P. Clerk. Clerk to Aber-
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deenshire Canal Company. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 29th December, 18 14. Died, unmarried, at Kincardine O'Neil, 7th September, 1824.
Hendry, Alexander. 30th May, 1826.
Only son of William Hendry, house painter, Aberdeen, and Christian Knowles, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 182 1. App. to Charles Chalmers (181 2). Sometime in Canada. Married, at Aberdeen, 16th September, 1830, Jane, dau. of Captain Alexander Burnett, H.E.I.C.S.
Died 21st April, 1839, aged 35.
Howison, Gilbert. 1598.
Humphrey, John. 3rd April, 1835.
Son of William Humphrey, innkeeper, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 2nd July, 1810. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1825-28. App. to Charles Gordon and Alexander Gordon (Charles & Alexander Gordon). In partnership with William Frederick Ogg (1841), firm being Humphrey & Ogg. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank, and Northern Agricultural Company. Fiars Juror, 1 853-54. Sometime proprietor of Pitmedden, Dyce. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Married, at Aberdeen, 12th July, 1838, Margaret (born 3rd February, 1814, died 10th April, 1893), dau. of Thomas Elmsley of Pitmedden, with issue : — 1. William, advocate (i860).
1. Elizabeth, married at Edinburgh, 9th December, 1862,
Edward Richard Townsend, M.D., Cork.
2. Margaret.
3. Thomasina Jane Elmsley.
4. Johannah Smith, married at Edinburgh, 6th October, 1870,
George Walter Davidson of Mauritius. Died 20th June, 1888.
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Humphrey, William. 12th December, 1860.
Only son of John Humphrey, advocate (1835). Born at Aberdeen, 31st July, 1839. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1853-56. Law student, Edinb. App. to John Duncan (1824) (Duncan & Clyne). Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Member- ship of Society ceased November, 1870. 1 Ordained priest in Episcopal Church in Scotland, 1864, with charge at Cove, and subsequently at Dundee. Received into Roman Catholic Church, 1868. Studied theology, Gregorian Univ. of Rome, and ordained priest, 1871. Entered Society of Jesus, nth December, 1874. Noted London preacher and controversialist. Author of "The Divine Teacher"; "Mary magnifying God"; "The Sacred Scriptures"; "The Religious State"; "The Bible and Belief"; " Christian Marriage " ; " The One Mediator " ; " The Vicar of Christ " ; " Dishonest Controversy " ; " Elements of Religious Life " ; " Conscience and Law " ; " Recollections of Scottish Epis- copalianism " ; " His Divine Majesty, or The Living God," etc.
Died at the Jesuit College of St. Beuno, St. Asaph, 3rd June, 1910.
Hunter, John. 1632.
Notary Public. Probably Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire.2 Died after 16th September, 1644.
Hunter, William. 30th January, 1840.
Son of James Hunter, mason, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 15th August, 1812. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1830; LL.D., Aberd., 1890. App. to James Edmond (1821). With Alexander Donald, W.S., Edinburgh,
1 Mr. Humphrey, who was somewhat of a humorist, wrote to the Society in January, 1870, requesting that his name be withdrawn from the list of members, as "Celibacy being the rule of the Catholic Priesthood," he had "no possibility of a widow," and therefore no interest in continuing his "subscription to the funds."
2 Information from Dr. Littlejohn, Sheriff Clerk.
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for about two years from 1836. In partnership with his brother- in-law, William Gordon (1825), firm being Gordon & Hunter; from 1877 with William Gordon, solicitor, and James Collie Smith, solicitor, firm being Hunter, Gordon & Smith ; from 1889 with the said William Gordon, Donaldson Rose Thorn, advocate (1889), and John Peregrine Robertson White, advocate (1889), firm being Hunter & Gordon — William Hunter Philip, solicitor, being assumed as a partner in 1901. For forty-six years factor for the University, to which he bequeathed a legacy of ^5000. Director, North of Scotland Bank (Limited). Married, at Aberdeen, nth March, 1845, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 17th April, 1890), dau. of Rev. George Gordon, D.D., sometime minister of the second charge of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 31st January, 1903. 1
Hunter, William Chambers. 13th September, 1861.
Son of William Chambers Hunter of Tillery and Auchiries. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1851-53. App. to Francis Edmond (1829). Fiars Juror, 1863. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Succeeded to the estates of Tillery and Auchiries.
Died, unmarried, at Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire, nth September, 1868.
Hutcheon, David. 16th July, 1789.
Son of the Rev. John Hutcheon, minister of Fetteresso, and Mary Morison, his wife. Alumnus, King's Coll. App. to Arthur Dingwall Fordyce (1769). Sometime in partnership with Francis Edmond (1829), firm being Hutcheon & Edmond. Procurator Fiscal of Commissary Court. Clerk to the Commissioners for Redemption of Land Tax. Joint legal assessor and clerk to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Treasurer and legal adviser to, and honorary member of, the Medico-Chirurgical
'"The Scottish Law Review," XIX., pp. 42-43.
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Society,1 Aberdeen. Proprietor of land and house property in Aberdeen.2 J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1806. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1806-8. President, 18 16- 18. Died, unmarried, 10th December, 1832, aged 67. 3
Hutcheon, Hugh. 25th January, 1787.
Son of William Hutcheon, Aberdeen. A pp. to John Ross (1776). Proprietor of Broadford, Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1794- 1802. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1798- 1800. Married, at Berryden, Aberdeen, 29th November, 1795, Helen (died at Aberdeen, 31st January, 1840, in her 71st year), second dau. of Alexander Leslie, of Berryden, merchant.
Died, s.p., at Edinburgh, 27th September, 1804. 4
Hutcheon, John. 10th July, 1810.
Son of Convener Alexander Hutcheon, shoemaker, residing at Whitehall, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1804. App. to Alex- ander Webster (1794). Left Aberdeen and secured an appoint- ment under Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Commander-in-chief of the St. Helena Station, the chief duty of which was to keep a close guard on Napoleon Bonaparte in his captivity. Qualified for a purser's warrant. Married, and was survived by his wife (died between August, 1837, and March, 1838), and one son.
Died, in London, in November, 1833.
1 On Mr. Hutcheon resigning office in 1830, the members of the Medico-Chirurgical Society subscribed for his portrait, by William Dyce, " as a mark of respect for his un- remitting and courteous services as treasurer and legal adviser for upwards of thirty years." This painting, which- has had a somewhat eventful history, is now hung in the Medico- Chirurgical Society's Library. Shortly before his death, Mr. Hutcheon commissioned James Giles to execute another and larger portrait, directing that after his death it should be handed to the said Society. The painting now adorns the wall of their Hall in King Street.
2 Hutcheon was succeeded in his heritable property by his brother James, who resided at Bath Lodge, Stonehaven. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
3 Tombstone at Fetteresso.
4 Hutcheon Street was named after him. On 21st May, 1805, his only brother-german and nearest lawful heir, Alexander Hutcheon at Auchmacoy, afterwards farmer in Burrowley, Ellon, had sasine in deceased's croft of land, called Magdalene Croft, Aberdeen. — "Aber- deen Sasine Register."
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Hutcheon, Thomas. 15th November, 1798.
Son of Thomas Hutcheon, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1787-89. App. to Hary Lumsdcn (1778). Was long in bad health, which rendered him unfit for business. Married, and had issue, at least two sons and two daughters.
Died at Newmilns, Ayrshire, 27th February, 1849.
Innes, Alexander. 27th February, 1748.
Eldest son of Alexander Innes (probably son of John Innes of Culdrain, and brother of Sir Alexander Innes of Coxton) of Inaltrie, Deskford, afterwards tenant in Auchinhalrig, Bellie, and Isabel Anderson, his wife.1 App. to James Catanach (173 1). Commissary Clerk. Fiars Juror, twenty-six times, 1754-89. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted September, 1757 ; honorary burgess, admitted 2nd October, 1772. Assessor to the Rector of King's Coll., 1763. Proprietor of Clerkseat, Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1749-55. Married Anne Rose (died 28th September, 1807, aged 74), with issue: —
1. Charles, W.S., admitted 25th November, 1780; died 27th
September, 181 8.
2. Alexander, baptised 15th August, 1750, succeeded his
father as Commissary Clerk, and died 3rd March, 1792, aged 42.
3. George, baptised 27th July, 1760.
4. John, Captain, died in the East Indies, 20th March, 1802,
aged 40.
5. Hugh, baptised 23rd February, 1763.
6. Peter, baptised 6th June, 1767.
7. William, born 10th, and baptised 13th August, 1770.
1. Elizabeth, baptised 20th March, 1753.
2. Jean, baptised 15th April, 1754, married, in 1775, Dr.
David Stuart, eldest son of Dr. John Stuart, of Inch- breck.
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3. Anna, baptised 3rd June, 1755.
4. Isabel, baptised 4th September, 1756.
5. Barbara, baptised 22nd November, 1757, died 15th April,
1831.
6. Charlotte, baptised 30th July, 1759, married, 7th July,
1800, William Duff of Corsindae.
7. Katharine, baptised 17th June, 1769.
8. Helen, married, 30th September, 1784, William Hay of
Jamaica.
9. Margaret, married, 24th September, 1789, Thomas Black,
druggist, Aberdeen, of Watcridgemuir, and died Nov- ember, 1844.
10. Mary, married, 14th August, 1791, Arthur Nicolson,
younger, of Lochcnd, Shetland ; died 19th March, 1794.
11. Janet, married, 5th June, 1794, James Beattie, Professor
of Civil and Natural History in Marischal College.
Died 1 2th March, 1790, in his 79th year.1
Innes, Alexander (Junior). 29th January, 1752.
App. to Andrew Thomson (1741). Notary Public. Commissary Depute of Aberdeenshire. Baron-Baillie of Licklcyhead and Premnay. 2 Proprietor of Breda and Cowie. Fiars Juror, 1776-86. One of the Committee appointed to organise a body of volunteers in consequence of the American War of Inde- pendence. President of the Society of Advocates, 1776-79. Married, in 1767, Elizabeth (died at Cowie, 8th July, 1795, aged 48), dau. of William Davidson, merchant burgess, and for sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen, with issue : —
'Will recorded 23rd October, 1790. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register." Deceased's widow, and son, Charles, as Trustees and Executors, had sasine in Clerkseat, 22nd October, 1794. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
2 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
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1. John, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1790-93 ; W.S., admitted 16th
January, 1800; succeeded to Cowie ; married, first, 25th July, 1800, Une Cameron, eldest dau. of Robert Barclay, of Urie ; married, second, Janet, eldest dau. of William Rogers, Edinburgh; died 17th April, 1832.
2. William, of Raemoir, married, in 1809, Jane, eldest dau.
and co-heir of Alexander Brebner, of Learney, Lord Provost of Aberdeen ; died in September, 1863.
1. Jane, married at Breda, 9th June, 1787, George More of
Raeden, sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen ; died 24th February, 1794.
2. Violette Elizabeth, married, at Aberdeen, 20th April,
1789, James Hadden of Persley, manufacturer in, and four times Lord Provost of Aberdeen ; died 6th Nov- ember, 1834.
3. Helen, married, in London, 19th May, 1795, James
Farquhar of Doctors' Commons, London, and M.P. for Aberdeen and its District Burghs, of Hallgrcen and Johnston, Kincardineshire; died 19th February, 1851.
4. Margaret, married, 15th December, 1794, Alexander
More, Collector of Customs; died 9th January, 1815.
5. Hannah, married, as his second wife, 20th October, 1794,
Alexander Allardyce of Dunnottar, M. P. ; died at Aberdeen, 22nd August, 1838.
6. Anne, married, 20th September, 1803, Alexander Hadden,
of Nottingham; died 17th February, 1855.
7. Hope, married, 4th July, 1799, Gavin Hadden, sometime
Lord Provost of Aberdeen ; died 14th September, 1-857.
8. Violet, married, 7th August, 1804, John Hadden, manu-
facturer, Nottingham; died 30th December, 1859.
Died at Cowie, 29th June, 1788, aged 60. J Innes, John. 1557.
1 For complete details regarding Mr. Innes and his family, see Col. W. Johnston's "Genea- logical Account of the Descendants of James Young and Rachel Cruickshank," pp. 160-61.
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Innes, John. 1676.
Eldest son of John Innes of Knockorth, Marnoch, Banffshire, and Elizabeth Bodic, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll. Succeeded to Knockorth.
Died nth November, 1686.
Innes, John. See Ramsay, John.
Irvine, James. 13th November, 1724.
Alumnus, Mar. Coll. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1728-29. 1 Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted June, 173 1. Proprietor of Pitmuxton, and of considerable house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1731-33. Married, 19th October (contract dated 14th September), 173 1, Margaret, dau. of the late Thomas Mercer, merchant in Aberdeen.
Died, s.p., April, 1737. 2
Irvine, William [Kennedy]. 27th July, 1831.
Son of George Irvine, weaver, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1822-25. App. to John Ewing and William Robison (Evving & Robison). Membership terminated November, 1865. Married at St. James's Church, Westminster, London, 5th January, 1838, Margaret, eldest dau. of Hugh Garden, army accoutre- ment maker, London, with issue, of whom : —
William, born 5th July, 1840,3 entered the Indian Civil Service, author of "The Rent Digest of Bengal," "Canal Rates versus Land Revenue " ; authority and writer on Mogul history; died at Barnes, 3rd November, 191 1.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 123.
2 Will recorded at Aberdeen, 23rd June, 1738. One of its clauses directed that ;£6oo Scots should be paid to the Provost, Baillies, and Town Council of Aberdeen, and the interest applied "for the assistance, relieff, maintainance, and cure of Sick and Diseased indigent poor people in ane Infirmary," which the testator hoped would " be set up at Aber- deen." Under another clause, a sum of .£133 6s. 8d. was bequeathed to St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The successor in Pitmuxton was Irvine's brother Alexander, who had three daughters— Elizabeth, married to Francis Gordon, shoemaker ; Jean, married to Alex- ander Ross, merchant, Old Aberdeen, and Anna, married to Colin Allan, goldsmith, Aberdeen.
3 St. Paul's Episcopal Church Registers.
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Irving (or Irwing), Alexander. 1578.
M.A. Son of James Irvine of Pitmurchie. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 2nd October, 1601. x Succeeded to Pit- murchie. 2 Married Janet Fraser, 3 with issue, of whom : — James.
Alexander, M.A., King's Coll., 1618, minister of Forbes.4 Elizabeth, or Elspet. Died after 16th November, 1633.
Irwing, James. 1615.
M.A. Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1622-33. Died in 1637.
Irwinge, Richard. 1577.
M.A. Presumably the proprietor of Hiltoun, burgess of Aberdeen, and Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1601-17. 5 Married Elspet Leslie, with issue, of whom : — Alexander. Robert. Died before 19th November, 1622.
1 On 28th April, 1602, Bond of Caution was lodged for Thomas Fraser, brother of Andrew Fraser of Stoneywood, in 1000 merks, and for David Lyndsay, burgess of Aberdeen, and William Blackball, maltman, in 500 merks each, not to harm Mr. Irvine. — " Privy Council Register," VI., p. 726. On 17th September, 1604, a similar bond was lodged for ;£iooo each on behalf of John Irvine of Artamford, and John Irvine of Haltoun, not to harm Mr. Irvine nor his daughter Elspet. Ibid., VII., p. 567.
- Renunciation on Pitmurchie was granted, 27th February, 1604, by Mr. Alexander Irvine and Janet Irvine his spouse, and by James Irvine their son, to John Irvine of Hal- toun, and John Irvine of Artamford. — Leslie's " Irvines of Drum," p. 211.
3 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 550.
4 In 1634, on his father's resignation, he had sasine in subjects in Old Aberdeen — a croft lying at the back of the tenements and biggings, sometime pertaining to the parson of Kinkell, and also the croft and chaplainry of Westhall situated between the manse of the prebendary of Monymusk on the east, the way leading from the cathedral to the town of Cottoune on the south, the Dumdron Hill on the west, and the river Don on the north. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
5 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 534.
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Jamieson, Frank. 4th September, 1872.
Son of Robert Jamieson, M.D., medical superintendent, Royal Lunatic Asylum, Aberdeen, and Jemima Brown, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 17th July, 1849. Alumnus, Aberd., 1865-68. App. to John Clark and David Robert Morice (Clark & Morice). Notary Public. Married, 31st October, 1877, Mary Tattersall (died 7th February, 1898).
Died at Shadsworth Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire, 2nd January, 1882.
Jamieson, James. 21st August, 1878.
Son of James Jamieson, merchant, Aberdeen, and Christine Fraser, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 22nd August, 1853. Alumnus, Aberd., 1869-71. App. to Alexander Davidson, James Garden and James Murray Garden (Davidson & Garden). Sometime in partnership with George David Rutherford (1864), firm being Rutherford & Jamieson.
Died, unmarried, at St. Helena, 4th May, 1886.
Jamieson, William. 11th December, 1783.
App. to John Gordon (1753). Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 25th September, 1798. Sometime proprietor of house property in Aberdeen. Married, first, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 16th June, 1791, aged 32), dau. of John Mowat, merchant, and burgess of Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John, born 7th and baptised nth March, 1779.
2. William, born 28th September, 1780; jeweller; guild
burgess, 26th November, 1814; died 9th March, 1840, aged 59.
3. Charles Stewart, born 9th and baptised 12th May, 1782.
4. Thomas Francis, born 23rd and baptised 26th December,
1785.
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Married, second, 1st September, 1792, Ann Leslie (died 10th February, 1840, in her 90th year), with issue, of whom: —
Alexander, born 5th and baptised 10th November, 1793.
M.A., Mar. Coll., 1810; surgeon. Mary Ann, born 26th February, and baptised 3rd March, 1796.
Died 25th September, 1801, aged 55.
Jeffrey, James Thorn. 15th March, 1897.
Only son of William Jeffrey, baker, Aberdeen, and Jessie Thorn, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 10th May, 1857. Educated at the School of the Incorporated Trades, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberdeen, 1873-77. Law student, 1882- 84. App. to David Stewart (1873). Secretary of Aberdeen Granite Association ; Granite Supply Association (Limited) ; Creetown Granite Company ; Aberdeen House Proprietors' Association. J. P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen. Author of "House Proprietors' Manual," 1894; "Owners' Risk Note" (Report to a Select Committee of Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce), 1906.
Johnston, George. 21st November, 1820.
Son of William Johnston, overseer of salmon fishings in Nether Don, subsequently merchant and guild burgess, Aberdeen. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1812-14. App., first, to John Low (1792), and, second, to Hugh Fullerton (1804.) Notary Public. Guild burgess, admitted 28th October, 1833.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 3rd October, 1878.
Johnston, William. 7th February, 1700.
Eldest son of John Johnston of Bishopstown, and Margaret Alexander, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 27th July, 1693. App. to Andrew Logie (1687). Proprietor of Craig, parish of Dyce,
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and, on the death of Sir John Johnston of Caskieben, fourth Bart, in November, 1724, succeeded as fifth Bart. Married, in 1704 (contract dated 8th January), Jean (died June, 1744), eldest dau. of James Sandilands of Craibstone, with issue, of whom : —
William, Lieutenant, R.N. ; succeeded as sixth Bart. ; pur- chased, in 1750, a portion of the lands of Hilton, in the parish of Old Machar ; and died, in London, in 1794, aged 80.
Died March, 1750.
Jopp, Alexander. 5th July, 1825.
Son of Andrew Jopp, advocate (1796). Born 13th February, 1804. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1821. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with his father, firm being Andrew & Alexander Jopp, thereafter with Robert Shand (1827), firm being Jopp & Shand, and subsequently with William Leslie Reid (1847), firm being Jopp & Reid. Notary Public. Clerk and manager, Aberdeenshire Canal Coy. Director, North of Scotland Bank, Great North of Scotland Railway Coy., and Aberdeen Com- mercial Coy. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, sixteen times, 1836-65. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1835. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 1st November, 1836. Proprietor of Woodhill. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1861-63. President, 1867-69. Married, in London, 20th Nov., 1827, Sophia (died 3rd June, 1886, aged 82), only dau. of Alexander Annand, merchant, London, with issue, of whom : —
1. Andrew, advocate (1856).
2. Alexander, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1852-53, succeeded to
Woodhill.
1. Sophia, died at Woodhill, 8th May, 1877, aged 45. Died 7th November, 1870.
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Jopp, Andrew. 7th March, 1796.
Son of Andrew Jopp, x house proprietor, Insch, and Mary Jardine, his wife. App. to John Innes [afterwards John Ramsay]. Sometime in partnership with his son Alexander (1825), firm being Andrew & Alexander Jopp. Director, Aberdeen Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, twenty-five times, 1798- 1827. Proprietor of Elmhill. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1810-12. President, 1822-24. Married Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 7th June, 1865, aged 85), dau. of John Abercrombie, stocking merchant, and sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander, advocate (1825).
2. John, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1821 ; W.S., admitted 31st May,
1827; married, at Edinburgh, 7th September, 1841, Margery, eldest dau. of John Smith of Drongan, Ayrshire; died 31st October, 1857.
3. Andrew, died in London, 8th April, 1845.
4. Robert, farmer, New Zealand, died at Melbourne, 6th
December, 1878.
5. James, M.D., Edinb., 1837 ; Deputy Inspector General
of Army Hospitals; died 3rd February, 1882.
6. William, wine merchant, Aberdeen, Col., 1st Vol. Batt.
Gordon Highlanders, married, in 1857, Louisa, dau. of Rev. Mr. Richards; died 18th June, 1891.
7. David, died in Manchester parish, Jamaica, in 1842,
aged 28.
8. Keith, M.D., Edinb., 1841 ; Assistant Surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.
(Madras), 1843-55 ; afterwards in partnership with his brother William. Married, at Aberdeen, nth November, 185 1, Rachel, eldest dau. of William Chambers Hunter of Tillery, and died 31st December, 1898. 2
1 On 18th July, 1792, Andrew Jopp in Muiryheadless, Mary Jardine, his spouse, and Andrew Jopp, their son, in liferent and fee, had disposition to tenement property in Insch. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
2 Their son, William Chambers Hunter, is now proprietor of the estates of Tillery and Auchiries.
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9. Charles, engineer, Edinburgh. 10. Archibald, died 21st February, 1825, in infancy. 1. Katherine, married, at Elmhill, 22nd December, 1836, John Taylor, merchant; died 12th January, 1839, in her 27th year.
Died at Aberdeen, 9th June, 1829, aged 60. *
Jopp, Andrew. 7th November, 1856.
Eldest son of Alexander Jopp, advocate (1825). Born at Aberdeen, 25th February, 1830. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1844-47. A pp., first, to John Blaikie and John Smith (Blaikie & Smith), and, second, to John Blaikie and Anthony Adrian Blaikie (John & Anthony Blaikie). Notary Public. Distributor of Stamps and Collector of Taxes. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Lieut, 4th Aberdeenshire Art. Vols., 14th April, i860; Captain, 7th Aberdeenshire Art. Vols., 23rd September, 1861. Married, at Aberdeen, 22nd August, 1864, Margaret MacKenzie, with issue, of whom : —
Charles Andrew, wine merchant, Musselburgh, died 28th May, 1892.
John Alexander, died 25th June, 1895.
Henry Edgar, died at Winnifer, 25th March, 1889.
Katherine Antoinette, married, at Aberdeen, 6th April, 1876, William Savidge Aikerman, Bridgewater.
Died at Aberdeen, 19th August, 1895.
Kay, Frederick William. 24th May, 1899.
Third son of James Petrie Kay, chemist, Aberdeen, and Mary Harvey, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 2nd November, 1870. Educated at Collegiate School and Walker's Academy, Aber- deen ; M.A., Aberd., 1892; B.L., 1895. Law Student, Edinb.,
1 Jopp's Court, 31 Gallowgate, where Mr. Jopp had his office, was named after him.
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1896-97. App. to W. J. Woodman Smith, solicitor, and John Reid Dean, S.S.C. (Burnett & Reid). With Philip Laing & Harley, W.S., Edinb., 1895-99. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Royal Garrison Artillery, 12th March, 1902 ; Captain, 1st Highland Brigade Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 13th June, 1903. Married, at St. Andrew's Church, Aberdeen, 6th August, 191 2, Gertrude, elder dau. of Arthur Davidson, Aberdeen.
Keith, David. 30th January, 1830.
Son of George Keith, farmer, at Friendville, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1822. App. to William Carnegie (1796). Notary Public. Sometime Town Clerk Depute of Aberdeen.
Died at Kenfield, near Aberdeen, 22nd September, 1853.
Keith, George.1 11th February, 1680.
Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1670-73. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1688-90. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 22nd June, 1692 ; and burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 5th October, 1691. Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1699-17072; Sheriff substitute, 1688-90, and 1709-u.3 Proprietor of Crichie and Clackriach. Married, first, Elizabeth Walls (interred at Aberdeen, 1680), and, second, in September, 1681,4 Jean, dau. of John Leslie, baillie in Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John.
2. Alexander. 1. Isobel.
Died before June, 171 1.
'"The most eminent man of his Profession in the North of Scotland." — Baird's " Genealogical Memoirs of the Duffs," p. 102.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 105-7.
3 Ibid., pp. 1 12- 13.
4 Munro's " Records of Old Aberdeen," II., p. 156.
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Keith, George (Junior). 10th November, 1704.
One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 17 14. Pro- prietor of Tillyfour. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1724-31.
Died 24th September, 1738. T
Keith, William Leslie. 9th April, 1890.
Son of James Keith, writer, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 28th April, 1850. Alumnus, Aberd., 1875-80. App. to William Leslie Reid (Jopp & Reid).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 12th March, 1910.
Kemlo, Alexander. 8th April, 1869.
Eldest son of Gideon Kemlo, miller, Bridge of Don, afterwards at Aboyne, and Margaret Main, his wife. Born at Bridge of Don, 8th June, 1839. Educated at Parish School, Aboyne ; Bell's School, Grammar School, and Parish School, Old Aberdeen ; Town's School and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A. (with honours), King's Coll., 1st April, i860. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Sometime in partnership with Alexander Ledingham, S.S.C. and C.A., firm being Kemlo & Ledingham. Author of " Introduction " to " Ane Breif Description of the Well of the Woman Hill," 1884. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Now in practice at Butterworth, Transkei, Cape Colony. Married, at St. Andrew's Church, Aberdeen, 31st July, 1877, Mary Agnes (died at Butterworth, 12th October, 1896), eldest dau. of Robert Gordon Rattray, M.D., superintendent and apothecary, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Robert Gideon.
2. Alexander.
3. William Lyon.
1 His brother John, residing in Inverurie, who married Annas Grub, was served heir in 1745.
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1. Philippa Margaret, married John Struthers, district
surgeon, Transkei.
2. Mary Moysey.
3. Dora Elizabeth.
4. Kathleen Lagerstedt.
5. Agnes Mildred.
Kennedy, David Henderson. 17th July, 1855.
Son of Alexander Kennedy, ship steward, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1829-31. App. to Alexander Gordon (Charles & Alexander Gordon). In partnership with Gray Campbell Fraser (1855), firm being Kennedy & Fraser. Sometime Commissary Clerk Depute. Fiars Juror, 1855 and 1859. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, 23rd July, 1868, Martha Grant (died 26th February, 1890), a native of Sierra Leone.
Died, in London, 18th December, 1879.
Kennedy, James. 1620.
Sheriff and Town Clerk of Aberdeen. Honorary burgess of Banff, admitted 1662 ; guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 9th June,
1668. Married Ogston (died 27th August, 1662 *), with
issue : —
1. James, held a commission as Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeen- shire, but does not appear to have acted. Wrote Latin verse 2 ; was appointed Conservator of the Scottish Privileges in the Low Countries, and received the honour of knighthood. 3
Died in, or about, 1672.
1 Row's Diary.
2 Leask's " Musa Latina Aberdonensis," III., pp. 167-85.
3 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 118-19.
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Kennedy, William. 29th November, 1783.
Son of Alexander Kennedy, mason and builder, Aberdeen, and Katherine Colvine, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1774-76. App. to David Morice (1764). Clerk and Manager, Aberdeen- shire Canal Company. Town Clerk of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1812-16. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Compiler of Alphabetical Index to the City Records. Author of " Annals of Aberdeen," 1818; Sketch of the Affairs of the Treasury of Aberdeen; MS. List of Members of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, 1549- 1806; and MS. List of Apprentices to the Members, 1774- 1806. Proprietor of house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1804-6. President, 1820-22.
Died at Aberdeen, 19th November, 1836, aged "jy.
Kyng, Andrew. 1568.
Burgess of Aberdeen. Burgh Agent. x Died subsequent to October, 16 17.
Lamb, Robert. 3rd July, 1873.
Only son of Robert Lamb, Aberdeen, and Mary Milne, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 27th December, 1845. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Aberd., 1862-64. App. to Robert Ligertwood (1854). Procurator Fiscal for the City of Aberdeen. Director, Charles McDonald (Ltd.) ; Northern Property Land and Investment Society (Ltd.). Married, at Aberdeen, 8th September, 1880, Margaret (died 4th November, 1885, aged 35), dau. of Lewis Ross, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Jane, married Frederick C. Purnell, architect, Geelong,
Australia.
2. Lucy Ross, married Robert Bruce, advocate (1908).
3. Mary.
1 Cooper's " Cartularium Ecclesirc Sancti Nicholai," II., p. 295. That Kyng's surroundings were not always of the most peaceful character is shown by the following extract from the Kirk and Bridge Work Accounts. — " 1549, August 13th— Andro Meldrum wes sclane in Andro Kyng yard, and bureit in ye kirk."
LIST OF MEMBERS. 239
Law, John. 10th March, 1802. x
Son of John Law, shipmaster, Aberdeen. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1793. App. to John Durno (1764). In 1803, kept a "State Lottery Office at the shop of A. Law & Coy., clothiers, under the Town House, Aberdeen."2 Clerk to the Shipmaster Society, Aberdeen, 1799- 181 7. Clerk to 6th District Road Trustees. Fiars Juror, 1806-8. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 29th December, 1 8 14. Sheriff Substitute for the County of Sutherland. Married, at Longfaugh, 26th December, 1809, Mary (died at West House, Elgin, 29th August, 1848), second dau. of John Hay, sometime residing at Braco, with issue : —
I.John, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1829; L.R.C.S., Edinb., 1835; Assistant Surgeon, H.M. 3rd Regt. of Foot ; died on the Ganges, 20th March, 1837.
1. Elizabeth Gauld, died at Elgin, 24th April, 1827.
2. Anne, died at Elgin. 17th July, 1844.
3. Isabella, died at Elgin, 30th September, 1845.
4. Christian, married, at Elgin, 24th September, 185 1, Rev.
Charles L. C. Tulloch, minister, Free Church, Living- ston.
Died at Dornoch, 31st May, 1819, in his 45th year.
Leask, Alexander Rhind Dyer. 2nd November, 1876.
Son of Alexander Leask, shipmaster, Aberdeen, and Margaret Dyer, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 15th November, 1847. M.A., Aberd., 1873. App. to John Watt, Junior (1856). Notary Public.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 8th April, 1898.
1 Took the oath of Allegiance, etc., to George III., 10th March, 1802. — Dr. Little- john's MS. Notes.
2 "Aberdeen Almanac."
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Leask, George. 21st July, 1826.
Son of William Leask, farmer, Swanford, Fyvie, and Elizabeth Watt, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1822. App. to Alexander Cadcnhead and John Cadenhead (A. & J. Cadenhead). Married, 2nd February, 1832, Catherine (died at Aberdeen, 22nd June, 1834, aged 20), only dau. of James Greig, sometime farmer, Cairntradlin, Kinellar, afterwards residing in Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. James Greig, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1848-51 ; M.B., 7th April, 1854; L.R.C.S., Edinb., 1855; Brigade Surgeon, A.M.D. ; died in London, 16th January, 1898, in his 66th year. 1. Catherine Elizabeth, married, at Aberdeen, 5th June, 1862, Henry Wood, merchant, London.
Died at Aberdeen, 10th March, 1845, aged 44.
Leask, James. 4th March, 1853.
Son of James Leask, shipbuilder, Aberdeen. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1844-46. App. to George Allan (1844). Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 4th October, 1855. Membership terminated February, 1863. Married, at Aberdeen, nth July, 1854, Mary Ann (died 15th August, 1878, aged 61), fourth dau. of George Allan, shipmaster, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. James, assistant health officer, Bombay Municipality,
died 25 th December, 1902, aged 47.
2. William Keith, M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1877 ; 1st
cl. Class. Mods. Oxon., 1879; 2nd cl. Litt. Hum., 18811; Litterateur, Aberdeen. 1. Jane Ann, married, at Aberdeen, 4th August, 1880, Hugh Welsh, Assistant Inspector of Schools.
Ledingham, George. 1576.
1 Col. W. Johnston's " Roll of the Graduates of the University of Aberdeen," p. 282.
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Ledingham, Robert. 19th November, 1827.
Son of James Ledingham, farmer, Lochside, Raync. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1817-19. App. to Charles Gordon (Charles & Alexander Gordon). Sometime in partnership with George Walker (1846), firm being Ledingham & Walker. Magistrate of Aberdeen, 1852-54. Director, North of Scotland Bank, and Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy. Fiars Juror, 1853. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 12th November, 1841. Sometime proprietor of Wateridgemuir, Logic-Buchan.
Died, unmarried, in March, 1856. T
Leith, John. 1595.
Son of Leith, and Ursula Cheine,2 his wife. M.A. Notary
Public. Joint Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire, 1 595-97- 3 Sometime Commissary Depute, and subsequently Commissary of Aberdeenshire. Rector of King's Coll., elected 14th September, 16 19. Proprietor of Blairton. Married Katherine, dau. of Thomas Garden of Blairton, Commissary Clerk, with issue, of whom : —
1. Helen, had sasine in Dilspro (now known as Grandholm), 5th August, 1619.4 Died 1 8th , 1620. 5
1 George Ledingham, farmer, Inchdrewer, near Banff, deceased's only surviving brother, succeeded to his heritable estate.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 151. 3JUJ., I., p. 473.
4 Register of Sasines.
3 Leith's death in early manhood terminated a career of much promise. His widow erected a monument to his memory in the Cathedral, Old Aberdeen. It was found under the floor during the restoration of 1867, and the principal slab now lies at the north-west corner. It shews numerous emblems, including an effigy of Leith in low relief, two shields displaying the Leith and Garden arms respectively, a sand glass, and two shovels. At the top and round the margin is an inscription in Latin, which, in some parts, is considerably defaced. The late Mr. Andrew Gibb gave a drawing of the slab in Vol. XII., plate IX., of the "Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland," to illustrate his paper on "Some Suggestions as to our Mural Antiquities." Unfortunately, however, Mr. Gibb gave the year of Leith's death as "1670," instead of 1620, and the mistake has been repeated by subsequent authors. Mrs. Leith, who was liferentrix of Blairton, married, secondly, Patrick Sinclair, and died before 30th November, 1631. — Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 309 and 346.
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Leslie, Alexander.1 Before 27th April, 1691.
Son of John Leslie, magistrate, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1691. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1691-1707. 2 Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 29th April, 1700; honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 29th March, 1701.
Died February, 1707. 3
Leslie, John. 1595.
Notary Public. Appointed Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire (jointly with William Reid), 21st July, 1595, but he does not appear to have acted.4
Leslie, Robert Downie. s 30th May, 1876.
Only son of William Downie, contractor, and Mary Turnbull, his wife. Born at Scrabster, Thurso, 24th January, 1848. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1863-65. App. to John Robertson, James Forbes Lumsden, and Charles Brown Davidson (Robertson & Lumsden). There- after with Mackenzie & Kermack, W.S., Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with W?illiam Reid Reid (1880), firm being Leslie & Reid; and afterwards with James Hay (1896), firm being R. D. Leslie & Hay. Notary Public. Secretary, Iron Trades' and Shipbuilding Employers' Assoc, in Aberdeen. Married, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 28th June, 1877, Frances, elder dau. of John Turnbull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with issue : —
I. William Downie, merchant, Calcutta-, married, 24th February, 1908, C. A. Louttit Laing, Edinburgh.
'Not in Kennedy's List. See Spalding Club " Miscellany," V., p. 368; Michie's "The Records of Invercauld," p. 266; and "Miscellany," II., p. 481.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 122.
3 St. Nicholas Kirkwork Accounts.
4 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," I., pp. 474-75.
5 Mr. Leslie's mother, having married, as her. second husband, Alexander Leslie, Aberdeen, the patronymic "Leslie" was assumed in boyhood.
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2. John Malcolm Downie, died 1st August, 1881.
3. Robert Downie, in West Australia.
4. Francis Downie, H.M. Indian Army.
5. Arthur Norman Downie, died 31st January, 1892!
6. Edwin V. Downie.
1. Eleanor Frances Downie, married, 12th December, 1905,
John T. Christie, Parkstone, Dorset.
2. Mary Downie.
3. Dora Jane Downie, married, 17th September, 1910,
Edward Hertslet William Wingfield King, Somerset House, London.
4. Kathleen Margaret Downie. Died 5th December, 1906. r
Ligertwood, Alexander. 1 st June, 1811.
Son of John Ligertwood, farmer, Overhill and Pitscaff, Foveran, and Jean Mitchell, his wife. Born 1788. M.A., King's Coll., 31st March, 1806. App. to Charles Gordon (1783).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 1st January, 1834.
Ligertwood, John. 1st August, 1840.
Son of Thomas Ligertwood, farmer, Overhill and Pitscaff, Foveran, afterwards in Middletack, Rathen, and Mary Muir, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll.; 1832-35. App., first, to Thomas Sangster and Alexander Muir (Sangster & Muir), and, second, to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Some- time in partnership with his brother Robert (1854), firm being J. & R. Ligertwood. Sheriff* Clerk of Aberdeenshire, 1861-84. Director, Great North of Scotland Railway Coy. ; Aberdeen Steam Navigation Coy. ; and Local Board, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy. Sometime proprietor of Buxburn, Newhills. Member, Aberdeen Town Council. Guild burgess,
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admitted 31st October, 1859. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Treasurer, Spalding Club. Member- ship of the Society of Advocates terminated October, 1885. Married, at Aberdeen, 13th August, 1857, Jessie (died at Scarborough, 2nd September, 1891), only dau. of Robert Kemp, grain merchant, Aberdeen, with issue, of whom : —
Arthur Gordon, law apprentice, April, 1882.
John Robert, died 24th March, 1870.
Walter Auldjo, died 20th December, 1880.
Jessie, married, at Aberdeen, 23rd April, 1884, Henry John Foquette Ellis Hickes, Colonel, Royal Horse Artillery.
Died .
Ligertwood, Robert. 20th June, 1854.
Son of Thomas Ligertwood, farmer, Overhill and Pitscaft, Foveran, afterwards in Middletack, Rathen, and Mary Muir, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1845-47. App. to his brother, John Ligertwood (1840), with whom afterwards in partnership, firm being J. & R. Ligertwood. Notary Public. Sometime Secretary, Royal Northern Agricultural Society. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Joint Treasurer, Spalding Club. Membership of the Society of Advocates terminated November, 1880. Married, at Aberdeen, 16th August, i860, Anne Saunders (died 23rd March, 1865, aged 25), elder dau. of Henry Adamson, shipowner, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Catherine Saunders, died 10th October, 1890, aged 29.
2. Margaret.
3. Anne. Died abroad.
Lillie, Thomas. 1649.
Son of Alexander Lillie, Commissary Clerk Depute and burgess of Aberdeen, and Janet Forbes, his wife. Notary Public.
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Commissary Clerk Depute. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 10th September, 1636. In 1636, resident in Old Aberdeen, when the household consisted of " Mr. Thomas Lillie, his wyff, his guidmother, his tuo brethcrn, his tuo bairnes, William Forsyithe and Issobell Forbes, servants."
Died " 19th February, 1668, in old age."1
Littlejohn, David. 16th June, 1865.
Third son of William Littlejohn, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1819, manager, Aberdeen Town and County Banking Coy., afterwards Town and County Bank (Limited), and Janet Bentley, his wife. Born at 91 Union Street, Aberdeen, 3rd April, 1841. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; and Eastman's, Southsea. Cadet, R. N., 1854-56 (Baltic Medal). Service terminated by serious and prolonged illness. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1857-60. LL.D., Aberd., 1903. App., first, to William Robison (1820), and, second, to John Clark (1832). Subsequently with Burns, Maclean & Alison, writers, Glasgow. In partnership with the said John Clark, 1865-66, firm being Clark & Littlejohn. Law Agent to the Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy. Secretary, Aberdeen Liberal Association, 1877, also West Aberdeenshire Liberal Association, 1880. Appointed Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire, 23rd December, 1884, thereupon retiring from private practice. Member, St. Nicholas Parochial Board, 1875-78. Chief Magistrate of Burgh of Woodside, 1877-85. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 7th January, 1895. Chairman of Directors of Royal Infirmary (period of reconstruction), 1888-94. Chairman, Aberdeen Conciliation Board, 1 898-1906. Governor under Milne Bequest Educa- tional Trust since 1891, and Trustee under Bequest of John Burnett of Dens since the same year. Hon. Treasurer, Indigent Lunatic Fund, since 1903. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen ; Member of University Court (one of the General Council's Assessors, and specially representing
1 Row's Diary.
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the Faculty of Law), April, 1900, to October, 1909. During Dr. Littlejohn's term of office, and in no small measure owing to his advocacy and assistance, the Legal Curriculum was so extended as to permit of the establishment of the Degree of LL.B. Vice-President, New Spalding Club, 1908, and Chairman of Executive Committee. Director, Town and County Bank (Limited) from 1892, and of North of Scotland and Town and County Bank (Limited) since amalgamation. Director of various other businesses. Joined Volunteer Force, 1861 ; Major, 1875, retiring with rank, 1882 (medal). J. P. for Aberdeenshire 1888. Also J. P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen. D.L. of Aberdeenshire, 1893. Editor, "Records of Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire," 3 vols., 1904-7; and "Aber- deenshire Fiars," 1906. President of the Society of Advocates since 1910. Married, first, at Castleknock Church, County Dublin, 16th October, 1867, Ellen Maria (died at Aberdeen, 15th August, 1869), eldest dau. of Joseph Henry Taylor of Graigue, County Tipperary, and of Hillbrook, County Dublin, formerly Lieut, 9th Foot, with issue : —
1. Margaret, married, in 1896, Rev. Gilbert George Walker,
M.A., Oxon., rector of Partney cum Dalby, afterwards of Somerby with Great Humby, Lincolnshire.
2. Janet Bentley.
Married, second, at Goval, New Machar, 29th August, 1872, Jane, fourth dau. of James Crombie, manufacturer, Grandholm, with issue : —
1. William, advocate (1900).
3. Katherine Forbes, died 30th October, 1888, aged 15.
4. Ruth, married, in 1898, William Smith Gill, manufacturer,
Aberdeen, afterwards of Dalhebity, Peterculter, and Colonel Commanding Highland Division R. E. (T. F.).
Littlejohn, William. 13th December, 1900.
Only son of David Littlejohn, advocate (1865). Born at Aberdeen, 4th March, 1875. Educated at MacMillan's private School; Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Aberd., 1892-95. App.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 247
to Farquharson Taylor Garden, Charles Ruxton and David Montague Alexander Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers). With Mac Andrew, Wright & Murray, W.S., Edinburgh, August, 1899, to September, 1900. In partnership with A. H. Davidson, solicitor, 1901-2, firm being Littlejohn & Davidson. Clerk and Treasurer, Banchory-Devenick School Board. Guild burgess of Aberdeen.1 Second Lieutenant, 1st Aberdeenshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Vols.), 2nd August, 1895 ; Captain, 12th March, 1902 ; retiring 14th May, 1903. Married, at Aberdeen, 1st June, 1912, Kathcrine Elisabeth, only dau. of James Duguid, advocate (1874).
Logie, Andrew. 1687.
Son of George Logie of Loanhead. Succeeded to Loanhead. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 5th October, 1691, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, 29th April, 1700. Married (contract dated 19th January, 1693), Anna (died September, 1737 a), dau. of Alexander Baton of Kinaldie, with issue: —
1. George, baptised 14th January, 1694, went abroad.
2. William, left a widow.
3. Andrew, baptised 9th May, 1703.
1. Mary, married, u\ 17 15, William Wcmyss, merchant,
Inverness, afterwards of Craighall, Kennethmont.
2. Isobel.
Died before 9th May, 1703. 3
Low, James. 30th November, 1829.
Son of David Low in Fiddie, Skene. M.A.. King's Coll., March, 1822. App. to Charles Donaldson (1814). Sometime Clerk to the Commutation Road Trustees of the 9th or Aberdeen District. Married, at Aberdeen, 21st February, 1833, Helen
1 He was the fifth in direct descent to have been admitted a guild burgess of the city of Aberdeen, his great-great grandfather, William Littlejohn, merchant, builder, and subsequently a magistrate, having been admitted in September, 1776 ; his great grandfather, James Littlejohn, architect, on 18th August, 1800 ; his grandfather, William Littlejohn, manager, Aberdeen Town and County Banking Coy., on 23rd March, 1840 ; his father on 7th January, 1895 ; and himself on 5th February, 1906.
2 St. Nicholas Kirkwork Accounts. 3 MS. Records of Society.
248 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
"*. Austin (died at Aberdeen, 8th November, 1859, aged 47), second \
dau. of William Milne, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Jean Sangster, died 17th August, 1849, aged 14.
2. Margaret Merrilces, married Alexander Ross, advocate
(1839). Died at Aberdeen, 1st October, 1837, aged 34.
Low, John. 13th June, 1792.
Son of Alexander Low, merchant, Aberdeen. A pp. to David Morice (1764). Procurator Fiscal for the city of Aberdeen. Lieutenant, Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1802-4.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th August, 18 17, aged 49.
Lumsden, Alexander. 15th March, 1759.
Son of Alexander Lumsden and Isobel Seaton, his wife. App. to John Taylor (1743). Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire.1 Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 12th June, 1765. Fiars Juror, 1765-75. Proprietor of the Crookedmyre or Broadford, Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1761-64. Married, in April, 1765, Jean (died 10th May, 1773, aged 37), dau. of Alexander Robertson of Glasgowego, Kinellar, some- time Lord Provost of Aberdeen, with issue, of whom : —
1. Alexander, baptised 3rd June, 1769; M.A., Mar. Coll.,
1787; burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 6th April, 1790; member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 1st July, 1797 ; died at Glenbogie, Auchindoir, 8th March, 1 831, aged 62.
2. John (twin), born 21st and baptised 23rd March, 1772.
1. Jean, baptised 31st October, 1767, died May, 1778.
2. Annabella, born 2nd and baptised 6th March, 177 1.
3. Elizabeth (twin), born 21st and baptised 23rd March, 1772. Died at Aberdeen, 19th January, 1777, aged 47.2
1 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
2 Will recorded 6th May, 1777, and 28th September, 1778.— "Aberdeen Commissariot Register. "
FROM THE PAINTING BY JAMES GILES. R.S.A
Lumsden, Charles Downie. 4th Aj
Eldest son of Rev Edward Lu b., 1856, ;
of Midmar, and Janet Rir
Aberdeen, 9th June, 1863. nnasium,
Aberdeen ; Grammar School, App. to Charles Duncan, Pet (Stronach, Duncan & Duguid\ his younger brother, Edward i being Lumsden & Lumsden. November, 1896, Isabel' Major, Argyll and Suti
1. Charles Leith
2. Edward.
Lumsden, Clements.
Eighth son of H 24th March, to his fatbc W.S., Edinl in partnership . firm being Henr own accour being Linn of County- after sole :; Chancery Giles, R.S. House, 3rd 7, died
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Lumsden, Charles Downie. 4th April, 1893.
Eldest son of Rev. Edward Lumsden, M.A., Edinb., 1856, minister of Midmar, and Janet Richardson Downie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 9th June, 1863. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1883. App. to Charles Duncan, Peter Duguid and Henry Peterkin (Stronach, Duncan & Duguid). Sometime in partnership with his younger brother, Edward Robertson Lumsden (1894), firm being Lumsden & Lumsden. Now in London. Married, 25th November, 1896, Isabella McCombie, only dau. of Henry Wood, Major, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, with issue: —
1. Charles Leith, died at Aberdeen, 20th June, 1900.
2. Edward.
Lumsden, Clements. 5th July, 1825.
Eighth son of Hary Lumsden, advocate (1778). Born at Aberdeen, 24th March, 1796. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1813-15. App., first, to his father, and, second, to Richard Hotchkis and James Tytler, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 8th July, 1823. Sometime in partnership with his elder brother, Henry Lumsden (1807), firm being Henry & Clements Lumsden ; subsequently on his own account, and thereafter with John Robertson (1852), firm being Lumsden & Robertson. Notary Public. Joint collector of County Rates for Aberdeenshire, 1826-44, ar|d there- after sole collector. Commissioner of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland. Fiars Juror, 1834-50. Portrait by James Giles, R.S.A., at Johnston House, Rubislaw. Married, at Echt House, 3rd July, 1827, Jane (born at Springhill, 5th October, 1807, died at Aberdeen, 20th December, 1883, aged y6), third dau. of James Forbes of Echt, with issue : —
1. Henry William, born at Aberdeen, 23rd August, 1829; Licut.-Colonel, Royal (Madras) Artillery ; F.S.A., Scot. ; author of " Memorials of the Family of Lumsdaine or Lumsden," and " Beowulf — Translated into Modern Rhymes" ; married his cousin, Catherine Edith Lumsden, H I
250 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
dau. of Hugh Lumsden of Pitcaple ; died at Langley Park, Montrose, 23rd December, 1909. 2. James Forbes, advocate (1862).
1. Jane Edith, born at Aberdeen, 8th June, 1828; died at
Exmouth, 2nd March, 1897.
2. Katharine Maria, born at Aberdeen, nth October, 1831 ;
honorary superintendent, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Aberdeen, 1885-1901.
3. Elizabeth, born at Aberdeen, 26th December, 1833 ; died
20th April, 1840.
4. Rachel Frances, born at Ferryhill, 17th April, 1835 ;
honorary superintendent, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Aberdeen, 1877-85 ; honorary superintendent, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, 1885-97 ; died at Aberdeen, 22nd April, 1908.
5. Louisa Innes, born at Aberdeen, 31st December, 1840;
Classical Honours, Girton College, Cambridge ; Classical Tutor of Girton College and of the Cheltenham Ladies' College, 1873-77; First Head-Mistress of St. Leonards School, St. Andrews, 1877-82 ; First Warden of the University Hall of Women Students, University of St. Andrews, 1895-1900; LL.D., St. And. Died at 17 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, 27th November, 1853.
Lumsden, Edward Robertson. 13th April, 1894.
Second son of Rev. Edward Lumsden, M.A., Edinb., 1856, minister of Midmar, and Janet Richardson Downie, his wife. Born at Midmar, 1 8th April, 1869. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1889. App. to Peter Duguid and Henry Peterkin (Stronach, Duncan & Duguid). Sometime in partnership with his elder brother, Charles Downie Lumsden (1893), firm being Lumsden & Lumsden. Sometime Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Conservative Club. Now in business in Vancouver, British Columbia. Married there, 19th August, 191 2, Jane, only dau. of the late James Fettes, Mytice, Gartly.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 25 1
Lumsden, Hary. 10th March, 1778.
Eldest son of John Lumsden in Boghead, Kintore, and Christian Stephen, his wife. Born at Kintore. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1770-74. App. to his uncle, Alexander Lumsden (1759). Notary Public. Collector of County Rates for Aberdeenshire, 1799 to 1826. District Law Agent for H.M. Post Office. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Fiars Juror, 1788-98, and twenty-nine times, 1 80 1 -3 1. Purchased part of estate of Belhelvie, now known as Belhelvie Lodge, and also acquired from his relative, Miss Agnes Lumsden, the estate of Pitcaple. D.L. and J.P., Aberdeenshire. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1792-94. President, 1800-2. Portrait at Pitcaple Castle. Married at Huntly, 14th January, 1781, his cousin, Catherine (died nth March, 1843, aged Sy)} dau. of Hugh McVeagh, manufacturer, Huntly, with issue : —
1. John Ferdinand, born 15th and baptised 21st November,
1781 ; died at Paris, 15th December, 1822.
2. Hugh, of Pitcaple, born 22nd and baptised 30th April, 1783,
member, Faculty of Advocates, 1st March, 1806, Sheriff of Sutherlandshire, 1827, married, first, 30th April, 181 3, Frances, second dau. of Alexander Brebner of Learney, second, 8th July, 1824, Isabella, fourth dau. of Walter Fergus of Strathore ; died 27th January, 1859.
3. Henry, advocate (1807).
4. Alexander of Claremount, St. Dorothy, Jamaica, born 20th
and baptised 29th June, 1786; died 1st September, 1826.
5. Thomas, C.B., Colonel, born 12th and baptised 25th June,
1789; succeeded to Belhelvie Lodge; married, 8th February, 1821, Hay, youngest dau. of John Burnett of Elrick ; died 8th December, 1874, aged 85.
6. Clements, born 2nd and baptised 14th October, 1791 ;
died in infancy.
7. William James, H.E.I.C.S. (Civil), born 9th and baptised
17th April, 1794, afterwards of Balmedie,etc, married, first, Margaret, second dau. of John, eighth Viscount Arbuthnott, second, Mary Elizabeth, eldest dau. of
2$2 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Matthew Thompson, of Manningham Lodge, Yorkshire, third, Williamina Stewart, dau. of Lieut-Col. James John Forbes Leith of Whitehaugh ; died 14th October, 1875, aged 81. 8. Clements, W.S., advocate (1825). I. Margaret Letitia, baptised 14th August, 1788. Died at Aberdeen, 20th February, 1833, aged 79.
Lumsden, Henry. 5th December, 1807.
Third son of Hary Lumsden, advocate (1778). Born 16th July, 1784. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1797-1801. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with his younger brother Clements (1825), firm being Henry & Clements Lumsden. Joint collector of County Rates for Aberdeenshire, 1826-44. Director, Aberdeen Banking Company. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1837. Fiars Juror, 1838-50. Convener of Banffshire. D.L., Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire. Prominent Freemason. Lieut, Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803, Captain, Aberdeenshire Local Militia, 1808. Proprietor of Tilwhilly, and subsequently (as heir of entail) proprietor of the Auchindoir estates. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1828-30. President, 1834-36. Portrait by John Moir, painted in 1842, at 12 Gloucester Place, Edinburgh. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, first, at Ferryhill, 26th June, 181 5, Catherine (died 1st November, 1834, aged 38), third dau. of John Tower, sometime of St. Croix, with issue : —
1. Harry, born 18th September, 1817 ; married, 12th October,
1841, Anne, third dau. of Hugh Gordon of Manar, and died 1850.
2. John Tower, born 30th December, 1823 ; Captain, Bengal
N.I. ; " fell while leading the stormers to the assault of Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, 16th November, 1857."
3. Hugh Thomas, born 31st August, 1829; died 14th
October, 1845.
odgc, Yorkshire,
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Whitchaugh : died 14th October, 1875,
st, 1788. 79-
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e (1778). Born 16th July,
-l8oi. App. to his father.
younger brother Clements
umsden. Joint collector
44- Director, Aberdeen
sors to the Rector of
0. Convener of Banffshire.
and Kir hire. Prominent Freemason.
:een V; Captain, Aberdeenshire
■ S08. Proprietor of Tihvhilly, and subsequently
ntail) prop: A the Auchindoir estates.
of the Socier \dvocates, 1828-30. President,
t by jir, painted in 1842, at 12
dinburgh. Portrait in Committee Room.
rryhill, 2 c, 181 5, Catherine (died 1st
u. of John Tower, sometime
>ue : —
h September, 1817 ; d, 12th October,
;hird dai tdon of Manar, and
Captain, Bengal ormers to the assault of . Luckni h November, 1857."
born 31st August, 1829; died 14th
or, 1845. '
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LIST OF MEMBERS. 253
1. Elizabeth Cruger, born 22nd June, 1816; married, 13th
September, 1836, James Gordon of Manar, and died at Midmar Castle, 2nd January, 191 1.
2. Catherine McVeagh, born 31st May, 1819; married, at
Doneraile Church, County Cork, nth October, 1842, John Davis Garde of Dublin.
3. Margaret Mary, born October, 1820 ; married, at Aberdeen,
3rd May, 1843, Major James Forbes, sometime of the nth Regiment.
4. Henrietta Anne, born 9th June, 1822; married, at
Aberdeen, 28th June, 1842, James Foote of Springfort House, Cork.
5. Jeanette Isabella, born 1st February, 1826; married, at
Aberdeen, 5th July, 1845, Carbcry Baldwin Egan of Hazlewood, County Cork, and died at Monkstown, Cork, 6th June, 1878.
6. Georgiana Louisa, born 27th May, 1827 ; married, at Clova,
26th August, 1847, John McDowall Skene, Captain, R.N., Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard, and died at Banff, 10th October, 1848.
Married, second, at Edinburgh, 10th March, (840, Mary Ann
(born 17th February, 1807, died 24th April, 1891), second dau.
of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, fifth Bart, with
issue : —
4. Thomas Kirkpatrick, died April, 1849.
7. Jane Eleanora, died at Edinburgh, 20th April, 1911.
8. Charlotte Clementina.
9. Mary Thomasina.
10. Caroline Richmond, married Rev. A. Lawson. Died at Aberdeen, 26th June, 1856.
Lumsden, James Forbes. 13th February, 1862.
Younger son of Clements Lumsden, W.S. and advocate, Aberdeen (1825). Born at Aberdeen, 6th October, 1837. Alumnus, Mar.
254 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Coll., 1854-56. App. to Robert Smith and Francis James Cochran (Smith & Cochran). Partner of Robertson & Lumsden, [862-93, and of Lumsden & Davidson from 1893. Clerk to Aberdeen County District Board of Lunacy, and Aberdeen County and Municipal Buildings Commissioners. Clerk of Supply and County Road Clerk of Aberdeenshire from May, 1879, ar|d first County Clerk of Aberdeenshire on the passing of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889. Resigned office (on the death of his partner, Mr. John Robertson), in May, 1893. Director, Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy., and subsequently of Local Board, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy., also Director of the Culter Mills Paper Coy. (Limited). Fiars Juror, 1897. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1900-2. President, 1902-4. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at North Berwick, 3rd September, 1868, Helen Anna, youngest dau. of William Fisher of Ferryhill, with issue : —
1. Clements Arthur, died nth June, 1875.
2. Alfred Forbes, Captain, The Royal Scots.
3. William Forbes, Captain, R.G.A.
4. Harry Basil, B.A., Cantab.
1. Lucy Forbes.
2. Eleanor Gertrude.
3. Jane Evelyn.
4. Helen Amy.
Lumsden, Robert. 1576.
Third son of Robert Lumsden of Medlar and Balnakelly. Magistrate of Aberdeen in 1545-46. l Probably the procurator and factor, appointed for the Order of Trinity Friars in Aberdeen, 3rd September, 1555.2 Joint Commissioner for the Burgh of Aberdeen at the meeting of the Estates, held at Perth, 28th July, 1569. 3 Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire in 1576. 4
1 Mr. A. M. Munro's MS. 2 Burgh Court Books, XXII., p. 150.
3 Privy Council Register, II., p. 3. 4 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," I., p. 456.
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Proprietor of Clova. Married, first, Elizabeth (died 30th June, 1572), dau. of Alexander Keith, brother of the Earl Marischal, with issue, of whom : —
1. Margaret, "Lady of Leslie," died 20th August, 1575.
2. Janet, or Jean, married Alexander Chalmers of Cults,
Provost of Aberdeen. T Married, second, Janeta Menzies.
Lumsden, William. 1624.
M.A. Acquired estate of Ardmurdoe in 1623, and Blairton in 1633. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 3rd May, 1633. Married Helen,2 dau. of William Barclay, advocate (1595), with issue, of whom : —
1. William.
2. Alexander.
1. Jean.
2. Agnes.
Lyon, Alexander. 1557.
McCombie, Charles. 30th May, 1876.
Fourth son of Rev. Robert McCombie, Chaplain of the prisons, Royal Infirmary, and Lunatic Asylum, Aberdeen, subsequently Free Church minister of Leslie and Premnay, and Margaret Templeton, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 20th October, 1838. Educated at Parish School, Leslie, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1855-57. App. to Patrick Davidson, Alexander Davidson and Patrick Cooper (Davidsons & Cooper). With Dalmahoy, Wood & Cowan, W.S., Edinburgh, and thereafter with McEwen & Carment, W.S., Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with John Parker (1865), firm being
1 Munro's "Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts," etc., p. 123.
2 Lumsden and his wife, with others, were excommunicated for popery, 12th July, 1640. — Spalding's " Memorialls of the Trubles," I., p. 304.
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Parker & McCombie ; afterwards with John Ewen, solicitor, firm being McCombie & Ewen. Notary Public. Joint Secretary, Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce (Incorporated) ; and Joint Secretary, Aberdeen Conciliation Board. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Edinburgh, 20th July, 1876, Charlotte Brodie, dau. of the late Rev. Duncan Maclean, Free Church minister of Callander, with issue : —
1. Georgina Campbell, M.A. (with first class classical
honours), Aberd., 1901.
2. Meta (Margaret), M.A. (with first class classical honours),
Aberd., 1902.
McCombie, James Boyn. 8th July, 1831.
Second son of Thomas McCombie, merchant and burgess, Aberdeen, subsequently of Easter Skene, and Margaret Boyn, his wife. M.A, Mar. Coll., 1823. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794). In partnership with Andrew Murray (183 1) from 1837, firm being Murray & McCombie. In said firm, Alexander Murray (1865) and Andrew Murray, Junior (1876), were subsequently assumed as partners. Notary Public. Joint Secretary, Aberdeen Branch, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy. Guild burgess, admitted 2nd October, 1833. Dean of Guild of Aberdeen in 1842. Fiars Juror, 1846-60. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Proprietor of Gelly brands, Kincardine- shire. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1870-71. President, 1871-72. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Elmfield, 4th June, 1833, Helen Bruce (died at Aberdeen, 15th April, 1890, aged 78), eldest dau. of Robert Davidson of Elmfield, Aberdeen.
Died at Aberdeen, 19th April, 1885, aged 77.
McCook, James. 24th November, 1785.
Son of Malcolm McCook, shoemaker, Old Aberdeen, and Isabel Neil, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll.. 1779, etc. App. to James
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Strachan (1777). Joint legal assessor and clerk to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1809. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 20th July, 1785, Jane (died 17th March, 1792, aged 30), dau. of James Rhind, mason, with issue : —
1. John, died in infancy.
2. James, baptised 29th November, 1787 ; M.A., Mar. Coll.,
1803; W.S., admitted 23rd November, 1813; married, 25th April, 1820, Anne, only dau. of Thomas Laing ; and died 28th April, 1847.
1. Margaret, died 21st September, 1789.
2. Isabel, born 30th August, 1786; married Charles Mitchell,
merchant, Aberdeen ; and died 19th August, 1865. Married, second, at Aberdeen, 9th September, 1795, Isabella (died 18th March, 1834, aged 74), dau. of the late James Kynoch, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
3. John, born 13th September, 1797; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1814;
planter in Jamaica ; and died there, 20th September, 1829.
Died at sea, while on passage from London to Aberdeen, 9th October, 1831, aged 70.
MacDiarmid, John Duncan. 25th March, 1901.
Eldest son of John MacDiarmid, accountant, Inland Revenue (Stamps and Taxes), Aberdeen, and Christina Still, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 22nd May, 1876. Educated at MacMillan's private School ; Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1896; B.L. (with honours), 1899. App. to William Smith and Benjamin Spark (Stephen & Smith). Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Town and County Association for Teaching the Blind at their Homes. District Secretary, Scottish Clerks' Association. Member, Aberdeen Parish Council, May, 191 2. Captain, 3rd (Gordon Brigade) Company, Army Service Corps, Highland Division (T.F.).
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Macdonald, Alexander. 10th July, 1829.
Son of Alexander Macdonald, shipmaster, Aberdeen, and Ann Anderson, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 181 5-18. App. to James Blaikie and Patrick Bannerman (Blaikie & Bannerman). Notary Public. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Author of "A Jumble of Jottings," 1894, and of numerous fugitive pieces. Married, at Grandholm, 8th July, 1836, Amelia, dau. of James Harvey, manufacturer, Grandholm.
Died at Aberdeen, 29th January, 1878.
McDonald, Archibald Mclntyre. 2nd November, 1871.
Son of Alexander McDonald, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1799, M.D., Edinb., 1806, Surgeon, Royal Horse Artillery, and Margaret Marjory Yeats, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 23rd April, 1846. M. A., Aberd., 1865. App. to William Yeats and Robert Spottiswood Farquhar Spottiswood (Yeats & Spottiswood). Sometime in partnership with the said William Yeats and William Milne (1864), firm being Yeats, Milne & McDonald. Notary Public.
Died, unmarried, at Thornlea, Seafield, Aberdeen, 4th September, 1907.
McHardy, James.1 19th November, 1817.
Son of William McHardy, innkeeper, Aberdeen, afterwards in Mains of Seaton, and Isobel Grant, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1806-9. App- to John Low (1792). Sometime in partner- ship with William Robison (1820), firm being McHardy & Robison. Married, at Edinburgh, 23rd April, 1834, Lilias (died 1 2th October, 1886), eldest dau. of William Aitken, 52 Melville Street, Edinburgh, with issue.
Died in New Zealand, 1st June, i860.2
1 As eldest and only surviving son of William McHardy, he had sasine in deceased's house property in Aberdeen in 1847. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
2 McHardy is incorrectly stated in various works to have been Town Clerk of Glasgow.
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Machray, Robert 13th February, 1830.
Son of John Machray, sometime farmer at Waulkmill of Bendauch, Dyce. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1822. App. to Hugh Fullerton (1804). Went to America before 1838. Married Christian (died at Aberdeen, 16th February, 1862), dau. of John Allan, farmer, Dyce, with issue, of whom : —
I.Robert, born 1831 ; M.A., King's Coll., 1851 ; B.A., Cantab., 1855; M.A., 1858; D.D., 1865; LL.D., Aberd., 1865; D.D., Manitoba, 1883; D.D., Durham, 1888; D.C.L., Toronto, 1893; D.D., Oxon., 1897; 2nd Bishop of Rupert's Land, 1865 ; 1st Archbishop of Rupert's Land, and Primate of all Canada, 1893 ; Prelate of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, 1893 ! Chancellor of the Univ. of Manitoba, 1877; died at Winnipeg, 9th March, 1904. * 2. William Forsyth, served as a soldier in the Crimean campaign ; thereafter a magistrate of Haddington ; Temperance advocate ; for forty-seven years an office- bearer of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society ; married, 4th December, 1856, Jessie Panton, Aberdeen ; died 13th January, 191 2. 1. Mary, married, at Haddington, 29th June, 1865, Rev. William Brand, minister of Sandwick, Shetland.
Died in America before 25th January, 1862.
Mackay, William. 8th March, 1905.
Third son of Robert Whytc Mackay, wholesale warehouseman, Aberdeen, and Isabella Christian Morrice, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 4th May, 1877. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1897; B.L., 1901. App. to Alexander Ledingham, S.S.C., and Alfred Martineau, advocate (Edmonds & Ledingham).
'Colonel W. Johnstons "Roll of Graduates, University of xVberdeen, 1860-1900," p. 316.
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Mackenzie, Thomas.1 14th April, 1855.
Eldest son of John Mackenzie, tacksman of Bellfield, North Kessock, Ross-shire, and Anne Douglass, his wife. Born at Inverness, nth May, 1831. Educated at Burke's private Academy, Inverness, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., April, 1849; Law student, Edinb., 1852-54. App. to John Duncan (1824). With Charles Morton (Morton, Whitehead & Greig), W.S., Edinburgh, from October, 1852, to March, 1855. Appointed Sheriff Substitute and Commissary Depute of Sutherland, at Dornoch, 8th October, 1859, and Sheriff Substitute of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland in 1870, under the Act 33 and 34, Vic, cap. 86. Now senior Sheriff Substitute.2 Convener of the County of Sutherland in 1886. Held Commission in 1st Sutherland Rifle Vols. Commissioner of Supply. J. P. for counties of Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty. Chairman of Governors of Tain Royal Academy. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Member of the British Numismatic Society. Married, at Kepplestone Cottage, Aber- deen, 22nd December, 1857, Isabella Williamina, dau. of William Mackenzie, tacksman of Holm, Inverness-shire, with issue : —
1. Douglas.
2. Thomas.
3. John Alexander.
4. Norman Earle.
1. Gertrude Agnes.
2. Alice Anne.
3. Isabella, now deceased.
4. Eleanor.
5. Marion Isabella.
1 "The Scots Law Times," 27th June, 1903.
2 It is interesting to record that Mr. Mackenzie attained his jubilee of official service as Sheriff Substitute on 8th October, 1909. In honour of the event, he was entertained in Edinburgh by the Sheriffs-Substitute of Scotland.
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McKinnon, Lachlan. 10th June, 1833.
Son of William McKinnon, ironmonger and burgess, Aberdeen, and Margaret Sangster, his wife. Born at Aberdeen in 181 1. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1829. App. to Alexander Muir and James Mair (Muir & Mair). Ceased to practice his profession, and assumed the leading partnership in the business of his father at Spring Garden Ironworks. Member of Aberdeen Town Council. Guild burgess, admitted 28th October, 1833.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, nth August, 1869.
McKinnon, Lauchlan (Junior). 3rd December, 1842.
Eldest son of Lauchlan McKinnon, shipmaster and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Jean Reid, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 30th August, 1 8 19. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1837. App. to John Duguid Milne (1814). Some- time in partnership with his son Lachlan, firm being L. McKinnon Junior & Son. Notary Public. Commissioner on Deeside for H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. Agent in Aberdeen for British Linen Company Bank. Stock and share broker. Factor for the Royal Infirmary lands. Promoter and first secretary of the Aberdeen District Tramways Coy. Belgian Consul at Aberdeen. Master Extraordinary in Scotland of the High Court of Chancery for taking oaths, etc. F.S.A., Scot. Fiars Juror, 1857-84. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 6th April, 1868. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1877-78. President, 1878-79. Portrait by Miss Marjorie Evans at Den more, Aberdeen. Portrait also in Committee Room. Married, at Aberdeen, 8th June, 1852, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 30th September, 1886), youngest dau. of Dr. Patrick Blaikie, physician in Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Lachlan, advocate (1878).
2. William, advocate (1882).
3. Norman, sharebroker, London.
4. Andrew Robertson, M.D., Aberd., 1893 ; died at Warneford
Hospital, Leamington, 7th September, 1893, aged 25.
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5. Arthur Hay Livingston, architect, A.R.I.B.A., Aberdeen.
6. Francis James Ogilvie, marine engineer.
1. Elizabeth Livingston, married, 28th November, 1872,
Thomas Adam, of Denmore, shipowner, Aberdeen.
2. Margaret Blaikie, married, nth August, 1880, Theodore
Crombie, of Culter, manufacturer, Grandholm.
3. Ethel Douglas, married Alexander John Ramsay Thain,
advocate (1890). Died at Aberdeen, nth April, 1899. *
Mackinnon, Lachlan. - 6th September, 1878.
Eldest son of Lauchlan McKinnon, Junior, advocate (1842). Born at Aberdeen, 8th May, 1855. Educated at West End Academy, and Grammar School (dux and gold medalist in 1870), Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1875. App. to his father. With Morton, Neilson & Smart, W.S., Edinburgh, 1877-78. Sometime in partnership with his father, firm being L. McKinnon Junior & Son ; and with his son Lachlan (1909), from 30th September, 1909, firm being L. Mackinnon & Son. Notary Public. Secretary of the Aberdeen District Tramways Coy. District Secretary of The Shipping Federation (Limited). Law Agent to the Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners. Belgian Consul at Aberdeen. Director, Local Board, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy. Lieut.-Col. and Honorary Col., Commanding 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 10th December, 1904. V.D. D.L. of the County of the City of Aberdeen. Married, in London, 10th October, 1882, Theodora, second dau. of Stephen Thompson, shipowner, London, with issue : —
1. Lachlan, advocate (1909).
2. Alan.
1. Doris Livingston.
2. Esther Blaikie.
3. Lilias Livingston.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XV., pp. 1 17-18. 3 "The Scots Law Times," 10th December, 1898.
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Mackinnon, Lachlan (Junior). 27th May, 1909.
Elder son of Lachlan Mackinnon, advocate (1878). Born at Aberdeen, 9th September, 1886. Educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1906 ; B.L. (with honours), 1908 ; LL.B., 1910. App. to his father. In partnership with his father from 30th September, 1909, firm being L. Mackinnon & Son. Second Lieut, 4th Batt. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), 1st August, 1905; Lieutenant, nth April, 1906; Captain (University Company), 15th April, 1910.
Mackinnon, William. 12th December, 1882.
Second son of Lauchlan McKinnon, Junior, advocate (1842). Born at Aberdeen, 3rd August, 1858. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1875-77. App. to his father. With Morton, Neilson & Smart, W.S., Edinburgh, 1881-82. Member, Stock Exchange, and practices as a stockbroker, being senior partner in the firm of Home & Mackinnon, stockbrokers, Aberdeen. Chairman of the Stock Exchange (Aberdeen), 1898-99. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 2nd December, 1907. Ten years Lieut, and Captain, A. Company, 1st Vol. Brig. Gordon Highlanders, retiring 19th November, 1887. Purchased Binghill, parish of Peterculter, at Martinmas, 1909. Married, at Aberdeen, 2nd July, 1885, Alison Frances, eldest dau. of Robert Brown Home, stockbroker, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alister.
2. Roy Livingston.
3. William.
McLennan, Hugh. 17th December, 1871.
Elder son of John McLennan, and Agnes Moir, his wife. Born at Oldmeldrum, 7th December, 1846. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Aberd., 1862-65. App., first, to Alexander Ross (1839), second, to Patrick Davidson, Alexander
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Davidson and Patrick Cooper (Davidsons & Cooper), and, third, to Alexander Davidson and James Garden (Davidson & Garden). In partnership, from 1st June, 1901, to 30th November, 1904, with Charles Shepherd Buyers, solicitor, firm being McLennan & Buyers. Notary Public. Clerk and Treasurer to the heritors of Old Machar, from nth May, 1875, to 30th January, 1906. Clerk and Treasurer to School Board of Old Machar, from 1873, to 4th October, 1894; and to School Board of Nigg, from 13th April, 1876, to 13th October, 1894. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 7th March, 1904. Proprietor of Springhill, near Aberdeen. Died, unmarried, at Springhill House, 5th January, 1908.
Macpherson, Andrew. 30th November, 1871.
Eldest son of George Macpherson, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1827, Gibston (Baron-Baillie of Huntly, and factor to His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon), and Jane Walker, his wife. Born at Huntly, 1 2th October, 1846. M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1866. App. to John Duguid Milne and George Walker (Milne & Walker). Subsequently with Dalziel & Brodie, W.S., Edinburgh. Partner in the firm of Murdoch & Macpherson, solicitors, Huntly, to 1885, and thereafter of Cochran & Macpherson, advocates, Aberdeen. Notary Public. Director, Northern Assurance Company, Aberdeen Commercial Company (Limited), and North of Scotland Milling Company (Limited).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 4th March, 1905.
Macqueen, John Ellison. 23rd May, 1900.
Eldest son of John Otto Macqueen, S.S.C., Aberdeen, and Mary Abercromby Haldane, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 3rd June, 1875. Educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1891-95. App., first, to his father, and, second, to Melville & Lindsay, W.S., Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with his father and Alexander Knox, solicitor, firm being Macqueen & Knox, and from 1910 with Henry James Findlater, W.S., firm
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being Macqueen & Findlater, advocates. Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders (afterwards 4th Batt. Gordon Highlanders) (T.F.) ; retired as Major in 1910. Married, at Broughty Ferry, 2nd June, 1909, Frances Helen, only dau. of William Thomas Grant, M.D., Broughty Ferry.
Mair, James. 30th May, 1823.
Son of James Mair, farmer, Milltown of Birness, Ellon. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1813. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Some- time in partnership with Alexander Muir (1817), firm being Muir & Mair. Director, Scottish Australian Investment and Insurance Coy.
Died, unmarried, at Kermuck, Ellon, 4th June, 1847. «
Marr, Robert. 1602.
Marshall, John. 9th July, 1776.
Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1768-72. App. to Alexander Innes (1748).
Joint Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1781-89. 2 Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 24th January, 1797. 3
Martineau, Alfred. 8th June, 1894.
Fourth and youngest son of George Martineau, C.B., 1902, sugar refiner, Mincing Lane, London, and Ida Mackenzie, his wife. Born at Walton-on-Thames, 25th November, 1868. Educated at Upping- ham School; B.A., Cambridge, 1890. App., first, to Alexander
1 Mair, who was farmer at Kermuck, was succeeded in his heritable property in Aberdeen by his elder brother Thomas, residing in the township of Nicol, Wellington, Canada West, conform to decree dated 6th, and recorded in Chancery, 15th, both days of September, 1848.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 131.
3 On 26th April, 1797, Rev. Andrew Marshall, minister of Tullynessle, deceased's only brother in life, as heir of line, etc., had sasine in Marshall's tenements on the west side of Back Wynd, Aberdeen. — " Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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Edmond, and, second, to John Edmond (Edmonds & Leding- ham). With Murray, Beith & Murray, W.S., Edinburgh, 1893-94. Partner in the said firm of Edmonds & Lcdingham from 1st September, 1894. Married, in London, 26th September, 1901, Maud Helen, elder dau. of the Rev. Edward Tapsfield, Vicar of Nether Stowey, Somerset, with issue : —
1. George Edward.
2. Charles.
1. Mary.
2. Ida Katharine.
Massie, Marianus. 8th December, 1831.
Son of Marianus Massie, hosier and burgess of Aberdeen, and Jane Dyce, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1821. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Conjunct Clerk and Assessor to the In- corporated Trades of Aberdeen. Guild burgess, admitted 15th October, 1833.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 10th May, 1877, aged 70.
Mathew, Andrew. 1551.
Died 17th January, 1579. "
Meffet, Alexander. 7th May, 1872.
Fourth and youngest son of John Meffet, Outseats, Pitmuxton, and Jessie Smith, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 24th May, 1845. Educated at Ledingham's Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Aberd., 1862-64. App., first, to Patrick Davidson, Alexander Davidson and Patrick Cooper (Davidsons & Cooper), and, second, to Alexander Davidson and James Garden (Davidson & Garden). With Waddell & Mcintosh, W.S., Edinburgh, 1870-72. In partnership with James Taylor,
1 Kennedy's List.
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S.S.C., Aberdeen, firm being Sinclair-Spark, Meffet & Taylor. Edmond Sinclair was subsequently assumed as a partner, but the firm was dissolved 22nd March, 191 1. Married, 20th September, 1887, at Stanwix, Carlisle, Martha Finlay (died at Deeford, Ruthrieston Terrace, Aberdeen, 5th January, 1904), fifth dau. of W. C. Jarvis, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander.
2. John.
1. Annie.
2. Mary.
3. Martha.
Melville, William. 3rd November, 1658.
Eldest son of Andrew Melville, "doctor of the music school," and burgess of Aberdeen. App. to James Sandilands (1649). Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 21st October, 1662. Married Isobel Innes (interred at Aberdeen in December, 1678), with issue, of whom : —
Thomas, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1685-89, being Liddell bursar.
Died 17th April, 1672.
Mercer, Thomas. 1596.
Married, with issue, of whom : —
Isobel, married, 21st September, 1659, the Rev. Thomas Thomson of Cocklaw, minister successively of Parton, Carstairs, Forres, Turriff, and Old Machar.
Merser, George. Before 2nd June, 1623. x
Practised in Old Aberdeen. Married Elspet, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Gardyne, minister of Tarves.
1 In Kennedy's MS. List the date of Merser's entry is stated as 1633, but see Little- john's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 269.
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Meston, Alexander. 17th January, 1849.
Third son of Alexander Meston, dyer, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Norrie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen in 1818. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1835-37. App., first, to George Leask (1826), and, second, to Patrick Davidson and Alexander Davidson (P. & A. Davidson). Proprietor of part of Dam Croft on the south side of Union Street. *
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 3rd May, 1855.
Middleton, George. 1596.
Procurator Fiscal within the bounds of the Bishopric of Aberdeen. 2 Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 30th August, 163 1. Married Katharine Haliburton. 3 Resided for many years in Old Aberdeen.
Died after 24th May, 1642.
Middleton, John. 28th May, 1863.
Son of Samuel Middleton, teller, Union Bank of Scotland, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Alexander, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 13th August, 1835. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1851-52 and 1853-54. App. to Lauchlan McKinnon Junior (1842).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 8th January, 1867.
Miller, Alexander Lawrance. 21st June, 1893.
Second son of John Miller, manufacturing chemist, of Sandilands, Aberdeen, and Elliot Ogston, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 12th July, 1866. M.A., Aberd., 1887. App. to Patrick Henderson Chalmers, Farquharson Taylor Garden, Charles Ruxton and
1 Aberdeen Sasine Register.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 350.
3 Information from Miss Gilchrist.
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David Montague Alexander Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers). Thereafter with Auld & Macdonald, W.S., Edinburgh. Clerk and Treasurer, Banchory-Devenick School Board. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Artillery Vols., 21st October, 1893. Captain, 3rd February, 1897. Now of John Miller & Coy., Sandilands Chemical Works, Aberdeen.
Miller, James Andrew. 4th December, 1843.
Son of James Miller, proprietor in Trinidad. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1836. App. to Henry Lumsden and Clements Lumsden (Henry & Clements Lumsden). Married Jessie, x eldest dau. of George Gunn, Rhives, Sutherlandshire, factor for His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, with issue.
Died at Rhives, 20th July, 1853.
Milligan, David Macbeth Moir. 2 5th January, 1886.
Second son of the Very Rev. William Milligan, D.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism, University of Aberdeen, 1860-93, and Anne Mary Moir, his wife. Born at Inveresk, 2nd June, 1861. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1881. App. to Charles Duncan, Peter Duguid and Henry Peterkin (Stronach, Duncan & Duguid). Thereafter with Morton, Smart & Macdonald, W.S., Edinburgh. Admitted Law Agent, 1884. Partner in the firm of Murray & McCombie, 1885-90; and of Davidson & Garden, from 1st January, 1891. Notary Public. Director, Northern Assurance Coy. ; Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society (Extraordinary) ; North of Scotland and Town and County Bank (Ltd.) ; Aberdeen University Press (Ltd.) ; Caledonian Steam Trawling Company (Ltd.) (Chairman) ; Grove Cemetery Company (Ltd.) ; Scottish Tea and Rubber Investment Trust (Ltd.). ; The Scottish and Dominions Trust
1 Mrs. Miller married as her second husband, 9th February, 1858, Rev. Arthur Dixon, curate of St. Mary's, Truro.
2 " The Scots Law Times," 20th June, 1908.
2yo SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
(Ltd.). Honorary Treasurer and Secretary, Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children. Clerk and Treasurer, Aberdeen Blind Asylum. Convener, Business Committee of the General Council of the University of Aberdeen. Convener, Finance Committee, Aberdeen Provincial Committee. President, Incorporated Society of Law Agents in Scotland, 1907-10. President, Aberdeen Unionist Association. Purchased estate of Findrack, Lumphanan, in 1903. Second Lieutenant, 1st Aberdeenshire Artillery Vols. (1st Aberdeenshire Royal Garrison Artillery Vols.), 20th April, 1881. Honorary Lieut-Col., 17th February, 1902. V.D. Married, at St. Congan's Church, Turriff, 23rd October, 1890, Barbara Ann, only dau. of John Duguid Milne, advocate (1844).
Milne, Alexander. 9th June, 1721.
Married, with issue, of whom : —
Margaret, married Pember Britton, shipmaster. Died between 1726 and 1729.
Milne, Duguid Rae. 4th January, 1889.
Second son of John Duguid Milne, advocate (1844). Born at Aberdeen, 21st August, 1864. Educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh; M.A., Abcrd., 1884; subsequently at Cambridge. App. to his father, and George Walker (Milne & Walker). Thereafter with Morton, Smart & Macdonald, W.S., Edinburgh. Sometime partner in the firm of Milne & Walker, and subsequently of Davidson & Garden.
Died, unmarried, at Ardmiddle, Turriff, 4th December, 1895.
Milne, John Duguid. 19th November, 1814.
Second son of Robert Milne, manager, Woodside Works, and Isabel Warrack, his wife. Born at Woodside, 14th April, 1792. M.A., King's Coll., 30th March, 1810. App. to James Spalding
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(1801). Sometime in partnership with his son, John Duguid (1844), firm being John Duguid Milne, Senior & Junior. Justice of Peace Procurator Fiscal. Assistant Procurator Fiscal for Aberdeenshire. Director, North of Scotland Bank, and Great North of Scotland Railway Coy. Trustee under Dr. John Milne's Educational Bequest. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Expert in Ecclesiastical Law. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1844-46. President, 1848-50. Married, 24th June, 1818, Janet (died at Cromwellside, Rayne, nth December, 1864, aged 72), dau. of John Cumming, Bridge of Don, with issue : —
1. John Duguid, advocate (1844).
2. Robert, died 14th April, 1823, in infancy.
3. Robert, C.E., first general manager and secretary, Great
North of Scotland Railway; married, 28th June, 1854, Georgina Pirie (died 26th August, 1870, aged 36), eldest dau. of John Garland, Cairnton, Fordoun, and died 13th July, 1 89 1, aged 66. 1. Ann, married George Walker, advocate (1846). Died at Aberdeen, 22nd September, 1859.
Milne, John Duguid (Junior). 27th July, 1844.
Eldest son of John Duguid Milne, advocate (18 14). M.A., Mar. Coll., 1840; LL.D., Aberd., 1887. App. to his father. Sometime in partnership with his father, firm being John Duguid Milne, Senior & Junior; afterwards with George Walker (1846), firm being Milne & Walker. Director, North of Scotland Bank, and subsequently joint agent at Aberdeen for City of Glasgow Bank. Director, Town and County Bank (Limited). Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Proprietor of Melgum. Author of " Industrial and Social Position of Women," 1857. "Two Letters on the English Universities," 1859. "The Industrial Employment of Women," 1870. "The Free Public Library Question discussed," 1883. "The Success of Free Public Libraries," 1883, and sundry other pamphlets. Married,
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first, at Aberdeen, 15th August, 1854, Helen (died 18th April, 1 85 5, aged 32), youngest dau. of the Rev. George Ross Monro, M. A., King's Coll., 1789, minister of Huntly. Married, second, at Scobbach (now Ardmiddle) House, 30th December, 1857, Barbara (died at Aberdeen, 2nd June, 1889, aged 67), only dau. of Alexander Rac, surgeon, R.N., of Ardmiddle, with issue : —
1. John Adam, now of Ardmiddle, born 13th April, i860;
married, 2nd October, 1895, Jessie Ellen Savage Jerrard.
2. Duguid Rae, advocate (1889).
1. Barbara Ann, married David Macbeth Moir Milligan, advocate (1886).
Died at Ardmiddle, 28th August, 1889, aged 67. ■
Milne, William. 26th July, 1864.
Son of Irvine Milne, police officer, Dundee. Born 30th July, 1833. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1856-58. App. to William Yeats and Robert Spottiswood Farquhar Spottiswood (Yeats & Spottis- wood). Sometime in partnership with the said William Yeats and Archibald Mclntyre McDonald, firm being Yeats, Milne & McDonald. Treasurer, Industrial School and Reformatory for Girls. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, nth September, 1892.
Mitchell, Alexander. 30th January, 1830.
Son of James Mitchell, merchant and guild burgess, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1821. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Sheriff Clerk Depute, and Joint Auditor of Sheriff Court at Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 15th October, 1833.
Died, unmarried, at Edinburgh, in 1848.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," V., p. 217-18.
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Mitchell, David. 2nd June, 1837.
Youngest son of John Mitchell, farmer, Bendauch, Dyce, and Isabella Moir, his wife. Born at Bendauch, 10th March, 18 14. Educated at Parish School, Foveran, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1828-30. Law student, Edinb. App. to Charles Chalmers and Nathaniel Farquhar (Chalmers & Farquhar). Subsequently with legal firm in Edinburgh. In partnership with his son Stodart James (1871), from March, 1890, firm being David & Stodart J. Mitchell. Treasurer, National Bible Society. Married, at Aberdeen, 21st September, 1843, Jessie (died at Aberdeen, 6th June, 1847), only dau. of James McLaren, Collector of Excise, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Stodart James, advocate (1871).
2. Joannah Isabella, married, at Aberdeen, 24th September,
1872, Rev. Andrew Jaffray Chrystall, minister, Free Church, Auchterless, afterwards of the United Free Church, Bucksburn ; she died 21st December, 1910.
Died at Aberdeen, 15th November, 1897. x
Mitchell, Robert. 3rd February, 1909.
Elder son of Robert Mitchell, farmer, Foveran, and Barbara Harvey, his wife. Born at Foveran, 8th June, 1873. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1894; B.L. (with honours), 1896. App. to Alexander DufTus (Wilsone & DufTus). Captain, 2nd Field Coy., Highland Divisional Royal Engineers (T.F.).
Mitchell, Stodart James. 1st November, 1871.
Only son of David Mitchell, advocate (1837). Born at Aberdeen, 26th June, 1844. Educated at Sinclair's Academy; Grammar School ; and Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd.,
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XIII., p. 323. L I
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1860-64. App. to his father. With Auld & Chalmers, W.S.,
Edinburgh, 1869-71. In partnership with his father from
March, 1890, firm being David & Stodart J. Mitchell. Held
commission in 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, 18th November, 1871, retiring June, 1873.
Moir, William. 24th July, 1744.
App. to Thomas Burnett (1722). Died before 13th April, 1764.
Moir, William. 8th December, 1853.
Third and youngest son of John Moir, farmer, Glasterberry, Peterculter, and Agnes Middleton, his wife. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1838-40. App. to James Edmond (1821). Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married Jane Shaw, with issue : —
1. William, M.B., CM., Aberd., 1883 ; afterwards in practice
in Australia.
2. John.
1. Agnes, married, at Aberdeen, Dr. Eddie, and died in
Australia.
2. Elsie.
Died at Aberdeen, nth December, 1882.
Monro, David. 9th December, 1837.
Son of Rev. George Ross Monro, M.A., King's Coll., 28th March, 1789, minister of Huntly, and Agnes Milne, his wife. M.A. (with honours), Mar. Coll., 1831. App. to Alexander Stronach (18 18). Sometime in partnership with James Nicol (1820), firm being Nicol & Monro.
Died, unmarried, at sea, on board S.S. " Sultan," while on passage home from Malta, 30th December, 1850.
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Morice, Arthur David. 29th April, 1870.
Second son of David Robert Morice, advocate (1837). Born at Aberdeen, 23rd October, 1843. M.A., Aberd., 1863. App. to his father. Thereafter with Henry & Shirres, S.S.C., Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with John Clark and the said David Robert Morice, firm being Clark & Morice ; thereafter with John Duncan (Junior), firm being Duncan & Morice, and finally with Alexander Wilson, solicitor (Lord Provost of Aberdeen, 1908-11), firm being Morice & Wilson. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. F.S.A., Scot., 1868. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 1st October, 1874. Honorary Secretary of the Aberdeen Golf Club, 1872-88, in succession to his father.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th May, 1894. x
Morice, David. 24th February, 1764.
Third son of Robert Morice in Waulkmill of Drum. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., being Crombie bursar, 1751-52. App. to George Turner (1731). Sometime in partnership with his son Robert, firm being D. & R. Morice. Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire.2 Joint Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1 771 -81. Sheriff" Substitute of Aberdeenshire from 25th April, 1799. Consulter and assessor to the Magistrates and Town Council of Aberdeen, 1793. Clerk and factor to Robert Gordon's Hospital. Proprietor of Tullos, Nigg, and of considerable house property in Aberdeen. Honorary
1 "The Scottish Law Review," X., p. 145.
2 On 20th February, 1764, Morice granted a Deed of Obligation "That so long as" he should "continue to act as a procurator before the Sheriff Court of Aberdeen" he would " not act as Sheriff Clerk Depute in any manner of way, except only in signing of Lybels, Precepts or Extracts, in the absence of the acting Clerks, and that only where " not personally concerned, under the penalty of £$ to be paid to Alexander Lumsden, Advocate, then manager of the Society's Funds. — Holograph Deed in possession of Dr. Littlejohn, Sheriff Clerk.
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burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 5th July, 1771 ; and guild burgess, admitted 26th March, 1787. Fiars Juror, 1773-77- Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1778-80. Married, at Aberdeen, 19th August, 1773, Rachel (died at Aberdeen, 19th December, 1825, aged 83), second dau. of James Young, merchant burgess of Aberdeen, and widow of Baillie John Farquhar, of the firm of Farquhar & Hadden, stocking merchants, with issue : —
1. Alexander, merchant, Brazil and London ; married
Isabella Gibbon, second dau. of James Gibbon, merchant, Aberdeen ; guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 27th September, 18 14; died at Aberdeen, 26th October, 18 14, aged 40.
2. Robert, advocate (1794).
3. William, R.N., murdered, 30th August, 1801, while at sea
in charge of the captured Spanish vessel " Maria." *
4. John, merchant, Lisbon and London ; married, at Lisbon,
May, 1809, Mary Valentia, dau. of Charles O'Neill, merchant there; died in London, 22nd October, 1835, aged 53.
1. Catharine, married, 24th October, 1801, William Johnston
of Viewfield, merchant and shipowner in Aberdeen.
2. Isabella, died, unmarried, at Kincardine O' Neil, 20th June,
1857, in her 78th year.
3. Mary, married, 21st November, 1806, her cousin, John
Morrice, sometime merchant in London, afterwards of Tullos ; died at Bathampton, 25th July, i860.
4. Elspet, married, at East Mailing, Kent, 23rd June, 1807,
her cousin, William Morrice, Lieut., and subsequently Captain, Royal Marines, afterwards merchant in London ; died at Southampton, 19th August, 1854.
Died at house of Tullos, 26th January, 1806.
1 Johnston's " Genealogical Account of the Descendants of James Young and Rachel Cruickshank," p. 98.
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Morice, David (Junior). 9th July, 1776.
Son of John Morice, baker, Aberdeen, and Margaret Kennedy, * his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1756-58. App. to Gilbert Gerard (175 1). Sometime joint clerk and assessor to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1784-88. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 12th May, 1787. Traded for sometime " as a merchant and dealer in victual."
Died, unmarried, at Kincardine O'Neil, in 1795.
Morice, David Robert. 12th October, 1837.
Eldest son of Robert Morice, advocate (1794). Born at Aberdeen, 12th October, 1816. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1830-33. App. to Alexander Smith (1804). Sometime in partnership with John Anderson (1839), firm being Morice & Anderson ; thereafter with John Clark (1832), firm being Clark & Morice, in which latter firm Arthur David Morice (1870), was subsequently assumed as a partner. Notary Public. Succeeded his father as consulter and assessor to the Magistrates and Town Council of Aberdeen. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 6th October, 1859. Provost of Old Aberdeen, 1864-66. Sometime member of Town Council of Bervie. Fiars Juror, 1846-62. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 18th November, 1839. Honorary Secretary of the Aberdeen Golf Club, 1863-72. Author of "A Handbook of British Maritime Law," London, 1857; "Conveyancing made Easy," Aberdeen, 1857. Married, at Charlton, 1st September, 1840, Alison (died at Old Aberdeen, 6th May, 1871, in her 53rd year), second dau. of Arthur Anderson of Charlton, Forfarshire, and of Deebank (now Newton Dee), Aberdeenshire, with issue : —
1. Robert, died in infancy, 10th August, 1842.
1 On 16th July, 1789, Margaret Kennedy (as relict of John Morice), and her son David, had sasine in deceased's tenement property on the west side of Castle Street, Aberdeen. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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2. Arthur David, advocate (1870).
3. Robert, died 4th May, 1848, aged 3.
4. Robert James, of Tenterfield, New South Wales ; M.A.,
Aberd., 1871, M.B., CM., 1874, M.D., 1878; died at Bulong, West Australia, 18th October, 1910.
5. Gavin, sometime coffee planter in Ceylon, afterwards
in New South Wales.
6. Alexander, chief officer, S.S. " Manapouri " ; married,
at Nelson, New Zealand, 26th August, 1885, Ethel Malvina, eldest dau. of Bernard Robert Shaw, Captain, 36th Regiment ; and died in the Bay of Gisborne, New Zealand, 26th February, 1886.
7. George Thomas, B.A., Oxon., 1881 ; Barrister-at-Law
of the Middle Temple, called 1883 ; Judge of the High Court of the Transvaal, 1890 ; author of "Decisions under the Transvaal Gold Law," " The Scientific Study of the Criminal," etc ; married, 7th July, 1891, Isabel, dau. of the late James Kirkpatrick, of Kelaighty, County Donegal.
8. Berold, died at Honolulu, 26th May, 1894, aged 34.
9. Andrew, M.A., Aberd., 1884; admitted solicitor (London),
1886; District Registrar of Mines, Barberton, Transvaal; married, in 1896, Alice Mary, dau. of Rev. A. Roberts, D.D., Professor of Humanity, St. Andrews.
1. Anne, died 16th June, i860, on her 15th birthday.
2. Margaret, M.D., Brussels, 1895 ; L.R.C.P.I., 1884; L.R.C.S.,
Edinb., 1895.
3. Alison, certificated student, of Girton College, Cambridge ;
classical tripos, 1880.
4. Harriet Mary, Assistant Superior of the Community of
St. Mary and St. John, Aberdeen.
Died at Old Aberdeen, 27th March, 1876.
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Morice, Robert. 28th February, 1794.
Second son of David Morice, advocate (1764). Born at Aberdeen, 19th September, 1775. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1791. App. to his father, with whom subsequently in partnership, firm being D. & R. Morice. Practised till 1805, when he was appointed Deputy-Registrar of the Court of Vice Admiralty at Gibraltar. Remained at Gibraltar till 1809, when he returned to Aberdeen and resumed practice. Succeeded his father as consulter and assessor to the Magistrates and Town Council of Aberdeen, and as clerk and factor to Robert Gordon's Hospital. Member, Town Council of Bervie. Freeholder of Kincardineshire. Ensign, Royal Aberdeen Volunteers, 1803. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 27th September, 18 14. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 18 14-16. President, 1830-32. Married, at Aberdeen, 5th December, 181 5, his cousin, Anne (died at Aberdeen, 4th March, 1862), fourth dau. of James Young, stocking merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. David Robert, advocate (1837).
2. James, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1832-35 ; merchant, Liverpool,
afterwards in London; married Cecilia Margaret, youngest dau. of Alexander Swan of Hythe, and died at Margate, Kent, 20th May, 1867.
3. George, merchant, Colombo, died in London, unmarried,
5th November, 1863.
4. Alexander, died April, 1827, aged 4.
5. Arthur, coffee planter, Ceylon ; married, 24th December,
1861, Lydia, youngest dau. of A. Mackenzie, Allanfearn ; and died at Dornoch, 2nd June, 187 1, in his 44th year.
1. Elizabeth, died February, 1826, aged 5.
2. Rachel Anne, died, unmarried, 8th April, 1889, aged 65. Died at Aberdeen, 29th April, 1834.
Morrison, Archibald Cameron. 6th June, 1899.
Fourth son of John Morrison, parochial schoolmaster, Logie Pert, and Elizabeth Paterson Cameron, his wife. Born at Logie Pert, 29th July, 1870. Educated at Public School, Logie Pert, and Royal High School, Edinburgh; M.A., St. And., 1890; B.L.
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and LL.B., Glasg., 1895. App. to C. D. Donald, A. McGrigor, and A. H. Donald (McGrigor, Donald & Coy.), writers, Glasgow. In partnership with Francis John Scott, solicitor, Aberdeen, since 1899, firm being F. J. Scott & Morrison. Married at Paisley, 1 ith June, 1901, Agnes Sproul, dau. of John Nicolson, commission agent, Glasgow, magistrate and resident of Paisley.
Mosman, Thomas. 27th January, 1731.
App. to John Hay (1718). Notary Public. County Justice of Peace Procurator Fiscal. Baron-Baillie for Ellon, Inverugie, and Tillery.1 Sometime " Admiral-Substitute within the bounds of the Lordship of Slains." Fiars Juror, twenty-one times, 1737-72. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 15th May, 1752. Sometime member, Town Council of Inverurie. Proprietor of estate of Middlefield.2 Lieutenant in Town's defensive force, August, 1745. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1739-40. Married, first, before 10th August, 1726, Miss Sandilands3 (died at Aberdeen, 18th November, 1766), and, second, in July, 1767, Mary (died nth December, 1804, in her 71st year), dau. of John Hay, advocate (1718), with issue: —
1. Isabella, born 27th and baptised 31st December, 1769; married, 31st December, 1808, John Lumsden, Mains of Scotstown, and died at Aberdeen, 31st January, 18 10.
Died 1 2th September, 1784, aged 86.4
1 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
2 On 25th August, 1764, Mosman had sasine in the third lot of the Stocket Muirs, the half of which he disposed of in 1770 to Adam Duff, merchant in, and afterwards provost of, Aberdeen. Duff subsequently acquired from Mosman the remaining half of the said third lot of the Stocket Muirs, and he conveyed the whole, with other heritable and movable property, in March, 1795, to his nephew, Major William Leslie.
3 It is difficult to fix the name and parentage of Miss Sandilands. In the Session Register of Aberdeen, under date 9th August, 1726, her marriage to Mosman is recorded as having taken place privately, she being designated as "Jean Sandilands, daughter to John Sandilands of Crabstone." In sundry local works she is called "Elizabeth, daughter of James Sandilands of Craibstone," this designation being also given in her obituary notice which appeared in the Aberdeen Journal.
4 Mr. Mosman had a brother William, who attained some distinction in Aberdeen and district as a portrait painter. The latter had a son, William, who succeeded to considerable heritable as well as movable property held by his father, but father and son were both dead before 26th April, 1775, Thomas Mosman succeeding. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register," etc.
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Mowat, Alexander Milne. 13th November, 1823.
Son of James Mowat, manufacturer, and member of Aberdeen Town Council. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1816. App. to James Blaikie and Patrick Bannerman (Blaikie & Bannerman). Guild burgess, admitted 26th September, 1820. Author of poems, reminiscences, etc.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 7th November, 1833.
Mowat, James. 1605.
Son of Magnus Mowat of Balquholly, and Isobel Hay, his wife. As Sheriff of Kincardineshire, he had a commission from the Supreme Court in 1608 to enquire into the marches of certain of the county estates.1 Proprietor of Ardoc, Banchory - Devenick, and of the place and monastery of the Trinity Friars in Aberdeen, from 161 9. Married Katherine, dau. of John Forbes of the Bridge,2 with issue: —
1. Thomas, married Janet Ogilvie, and succeeded to the
estate of Ardoe, but sold it in 1639.
2. Alexander.
3. Robert.
4. James, merchant in Gottenburg.3 Died 1636.4
Muill, George. 26th March, 1891.
Son of John Muill, advocate (1858). Born at Aberdeen, 28th November, 1862. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd. (matriculated as George William Muill), 1881-84. App., first, to his father, second, to James Forbes Lumsden (Robertson & Lumsden), and, third, to Peter Duguid and Henry Peterkin (Stronach, Duncan & Duguid). Membership terminated November, 1895.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff" Court Records," II., p. 136.
2 "Scottish Notes and Queries," III., p. 154.
3 The four sons mentioned were admitted burgesses of Aberdeen, 6th October, 1620.
4 A monument in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, describes Mowat as "a man of mark, both in private and in public life."
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Muill, John. 15th December, 1858.
Only son of John Muil, founder of the firm of Mitchell & Muil (Limited), bread and biscuit manufacturers, Aberdeen, and Christian Emslie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 2nd October, 1832. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1849-51. App. to Patrick Davidson and Alexander Davidson (P. & A. Davidson). Thereafter with legal firm in Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with John Milne Shaw (1868), fi«m being Muill & Shaw. Notary Public. Promoter and afterwards Secretary and Law Agent of the Aberdeen Heritable Securities Investment Coy. (Limited). Secretary, Northern Plate Glass Coy. (Limited). Prominently identified with the " Prevention of Cruelty to Animals " movement. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 7th September, 1885. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Aberdeen, 27th November, i860, Helen (died at Fcrnleigh, Ilkeston, 20th October, 1909), third dau. of William Leslie, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : — 1. George, advocate (1891).
1. Grace Mitchell, died 18th April, 1864, in infancy.
2. Christian Elizabeth.
3. Janet Morrison.
4. Charlotte Birnic, married, at Aberdeen, 1 8th April, 1904,
Albert Edward Loos, manager, Electric Power Station, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Died at Aberdeen, 14th May, 1887.
Muir, Alexander. 19th November, 1817.
Third son of George Muir, farmer, Nether Leask, Slains, and Mary Gray, his wife. Born at Slains, 21st November, 1793. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1809-12. App. to Thomas Sangster (1802). Some- time in partnership with James Mair (1823), firm being Muir & Mair ; thereafter with the said Thomas Sangster, firm being Sangster & Muir; and, finally, with John Allan (1841), firm being Muir & Allan. Fiars Juror, 1840. Proprietor of Loirston,
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Nigg. Married, first, nth August, 1831, Mary Ann Catherine (died at Aberdeen, 27th April, 1837, aged 29), dau. of Patrick Kilgour of Woodside, with issue : —
1. Patrick, died 13th May, 1836, in infancy.
2. George Falconer, writer.
Married, second, at Aberdeen, 28th December, 1847, Jane B. (died at Aberdeen, 21st January, 1849, aged 26), eldest dau. of James Ferguson, advocate (1816).
Died at Loirston House, 13th November, 1850.
Murray, Alexander. 23rd August, 1865.
Eldest son of Andrew Murray, advocate (1831). Born at Aberdeen, 30th August, 1840. Educated at West End Academy, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1856-59. Law student, Aberd. and Edinb. App. to his father and James Boyn McCombie (Murray & McCombie). With Walter Duthie, W.S., and Scott, MoncriefT & Dalgetty, W.S., Edinb., 1863-64. Partner in the said firm of Murray & McCombie, and subsequently of Murray, McCombie & Bennett. Notary Public. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Congre- gational Treasurer of Free (afterwards United Free) South Church for thirty-four years.
Murray, Andrew. 28th June, 1831.
Eldest son of Alexander Murray, farmer, Blackhouse, Peterhead, and Catherine Johnston, his wife. Born at Blackhouse, aforesaid, 30th April, 1808. Educated at Parish School, Peterhead ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1828. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796). Thereafter with legal firm in Edinburgh. In part- nership with William Stuart (1804), firm being Stuart & Murray, and from 1837 with James Boyn McCombie ( 1 83 1 ), firm being Murray & McCombie. In the latter firm, Alexander Murray and Andrew Murray, Junior, were subsequently assumed
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as partners. Notary Public. Joint Local Secretary, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy. Factor for Mrs. Badenach Nicolson of Glenbervie ; General Forbes of Dunnottar ; Walter Duthie, W.S. of Ruthrieston, and his nephew, Alexander Duthie. Commissioner to Miss Elizabeth Crombie Duthie, donor of the Duthie Park, Aberdeen. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Fiars Juror, 1841-58. Proprietor of Allathan, New Deer. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 6th April, 1868. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1867-69. President, 1870-71. Portrait, by Sir George Reid, P.K.S.A., in possession of his son, Alexander. Married, at Peterhead, 2nd January, 1838, Mary (born at Peterhead, February, 18 10, died at Aberdeen, 25th November, 1891), eldest dau. of John Ford Anderson, M.D., Peterhead, with issue : —
1. Alexander, advocate (1865).
2. John, born at Aberdeen, 28th November, 1843; M.B.,
CM., Aberd., 1865 ; M.D., 1867 ; assistant physician, Middlesex Hospital, and Dean of its medical school ; died in London, 15th October, 1873. Medal and scholar- ship in Aberd. Univ., founded in his memory, 1874.
3. Andrew, advocate (1876).
4. James McCombie, sometime planter, Ceylon, now in America.
1. Margaret Skelton, married, at Aberdeen, 23rd April,
1862, Archibald Reith, M.D., Mar. Coll., 1859, physician, Aberdeen.
2. Catherine, married, at Aberdeen, 15th September, 1863,
William Duff Gibbon, planter, Ceylon ; afterwards member of the Legislative Council ; chairman of the Planters' Association; Knight Bachelor, January, 1912.
3. Mary, married, at Aberdeen, 9th September, 1874, Arthur
Wellesley Edis, M.D., London.
Died at Aberdeen, 19th July, 1889.1
1 "The Scottish Law Review," V., p. 185-86.
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Murray, Andrew (Junior). 25th November, 1876.
Third son of Andrew Murray, advocate (1831). Born at Aberdeen, 2 1st December, 1848. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; Alumnus, Aberd., 1868-72. App. to Alexander Davidson and James Garden (Davidson & Garden). Partner in the firm of Murray & McCombie, and subsequently in Murray, McCombie & Bennett. Notary Public. Eighteen years Consular Agent at Aberdeen for the United States. Married, first, at Glasgow, 28th June, 1877, Elizabeth Mary Duncan (born 21st March, 1848; died at Albyn Cottage, 28th September, 1878), eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. James Ruthven Pond, 1st European Bengal Fusiliers (afterwards the 101st Regt.), with issue : —
1. Elizabeth Mary.
Married, second, at Manse of Kinneff, 6th October, 1879, Susan, dau. of James Torrie, M.D., King's Coll., 1823, physician, Aberdeen.
Murray, Gilbert. 1550.
Murray, James. 15th November, 1817.
Youngest son of James Murray, many years merchant and factor in Campvere, afterwards one of the magistrates of Aberdeen, and Jane Young, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1806-9. App. to David Hutcheon (1789). In partnership with James Garden (1842), firm being Murray & Garden. Notary Public. Director, Scottish Australian Investment Coy. ; Aberdeen Banking Company, and afterwards of Union Bank of Scotland. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, 1840-55. Infant burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 24th September, 1799. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1848-50. President, 1852-54.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 23rd January, 1866, aged 73.
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Murray, John. 19th June, 1886.
Younger son of John Murray, merchant, Aberdeen, and Marion Hodgson, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 9th August, 1858. Educated at Silver Street Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1878. App. to David Stewart (1873), with whom in partnership from 1886, firm being Stewart & Murray. Notary Public, admitted 1890. Clerk and Treasurer, Deeside District Committee, County Council of Aberdeenshire. Married, first, 28th June, 1892, Jean (born 5th September, i860; died at Aberdeen, 18th March, 1893), dau. of the Rev. William Dill, Colmonell, Ayrshire. Married, second, 30th August, 1894, Williamina Edward, dau. of Charles Mitchell MacQuibban, M.B., Aberd., 1861; M.D., CM., 1883, physician, Aberdeen, with issue: —
1. John Charles Edward.
2. Thomas Patrick Edward.
3. Charles Mitchell MacQuibban.
1. Isabella Marion Hodgson.
2. Patricia Constance.
Nicol, James. 13th May, 1820.
Son of Peter Nicol, Seaton Gate, merchant and guild burgess, and Ann Jaffray, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1816. App. to Alexander Cadenhead (1809). Sometime in partnership with David Monro (1837), firm being Nicol & Monro. Town Clerk of Old Aberdeen. Clerk and assessor to the Incorporated Trades of Old Aberdeen. Factor, Bishops' Hospital and Mitchell's Hospital, Old Aberdeen. Treasurer, Merchant Society. Member, Town Council of Aber- deen, being Magistrate in 1847-48, and City Treasurer, 1848-50. Guild burgess, admitted 16th February, 1828. Married, at Manse of Methlick, 27th November, 1823, Barbara (died at Aberdeen, 30th December, 1852, aged 51), only dau. of the Rev. George Allan, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1774, minister of Newhills, with issue: —
1. George Allan, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1839-41.
2. James. (See under Apprentices in Appendix.)
LIST OF MEMBERS. 287
3. Alexander.
1. Barbara Allan, died 21st March, 1838, aged 5.
2. Isabella Jafifray, married, at Melbourne, 16th August, 1854,
Blakiston Robinson, of St. Kilda.
3. Mary Anne, married, at Geelong, 24th June, 1861, Alexander
Campbell of Glenorchy.
4. Louisa Penelope, married, at Portland, Australia, 25th Sept., , 1857, Edwyn, second son of Richard Jones, Commander,
R.N.
Died at Aberdeen, 18th March, 1855, aged 55. x
Nicoll, Lewis. 21st September, 1804.
Son of John Nicoll, Kirktown, Monymusk. Educated at Parish Schools, Monymusk and Cluny, etc. App. to Hary Lumsden (1778). Practised for sometime in Fraserburgh. Married, at Manse of Fyvie, 12th September, 1808, Elizabeth (died at Broomhill, Aberdeen, 18th May, 1843, aged 58), dau. of William Touch, R.N., with issue : —
1. John Edward, born 31st January, 1810; Alumnus, Mar.
Coll., 1824-26; assistant surgeon, 65th Regiment; died at Plymouth, 1st April, 1842.
2. Lewis, born 7th May, 18 14, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1831 ;
served a legal apprenticeship with his father, and subsequently went to London.
1. Elizabeth Jane, married, at Aberdeen, 13th November,
1838, Captain John Leslie, 42nd Highlanders, second son of Sir John Leslie, Bart. ; and died at Aberdeen, 4th November, 1855.
2. Margaret Falconer, died 14th April, 1822. Died at Aberdeen, 6th April, 1841, aged 63.2
1 It was intended to inter the remains of Mr. Nicol in Newhills Churchyard, beside those of his wife and eldest daughter, but they were "buried at Old Aberdeen, owing to a snow-storm preventing access to Newhills."
2 Mr. Nicoll possessed a fine library of upwards of 5000 volumes.
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Nicoll, William. 29th January, 1752.
App. to John Clerk (1743). Fiars Juror, 1758-63. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 19th October, 1772. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1759-61. President, 1788-89.
Died 20th February, 1789.1
Ogg, William Frederick. 16th November, 1841.
Eldest son of Henry Ogg, brewer and distiller, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 15th June, 181 5. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1831-34. App. to Alexander Gordon ( 1814). Sometime in partnership with John Humphrey (1835), firm being Humphrey & Ogg. Director, Aberdeen and Northern Heritable Property Coy. (Limited). Local Law Agent for Caledonian Railway Coy. Chairman, City Parochial Board. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire, etc. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1876. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1875-76. President, 1876-77. Married, at Aberdeen, 1st June, 1852, Agnes (died at Aberdeen, 26th July, 1883, aged yS), eldest dau. of John Mortimer, Aberdeen.
Died, s.p.y at Aberdeen, 9th July, 1893.
Ogilvie, Simson. 1st June, 1811.
Youngest son of Rev. John Ogilvie, D.D., Mar. Coll., 7th October, 1766, minister of Midmar, and Margaret Reid, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1805-7. App to Francis Gordon (1796). Sometime Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire.
Died, unmarried, 2nd March, 1830, aged 40. 2
1 The remains of Mr. Nicoll were interred in St. Nicholas Churchyard on 24th February, 1789, in a grave now recognised as belonging to a family named Grant. His heritable property in Guestrow, as well as considerable movable estate, went to his surviving brother, Walter Nicoll, merchant, Huntly. Will recorded at Aberdeen, 30th June, 1789.
2 Ogilvie was succeeded in his heritable property in Aberdeen by his sisters, Margaret Jane Fletcher, and Elizabeth. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
LIST OF MEMBERS. 289
Ogston, James. 1590.
Died March, 1592.1
Paip, Alexander. 1549.
Married the dau. of a burgess, with issue : — 1. Robert, advocate (1581).
Paip, Alexander. 1615.
Second son of Robert Paip, advocate (1581). M.A. App. to his father. Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1625-30.2 Married Jean, eldest dau. of William Andersone, advocate (1584).
Died February, 1641.
Paip, Robert. 1581.
Son of Alexander Paip, advocate (1549). M.A. Notary Public. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 17th September, 1582. Member of Aberdeen Town Council, being a Magistrate in 1590-91.3 Married Elspet Leask, with issue : —
1. William, advocate (161 8).
2. Alexander, advocate (161 5).
3. Robert.
4. Richard, burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 23rd September,
1623.
5. George.
6. John.
1 "Kirk and Bridge Work Accounts."
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 534.
3 Mr. Paip was a party to the despatching by the Town, in October, 1590, of "fourtie hagbutteris" to aid George, Earl Marischal, in the recovery of the house of Deir (*.*., the Abbey), which had been illegally taken possession of by Robert Keith of Benholm. — "Council Register," XXXIII., part I., 806-7. Mr. Paip, who conducted an extensive money lending business on his own behalf, as well as that of his sons, had his dwelling house and offices in the Gallowgate.
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7. Gilbert, burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 6th September, 1626.
8. Thomas, burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 30th January, 1622. 1. Christina, married Gilbert, son of Alexander Cullen,
Provost of Aberdeen.
Died 23rd October, 1622.1
Paip, William. 1618.
Eldest son of Robert Paip, advocate (1581). M.A. App. to his father. Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1618-25.2
Parker, John. 15th December, 1865.
Only son of the Rev. Gavin Parker of Bon-Accord Church (afterwards Free Church), Aberdeen, and Susan Watt, his wife. Born at Barkmill House, Aberdeen, 24th January, 1836. Educated at West End Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 7th April, 1857. App. to John Duguid Milne and George Walker (Milne & Walker). With McEwen & Carment, W.S., Edinburgh, 1865-67. In partnership with Charles McCombic (1876), from 30th April, 1869, to 30th April, 1888 (retired from business on latter date), firm being Parker & McCombie. Honorary Treasurer, Aberdeen Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society. Editor of " Marischal College Arts Class Record, 1852-56."
Paterson, John. 13th February, 1830.
Son of John Paterson, druggist, Peterhead, afterwards in Aberdeen, and Mary Smith, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-23. App. to John Smith (18 10). Proprietor of house property in Aberdeen. Married, 4th October, 1841, Isabella (died 30th December, 1842), dau. of George Allan, Brick-kilns, Old Aberdeen, with issue, of whom : — 1. John, predeceased his father.
Died at Aberdeen, 5th August, 1861, aged 55.
1 Kennedy's List. 2 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 534.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 291
Paterson, Robert 1698.
Commissary of Aberdeenshire. Sheriff Substitute, appointed 10th July, 1699. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted September, 17 1 2. Proprietor of Kirktown in 1709, and stated to be "65 years of age or thereby" on 31st March, 1714.1 Married Agnes Carnegie (interred in St. Nicholas Churchyard, 29th December, r737)> with issue: —
1. David.
2. Robert, burgess of Aberdeen ; succeeded his father as
Commissary; and died January, 1745.
1. Elizabeth, married William Smith, regent in Mar. Coll.,
1 693-1 7 17.2
2. Margaret, married John Macgee, surgeon, Aberdeen.
3. Agnes, married Rev. Alexander Milne, M.A., Mar. Coll.,
1 67 1, minister of Udny.
4. Mary, died February, 1753.
5. Isobel, married, 4th August, 1726, Alexander Stewart,
merchant, Aberdeen.3
6. Catherine. Died August, 1716.
Paterson, William. 25th June, 1827.
Only son of Rev. William Paterson, minister of Slains, and Margaret Johnston, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1794-98. App. to Robert Morice (1794). Married, first, Mary, eldest dau. of William Mitchell, sometime proprietor of South Stocket, who obtained decree of divorce against him. Married, second, at Aberdeen, 8th August, 1835, Charlotte, dau. of the late Cuthbert Grant of Trois Rivieres, Canada, with issue.
Died at Huxter Row, Aberdeen, 4th March, 1852, aged 70. 4
1 Aberdeen MS. Propinquity Register.
2 Aberdeen Kirk Session Registers. 3 Ibid.
4 Paterson had sasine in his father's property, situated on the north side of Littlejohn Street and east side of Gallowgate, Aberdeen, on 16th July, 1803. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register. "
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Paterson, William. 27th August, 1894.
Eldest son of James Paterson, wholesale druggist, Aberdeen, and Margaret Angus, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 27th April, 1867. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1887. App. to Alexander Edmond (Edmonds & Ledingham). In partnership with Harvey Hall (1866), from 1894, firm being Marquis & Hall.
Paton, Alexander. 9th June, 1658.
Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 23rd September, 1659. Pro- prietor of Kinaldie.
Paton (or Pattoun), George. 1670.
Had commission, 29th October, 1708, appointing him joint Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire, along with his son John, but acceptance on his part was declined.1 Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 8th September, 1673. Proprietor of the estates of Grandholm, Perslie, etc. Married Isabella Christie,2 dau. of a burgess of guild, with issue : —
1. John, advocate (1703).
2. George, married, in 1698, Jean Nicolson, widow of James
Boyd.
3. James.
1. Janet.
2. Katherine, married, 15th June, 1703, John Burnett, merchant,
Aberdeen. 3
3. Margaret.
4. Anna. Died February, 171 1.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records,'' III., p. 113.
2 Temple's " Thanage of Fermanyn," p. 648.
3 Old Machar Marriage Registers.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 293
Paton, John. 4th June, 1703.
Son of George Paton, advocate (1670). Sheriff Substitute of Aber- deenshire, 1708-9. Rector of King's Coll., six times, 1728-33. Fiars Juror, 1724. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 2nd September, 1704. Succeeded to the estates of Grandholm, Perslic, etc., in 171 1. Married, first, at Troup House, Gamrie, Banffshire, 31st January, 17 10, Margaret (died 6th March, 171 5, aged 28), eldest dau. of Mr. Garden of Troup, T with issue : —
1. George, married Barbara, dau. of John McKenzie of Ardross. Married, second, Christian, dau. of John Forbes of Leslie.
Died 5th August, 1739.2
Paul, William. 14th July, 1853.
Eldest son of the Rev. William Paul, M.A., King's Coll., March, 1822; D.D., 9th April, 1853, minister of Banchory-Devenick, and Jessy Stewart, his wife. Born 10th May, 1830. Educated at Parish School, Banchory-Devenick ; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1845-47. App. to William Skinner and Alexander Ross (Skinner & Ross). Sometime in partnership with George David Rutherford (1864), firm being Paul & Rutherford. Agent for Milne Bequest Trustees, and Robert Gordon's College. Clerk and Treasurer, Banchory- Devenick School Board. Promoter of the following Companies : — Aberdeen Cemetery Company (Limited) ; Aberdeen Steam Laundry Company (Limited) ; Aberdeen Dairy Company (Limited) ; Craigmillar Steam Laundry Company (Limited), Edinburgh ; and Great Western Steam Laundry Company (Limited), Glasgow. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. For several years a member of Aberdeen Town Council. Fiars Juror, 1865. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., May, i860; Captain, 10th November, i860, retiring February, 1862. Author of "Notes on the Early History of the Brig of Balgowny," 1876; "How can the Sanitary Condition
1 Old Machar Marriage Registers.
2 Interred in Church of Old Machar, 8th August, 1739. —Old Machar Burial Registers.
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of the Population, etc. be improved?" 1877; "Trawl Fishing: Seven Days in a Steam Trawler," 1897, etc- Married, at Aigburth, Liverpool, 2nd April, 1861, Julia (died at Muchalls, Kincardineshire, 12th July, 1909), fourth dau. of Daniel McGregor of Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool, with issue : —
1. William, engineer.
2. George Simmie, died at Aberdeen, 30th April, 1877, m
infancy.
1. Lucy Jane, married Reginald Graham Wills, M.B.. CM.,
Aberd., 1886; M.D., 1889, now at Canterbury.
2. Jessie Stewart.
3. Julia McGregor, died at Muchalls, 8th June, 1905.
4. Isabel.
5. Keturah Simmie.
6. Ada Marion.
Paull, James. 28th July, 1851.
Son of the Rev. James Paull, D.D., St. And., 1844, minister of Tullynessle and Forbes, and Eliza L. Forbes, his wife. Born at Tullynessle, 12th May, 1823. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1836-39. App. to John Fleming (1821). Sometime in partnership with the said John Fleming, firm being Fleming & Paull ; with Alexander Morrison Williamson, from 1st January, 1881, firm being Paull & Williamson ; and with the said Alexander Morrison Williamson and Robert Moir Williamson, 1891, firm being Paull & Williamsons — James George Paull (1895), being assumed as a partner in the last mentioned firm in 1897. Agent for the Synod of Aberdeen. Governor, Aberdeen Educational Trust. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1 893-97. Portrait in Committee Room.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 27th February, 1901. *
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XVII., pp. 82-83.
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Paull, James George. 12th March, 1895.
Only son of the Rev. William Paull, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1854, minister of Tullynessle and Forbes, and Mary Charlotte Stephen, his wife. Born at Manse of Tullynessle, 4th November, 1870. Educated at Bon-Accord School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1891. App. to his uncle, James Paull and Alexander Morrison Williamson (Paull & Williamson). Partner in the firm of Paull & Williamsons since 1897. Married, at Aberdeen, 20th June, 1905, Charlotte Rose, second dau. of Charles Duncan, advocate (1854), with issue: —
1. Mary Emily.
2. Elizabeth Rose.
3. Dorothy Kate Erskine.
Petrie, James. 26th July, 1743.1
App. to Thomas Burnett (1722). Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeen- shire, 19th May, 1743, to 8th May, 1744.2 Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire, 8th May, 1744. Read the Pretender's Proclamation at the Market Cross, 25th September, 1745, in
'On 13th July, 1743, Petrie submitted the following representation to the Society: — "That in the year 1735, after my coming to reside in Aberdeen, By bad advice I rashly made a Summar Application to William fforbes, then Sheriff depute of Aberdeen, for my being admitted an ordinary Pror before the said Sheriff Court without Conforming myself to your Acts and Regulations made anent Admissions of Procurators, And having mett with opposition in my Attempt from your Society, As Endeavouring to make an Encroach- ment on your Rules, a Process ensued betwixt your Society and me, which was advocat to the Lords of Session, And I, conceiving myself to have been in a great Error and mistake in making such Attempt, Did give over the same, And then conform'd myself to the Rules of your Society, being heartily sory I should have given offence, or made any such Attempt, And Since that time I have attended the Courts at Aberdeen, and observed the method of distributing Justice therein, And hope I have given satisfaction to all the Members of Court with respect to my behaviour. And now I have given in Petitions Craving to be admitted an ordinary Procurator before the Sheriff and Commissary Courts in the usuall manner according to the Acts and Regulations made thereanent. And therefore I hope you will be so good as overlook the former Rash Step and Attempt made by me, and proceed in the usuall way with respect to my Examination and tryall."
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 123.
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consequence of which was under suspicion and considered by Lord Albemarle "to be a Jacobite at heart."1 Manifested considerable zeal in bringing about improvements in Court procedure, including the establishment of Process Caption, and the incarceration of procurators for not returning processes in due course.2 Married Elizabeth Jamieson (died at Aberdeen, 21st March, 1770, in her 71st year), with issue:—
1. George, died at Edinburgh, in 1757, while prosecuting his legal training there.
1. Rachel.3 Died at Aberdeen, 19th October, 1763, in his 61st year.4
Philip, Colin Allan. 13th February, 1830.
Eldest son of James Philip, merchant, Aberdeen, and Ann Allan, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 30th November, 1804. M.A., King's Coll., March, 1824. App. to Alexander Muir (18 17).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 10th March, 1872.
Pittendrigh, Alexander. 24th November, 1831.
Son of William Pittendrigh, flaxdresser, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1822-26. App., first, to John Duthie (1808), and, second, to Alexander Stronach (1818). Commissioner for taking oaths to be used in the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer. Married, at Belleville, Gilcomston, Aberdeen, 30th June, 1835, Mary Ann (died at
'"Aided and assisted the Rebels in all their meetings at Aberdeen; Proclaimed the Pretender and levyed money for the Rebels, particularly in the County of Ross." — List given up by David Stuart, Supervisor of Excise at Aberdeen.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 116.
3 On 28th April, 1759, Sasine was granted to James Petrie, Elizabeth Jamieson, his spouse, and Rachel Petrie, their daughter, in the tenement of land, etc., of George, Earl of Aberdeen, on the south-west end of the Castlegate, and north side of Exchequer Row. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
4 Will recorded 30th November, 1763, and eik 19th July, 1764. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
LIST OF MEMBERS. 297
Aberdeen, 13th May, 1850, aged 35), dau. of James Reid, nurseryman, Belleville, with issue : —
1. George, colour merchant, died at Leith, as the result of
an accident, 12th April, 1873.
2. Alexander Gordon, died at Glenmuick, 7th August, 1863,
aged 24.
3. William, died 27th September, 1863, aged 21.
1. Ann, married, at Aberdeen, 27th April, i860, William
Singer, merchant.
2. Margaret Georgina Gordon, married, at Edinburgh, 9th
March, 1865, William Wintour, Junior; and died 3rd May, 1869, aged 24. Died 9th October, 1858, aged 54.
Primrose, Thomas. 10th June, 1833.
Son of Rev. William Primrose, minister at Aberdeen of the Original Burgher Associate Synod, afterwards of the Church of Scotland, and thereafter of the Free Church of Scotland, and Isabella Gibb, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, nth December, 1808. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1825. App. to Charles Chalmers (18 12). Went to the United States to wind up the affairs of the North American Investment and Insurance Company. Subsequently practised in the States.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th January, 1886. x
Prof at, George Dempster. 6th March, 1832.
Son of James Profat, Officer of Excise, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar.
Coll., 1 819-2 1. App. to William Stuart (1804). Died, unmarried, 1851.
1 Under his deed of settlement of 21st April, 1882, with codicils dated 15th February, 1884, 22nd December, 1885, and 27th January, 1886, Mr. Primrose left considerable heritable and movable estate, directing his trustees and executors to invest the residue and to apply the proceeds in grants of money to "institutions' of a philanthropical, benevolent, charitable or educational character and object connected with the city of Aberdeen which are entirely unsectarian and non-uolitical." The truct has been well managed, and its benefactions have proved a blessing to many institutions.
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Pyper, James. 12th January, 1911.
Third and youngest son of William Pyper, merchant, Aberdeen, and Agnes Martin, his wife. Born at Hillhead of Pitfodels, 9th February, 1883. Educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1906 ; B.L. (with honours), 1908 ; LL.B., 1910. App. to Alexander Duffus (Wilsone & Duffus).
Rae, John Everard. 10th December, 1896.
Eldest son of John Rae, agent, Commercial Bank of Scotland (Limited), Aberdeen, and Isabella Elliot Taylor, his wife. Born at Edinburgh, 12th May, 1870. Educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1891. President, Students' Representative Council, Aberd. Univ., 1894. App. to Farquharson Taylor Garden, Charles Ruxton and David Montague Alexander Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers). With Dalgleish, Gray & Dobbie, W.S., Edinburgh, 1895-96. Partner in the firm of Adam, Thomson & Ross since 1901. Treasurer of Gordon Highlanders Memorial Institute, and Secretary of various public companies, as also of Liberal Unionist Association of North and South Aberdeen. Captain, No. 4 Company, 1st Aberdeenshire R.G.A. (Vols.), 1905, and of 1st City of Aberdeen Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 1908.
Rae, William. See Raye, William.
Rae, William. 24th August, 1877.
Second son of John Rae, bank agent and merchant, Ellon, and Catherine Mair, his wife. Born at Ellon, 23rd February, 1854. Educated at Parish School, Ellon, and Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1873. App. to Newell Burnett and John Reid (Burnett & Rcid). In partnership, from 10th April, 1878, to nth April, 1887, with Sir Alexander Anderson (1827), and Andrew Jamieson Ironside, land surveyor, firm being
LIST OF MEMBERS. 299
Anderson & Rae ; and from 10th April, 1895, with Duncan MacGregor Mitchell, solicitor, firm being Rae & Mitchell. Notary Public. Married, at Fraserburgh, 23rd February, 1882, Joan, second dau. of James Mackenzie Anderson, merchant, Fraserburgh, with issue : —
1. William, M.A., Aberd., 1903; B.L. (with honours), 1906;
Captain, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders Militia, Vancouver, British Columbia; engaged in financial real estate business there.
2. James, M.A., Aberd., 1904; M.D., 191 1 ; in service of the
Metropolitan Asylums' Board in London.
3. John, engineer and assistant manager on a tea estate in
Assam.
1. Joan Anderson.
2. Harriet.
Rainnie, George. 16th June, 1814.
Son of John Rainnie, farmer, Andrewsford, Fyvie, and Margaret Gray, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1806-8. App. to Thomas Duncan, Junior (1803). Membership terminated February, 1856.
Ramsay, James. 15th March, 1759.
Son of George Ramsay, physician, Virginia. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1746-50, being Ramsay bursar. App. to Thomas Mosman (1731). Commissary Clerk Depute.1 Baron-Baillie of Fraser- field (now Balgownie). r Fiars Juror, 1763. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 2nd October, 1772. Proprietor of considerable property in Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1764-67. Married, before 1763, Anne (died nth April, 181 1, in her 93rd year), second dau. of Thomas Burnett of Kirkhill.
Died September, 1774. 2
1 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
2 Will recorded 16th May, 1775, with eiks, 1st August, 1776, 18th January, 1777, and 21st June, 1777. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
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Ramsay, John (originally Innes). 9th July, 1776.
Eldest son of James Innes of Maisley, and Isobel Abernethy, his wife. App. to James Ramsay, (1759). Became proprietor, under deed of entail, of Barra, Straloch, and Easter and Wester Craigies (he thereupon changed his surname from Innes to Ramsay), and purchased Nether Torryleith. D.L., Aberdeen- shire. Fiars Juror. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1782-84. President, 1792-94. Married, at Straloch, 25th June, 1785, Mary (died 18th December, 181 1, in her 43rd year), only child of John Ramsay of Barra and Straloch, with issue : —
1. John, succeeded to Barra, Straloch, and Easter and Wester
Craigies ; married Susan, third dau. of Alexander Innes of Pitmedden ; and died 23rd October, 1832, in his 46th year.
2. James, died 1867.
3. William, died 26th November, 1881, aged 81.
1. Isabella, died 12th January, 1803, in her 16th year.
2. Mary, married, first, William Brebner, and, second, Mr.
Leslie of Dunlugas.
3. Elizabeth, died nth November, 18 18, in her 26th year.
4. Margaret, married, in August, 1822, Sir George Turner
of Menie.
5. Helen, died 19th August, 1850, aged 46. Died 14th April, 1814, in his 59th year.1
Ramsay, Robert 19th November, 1814.
Son of James Ramsay, tailor, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1808.
App. to Charles Gordon (1783). Died, unmarried, in 1827.
1 Under his settlement, dated 6th May, 1812, Mr. Ramsay narrated that he had spent large sums on the entailed estates, building the mansion house and offices of Straloch, and enclosing and improving the ground by cultivation and planting. To his sons, James and William, he bequeathed ^10,000 each, and to his surviving daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Helen, ,£5.000 each.
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Raye, William. 1593.
M.A. Burgess of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1618. Sometime Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire. Married Katharine Anderson (died November, 1642), with issue : —
1. George, M.D. ; guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 24th
September, 1642.
2. John, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1625, regent there; died between
1st December, 1648, and 15th June, 1649.
3. James, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1630-34, being Liddell
bursar, 1632-34.
1. Jean, married Alexander Thomson, advocate (1625).
2. Margaret, married the Rev. William Glase (? Glass),
minister of Kearn.
3. Isobel, married before 1624, Alexander Murray, Jun., who,
on 5th December, 1623, was admitted burgess of Aberdeen. Her tocher, paid by her father, was 1200 merks, to which her husband undertook to add 300 merks, making altogether a marriage provision of 1500 merks = ^1000 Scots.1 Died after May, 1626.
Reid, Alexander. 1624.
Son of William Reid, advocate (1589). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1612 ; M.A., King's Coll., 161 5. App. to his father. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 22nd April, 1624. Proprietor of Birkenbrowell. Joint proprietor of Dilspro (now known as Grandholm), Old Machar, and mill and salmon fishings. Married the dau. of a burgess, with issue : —
1. James, advocate (1650).
2. Alexander, guild burgess, admitted 7th September, 1659.
3. Robert, advocate (1663).
Killed in the conflict at the Crabstone, by the army under Montrose, 13th September, 1644.
1 Information from Dr. Littlejohn, Sheriff Clerk.
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Reid, George. 1692.
Reid, James. 1650.
Eldest son of Alexander Reid, advocate (1624). M.A., Mar. Coll., 1643. App. to his father. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 2 1st March, 1654. Served heir to his father in lands of Birkenbrowell, etc., 21st January, 1645. Acquired Bourtie from James Seton in 1657, and is usually designed as of Barra. Married Isabella Hay (interred at Aberdeen in December, 1668), with issue : —
1. John, succeeded to Barra ; created a baronet of Nova
Scotia, 30th November, 1703 ; married Marion Aber- crombie, and died in, or about, 1720.
2. James, guild burgess, admitted 15th August, 1674; some-
time Magistrate of Aberdeen ; married Margaret Seaton, and died at Mill of Bourtie, 4th July, 1708.
3. William, died 1678.
1. Christian, married, 3rd June, 1707, Thomas Mercer of Todlavv and Smiddyburn, and died 31st August, 1752. Died 2 1st April, 1666.
Reid, John. 26th December, 1854.
Son of James Reid, merchant and guild burgess, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 3rd March, 1822. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1835-39. App. to Thomas Burnett and Newell Burnett (Thomas & Newell Burnett). In partnership with the said Newell Burnett from 1854, firm being Burnett & Reid. William John Woodman Smith, solicitor, and John Reid Dean, S.S.C., were subsequently assumed as partners. Director, Northern Assurance Coy., and City of Aberdeen Land Association. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 26th October, 1863. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Proprietor of Shannaburn, Maryculter.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 4th August, 1892. x
1 "The Scottish Law Review," VIII., p. 247.
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Reid, Robert. 1633.
M.A. Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1634-44. 1
Killed in the conflict at the Crabstone, 13th September, 1644.
Reid, Robert. 5th December, 1663.
Third son of Alexander Reid, advocate (1624). App. to his brother, James Reid (1650). Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 18th
January, 1669. Married , with issue: —
i. Anna, married, 7th February, 1701, John, third son of George Gordon, second of Sheelagreen, Culsalmond, and first of Rothney,2 Premnay.
Died June, 1672.3
Reid, Thomas.4 8th July, 1813.
Son of John Reid, merchant and burgess of Aberdeen. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1803. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 25th February, 1808.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 4th March, 1862, aged 75.
Reid, Walter. 8th October, 1667.
App. to James Reid (1650). Married Barbara Sinclair (died before 15th April, i70o).s
Died January, 1680.6
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., pp. 535-36.
2 Bulloch's "House of Gordon," II., p. 503.
3 Buried in St. Nicholas Church, 21st June, 1672. — " Kirkwork Accounts."
4 Mr. Reid succeeded to the heritable property in Aberdeen of his elder brother, John, cabinetmaker. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
5 Edinburgh Commissariot Registers.
6 " Buried in the kirk [of Old Machar], at the south-west corner of the light isle," 28th January, 1680.— Old Machar Burial Registers.
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Reid, William.1 1589.
M.A. App. to Patrick Cheync (1570). Notary Public. Joint Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire, 1 595-97- 2 Procurator for George, Earl Marischal. Proprietor of Barra. Married, in 1592, in Culsalmond Church, Marione Rolland, with issue, of whom : —
1. Alexander, advocate (1624).
2. Alexander, died before 1607. Alexander Wilsone,
chirurgeon, Aberdeen, was placed on trial for man- slaughter by causing death " throche the miscuir of the said Alexr."3
1 In 1607 a quarrel arose between William Reid and his brother, Andrew, on the one part, and Habakkuk — otherwise Abacuth — Bisset, W.S., on the other part. Bisset took out Iawburrows against William Reid, for whom John Gordon of Tulligreig, Sheriff-Depute of Aberdeen, became security for ^500. Bisset then complained to the Privy Council (Vol. viii., p. 115) that the Reids had by all "indirect meanes," this long time, "procurit" his "hurte." Thus, on 2nd May, 1607 — a day appointed for the service of God, and " ane proclamit fast" — while the complainer was "going to the kirk [in Aberdeen] in a moist quiet and peciable maner without ony kynd of armoure" the said Andro, at the instigation of his said brother, waylaid him "in ane quiet vennell quhilk gois fra the said complenaris house to the kirk," and "with gantillat, plaitsleve, sword, daigair, and heyland durk " set upon him, and, with the guards of his sword, gave him " mony deidlie strykis in his heid, schoulderis, and small of his bak, and left him for deid ; sua that he lay bedfast ane lang space thairefter in grite disease and dolloure, and wes maid unable to use his calling for the intertenyment of his familie." The defenders still lie in waite for him, so that he dare not remain in Abirdene, the place of his dwelling, for fear of his life. Defenders not compearing were declared rebels. William Reid quickly threw a different light upon the matter, at the same time laying bare the cunning of Bisset. His statement bore that having lately been in Edinburgh for eight or nine days, the said Bisset, whom he had daily met there, "evir craftelie in all his counterfoote speiecheis with the said complenair, inquired of his dyet hameward." At last Bisset, hearing that complainer was obliged to repair with all diligence to his own house, where his wife was at the point of death, resolved "to mak his advantage of this the said complenair his necessitie," and caused deliver to him at the Nether Bow a copy of said charge. Bisset having failed in his proof, suspension was granted. A week later Reid had again to appeal to the Privy Council .
. that Bisset, finding himself disappointed in the pursuit slated, has now raised criminal letters, under the borrowed name of the Advocate, charging complainer and Marione Rolland, his spouse, to answer for the crime of adultery. "Now they had been lawfully married 15 years ago in the kirk of Culsalmond by the late William Straith, minister there, and have ever since cohabited in Aberdeen ; their marriage has never been called in question ; all their bairns have been baptised by the bishop and ministers of Aberdeen, and the complainer himself has for divers years borne office in the kirk. In the whole course of his life he has approven himself an honest man, free of " havie and sclanderous imputations most foolishlie and miliciouslie gevin out aganis him be the said Abacuth, whose malice and wicked disposition is not only extendit aganis the said complenaris selff, . . . but aganis his innocint and young children, whom he preisses to his malicious and folische inventiones to caus be repute bastardis." Both parties compearing, the Lords found that the defender Abacuth has behaved himself " verie mnliciouslie " against the pursuer, and therefore " %rerie schairplie admonish him to forbear such form of doing hereafter."
2 Litllejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," I., pp. 327-28, and 472-74.
3 Ibid., II., p. 99.
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Reid, William Leslie. 1st April, 1847.
Eldest son of William Reid, merchant and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Margaret Shand, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 18th August, 1823. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., King's Coll., March, 1841. App. to John Duncan (1824). Sometime in partnership with Robert Grigor, solicitor and bank agent, Aberdeen, firm being Grigor & Reid, advocates ; thereafter with Alexander Jopp (1825), firm being Jopp & Reid, and, finally, with Thomas Wilsone, solicitor, firm being Reid & Wilsone. Notary Public. Fiars Juror, 1870-74. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 4th October, 1875. Married, at Aberdeen, 26th March, 1857, Rachel, fifth and youngest dau. of Rev. James Gordon Garioch, M.A., King's Coll., 181 2, minister of Strachan, Kincardineshire.
Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 25th July, ii
Reid, William Reid. 30th November, 1880.
Eldest son of Archibald Reid, farmer, Glenbuchat, and Isabella McHardy, his wife. Born at Glenbuchat, 22nd December, 1855. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A. (graduated as William Reid), Aberd., 1875. App. to Alexander Cochran and George Anderson (Cochran & Anderson). Sometime in partner- ship with Robert Downie Leslie (1876), firm being Leslie & Reid ; thereafter with James Bisset Davidson, solicitor, firm being Reid & Davidson. Promoter, Hon. Secretary and subsequently Vice President of the Aberdeen Liberal Unionist Association. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Royal Engineers, 30th April, 1884; Captain, 4th August, 1888, retiring 4th April, 1894. Ceased practice in 1902. Now Managing Director, John Begg (Limited), Distillers. Married, at Aberdeen, 14th December, 1887, Jeannie G. Farquharson, eldest dau. of Henry Farquharson Begg of Tilly- four and Lochnagar, and subsequently of Inchgarth, with issue: —
1. Henry Farquharson Begg.
1. Alice Ishbel Hay, married, in London, 30th November, 1910, Henry Forbes Cheswick of Victoria, Australia; Lieut, King Edward's Horse.
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Reidheid, George. 1616.
Died after August, 1622.
Reith, David. 6th July, 1835.
Son of Alexander Reith, toll-collector, Rubislaw. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1827-29. App. to James Nicol (1820). Practised latterly in Dundee. Clerk to Dundee Harbour Trustees from 6th February, 1865. Author of "Conveyancing made Easy; a letter to the Convener and Members of the Incorporated Trades, etc," 1857. Married .
Died, s.p., at Dundee, 21st February, 1866, aged 52.
Rennet, Ernest. 17th July, 1901.
Fourth son of David Rennet, LL.D., Aberd., 1885, many years teacher of mathematics, Aberdeen, and Isabella Emslie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 10th December, 1872. Educated at Grammar School; M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1893; B.L. (with honours), 1896. App. to Robert Downie Leslie (1876). In partnership, 1896- 1900, with his elder brother, James Barclay Rennet (1895), firm being J. B. & E. Rennet ; thereafter with James Sylver Butchart (1876), firm being Butchart & Rennet. C.A. (member of the Society of Accountants in Aberdeen), admitted 1899. Notary Public. Married, at Aberdeen, nth July, 1899, Sarah Anne Elizabeth, dau. of the said James Sylver Butchart, with issue : — 1. David Lindsay.
1. Nita Isobel.
2. Sarah Bruce.
Rennet (now Rennett), James Barclay. 30th October, 1895.
Second son of the above mentioned David Rennet, LL.D., Aberd., 1885, and Isabella Emslie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 26th February, 1868. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1888. App. to Andrew Davidson (James Meston & Coy.). In partnership, 1896-1900, with his younger
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brother, Ernest, firm being J. B. & E. Rennet. C.A. (member of the Society of Accountants in Aberdeen), admitted 1892. Treasurer, Aberdeen University Union. Secretary and Treasurer, Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen. Second Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Royal Engineers (Vols.), 12th December, 1900; Lieut., nth June, 1902, retiring 16th July, 1902. Married, at Glasgow, 16th June, 1902, Eleanor Jane Baillie, dau. of John Innes Harper, tea merchant, Glasgow, with issue : —
1. David Herbert.
2. James Leslie.
1. Constance Mabel, died 22nd July, 1903.
2. Edith Muriel, died 7th March, 1907.
Robertson, Alexander. 20th November, 1661.
M.A., Mar. Coll., 1656. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire from about 1660. * Town Clerk of Aberdeen.2 Guild bursress, admitted 25th March, 1663. Presented with the freedom of the Burgh of Inverurie. Married, first, Barbara Cruickshank, dau. of a burgess, with issue : —
1. Alexander, died in infancy.
2. William.
3. James.
4. George.3
1. Christine, married, in x^pril, 1681, William Robertson, agent
in Edinburgh ; died before 1683.
2. Barbara, baptised 4th October, 1674.
3. Margaret, married, in 1705, Alexander Coupcr, master of
the Music School, Aberdeen.
Married, second, in April, 1680, Catherine Rae. Married, thirdly, Elizabeth Anderson (died February, 1736), with issue: —
4. Christian. Died 2 1st April, 1684.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 122.
2 Poll Book, II., p. 615.
3 On 24th September, 1687, William, James and George were admitted burgesses of Aberdeen, while still in pupilage.
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Robertson, Alexander. 10th July, 1810.
Son of Patrick Robertson, tanner and merchant, Huntly, and Isabella Pirie, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1 801-3. A pp. to Alexander Shand (1789).
Died at Aberdeen, 10th January, 1823, aged 37.
Robertson, Andrew. March, 1803.
Only son of Alexander Robertson, merchant, Aberdeen. App. to Andrew Davidson (1783). Succeeded his father, in 1807, in the sixth lot of the lands of Pitmuxton.1 Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1820-21. Nominated by the Society, 21st January, and appointed by the Senatus, 4th October, 18 19, the first Lecturer on Scots Law and Conveyancing in Marischal College and University. Demitted 15th September, 1821, on appointment as Sheriff Substitute of Forfarshire. Burgess of Forfar, admitted 12th August, 1822. Married (contract signed at Birkenbog, 17th August, 1807), Nancy Matilda (born 1789, died 23rd February, 1867), only dau. of James Murray of Birkenbog, with issue, of whom : —
Margaret, married, at Forfar, 21st August, 1833, Alexander Smith, M.D. ; died 2nd February, 1857.
Jemima Murray, died at Heme Bay, Kent, 21st April, 1865.
Nancy, died at Aberdeen, 17th January, 1879.
Matilda Jane, died at Aberdeen, 24th April, 1910.
Mary Ann, died at Forfar, nth November, 1823.
Annabella, married John Robertson, advocate (1852). Died 1st December, 1848.
Robertson, John. 1560.
Robertson, John. 26th July, 1852.
Eldest son of Francis Robertson, merchant, Perth, afterwards in Dundee. Born at Perth, 6th April, 1818. Alumnus, Mar. Coll.,
1 "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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1 833-35* App. to James Edmond and Francis Edmond (J. & F. Edmond). Thereafter with Christopher Kerr, solicitor, and Town Clerk, Dundee. Partner in the firm of Lumsden & Robertson, 1853-62, and of Robertson & Lumsden from 1862. Chairman, Aberdeen Cemetery Company (Limited). Promoter and Director of the Aberdeen Sick Children's Hospital. Fiars Juror, twelve times, 1856-89. Captain, 4th Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., retiring as Major. Portrait by William DufFus, in the possession of his surviving daughter. Married, at Edinburgh, 1 6th November, 1854, Annabclla (born 8th May, 1827, died at Aberdeen, 14th October, 1892), seventh dau. of Andrew Robertson, advocate (1803), w-th issue: —
1. Francis Andrew, residing in Sydney, New South Wales.
1. Jane Fraser, died 25th March, 1861.
2. Joanna Sophia, died 1st February, 1894, aged 30.
3. Nancy Matilda, residing in Aberdeen. Died at Aberdeen, 13th February, 1893.
Robertson, Thomas. 11th July, 1755.
Third son of John Robertson of Pitmillan and Foveran, stocking merchant, sometime Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and Jean Mitchell, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1747-51. App. to John French (1743).
Died, unmarried, 13th October, 1757, aged 24.
Robison, William. 17th May, 1820.
Son of William Robison, shipmaster, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1809-11. App. to Charles Winchester (1807). Sometime in partnership with John Ewing (181 1), firm being Ewing & Robison ; thereafter with James McHardy (1817), firm being McHardy & Robison. Joint Secretary of the Aberdeen Anti- Slavery Society.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 28th February, 1862, aged 67.
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Rose, Donaldson Simpson. 18th July, 1891.
Eldest son of James Rose, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1838, shipowner and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Agnes Westland, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 31st May, 1864. Educated at the West End Academy, Mr. W. Graham Walker's Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1884. App. to John Edmond (Edmonds & Macqueen). With Scott Moncriefif & Trail, W.S., Edinburgh, 1890-91. Secretary, Garden Nicol Benevolent Fund. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 7th August, 1905. Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, nth October, 1884, retiring 15th February, 1890. Secretary, the Boys' Brigade (Aberd. Batt). Married, at St. George's Church, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1 st June, 1898, Elizabeth Linda (born 10th December, 1868, died at Aberdeen, 7th March, 1905), dau. of George Thompson Dickinson, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Ross, Alexander. 21st November, 1839.
Eldest son of Alexander Irvine Ross, land surveyor, Mains of Tyrie, and subsequently at Portsoy. Born nth May, 1814. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1828-31. App. to Thomas Burnett and Newell Burnett (Thomas & Newell Burnett). Sometime in partnership with William Skinner (1829), firm being Skinner & Ross. Clerk to Ellon District Road Trustees. Sometime actuary and cashier of the National Security Savings' Bank of Aberdeen. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Fiars Juror, 1842-65. Married, in London, 17th May, i860, Margaret Merrilees (born 22nd June, 1836, died at Bournemouth, 14th April, 1900), dau. of James Low, advocate (1829), with issue, of whom : —
Elizabeth Margaret, married, at Glasgow, 27th August, 1867, Alexander Christie, Glasgow.
Died at Aberdeen, 15th January, 1867.1
1 Mr. Ross "carried on business, from 1839, with much credit and ability, and all his transactions in public and private life were uniformly characterised by sterling honesty and integrity. He was also a professional accountant of considerable standing in the city. . . . For three years he held the office of Chairman of St. Nicholas Parochial Board, and discharged its duties with ability. His good offices in the way of sound practical advice were cheerfully given to the Savings' Bank depositors at all times without fee or reward. . . ." — Aberdeen Journal.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 311
Ross, Gilbert 1579.
M.A. Notary Public. Died after 31st May, 1622.
Ross, James. 16th November, 1816.
Son of James Ross, farmer, Inver, Crathie. M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 1. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794). S.S.C., admitted 25th June,
1823. Practiced for many years in Edinburgh, where he was able to render the Society considerable service. J Married, 19th July,
1824, Margaret, eldest dau. of William Dyce of Cuttlehill, M.D., King's Coll., 1797. 2
Died, s.p.y at Aberdeen, 8th February, 1859, aged 65.
Ross, James.3 30th May, 1864.
Eldest son of John Ross, farmer, Upper and Nether Park, Drumoak, and Barbara Adam, his wife. Born at Drumoak in 1832. Educated at Parish School, Drumoak ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1852-54. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Partner in the said firm of Adam & Anderson, 1863-66, and in Adam, Thomson & Ross from 1866 to 191 1, when he retired. Notary Public. Sometime Baron-Baillie of Fraserburgh. For many years solicitor to the Great North of Scotland Railway Coy. Sometime Vice-Chairman, Bon-Accord Property Investment Coy., and Chairman, Kincardine O'Neil School Board. Proprietor of the estate of Easter Beltie since 1900. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1904-6. President, 1906-8. Portrait in Committee Room.
1 Mr. Ross was made the recipient of silver plate bearing the following inscription : — Presented by The President and Society of Advocates in Aberdeen to James Ross, Esquire, one of their number and S.S.C., Edinburgh, as a mark of esteem, and an acknowledgment of valuable services rendered to the Society. — 1st January, 1850.
2 Temple's "Thanage of Fermartyn," p. 683.
3 "The Scots Law Times," 30th November, 1895.
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Ross, John. 9th July, 1776.
Son of Charles Ross. App. to Andrew Thomson (1741). Fiars Juror, 1774. Burgess of Elgin, admitted in 1784. Ceased to practise latterly, and lived at Cullen. Married May Watson (died at Elgin, 5th May, 1835).
Died in 1795.
Ross, William. 29th May, 1826.
Only son of William Ross, sometime stabler in Aberdeen. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1821. App. to Alexander Smith (1804). Notary Public. Magistrate of Aberdeen, 1845-49, 1851-54, 1858-59. Guild burgess, admitted 5th November, 1838. Married, at Aberdeen, 14th February, 1838, Sarah (died 15th May, 1887, aged 83), eldest dau. of Charles Ross, manufacturer, Aberdeen, with issue, of whom : —
William, sometime Free Church minister of Dundonald.
Sarah, married, at Aberdeen, nth May, 1865, Rev. John McKay, minister of the Original Secession Church, Aberdeen.
Died at Aberdeen, 29th December, 1877, aged y^.
Runcy, Charles Frederick. 30th April, 1855.
Son of Charles Runcy, Millbank, merchant in Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Simpson, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1850. App. to Robert Ledingham and George Walker (Ledingham & Walker). Procurator Fiscal Depute of Aberdeenshire, and Justice of Peace Procurator Fiscal. Secretary, Oldmill Reformatory School, and Industrial School and Reformatory for Girls. Held Commission in 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 31st March, 1864, retiring 6th December, 1865.
Died, unmarried, at Perth, 26th February, 1884, aged 50.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 313
Russell, James. 10th February, 1823.
Second son of Alexander Russell of Aden, and Margaret Cumine, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 18 10- 13. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Notary Public. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Succeeded as proprietor of Aden on the death of his elder brother, Alexander, 26th July, 1831. D.L. and J. P. of Aberdeenshire. Sometime Colonel Commanding 3rd Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols. Married, at Gunton Park, Norfolk, October, 1832, Caroline Lambton, with issue: —
1. Alexander Cumming, Ensign, 74th Highlanders; drowned
in Table Bay, following the wreck of the " Birkenhead," 26th February, 1852, in his 19th year.
2. James George Ferguson, of the diplomatic service ;
married, in London, 29th April, 1858, Elizabeth Sophia, dau. of Sir VVm. Lawrence Young, Bart, M.P. of Hughenden, Bucks. ; and died, s.p., in London 15th April, 1887.
3. Frank Shirley, Major General, 1897; Hon. Colonel, 1st
Royal Dragoons, 1900; C.M.G., 1891 ; sometime Military Attache at Berlin ; B.A., Oxon. ; Author ; succeeded to the estate of Aden on the death of his brother James ; M.P. for Cheltenham, 1895- 1900; married, 1888, Philippa, dau. of the Right Hon. Henry J. Baillie of Redcastle ; died at Aden, 21st March, 191 2. 1. Catharine Georgiana, died 7th September, 1853, in her 9th year.
Died at Aberdeen, 18th January, 1875.
Rutherford, George David. 18th March, 1864.
Third son of James Rutherford, Lieut., 94th Foot, who served in the Peninsula (war medal with seven clasps), and when on half-pay of the 23rd Foot, was Barrack-master, Newcastle-on-Tyne, afterwards at Aberdeen, and Nancy Robertson, his wife. Born at Dumfries, 14th March, 1829. Educated at the Academy, Dumfries;
Q 1
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Alumnus, Mar. Coll. 1856-7, etc. App., first, to John Blaikie (John & Anthony Blaikie), and, second, to William Paul (1853). Sometime in partnership with the said William Paul, firm being Paul & Rutherford ; thereafter with James Jamieson (1878), firm being Rutherford & Jamieson ; and 1883-90, with Thomas Robertson Gillies (1885), firm being Rutherford & Gillies. Notary Public. Auditor of Sheriff" Court at Aberdeen from 1883. Proprietor of Lynnvvood, Peterculter. Major, 1st Vol. Brigade Gordon Highlanders. Married, at Shannaburn, Mary- culter, 24th September, 1861, Jessie, fourth dau. of Alexander Macdonald of Johnston, in the parish of Leslie, Aberdeenshire, granite merchant and polisher, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alaster Macdonald, of Alex. Pirie & Sons (Limited), paper and envelope manufacturers, Stoneywood.
1. Agnes Maxwell, died at Aberdeen, 17th April, 1866, in
her 4th year.
2. Jessie Hope, married, 26th October, 1904, Rev. Charles
Sinclair Christie, M.A., St. And., minister of Cults, Aberdeenshire.
3. Elizabeth Winifred.
4. Nancy Maxwell, married, 28th December, 1904, Walter
Stanford Griffin.
Died at Bridge of Allan, 26th May, 1892. «
Ruxton, Charles.2 17th December, 1877.
Eldest son of Thomas Ruxton, advocate (1848). Born at Aberdeen, 8th June, 1853. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1869-71. App. to William Leslie Reid (Jopp & Reid). Partner in the firm of C. & P. H. Chalmers since 1884. Some- time Lecturer on Conveyancing in the University.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," VIII., p. 172.
2 " The Scots Law Times," 10th June, 1893.
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Ruxton, Thomas. 1st November, 1848.
Son of Charles Ruxton, farmer, Hill of Fiddes, Foveran, and Ann Ligertwood, his wife. Born at Foveran, 1826. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1841-43. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Director, Deeside Railway Coy., and Aberdeen Lime Coy. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Aberdeen, 12th August, 1852, Jemima (died at Aberdeen, 27th May, 1867, aged 35), dau. of James Ferguson, advocate (1816), with issue, of whom : —
Charles, advocate (1877). Thomas.
James Ferguson, M.B., CM. (with honours), Aberd., 1881 ; died 5th May, 1893.
William.
John.
Edward.
Jane Birnie, married, at Aberdeen, 24th January, 1884, John Ruxton, M.D., sometime surgeon, A.M.D., afterwards practiced at Blackpool, where he died 5th August, 1904.
Died at Park, 30th October, 1896.
Sandilands, James. 1649.
Second son of James Sandilands, LL.D., first of Craibstone, member, Faculty of Advocates, etc., and Catherine Paterson, his wife. M.A., King's Coll., 1629. Civilist l in King's Coll., Town Clerk of Aberdeen, and Principal Commissary Clerk. Proprietor of
1 The appointment of Sandilands as Civilist, 1st April, 1640, drew from Spalding the commentary — "Strange to sie ane man admittit to teiche lawis who was never out of the countrie studdeing and lerning the lawis."
When the silver keys of the city were presented to King Charles II. on his arrival in Aberdeen in 1650, Sandilands had the honour, in the name of the community, to deliver an eloquent Latin oration. The King was so favourably impressed that he is said to have afterwards named Sandilands as a Senator of the College of Justice, but death prevented its acceptance.
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Cotton, Old Machar. Married, in 1640, Marjory (with whom he got a provision of 100,000 merks), dau. of Baillie Alexander Burnett of Countesswells, with issue : —
1. Patrick, succeeded to Cotton ; married, first, Margaret,
dau. of William Ord of Carnbee, and, second, Magdalen Boyes, widow of Alexander Davidson of Newton.
2. John, proprietor of Countesswells ; Lord Provost of Aber-
deen, 1690-91 ; married, first, a dau. of the family of Arbuthnott, and, second, Ann, dau. of John Udny of Newhills.
3. Robert, Rector of Spine, Berkshire.
1. Jean, married, first, John Moir, first of Stoneywood, and,
second, William Cumine of Auchry.
2. Rachael, married John Gordon, Younger of Fechill.
3. Marjory, died 24th May, 1668, aged 18. Died 17th August, 1660.
Sandilands, John. 1655.
Third son of James Sandilands, LL.D., first of Craibstone, and Catherine Paterson, his wife. App. to his elder brother, James Sandilands (1649). Commissary and Sheriff Clerk Depute, appointed 9th June, 1652. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 8th March, 1654. Married Christian, eldest dau. of Lindsay, merchant and burgess, Aberdeen.
Died April, 1669. x
Sandilands, Patrick. 8th June, 1705.
Eldest son of Patrick Sandilands of Cotton (and grandson of James Sandilands, advocate (1649)), and Margaret Ord, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 8th June, 1699. Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire, 1710-12; and Sheriff Depute, 1712-16.2 Married Barbara, dau. of William Cumine of Pitullie.
• ' Row's Diary. 2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 107-9 and 113-14.
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Sandilands, Robert. 26th July, 1743.
Son of John Sandilands of Craibstone, and Isabella Baillie, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1733-37. App. to Thomas Burnett (1722). Collector of Cess for the County of Aberdeen. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 4th August, 1752, Clementine (interred at Aberdeen, January, 1756), dau. of the said Thomas Burnett, with issue : —
I. Margaret. Married, second, Anne Kinnaird, heiress of Wester Draikies, Inverness-shire (died 1768, and interred in Gordon's Aisle, Old Machar, 4th November).
Died at Aberdeen, 26th December, 1774, in his 54th year. '
Sandilands, Thomas. 1649.
Eldest son of James Sandilands, LL.D., first of Craibstone, and Catherine Paterson, his wife. M.A., King's Coll., 1626. Commissary of Aberdeen. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 10th September, 1636. Assessor to the Rector of King's Coll., 1643. Succeeded to the estate of Craibstone. Married Margaret (died 15th, and buried in Old Machar Church, 20th May, 1665), dau.
of Cuming, laird of Culter, with issue: —
1. James, succeeded to Craibstone; married, first, Margaret
Lauder, and, second, Elizabeth Donaldson of Hilton
(now Turnerhall), Ellon.
Died at Old Aberdeen, 12th October, 1669.
Sangster, Thomas. 10th March, 1802.2
Son of Thomas Sangster, sometime in Mill of Leask, afterwards partner in Smith, Irvine & Coy., merchant and trade burgess of Old Aberdeen, residing at Loanhead of Gilcomston, Aberdeen.
1 Will recorded 14th January, 1775.— " Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
2 Oath of Allegiance to George III. was taken by Mr. Sangster on 10th March, 1802.— Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
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Educated at Scalan, Glenlivet. App. to John Davidson (1782). Sometime in partnership with Alexander Muir (1817), firm being Sangstcr & Muir. Notary Public. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank ; Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy. ; and Scottish Australian Investment and Insurance Coy. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1825. Merchant and trade burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 4th October, 1804. Lieut, Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803 '■> Captain, Aberdeenshire Local Militia, 1808. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1832-34. President, 1836-38. Married, at Harthill, 19th September, 1814, Ann (died at Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, 8th April, 1877), dau. of Arthur Gray of Thripleton. with issue, of whom : —
Helen, died July, 1825.
Ann, died at Aberdeen, 27th May, 1834, aged 12.
Maria, married, nth December, 1838, Charles Boyse Roche,
paymaster, 34th Regt, and died at Kensington, London,
20th May, 1903, aged Sy. Margaret, married, at Aberdeen, 26th January, 1836, Joseph
Alex. Condell, Major, retired, H.E.I.C.S. (Madras), and
died 15th August, 1846, aged 29. Annie Henrietta, married, at Aberdeen, 3rd July, 1856, Rev.
Robert Skinner, incumbent of St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church, St. Andrews.
Died at Aberdeen, 28th January, 1863, aged 84.
Scougal, James. 1676.
Third son of Patrick Scougal, Bishop of Aberdeen, ' and Margaret Wemyss, his wife. Succeeded his eldest brother, John, as Commissary of Aberdeenshire in March, 168 1, but sold the office to Robert Paterson, advocate (1698). 1 Rector of King's Coll., 1683-85 ; Civilist, 1684-87. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 7th February, 1672. Provost of Old Aberdeen, 1680-89. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 8th June,
1 MS. Records of Society.
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1687. M.P. for burgh of Kintore, 1693- 1702. Commissary of Edinburgh, 1693. Senator of the College of Justice, with the title Lord Whitehill, appointed 9th June, 1696. Married Elizabeth Morison (buried in " Scougal's isle," Old Machar, 4th January,
I7I3)- Died 23rd December, 1702. x
Sellar, James. 29th October, 1900.
Seventh son of Robert Sellar, agricultural implement manufacturer, Huntly, and Margaret Hunter Nicol, his wife. Born at Huntly, 31st October, 1873. Educated at the Public School, Huntly; and the Academy, Elgin; M.A., Aberd., 1894; B.L. (with honours), 1897. App., first, to John Edmond, second, to Alfred Martineau (Edmonds & Ledingham). Sometime in partnership with Alexander Troup, solicitor, firm being Sellar & Troup, advocates. With Wreford & Thornton, advocates, Penang, Straits Settlements, since December, 1909. Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 10th October, 1900; Captain, nth April, 1906.
Shand, Alexander. 26th January, 1789.
Son of James Shand, merchant and guild burgess, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, June, 1759. M.A., King's Coll., 30th March, 1784. App. to John Gordon (1753). Purchased property of Tanfield,2 Woodside, in 1797. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 19th March, 1803. Author of treatise — "The Book of Revelation." Married, at Burnside, 26th April, 1798, Barbara (died at Aberdeen, 13th July, 1836), youngest dau. of Robert Donald in Tillydaff, Midmar, afterwards in Burnside, with issue : — 1. James, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1816; merchant, Java ; died there, 20th February, 1822, in his 23rd year.
1 Apparently he had no surviving issue, as his sisters were served heirs in 1705.
2 Mrs. Shand had sasine in Tanfield in 1798, in security of her life-rent provision of ;£ioo. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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2. Robert, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 18 18-21 ; died at Aberdeen,
30th October, 1827, aged 23.
3. Abel Bisset, baptised 22nd August, 1809.
1. Barbara, died at Aberdeen, 27th July, 1831.
2. Mary, married, at Aberdeen, 26th April, 1825, Rev.
Nathaniel Morren, minister of the North Church, Greenock.
3. Elizabeth, married Rev. George Morgan ; and died at
the Cape of Good Hope, 30th November, 1832.
4. Isabella, died at Edinburgh, 18th May, 1885, aged 83.
5. Catherine, baptised nth March, 1808.
6. Bathia, died at 23 Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh, 14th
October, 1893.
7. Jane Hay, died at Aberdeen, 3rd June, 1837. Died in London in 1829.
Shand, Francis. 21st November, 1811.
Second son of Rev. John Shand, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1771, minister of Kemnay, thereafter of Chapel of Garioch, and finally of Kintore, and Margaret Dauney, his wife. Born at Kemnay, 2nd August, 1786. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1799- 1803. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796).
Died, unmarried, at Spanish Town, Jamaica, 10th March, 1827.
Shand, Robert 19th November, 1827.
Sixth son of the above mentioned Rev. John Shand. Born at Kintore, 21st February, 1801. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1819. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796). Sometime in partnership with the said Andrew Jopp and his son, Alexander Jopp, firm being Jopp & Shand. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank ; and Northern Agricultural Coy. Trustee and manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror. 1840.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 20th April, 1862. ■
'". . . Never did a man possess a more kindly and benevolent disposition, and many can bear testimony to his ready professional assistance rendered without prospect of fee or reward. . . ." — See Carnie's "Reporting Reminiscences," II., p. 75.
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Shaw, John Milne. 16th October, 1868.
Second son of Robert Shaw, messenger-at-arms and house agent, Aberdeen, and Isabella Lawrance, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 22nd December, 1841. Educated at the Grammar School, Old Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1859-60, and of Aberd., 1860- 62. App. to William Leslie Reid (Jopp & Reid). Sometime in partnership with John Muill (1858), firm being Muill & Shaw. Notary Public. Married, at Lowbank, Trinity-Gask, Perthshire, 8th February, 1870, Kate Tod, eldest dau. of William Gardiner of Rottearns, with issue : —
1. John Milne Gardiner.
1. Jane Campbell Gardiner, died 10th May, 1885.
2. Kate Tod.
Died at Aberdeen, 17th February, 1904.
Shirrefs, Alexander. 26th January, 1789.
Son of David Shirrefs, builder, Aberdeen, and Jane Lunan, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1779. App. to John Gordon (1753). Some- time Joint Sheriff Clerk Depute and Commissary Court Procurator Fiscal. Joint assessor and clerk to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 28th August, 1 80 1. Fiars Juror, 1806-15. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1800-2. President, 1806-8. Married. 4th September, 1796, Anne (died at Aberdeen, 14th June, 1832, aged 58), younger dau. of Lieut. Francis Gordon, Mill of Lumphart, formerly of the 88th Regiment of Foot, with issue : —
1. John David, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1818 ; surgeon; died of
yellow fever at Port Antonio, Jamaica, 28th November, 1824.
2. Alexander. (See under Apprentices in Appendix.)
3. James, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1833; L.R.C.S., Edinb., 1835;
Assistant Army Surgeon, 1837; resigned 1841 ; died at Deniliquin, New South Wales, 6th October, 1862, aged 46. R I
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1. Jane, married John Smith, advocate (1810).
2. Anne, died at Bridge of Allan, 12th September, 1879,
aged j6. Died at Aberdeen, 22nd July, 1823, aged 63.
Shirrefs, John Lumsden. J 13th November, 1818.
Eldest son of George Barclay, afterwards Lumsden Shirrefs of Blairmormond and Knowsie, Lonmay, and Margaret Smith, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1807-8, etc. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Sometime in partnership with Robert Alcock (181 8), firm being Shirrefs & Alcock. Succeeded to Blair- mormond and Knowsie.
Died, unmarried, nth May, 1852, aged 57.
Shirres, Alexander. 15th April, 1875.
Son of William Shirres, manufacturer, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 6th December, 1849. Alumnus, Aberd., 1865-68. App. to John Duguid Milne and George Walker (Milne & Walker). Notary Public.
Died, unmarried, at Sydney, 24th June, 1882.
Shives, Thomas. 2nd November, 1874.
Youngest son of Alexander Shives, farmer, Auchtcrellon, Ellon. Born 20th March, 1850. Alumnus, Aberd., 1865-66 and 1868- 69. App. to Robert Ligcrtwood (J. & R. Ligertwood).
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 26th March, 1906.
Silver, George. 6th July, 1835.
Son of George Silver of Netherley. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1821-23 and 1824-25. App., first, to Alexander Crombie (1789), and, second, to James Brebner (1828).
Died, unmarried, 21st February, 1866.
1 For account of amusing incidents in the career of Shirrefs, see G. Walker's "Aberdeen Awa'," pp. "7-i8.
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Sim, John. 26th June, 1777.
App. to Arthur Dingwall Fordyce (1769). Notary Public. Married, and was survived by at least one son and one daughter.
Died in 1788.
Sim, John. 19th November, 1814.
Son of John Sim of the Leith and Clyde Shipping Coy., Aberdeen, and Margaret Kiloh, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1808. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796). Sometime Treasurer to the Commissioners of Police.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 7th October, 1823, aged 32. ■
Simpson, Alexander. 14th January, 1848.
Second son of the Rev. Alexander Simpson, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1797, minister of Strichen, and Agnes Margaret Youngson, his wife. Born at Strichen, 27th December, 1822. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1837-41. App. to Alexander Smith (Alexander & Robert Smith, afterwards Smith & Cochran). Thereafter with Messrs. Cook, W.S., Edinburgh. In partnership, 1876-96, with George Cruden (1875), firm being Simpson & Cruden. George Archibald Simpson (1890) was assumed as a partner in said firm in 1890. Clerk and Treasurer to the General Session of St. Nicholas, and Clerk to the Kirk Sessions of nearly all the city churches. Member of first Aberdeen School Board. Active promoter of the Church of Scotland Training College, and Normal School, Aberdeen. Clerk and Treasurer to the Aberdeen Educational Trust, and subsequently factor. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1884-89. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Edinburgh, 28th
1 Under Mr. Sim's deed of settlement, his whole estate was left to his mother.
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September, 1855, Jane, eldest dau. of the late George Taylor of Lissonfield, County Dublin, with issue : —
1. Arthur, died at Aberdeen, 17th February, 1874, aged 16.
2. Alexander, died at Aberdeen, 26th October, 1862.
3. George Archibald, advocate (1890).
4. Alexander, died at Aberdeen in 1866, in infancy.
5. Frederick Taylor, sometime of the Hong-Kong and
Shanghai Bank ; thereafter of the Standard Bank of South Africa ; joined Plumer's Horse in the South African War ; and died at Gaberones, 14th February, 1900, aged 30.
6. Frank Douglas, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner at
Gorakhpur, United Provinces, India.
1. Elizabeth, died at Aberdeen, 16th April, 1857.
2. Agnes Margaret.
3. Amy Jane, married, at Aberdeen, 3rd September, 1889,
the Hon. Sydney Cuthbert, M.L.C., Belize, British Honduras.
Died at Aberdeen, 17th February, 1900.
Simpson, Alexander (Junior). 1 1th July, 1 848.
Eldest son of William Simpson, advocate (1813). Born at Aberdeen, 16th May, 1826. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1841-44. App. to Charles Chalmers and Nathaniel Farquhar (Chalmers & Farquhar). Sometime in partnership with George Cadenhead (1848), firm being Simpson & Cadenhead. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, i858-8o.T Secretary, Aberdeen Female Orphan Asylum. Secretary, Aberdeen Association for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Captain, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 2 1 st January, i860; Major, 13th February, 1871, retiring 7th July, 1875. Membership of the Society of Advocates terminated 1882. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 6th September, 1855, Harriet
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 132.
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Stuart Forbes (died at Murtle, Peterculter, nth August, 1873, aged 37), only dau. of Rev. William Laurie, sometime Episcopal clergyman, New Pitsligo, with issue, of whom : —
Alexander John Stuart, died at Trinity College, Glenalmond,
23rd October, 1871. Patrick George, M.B., CM., Aberd., 1884; London. Catherine Alexander, married, 26th September, 1877, Charles Birnie, M.A., Aberd., 1875, schoolmaster, Rayne, minister of Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, 1884. Married, second, at St. Paul's, Edinburgh, 24th December, 1874, Isabella, dau. of the late James McBean, Kingussie.
Died at Mill of Fowlis, Alford, 7th February, 1910.
Simpson, George Archibald. 31st January, 1890.
Third son of Alexander Simpson (1848). Born at Aberdeen, 27th April, 1864. Educated at the Gymnasium, and Grammar School, Old Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1884. App., first, to his father and George Cruden (Simpson & Cruden), and, second, to Patrick Henderson Chalmers, Farquharson Taylor Garden, Charles Ruxton and David Montague Alexander Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers). Thereafter with Webster, Will & Ritchie, S.S.C., Edinburgh. In partnership, 1890-96, with his father and George Cruden (1875), firm being Simpson & Cruden; 1896-1907, with Archibald John Watt Storie, S.S.C., the said George Cruden, and Robert C. Jackson, solicitor, firm being Storie, Cruden & Coy., and from 1907 with the said Archibald John Watt Storie and George Cruden, firm being Storie, Cruden & Simpson. Session clerk to several city churches. Treasurer to the Aberdeen Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers. Captain, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders. Married, 3rd July, 1901, Barbara Walker, dau. of Alexander Milne, late farmer, Woodland, Udny, with issue : —
1. George Taylor.
1. Barbara Jean.
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Simpson, James. • 1 6th November, 1816.
Son of Patrick Simpson, merchant, manufacturer and burgess, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1810, being ist bursar. App. to Alexander Smith (1804). Legal assessor to the Magistrates and Town Council of Aberdeen. Law Agent to the Police Commissioners. Clerk to the Town of Aberdeen Road Trustees. Collector of City Assessments. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Guild burgess, admitted 25th October, 1833. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1846-48. President, 1850-52.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 31st January, 1866. 2
Simpson, William. 13th November, 1813.
Son of the Rev. Alexander Simpson, M.A., Mar. Coll.. 1763, minister of Fraserburgh, and Rachel Scroggs, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1804-6. App. to Francis Gordon (1796). Sometime Sheriff Clerk Depute. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1822-58. 3 Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, 1840. Prepared, in conjunction with Francis Clerihew, in 1853, MS. Report on the Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire.4 Proprietor of Glcnythan, Forgue. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1840-42. President, 1844-46. Married, at Aberdeen, 29th April, 1824, Helen (died at Glasslough, County Monaghan, Ireland, ist February, 1888, aged 88), third dau. of Patrick Still, South Bridge, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander, advocate (1848).
2. Patrick Still, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1841-4; married, at
Belmont, Bridge of Allan, nth May, 1866, Jane Gordon,
1 As only surviving son, James Simpson succeeded to his father's house property in Aberdeen. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
2 Characterised by Dr. Grub as "one of the best provincial lawyers of his day" and as "a man of good literary taste and acquirements." — Spalding Club "Antiquities," I., p. iii.
3 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 132. * Ibid., I., p. xvi.
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eldest dau. of the late Rev. Alexander Macfarlane, M.A., minister of Crathie and Braemar.
3. William, drowned at Hokfanga, New Zealand, 21st
August, 1873, aged 39.
4. Charles Stewart Still, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1851-53;
Eastern Bengal Railway service ; died at Jamalpore, 22nd October, 1871.
5. Simon, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1854-57 ; Colonel, retired
pay, late R.A. ; married, in Jersey, 10th June, 1875, Julia, second dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Deare, 21st Royal N.B. Fusiliers.
6. George, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1857-59; went to New
Zealand.
7. James S., Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1857-60; Major, Royal
Engineers ; died of yellow fever at Nassau, Bahama Islands, 19th July, 1880.
1. Katharine Stewart, married at Aberdeen, 5th November,
185 1, Rev. John Matheson, Free Church minister of Forgue.
2. Charlotte Still, married, at Derncleugh, nth July, 1850,
William Oughterson, C.E., Dungannon.
3. Rachel Eleanora, married, at Hong-Kong, 7th February,
i860, Colin Shaw Matheson ; and died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 3rd March, 1868, aged 34.
4. Helen Anne, married, at Kilkenny, 13th April, 1871,
Robert W. Stewart, L.R.C.P., Edinb. ; L.R.C.S. ; Glass- lough.
Died at Torquay, 20th November, 1858, aged 6y.
Sinclair, Thomas Spark. 26th July, 1864.
Third son of William Sinclair, druggist, Aberdeen, and Isobel Black, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 29th October, 1838. Educated at West End Academy, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1856. App. to Newell Burnett (Burnett & Reid).
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Sometime in partnership with James Taylor, S.S.C., Aberdeen, firm being Sinclair-Spark & Taylor. Sometime Secretary and Treasurer, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Adopted the patro- nymic of Spark in 1870, on succeeding to one half of the moveable estate of his grand-uncle, William Spark of Craigiepark, sometime watchmaker and jeweller, Aberdeen. Married, first, at Rosehill, near Aberdeen, 26th June, 1867, Jane (died at Mentone, France, 16th May, 1883, aged 40), second dau. of Walter Gray, manufacturer, Grandholm, with issue : —
Walter William, M.B., CM., Aberd., 1891 ; eye specialist, Ipswich.
Constance, died 8th June, 1873.
Alice, died 5th August, 1880, aged 6.
Jeannie, died at Banchory, 8th August, 1877.
Evelyn, died at Worthing, Sussex, 25th June, 1886.
Ida, died at Worthing, 16th February, 1888. Married, second, 30th April, 1885, Margaret Smith, eldest dau. of Alexander Joss, Cruchie, Huntly, with issue : —
Thomas Spark.
Clement Alexander, died 26th October, 1894.
Margaret Isobel.
Florence.
Frances Mary Grace. Died at Banchory, 2nd June, 1906. 1
Skeyne, Robert. 1557.
Skeyne, William. 1560.
Skinner, William. 10th July, 1829.
Third son of the Very Rev. John Skinner, Episcopal clergyman, Forfar, Dean of Dunkeld and Dunblane, and Elizabeth Ure, his
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XXII., p. 205.
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wife. Born 8th August, 1806. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1820-24. App. to James Blaikie and Patrick Bannerman (Blaikie & Bannerman). Sometime in partnership with Alexander Ross (1839), firm being Skinner & Ross; and thereafter with Thomas Wilsone, solicitor, firm being Skinner & Wilsone. Notary Public. Agent for the Scottish Provident Institution, and the Insurance Company of Scotland. Honorary secretary, Royal Association for Promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Aberdeen, 14th July, 1842, Emily Mary (died at Aberdeen, 24th February, 1858, aged 35), dau. of the late David Forsyth, St. Petersburg, with issue : —
1. John, merchant, Calcutta.
2. William.
3. David George.
4. James Henry.
1. Katherine Elizabeth. Died at Aberdeen, 19th November, 1861.
Smith, Adam. 5th July, 1796.
Youngest son of William Smith, advocate (1779). Alumnus, Mar.
Coll., 1787-91. App. to Charles Bannerman (1776). Died, unmarried, in Demerara, 18 12, aged ^7.
Smith, Alexander. 21st September, 1804.
Son of Robert Smith, manufacturer, Aberdeen, and Ann Farquhar- son, his wife. App. to John Davidson (1782). In partnership with his son Robert (1839), firm being Alexander & Robert Smith; and from 1844 with the said Robert Smith, and Francis James Cochran (183 1), firm being Smith & Cochran. Fiars Juror, 1841-44. Director, North American Investment and Loan Coy. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 10th December, 1832. Purchased estate of Glenmillan, Lumphanan, in 1820, and sundry property in Aberdeen at various dates. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1834-36. President, 1838-40. Married,
S 1
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7th May, 1 8 14, Elizabeth (died at Aberdeen, 29th November, 1855, aged 67), dau. of William Lamond, of Stranduff, with issue : —
i. William, died 13th July, 1822, aged 7.
2. Robert, advocate (1839).
3. James Lamond, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1836-39; died at
Toronto, 13th January, 1883.
4. Alexander, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1838-40.
5. Charles Farquharson, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1845 ; manager at
Quebec of the Bank of British North America ; died there, 13th August, 1883.
6. Harry, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1845; W.S., admitted 25th
November, 1852 ; member of the Faculty of Advocates, admitted 6th June, 1857; Sheriff-Substitute of Renfrew- shire, 1874-85 ; sometime M.P. for Falkirk (District) Burghs ; married, 6th August, 1861, Julia Medina, dau. of Colonel Rice Jones, K.H., Royal Engineers ; died at Guildford, 29th September, 1910, aged 81.
7. William, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1848-50; of the Standard
Assurance Coy., Montreal, and of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Toronto; married, at Philadelphia 7th October, 1863, Anne Sophia, second dau. of Dr. W. H. Smith, Philadelphia.
1. Elizabeth, married Francis James Cochran, advocate (1831).
2. Ann Farquharson, married, at Glenmillan, 18th August,
1840, Alexander Harvey, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1849; M.D., Edin., 1835 ; Lecturer, Institutes of Medicine, Mar. Coll., afterwards Professor of Materia Medica, Univ. of Aberd.
3. Christian, died 30th January, 1835, aged 14.
4. Agnes, married, at Aberdeen, 14th March, 1854, Rev.
Thomas James Patteson, minister of the Free Church, Kinnettles, Forfarshire.
5. Margaret, died in infancy.
6. Janet Davidson, died in infancy.
Pied at Aberdeen, 12th December, 1847, aged 64.
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Smith, Alexander (Junior). 16th November, 1819.
Son of James Smith, goldsmith and jeweller, Aberdeen. M.A.,
Mar. Coll., 1809. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Died, unmarried, at Ardoville, 13th December, 1834.
Smith, Alexander Emslie. 11th May, 1858.
Eldest son of Alexander Smith, farmer and timber merchant, and Margaret Lawrence, his wife. Born at Burns of Deskford, Banff- shire, 8th October, 1832. Educated at Banff Academy, and Fordyce Academy; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1850-52. App. to Robert Smith and Francis James Cochran (Smith & Cochran). Editor of "St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel Register of Baptisms" with "Historical Introduction," in "Miscellany," II. Author of various monographs,1 including " Corgarff Castle" 1901 ; " Episcopal Church in Aberdeen at the Revolution," 1905 ; " Cullen House," 1907; "The Mystery of Dubrach in Braemar," 1908. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Craighouse, Sclattie, Newhills, 28th August, i860, Elizabeth Hay (died at Summerhill House, Aberdeen, 25th August, 1906, aged 68), second dau. of David Finlay, Craighouse, with issue : —
1. James Lawrence, M.B., CM., Aberd., 1883 ; Fleet Surgeon, R.N., nth February, 1900, having joined the medical service of the Royal Navy, nth February, 1884 ;2 M.V.O. (4th class), 28th November, 1898 ; now assistant at the Admiralty to the Director General, Medical Dept.
1 Reviews by Mr. Smith on the following works appeared in The Aberdeen Free Press on the dates mentioned :—" The Trials of Five Queens," 22nd March, 1909; "The Douglas Cause," 1st April, 1909 ; " A Georgian Wit," 8th April, 1906 ; Lady Purbeck, 19th April, 1909; "The Tractarian Movement," 7th June, 1909; "St. Paul's Cathedral," 1st November, 1909; "Glimpses of Old England," November, 1909; "The Great Wall of China," 28th December, 1909; "Madeira"; "Scottish Communion Offices " ; "The Ettrick Shepherd and Sir Walter Scott," 14th February, 1910 ; " 18th Century Letters," 16th May, 1910: "The Border," 2nd June, 1910; "Church Dedications," 27th June, 1910; "Duke of Argyll Letters," 25th July, 1910.
2 Col. W. Johnston's " Roll of Graduates," p. 506.
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2. Alexander Emslie, advocate (1891).
3. Harry Emslie, M.B., Ch.B., Aberd., 1900; Lieutenant,
Indian Medical Service, 1st September, 1902 ; Captain, 1st September, 1905 ; married, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen, 5th September, 191 2, Mary Isabella, elder dau. of Thomas Milne, M.D., Aberdeen.
1. Ann, married George Cran, M.B., CM., Aberd., 1875 ;
M.D., 1877; Banchory-Ternan.
2. Elizabeth, married Alexander Rudolf Galloway, M.A.,
Aberd., 1884; M.B., CM., 1888; ophthalmic surgeon, Aberdeen. She is now deceased.
3. Frances, married Nelson F. Henderson, publisher, London.
4. Mary, married Winford S. Henderson, publisher, London.
5. Hester, married Francis John Lankester, M.R.C.S., Eng. ;
L.R.C.P., Lond. ; Bradford.
6. Edith.
Smith, Alexander Emslie (Junior). 17th February, 1891.
Second son of Alexander Emslie Smith, advocate (1858). Born at Aberdeen, 24th February, 1864. Educated at Rattray's School, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1885. App. to his father. Secretary, Aberdeen Artists' Society since 1891. Secretary, Aberdeen Pen and Pencil Club, since formation in 1891.
Smith, John. 13th December, 1810.
Eldest son of John Smith of Mount Pleasant, and Elizabeth McKimmy, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1806. App. to Alexander Shirrefs (1789). Married, at Aberdeen, 14th November, 1820, Jane1 (died at Aberdeen, 26th June, 1867, aged 68), eldest dau. of the said Alexander Shirrefs.
Died, s.p.y at Aberdeen, 7th September, 1847, aged 60.
'In Cadenhead's "The Family of Cadenhead," p. 26, this Jane Shirrefs is incorrectly given as a daughter (instead of grand-daughter) of David Shirrefs.
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Smith, John (Junior). 16th November, 1819.
Son of John Smith, manager, calico-printing department, Woodside
Works, and Jolly, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1813. App.
to John Ewing (181 1). Thereafter with legal firm in Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with James Blaikie (1808), and after- wards for a short time with John Blaikie (1836), firm being Blaikie & Smith, which was dissolved 30th June, 1849. Notary- Public. Chartered Accountant. Sometime factor for Milne Bequest Trustees. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank, Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy., and Aberdeen Commercial Coy. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, seventeen times, 1836-67. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 23rd March, 1840. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1852-53. President, 1859-61 and 1881-84. Portrait by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., in Society's Hall. Author of "Memoir of John Milne, M.D., founder of the Milne Bequest." Bequeathed, by codicil, dated nth January, 1883, £1000 for the purpose of providing a Supplementary Widows' Fund in connection with the Society. Married, at Aberdeen, 27th September, 1832, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 14th October, 1890, aged 82), dau. of William McKinnon, ironfounder and burgess, Aberdeen.
Died, s.p., at Paris, 5th May, 1884, aged 87.
Smith, Patrick. 16th November, 1705.
Son of John Smith of Inveramsay. Procurator-Fiscal of Aberdeen- shire, 1 707- 1 6.1 Fiars Juror, 1727. Succeeded to the estate of Inveramsay, and was also proprietor of Drimmies.2 Married (contract dated 10th September, 1705) Elizabeth (died January, 1 76 1, aged 76), dau. of Alexander Kerr of Menie, with issue: — 1. Alexander.
1 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 122.
2 Smith was the owner of Kirkhill and sundry Templar properties in Aberdeen. He dis- poned part of the latter to "Skipper" Alexander Scott in 1710, and in 1739 parted with other "tenements and yairds." In 1722 his name appears as one of the guarantors in connection with the indebtedness of St. Paul's Episcopal Meeting House.
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1. Janet.
2. Clementina, baptised 16th January, 1722 ; married Hugh
Gordon, watchmaker, Aberdeen.
3. Marjory (frequently named May), died after 21st January,
1786.
4. Susanna, baptised 27th September, 1724.
5. Helen, baptised 18th December, 1726; married Charles
Hacket, Inveramsay, and died 7th October, 1790.
6. Rachel,1 died after 21st January, 1786.
Smith, Robert 21st November, 1839.
Second son of Alexander Smith, advocate (1804). Born at Aberdeen, 9th May, 1 8 19. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1835. App. to his father. Partner in the firm of Alexander and Robert Smith, 1839-44, and of Smith & Cochran from 1844 to 1874, retiring in 1876. Notary Public. Clerk to the 6th, or Aberdeen, District Road Trustees from April, 1841 to July, 1874. Joint agent at Aberdeen of the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1861-74. Director, Deeside Railway Coy. Fiars Juror, 1850-74. Author of "On Planting at Balgowan," 1857. Succeeded to Glenmillan in 1847. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1873-74. President, 1874-75. Portrait2 by Joseph Farquharson, A.R.A., in the possession of Mr. Smith's son. Portrait also in Committee Room. Married, at Aberdeen, 2nd June, 1855, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 22nd May, 1908, aged 76), dau. of the late Alexander Glennie of Maybank, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. John Stuart, died at Aberdeen, 26th November, 1872,
aged 16.
2. Robert Francis Marshall. Died at Glenmillan, 14th July, 1892.
1 On 7th March, 1772, Janet, Clementina, May, Helen, and Rachel Smith, the only children then in life, as heirs portioners of their deceased father, had sasine in tenement property on the north side of the Castlegate. — " Aberdeen Sasine Register."
2 Presented by the Tenantry on the Estate of Finzean, on the occasion of Mr. Smith's retirement from the position of Factor.
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Smith, William. 2nd February, 1779.
App. to Alexander Thomson (171 8). Married, in November, 1762, when a writer in Aberdeen, Margaret (died 17th April, 1796, aged 52), natural dau. of John Skene of Dyce, with issue: —
1. Andrew, adopted surname of Skene on succeeding to
the estate of Lethenty ; and died in London, 9th April, 1830, aged 60.
2. John, captain, R.N.
3. Adam, advocate (1796).
1. Margaret, died 23rd May, 1844, aged 80.
2. Mary.
3. Janet, died 18th May, 1864, aged 81. Died at Aberdeen, 6th October, 1793, aged 71.
Smith, William. 19th November, 1817.
Son of George Smith, glazier, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 3. App. to Alexander Smith (1804). Notary Public. Guild burgess, admitted 2nd August, 1826. Left Aberdeen before August, 1836, and finally settled in the district of St. Francis, Canada East, where he acted as a legal adviser and J. P. Married Caroline (died at Newtonhill, Brompton, Canada, 9th November, 1873), second dau. of Andrew McKay, sometime of Newtonhill, Kincardineshire, with issue.
Died at Sherbrooke, Canada East, 26th January, 1867, aged 70.
Smith, William. 28th January, 1873.
Second son of John Smith, farmer, Greenhall, Insch, and Johanna Cooper, his wife. Born at Greenhall, 19th August, 1847. Educated at Free Church School, Insch ; Parish School, Insch ; and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1865-67. App. to Alexander Jopp and William Leslie Reid (Jopp & Reid). In partnership with Lessel Stephen (1856), from 1880 to Mr. Stephen's death, 1st August, 1882, firm being Stephen & Smith.
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Assumed the late Benjamin Spark, solicitor, as a partner in his said firm in 1885, and John Donald Munro, solicitor, in 1909. Notary Public. Clerk of Lieutenancy of Aberdeenshire, appointed 1889. Secretary, North of Scotland Canadian Mortgage Company (Limited) from 1882 to 1907, and its Managing Director from 1907. Chairman, Board of Directors, Scottish Northern Investment Trust (Limited), since its institution in 1908 ; also Chairman, Board of Directors, Second Scottish Northern Investment Trust (Limited), since its institution in 1910. Chairman, Board of Directors, Hugh Imlay & Coy. (Limited), envelope manufacturers, Aberdeen. Director, Aberdeen Savings' Investment Trust, Limited, and member, Local Board of Directors, London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Coy. Trustee and Manager, Aberdeen Savings' Bank, 1898, member of its Committee of Management, 1899, and Trustee, 1901. Secretary, Aberdeen Ambulance Association, 1887-98 — merged in 1898 in St. Andrew's Ambulance Association, of Local Centre of which appointed Secretary. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, County of Aberdeen Branch, British Red Cross Society (Scottish Branch). Member of Committee of the City of Aberdeen Branch of the British Red Cross Society. Chairman, Aberdeen District Nursing Association. Member of Committee, Morningfield Hospital, 1900-11, and Aberdeen Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Director of the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Member of Local Com- mittee of the Indigent Gentlewomen's Fund. Vice-President of the Incorporated Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society for Aberdeenshire. Member of Committee for Aged Christian Friend Society. Member of Committee, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Industrial Museum, and Vice-President of the Aberdeen Artists' Society. Director, Aberdeen Association for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Member of Committee (Chairman, 1907-10), Aberdeen Centre, Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 3rd May, 1886. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1908-ii. Married, first, at Monavie Cottage, Ballifeary, Inverness, 25th January, 1881, Mary Ann (died at
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I Queen's Terrace, Aberdeen, 16th June, 1908), dau. of John Fraser, merchant, Inverness. Married, second, at Clapham Parish Church, London, nth January, 1910, Anna Helen, eldest dau. of George Dunn, Commander, Peninsular and Oriental Company's Service.
Smith, William Dickie.1 28th August, 1901.
Second son of William Leslie Dickie, merchant, Muchalls, and Elizabeth Lamb, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 20th September, 1870. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen. M.A., Aberd., 1 891. App., first, to Robert Lamb (1873), second, to Arthur David Morice (1870), and Alexander Wilson, solicitor. There- after with Simpson & Marwick, W.S., Edinburgh. Notary Public. Depute Procurator Fiscal for the city of Aberdeen.
Sorley, John Tower. 2nd February, 1894.
Third son of Robert Sorley, veterinary surgeon, and Janet Fernie, his wife. Born at Alford, 12th January, 1858. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1879. App. to Alexander Davidson, James Garden, James Murray Garden, and John Whyte (Davidson & Garden). City Chamber- lain of Aberdeen, appointed 27th April, 191 1. Guild burgess, admitted 7th August, 191 1. Married, at Aberdeen, 29th July, 1890, Anne, younger dau. of William Milne, manager of salmon fishings, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Herbert Tower.
2. John Tower.
3. Ernest Robert.
1. Medeleine.
2. Anne Frances.
1 In childhood the surname of his uncle, William Smith, who had adopted him, was given as his patronymic.
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Spalding, James. 4th December, 1801.
Son of Robert Spalding, hairdresser, Aberdeen, and Isabel Strachan, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1794. App. to John Gordon (1753). Joint Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire from April, 1806, to May, 181 1, when he became sole Procurator Fiscal.2 Lieutenant, Royal Aberdeen Vols., 1803 ; Lieutenant, Aberdeenshire Local Militia, 1808. Married, at Aberdeen, nth June, 1808, Frances (died at Edinburgh, 16th February, 1874), dau. of Samuel Read, sometime of Gardenstone Bleachfield, with issue, of whom : —
William, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1827; member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 5th July, 1833 ; Professor of Rhetoric, Edinburgh, 1840, and of Logic, St. Andrews, 1845 5 Author of "History of English Literature," etc.; married Agnes, dau. of Thomas Frier, Brothcrstone, Mertoun ; and died 16th November, 1859.
Isabella, died at Banchory, 20th August, 1827, in her 17th year.
James Frances (a dau.), died 2nd October, 18 17, aged 5. Died at Aberdeen, 3rd June, 18 12, aged 35.
Spaldynge, Alexander. 3 1 609.
Commissary Clerk Depute. Practiced in Old Aberdeen. Married, in 1608, Christian Harvey, with issue, of whom : —
John, honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 17th September, 1662 ; Author of " Memorialls of the Trubles in Scot- land and in England, 1624-45."
1 In the capacity of a writer, he took the oath of Allegiance, etc., to George III., 13th January, 1801.
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 132.
3 Spaldynge had his residence in the College Wynd, Old Aberdeen, where, according to Orem, he "had a good lodging, well slated, with a timber-forestair. "
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Spark, Benjamin. 13th November, 1823.
Son of Thomas Spark, Clerk and Treasurer, Royal Infirmary,
Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 18 13-16. App. to Adam Coutts (1803).
Died unmarried, 1839. x
Spark, Thomas Spark Sinclair. See Sinclair, Thomas Spark.
Speid, William. 3rd December, 1844.
Son of Alexander Speid, merchant, Rosehall, Drumoak. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1834-36. App. to William Ross (1826). Stock and share broker. Membership of the Society of Advocates terminated November, 1866. Married Anne McLeod (died at Aberdeen, 6th January, 1863), with issue, of whom: — Agnes, baptised 31st August, 1856.
Died before November, 1869.
Spottiswood, Robert Spottiswood Farquhar. 4th December, 1843.
Third son of the Rev. Alexander Farquhar, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1785, minister of Pitsligo, and Ann Crooks, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1834-36. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Sometime in partnership with William Yeats (1836), firm being Yeats & Spottiswood. Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Female School of Industry. Fiars Juror, 1857-69. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Proprietor of estate of Muiresk, Turriff, on succeeding to which he adopted the patronymic of Spottiswood. Married, at Balgownie, 24th December, 1857, Georgina Mary Agnew (died at Balgownie House, 2nd May, 1905, aged 72), youngest dau. of Henry David Forbes of Balgownie, with issue : —
1. Henry Alexander Farquhar, of Muiresk, born 18th August, 1859 ; married, at Turriff, 1st June, 1882, Agnes, eldest
1 Deceased's elder brother, Robert Spark, painter in Aberdeen, succeeded.
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dau. of Sir George Abercromby, Bart, of Birkenbog and Forglen.
2. Robert James Farquhar, died at Bournemouth, 14th February, 1876, aged II.
1. Ann Margaret Farquhar, born 10th May, 1861 ; died
May, 1895.
2. Mary Georgina Farquhar, born 28th March, 1863.
3. Emily Lizette Farquhar, born 3rd August, 1867; died
in infancy.
Died at Aberdeen, 2nd April, 1873.
Stephen, Lessel. 7th November, 1856.
Second son of James Stephen, farmer, Conglass, and Eliza Jamieson, his wife. Born at Conglass in 1832. Educated at Parish School, Inverurie, the Academy, Kemnay, and Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1847-49. App. to John Yeats and Alexander Flockhart (Yeats & Flockhart). In partnership with William Smith (1873) from 1880, firm being Stephen & Smith. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Lieut., 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 27th January, i860; Captain, April, 1861, retiring 21st March, 1868. Married, at St. Stephen's, South Lambeth, London, 30th July, 1867, Louisa (died at Kensington, London, 29th November, 1904), elder dau. of Philip Palmer, sometime of Wood Street and Denmark Hill, London, with issue : —
1. Lessel Palmer, married, at St. Columba's Church, Pont St., London, 10th September, 1908, Jane, only dau. of the late Edward Meldrum, D.L., Dechmont, Linlithgowshire.
1. Marion Louisa, married, at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, London, 20th October, 1906, Alexander Mitchell, M.B., CM., physician and surgeon, Old Aberdeen.
Died at Aberdeen, 1st August, 1882.
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Stephen, Robert. 12th December, 1834.
Son of William Stephen, sometime coppersmith in Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1830. App. to James Hardie (1804). Agent at Fraserburgh for the North of Scotland Bank. Married, at Fraser- burgh, 31st August, 1843, Margaret (died at Fraserburgh, 9th September, 1853, aged 27), dau. of David Milne, merchant there, with issue, of whom : —
Robert, died 27th June, 1846.
Margaret, married, at Fraserburgh, Alexander George Duncan, M.B., Logie, Crimond, and died 21st July, 1875. Died at Fraserburgh, 26th January, 1853, aged 44.
Stewart, David. 3rd November, 1873. z
Youngest son of David Stewart, merchant, Newkirk, Logie-Coldstone, and Margaret Maitland, his wife. Born at Logie-Coldstonc, 18th April, 1849. M.A., Aberd., 1869. App. to Alexander Jopp and William Leslie Reid (Jopp & Reid). In partnership with John Murray (1886) from 1886, firm being Stewart & Murray. Notary Public. Joint clerk and assessor to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 8th February, ll
Stewart, George. 8th December, 1813.
Son of Alexander Stewart, writer, Huntly. App. to Alexander
Webster (1794). Removed to London before 1828. Died, unmarried, in London, 1830.
Stewart, Livingston. 15th April, 1842.
Son of Alexander Stewart, merchant, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, and Janet Norval, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1 833-35. App. to James Edmond and Francis Edmond
1 Mr. Stewart was the first who passed under "The Law Agents' (Scotland) Act" of 1873.
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(J. & F. Edmond). Infant burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 24th September, 1822. Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 10th April, 1844, in his 25th year.
Stirling, William. 6th December, 1790.
Son of William Stirling, shipmaster, Aberdeen, and Christian Meldrum, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., entered 1780. App. to John Ross (1776).
Died, unmarried, 26th November, 1816. *
Strachan, Alexander. Before 1563. 2
Strachan, James. 3 26th June, 1 777.
Son of James Strachan, sometime farmer at Links, Aberdeen, afterwards maltster there, and Isabel Strachan,4 his wife. Sheriff Substitute of Kincardineshire, 1796- 1804. Married, 19th October, 1788, Christian, dau. of Alexander Farquharson of Balfour, Birse.
Died 1 8th July, 1804.
Stronach, Alexander. 13th November, 1818.
Eldest son of the Rev. William Stronach, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1775, minister of New Machar, afterwards of Marnoch, and his wife, Harriet, second dau. of Sir James Reid of Barra, Bart. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1807-11. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796). Sometime in partnership with Charles Garston Grainger (1837),
1 Under Mr. Stirling's will, dated 3rd February, 1816, the principal beneficiaries were his mother and the children of his brothers, George and James.
2 Colonel Leslie's "Historical Records of the Family of Leslie," III., p. 59.
3 On 30th June, 1789, Strachan had sasine in his father's property in Tannery Street, Aberdeen. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
* Daughter of John Strachan, Mill of Crimond.
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firm being Stronach & Grainger ; thereafter with Peter Duguid (1855), firm being Stronach & Duguid; and finally with Charles Duncan (1854), the said Peter Duguid and Henry Peterkin, solicitor, firm being Stronach, Duncan & Duguid. Notary Public. Procurator Fiscal for Old Aberdeen. Clerk to Collyhill Trust. Clerk and factor to Robert Gordon's Hospital. Secretary, Aberdeen Female Orphan Asylum. Joint founder and Director, Scottish Australian Investment and Insurance Coy. Director, Aberdeen Town and County Bank, Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy., and Northern Agricultural Coy. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Dean of Faculty of Mar. Coll., i860. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Promoter and one of the proprietors of the Aberdeen Herald. Proprietor of the estate of Drumallan. Fiars Juror, twenty-three times, 1830-60. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1850-52. President, 1854-55. Married, at Manse of Boyndie, 17th July, 1828, Magdalene (died at Sunnybank, Aberdeen, 10th January, 1871, aged 64), youngest dau. of the Rev. Alexander Milne, M.A., King's Coll., 28th March, 1771, minister of Boyndie. Died, s.f>., at Sunnybank, 13th January, 1880, aged 87.
Stronach, Alexander (Junior). 31st December, 1857.
Eldest son of Alexander Stronach, builder and architect, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Philip, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 8th March, 1 8 19. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1834-36. App. to James Murray (1817). In partnership with his son, Alexander (1888), from 1888, firm being Alexander Stronach, Junr. & Son. Factor for several large Aberdeenshire estates. Married, at Auchterarder, 13th April, 1852, Jane (died at Aberdeen, 21st May, 1901), fourth dau. of Alexander Brown, sometime at Cairness, Lonmay, with issue : —
1. Alexander, advocate (1888).
2. John, engineer ; died at Aberdeen, 30th May, 191 2.
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3. Harry.
4. Adrian.
5. George.
6. Robert.
1. Elizabeth Helen.
2. Florence, married, at Aberdeen, 19th September, 1882,
R. P. Morrison.
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Stronach, Alexander (Youngest). 10th July, 1888.
Eldest son of Alexander Stronach, Junior, advocate (1857). Born at Aberdeen, 15th January, 1853. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen, and the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1869-73. App. to his father, with whom in partnership from 1888, firm being Alex. Stronach, Junr. & Son. Notary Public. Factor for the estates of Drum and Schivas, Fintray and Craigievar, Whitehaugh, Rayne, Abbotshall and Granitehill. Married, at Aberdeen, 16th December, 1879, Helen, fifth dau. of William Fleming, retired overseer, with issue : —
1. Alexander, law agent, May, 19 12.
2. Harry Millar, married, at Broughty Ferry, 3rd June, 191 1,
Christian, only dau. of D. A. Mortimer, chemist, there.
1. Helen Jane.
2. Frances Evelyn.
3. Adelina.
Stuart, John. 20th July, 1836.
Youngest son of Robert Stuart, in Little Forgue, afterwards proprietor of Aucharnie, Forgue, and Jane Glashan, his wife. Born at Forgue, 10th November, 181 3. Educated at Parish
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School, Forgue; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1828-30; Mar. Coll., 1830-31 ; LL.D., Aberd., 1866. App. to Alexander Stronach (1818). Notary Public. Appointed an official Searcher in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, in 1853, and Principal Keeper of the Register of Deeds there, in 1873. One of the originators of the Spalding Club and its Secretary throughout.1 Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Member of the Archaeological Society of Great Britain ; hon. member, Perth Lit. and Ant. Society, and of several foreign societies. Fiars Juror, 1848. Succeeded as proprietor of Aucharnie, which he sold in 1863, subsequently acquiring Newmills, Currie, near Edinburgh. Voluminous author. 2 Married, first, at Prospect Place, Pitfodels, 26th April, 1842, Elizabeth Smith (died at Aberdeen, 1st March,
'On the dissolution of the Spalding Club, Dr. Stuart was presented with a handsome piece of plate, designed by Mr. James Drummond, R.S.A., and into which were introduced delicate pierced work, enamels, bosses of cairngorm, carbuncle, lapis lazuli and other stones, as also the devices, mouldings and other details characteristic of the Sculptured Stones of Scotland. There was also presented a full-sized half length portrait by Mr. [afterwards Sir] George Reid, A. R.S.A. The plate and portrait were inscribed — " Presented by the Spalding Club to John Stuart, LL.D., Secretary to the Club from its commencement in 1839, to its dissolution in December, 1870." They are now in the possession of Dr. Stuart's daughter, Mrs. Woodward, at Melville House, Montrose.
2 Among the works, of which Mr. Stuart was the author or editor, were the following: — " Registrum de Panmure," 2 vols. ; "The Earlier Antiquities of Cromar," 1855; "Ancient Tomb at Fortrose,' 1855; "The Battlefield of Sleuach, Drumblade," 1857; "Burial of Malcolm III.," 1859; "The Crichtons of Cluny," 1859; "Sculptured Stones at Kintore," 1859; "Early Eccl. Settlement of Deveronside," 1859; "The Burg of Mousa (Shetland)," 2 parts, 1862 ; " Treasure Trove," 1862 ; " The Abbots of Kinloss," 1863 ; " Memoir of A. H. Rhind," 1864; "Notices of Excavations at Maeshowe," 1865 ; " Notices of Scottish Crannogs," 1866; "Recent Progress of Archaeology," 1866; " Records of the Priory of Isle of May," 1868; "Early History of the Priory of Restennet," 1868; "Graves at Harlaw," 1868; "Bronze Ornaments from Cluny," 1868; " Cairngreg," 1868; "Excavations at Kirkmichael," 1868; "Church of St. Congan, Turriff," 1868; "Notice of a Group of Cists recently found at Broomend, near Inverurie," 1869; "Stone Circles and Alignments," 1869; "Note of Engrav- ings of Sculptures on Stone Monuments in Scotland," 1869; "Remains in Cairn Curr," 1870; "Roman Antiquities in the North of Scotland," 1870; "The Coronation Stone," 1871 ; "Vitrified Forts," 1871 ; "Urn Found at Rattray," 1871 ; "Records of the Monastery of Kinloss," 1872; "Lost Chapter in the History of Mary Queen of Scots Recovered," 1874; "The Forgue Chalices," 1875; "Miraculous Cure of an Aberdonian at Canterbury," 1875; "Robert, Bishop of Caithness, and George E. of Caithness," 1876; "Early System of Replegiation in Scotland," 1876 ; " Historical Notices of St. Fillan's Crozier," 1877.
Mr. Stuart was also editor of the following works, published by the Spalding Club : — " Miscellany," 5 vols., 1841-42-46-49-52 ; " Extracts from the Presbytery Book of Strathbogie," 1843; Blackhal's " Brieffe Narration," 1844; "Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen," 2 vols., 1844-49; "Selections from the Records of the Kirk Session, Presbytery and Synod of Aberdeen," 1846 ; Spalding's " Memorialls of the Trubles in Scotland and in England," 2 vols., 1850-51 ; "The Sculptured Stones of Scotland," 2 vols., 1856-67; "The Book of Deer," 1869; " Notices of the Spalding Club," 1871.
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1848, aged 24), only dau. of Alexander Burness of Prospect Place, Pitfodels, afterwards of Mastrick, with issue : —
I. Robert, died 22nd September, 1846, in infancy.
1. Mary, born 1843.
2. Jane Gordon, married, at St. Mary's, Dalmahoy Park, 25th
June, 1867, Rev. John Woodward [afterwards LL.D.],
incumbent of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Montrose,
author of "A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign,"
etc.
Married, second, at Aberdeen, 9th October, 1856, Jane Stewart
(died at Edinburgh, 29th April, 1890), dau. of the late Major
George Ogilvie, H.E.I.C.S., with issue: —
2. George Ogilvie, born 21st Sept., 1863 ; died 6th Dec, 187 1.
3. Elizabeth Anne, died 20th November, 1859.
4. Harriet Reeves, born 13th Dec, 1861 ; died 24th July, 1876. Died at Ambleside, Westmoreland, 19th July, 1877. "
Stuart, William. 21st September, 1804.
.Son of William Stuart, farmer, Mains of Durris, Kincardineshire. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Sometime in partnership with Andrew Murray (1831), firm being Stuart & Murray. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1830-32. Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 6th July, 1834, aged 52.
Syme, Alexander. 1559.
Tait, Charles. 24th February, 1764.
Son of George Tait, farmer, Craigmill, Chapel of Garioch, and Mary Erskine, his wife. App. to Gilbert Gerard (175 1). Sheriff
1 " In terms of the Will of the late distinguished Antiquary and member of this Society, Dr. John Stuart, a Transcript of the Chartulary of the Church of St. Nicholas in Aberdeen, and a considerable number of original Charters and other Documents chiefly connected with the North of Scotland have been recently delivered to the Library by Dr. Stuart's Executors, and will be arranged by the Librarian." — Society's Minute, 24th November, 1877. See also "Diet. Nat. Biography."
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Substitute of Aberdeenshire from 5th November, 1793. T Legal adviser to the Town Council of Inverurie. Burgess and portioner of Inverurie. President of the Society of Advocates, 1794-96. Married, at Aberdeen, 29th July, 1758,2 Bathia (died at Aberdeen, 8th November, 1800, aged 66), dau. of David Ochterlony — other- wise Auchterlony — of Tillyfruskie, Birse, with issue, of whom : —
1. Thomas, born 14th May, 1759.
2. James.
3. William, went to Jamaica, and died at Annatto Bay, St.
George's, 5th June, 1826. . 1. Mary, married, at Aberdeen, 8th October, 1801, William Smith, R.N., and died at Aberdeen, 1st April, 1838, aged 74. Died at Aberdeen, 12th March, 1799, aged 63.
Tawse, James. 3rd December, 1863.
Son of Samuel Tawse, farmer, Haughton, Towie. Born at Towie, 13th November, 1836. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1859. App. to John Watt, Junior (1856). Ceased to practise in 1872.
Taylor, James. 24th February, 1764.
Twin son of John Taylor, advocate (1743). Baptised 17th February, 1736. Educated Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., entered 1747. App. to his father.
Died, unmarried, 26th December, 1765.
Taylor, John. 26th July, 1743.
Son of Robert Taylor, wright in Aberdeen, and Agnes Murdoch, his wife. App. to Alexander Gordon (17 18). Clerk to the Incor- porated Trades of Aberdeen. Proprietor of considerable house property in Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen. Married, at
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 126. 2 St. Paul's Episcopal Church Marriage Registers.
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Aberdeen, 30th April, 1728, Elizabeth (died 22nd June, 1773, in her 67th year), daughter of James Fyffe, merchant, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. Alexander, baptised 26th July, 1730, attorney in H.M.
Court of Exchequer; guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted September, 1752.
2. James, advocate (1764).
3. John (twin with James), baptised 17th February, 1736.
4. Robert, baptised 16th March, 1740.
5. David, attorney in H.M. Court of Exchequer, died before
1792.
1. Elizabeth, baptised 16th February, 1729.
2. Margaret, baptised 10th April, 1733, married William
Burnett, advocate (1754). Died 19th September, 1769, in his 69th year.
Thain, Alexander John Ramsay. 22nd October, 1890.
Only son of the Rev. Alexander Thain, Free Church minister of New Machar, and Elizabeth Crombie, his wife. Born at the old Manse, Fintray, 26th December, 1863. Educated at the Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1884. App. to Alexander Cochran and George Anderson (Cochran & Anderson). Secretary, Aberdeen Association for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Lieut, 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 30th Dec, 1885 ; Captain, 17th February, 1894 ; Honorary Major, 20th July, 1901, retiring 23rd November thereafter. Married, at Aberdeen, 30th June, 1897, Ethel Douglas, youngest dau. of Lauchlan McKinnon, Junior, advocate (1842), with issue: — I. Elizabeth Ramsay.
Thain, John. 13th November, 1724.
App. to George Keith. Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire from 2 1st May, 1 74 1, to 17th April, 1744.1 Guild burgess of Aberdeen,
1 Littlejohn's "'Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 1 15-16.
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admitted April, 1743. Fiars Juror, 1733. , Proprietor of consider- able house property in Aberdeen. Married Isobel Forbes (died March, 1781), with issue: —
1. John, buried St. Nicholas Churchyard, 14th January, 1731.
2. George, buried 3rd December, 1736.
3. Charles, buried 20th July, 1758.
4. Thomas, buried 24th August, 1759.
5. Alexander, baptised 27th July, 1739.
1. Isobel.
2. Elizabeth. Died 28th January, 1774. *
Thorn, Alexander. 28th February, 1794.
Son of William Thorn, farmer, Berryhillock. M.A., King's Coll., 30th March, 1791. App. to John Gordon (1753). Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1801.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 1806.
Thorn, Donaldson Rose. 8th March, 1889.
Younger son of William Smith Thorn, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1829-32, sometime commission merchant, Aberdeen, and Elspet Rose, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 6th March, i860. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Academy, Aberdeen ; the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; and Mr. W. G. Walker's Academy, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1 881. App. to Alexander Edmond (1858). Sometime in partnership with William Hunter (1840), William Gordon, solicitor, and John Peregrine Robertson White (1889), firm being Hunter & Gordon. Secretary of Medical Faculty, 1892, and of Senatus and Faculties, University of Aberdeen, 1894. Secretary, Treasurer and Factor of the University, 1906. Member of Council and Executive Committee, New Spalding Club. J. P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen.
1 Will recorded 4th May, 1774.— " Edinburgh Commissariot Register."
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Thorn, John. 18th May, 1816.
Son of Alexander Thorn, farmer, Ardlaw, near Fraserburgh. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1810. App. to Hary Lumsden (1778). Proprietor of Hillbrae, Udny. Married Jessie Middleton (died at Aberdeen, 10th June, 1861, aged 67), with issue, of whom : —
William, died while a student at Mar. Coll., 29th June, 185 1,
aged 19. Jessie, married Donald George Cattanach, advocate (1849).
Died at Aberdeen, 6th June, 1843.
Thorn, William. 29th January, 1752.
Son of George Thorn, maltman. Educated Grammar School ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll. Class, 1741-45, being Ross bursar; M.A. (Hon.) and LL.B., 26th November, 1760. App. to James Catanach (1731). Notary Public. Sometime Baron-Baillie and Surveyor of the lands and estates which belonged to the Earl Marischal, and Lords Pan mure and Southesk, and afterwards to The York Buildings Coy., lying within the sheriffdoms of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Angus respectively. l Civilist in King's Coll., appointed 21st October, 1765. Conjunct Civilist and Professor of Law with Alexander Dauney (1776), 9th January, 1793. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, appointed 29th September, 1752. Assessor to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1770, and Dean of Faculty, 1771. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. Fiars Juror, 1788 and 1790. One of the Committee ap- pointed to organise a body of Volunteers raised in consequence of the American War of Independence. Purchased estate of Craib- stone, 2 Newhills, in 1773, and was proprietor of extensive house property in Aberdeen. President of the Society of Advocates, 1784-86. Portrait in Kay's plate of the "Sapient Septemviri."
1 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
2 On Mr. Thorn's death, his widow succeeded as sole proprietrix of Craibstone. Subsequently she conveyed it, under sundry obligations, to her nephew, Alexander Dauney, advocate (1776). — Sheriff Court Records.
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Married, nth July (contract dated 8th July), 1754, Mary (died nth November, 1823, in her 92nd year), dau. of Rev. Alexander Chalmers, M.A., Mar. Coll., 8th June, 1699, minister of Marnoch, Banffshire. Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 9th April, 1795. r
Thomson (or Thomsoun), Alexander. 1625.
Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1629, onwards.2 Proprietor of Cults, near Aberdeen. Notary Public. Honorary burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 18th September, 1629. Married, first, Jean (died 7th October, 165 1), eldest dau. of William Raye, advocate (1593). Married, second, before 21st June, 1653, Elizabeth Hay,3 with issue : —
1. John, guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 30th May,
1679, and succeeded to Cults.
2. Robert, advocate (1648).
3. Alexander, advocate (1680). Died 2 1 st September, 1656.
Thomson, Alexander. 30th July, 1680.
Youngest son of Alexander Thomson, advocate (1625). App. to Andrew Thomson (1656). Town Clerk of Aberdeen from 1694. Sometime Commissary Depute of Aberdeenshire. Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire, 1713 and 1722-27. 4 Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 22nd June, 1692. Dean of Faculty, Mar. Coll., 1714-27. One of the Assessors to the Rector of King's Coll. from 1705. Proprietor of Portlethen. Portrait by John Alexander at Birsmohr Lodge, Aboyne. Married, first, in April, 1690, Helen (died at Aberdeen, 7th September, 171 1), eldest dau. of James Gregory, Professor of
'Will recorded 20th May, 1797. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. 534.
3 Titles of Cults. Of the date stated, Thomson and his wife, Elizabeth Hay, had a charter to Cults, which was followed by a Crown Charter dated 8th June, 1655.
4 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 114.
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Mathematics, St. Andrews, subsequently in Edinburgh, with issue : —
i. James, advocate (1724).
2. Robert, succeeded his father as Town Clerk (portrait by-
John Alexander, painted 1729, at Birsmohr Lodge, Aboyne) ; died 29th April, 1767, aged 63.
3. Alexander, merchant (portrait by John Alexander, painted
1729, at Birsmohr Lodge, Aboyne); married Celia Workman.
4. Andrew.
1. Elizabeth, married, 1714, James Gellie, merchant, Aberdeen.
2. Helen, married, 1721, George Skene of Rubislaw.
3. Janet.
4. Catherine, died, unmarried, February, 1737.
5. Mary, married, 5th February, 1730, James Carnegie, litster,
Aberdeen. «
6. Isobel, died unmarried.
Married, second, Catherine Aedie, who died September, 1738. Died 25th November, 1727, aged 71.
Thomson, Alexander (Junior). 4th June, 1718.
Eldest son of Andrew Thomson, Portlethen, and Margaret Chasser, his wife, being brother of Andrew Thomson, advocate (1741). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1705-9. App. to Alexander Thomson (1680). One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1726-45. Fiars Juror, 1739-42. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1719-20. Proprietor of Banchory and Balquharn, Banchory-Devenick, Kincardineshire, also of Rainnieshill, New Machar, Aberdeenshire. Married, at Aberdeen, 14th September, 1727, Katherine (died 4th March, 1776, aged 73), dau. of the late George Skene of Rubislaw, with issue : — 1. Andrew, died 1732, in infancy.
Died 18th May, 1773, aged 81. 2
1 These were the parents of Alexander Carnegie, advocate (1766).
2 Mr. Thomson mortified, in 1771, 900 merks to the Church Session of Aberdeen, for behoof of the poor of Aberdeen, and an annuity of £20 out of Balquharn "to the support of decayed burgesses, their wives, widows, children, or grandchildren."
LIST OF MEMBERS. 353
Thomson, Alexander. 15th December, 1818.
Son of James Thomson, Junior, advocate ( 1 778). M. A., Mar. Coll., 1 8 1 3. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789). Nominated by the Society, 20th September, 1821, and appointed by the Senatus of Mar. Coll., 1 st November following, as Lecturer on Scots Law and Conveyancing. Resigned 21st May, 1828. Procurator Fiscal for the City of Aberdeen, appointed 1824. Married, at Ashgrove, 25th August, 1 83 1, Hannah (she married, as her second husband, 15th May, 1 841, Alexander Munro of Ullapool), second dau. of Alexander More, sometime Collector of Customs, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. James, captain, Staff Corps, and late of the 34th Regt.,
Bengal, N. I. ; died at Kussowlie, 9th June, 1870, aged 38.
2. Alexander, died at Ullapool, 17th May, 1843.
Died 1 6th August, 1834.
Thomson (or Thomsone), Andrew. 7th October, 1656.
M.A. App. to Alexander Thomson (1625). Notary Public. Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1685-86. ■ Commissary Depute. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1688-90. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 16th May, 1674, honorary burgess of Aberdeen, 22nd September, 1662, and guild burgess, 25th August, 1683. Proprietor of sundry properties in Aberdeen, particularly of the houses in Guestrow with the fine stone archway, bearing the initials of Thomson and his wife A.T. — A.D. and date 1673. Married, before 1674, Agnes,2 dau. of Baillie William Divie, with issue, of whom : —
1 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 104-5.
2 Mrs. Thomson, who survived her husband for many years, mortified, in 1721, one thousand merks Scots, "towards the maintainance and intertainment of one Indigent Widow, being the Relict of a burges of Gild, or one old Indigent Virgin, the Daughter of a Burges of Gild of the said burgh [of Aberdeen], and both being alwayes persons of pious and sober lives and Conversations. . . ." Mr. Thomson mortified, in 1694, three hundred merks to the Church Session of Aberdeen for behoof of the poor of the city.
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1. William, died September, 1684, aged 10.
2. Andrew, admitted guild burgess of Aberdeen, 24th April,
1694.
3. Patrick, sometime writer in Edinburgh, and subsequently
factor, Barbadoes ; guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 1st October, 1698.
4. Alexander.
5. James.
6. George.
7. William, died November, 1727.
8. Charles.
1. Jean.
2. Elizabeth.
3. Anna.
Died before 24th April, 1694.
Thomson, Andrew. 3rd July, 1741.
Younger son of Andrew Thomson, Portlethen, and Margaret Chasser, his wife, being brother of Alexander Thomson, advocate (17 1 8). Born 1709. App. to his said brother. Factor for Lord Braco. Baron-Baillie for Disblair and South Kinmundy. T Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire from 17th February, 1 763.2 Patron of the parish and parish church of Peterculter. 3 Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted August, 1745. Fiars Juror, sixteen times, 1744-62. Ensign in town's defensive force, August, 1745. Proprietor of Crawton and Cammachmore, Kincardineshire, and feuar of Gilcomston, Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1740-43. Married, in February, 1745, Margaret (died 18th January, 1788, in her 67th year), dau. of Robert Muir, with issue : —
1 JDr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes. 2 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 126.
3 In this capacity, Thomson took the oath of Allegiance, etc., to George III., 3rd October, 1766.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 355
1. Andrew,1 born 1747; succeeded his uncle in the estate
of Banchory ; married Mary, dau. of Dr. Andrew Skene ; and died 21st October, 1781.
2. Alexander.
3. James, merchant, Aberdeen.
1. Margaret, died 6th August, 18 19.
2. Ann, died 13th January, 1836.
3. Catherine.
4. Helen, died 27th March, 18 10. Died at Aberdeen, 13th October, 1766. 2
Thomson, Charles. 11th June, 1832.
Seventh son of George Thomson of Fairley, Newhills, and Agnes Dingwall, his wife. Born 9th December, 1807. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1826-27, etc. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796), and Alexander Jopp (1825). Became a merchant in Liverpool, and membership of the Society terminated November, 1874. Married, in July, 1845, his cousin-german, Jane, dau. of Alexander Dingwall of Rannieston, and widow of George Andrew Stuart of Inchbreck, M.D., Mar. Coll., 1822, with issue.
Thomson, James. 13th November, 1724.
Eldest son of Alexander Thomson, advocate (1680). Born 1699. Alumnus, Mar. Coll. App. to his father. Dean of Faculty, Mar. Coll., 1728-45. Fiars Juror, 1733. Succeeded his father as proprietor of Portlethen. Lieutenant in Town's defensive force, August, 1745. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1733-39.
Died 22nd December, 1766.
1 On 4th May, 1769, Andrew Thomson, as eldest son and heir of his deceased father, had sasine in deceased's tenement, and others in the east side of Broadgate. — "Aberdeen Sasine Register."
8 Will recorded 27th July, 1767. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
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Thomson, James. 9th July, 1776.
App. to John Gordon (i753)- Died, s.p., in the autumn of 1779.
Thomson, James (Junior). 10th March, 1778.
Son of Alexander Thomson, guild burgess of Aberdeen. App. to Alexander (?) Thomson. Cashier to the Commercial Banking Coy. of Aberdeen. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted in right of his father, 23rd November, 1797. Married, at Raeden, 21st July, 1792, Catherine, younger dau. of Gilbert More of Raeden, merchant and burgess, Aberdeen, with issue : —
1. James.
2. Alexander, advocate (1818).
1. Helen.
2. Elizabeth.
Died 3rd July, 1800, aged 45. *
Thomson, John. 4th April, 1856.
Second son of Robert Thomson, merchant, Aberdeen, and Barbara Stevenson, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 4th March, 1833. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1847-49. App., first, to Francis Gordon (1796), second, to John Dunn (1839), and, thirdly, to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson). Sometime partner in the said firm of Adam & Anderson, and subsequently of Adam, Thomson & Ross. Joint clerk and assessor to the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, at Aberdeen, 6th July, 1858, Jane (died at Aberdeen, 7th November, 1903, aged 70), elder dau. of Thomas Skene, Inspector of Poor for Old Machar, with issue : —
1. John, who resides at Seaview House, Cove, Aberdeen.
2. George, died 2nd January, 1863, in infancy.
'Will recorded 27th November, 1800. — " Aberdeen Comniissariot Register."
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I. Elizabeth Jane, married, 13th February, 1899, Edward James Reeves, Jun., Brighton, Sussex.
Died at Aberdeen, 19th January, 1901.1
Thomson, Robert. 1648.
Second son of Alexander Thomson, advocate (1625). M.A. App. to his father. Dean of Faculty, Mar. Coll., 1665. Married , with issue, of whom : —
1. Alexander, M.A., Mar. Coll. ; under master Grammar
School, 1679 to 1684, when demitted.
2. Patrick, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1686 ; held the same appointment
but was deprived, 17 17.
Died March, 1667. 2
Torrie, Alexander. 8th December, 1834.
Son of Robert Torrie, merchant and guild burgess, sometime of Mannofield, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 21st October, 181 1. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1827-29. App. to George Yeats (1804). For several years a member of Aberdeen Town Council. 3 Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 27th October, 1833.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XVII., pp. 51-52.
2 Interred in St. Nicholas Churchyard, 21st March, 1667.— "St. Nicholas Burial Registers."
3 " . . . Mr. Torrie was a great character in his day, and distinguished himself in a long series of municipal contests. . . . Shortly after his election, in 1848, as Councillor in the second ward, he was engaged in one of the most prominent fights of his Councillor life. Dissenters were in a majority at the Council Board — Provost Thompson being at their head — and a motion was made, and carried, to do away with the time-honoured procession of Magistrates and Councillors to the West Church. Mr. Torrie opposed the motion with all his might, declaring that he had looked into the records for 800 years back to prepare himself for its discussion. Provost Henry mildly supported him, but it was of no use, only four voted in favour of the procession. Mr. Torrie dissented and protested at the time, but, having a great respect for the old church, and wishing to preserve her dignity intact, he resolved to go further, and keep up the Sunday civic procession himself. Accordingly, on Sunday, 17th December, 1848, he ordered the town-sergeants to attend in all their official paraphernalia, and escort him to church. Five of them, we believe, attended, and Mr. Torrie walked behind them, the sole representative of Town Council and Magistracy, and with a solemnity and stateliness equal to the occasion. He did not persist in his course, however, and the procession ceased, except on the one annual occasion on which it is still kept up. His energetic defence of this ancient practice pleased a number of the citizens, and shortly afterwards they made him a present of some plate as a token of their admiration of his conduct. . . ." — Aberdeen Journal. Mr. Torrie was also an active prosecutor of the Glen Tilt Right-of-Way case.
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Author of a Letter to Thomas Blaikie (Poor Law), 1841, and of articles contributed to several local prints. Married, privately, 27th April, 1839, and publicly, 4th December, 1844, Margaret Mackie (died at Old Aberdeen, 23rd May, 1874), sometime residing at Hill of Pitfodels, with issue, of whom : —
Alexander, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1855-57; actor; died in
London, 1st August, 1908. Robert, died 10th June, 1861, aged 14. William, died 5th October, i860, aged 12. Jane, died 17th July, 1854, aged 9. Clara, died 15th February, 1875, aged 16. Died at Old Aberdeen, 22nd May, 1863.
Turner, George. 27th January, 1731.
Son of Robert Turner of Turnerhall, Ellon, and Margaret Rose, his wife. Born October, 1705. App. to Thomas Burnett (1722). Sheriff Clerk of Aberdeenshire from 25th June, 1736, to 14th July, 1764. * Commissary Depute.2 One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1761-69. Lieutenant in Town's defensive force, August, 1745. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted January, 1753. Purchased estate of Menie, Belhelvie. Married, first, Margaret (died December, 1745, in her 32nd year), dau. of John Gordon, M.D., of Pitlurg, with issue : —
1. Robert, baptised 3rd March, 1741 ; appointed Joint Sheriff
Clerk of Aberdeenshire with his father, 15th February, 1760; married Euphemia, dau. of David Simpson of Hazlehead ; succeeded to Menie; died 29th May, 1809.
2. John, baptised 23rd September, 1742, and died in infancy.
1. Margaret, baptised 2nd May, 1744.
2. Catharine, baptised 4th December, 1745.
Married, second, in 1749, Margaret (died at Menie, 2nd April, 1778), dau. of James Catanach, merchant, Aberdeen, and sister of James Catanach, advocate (173 1). Died 20th December, 1772.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 121, 129.
2 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes, which also show that Turner, with others, look the oath of Allegiance, etc., to George II., 3rd August, 1743.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 359
Turner, Robert. 1st July, 1776.
Son of Andrew Turner, litster, Aberdeen, and Jean Carnegie, his wife. Baptised 12th December, 1735. App. to George Turner (1731). Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire from 3rd November, 1766. x One of the Committee appointed to organise body of Volunteers, in consequence of the American War of Independ- ence. President of the Society of Advocates, 1782-84. Married, first, before, 1765, his cousin, Martha, dau. of John Turner of Turnerhall, with issue : —
1. John, baptised 16th February, 1768.
2. George, born 2nd August, 1769.
1. Jean, baptised 2nd November, 1765.
Married, second, in December, 1772, Christian (died at Aberdeen, 27th April, 1777), dau. of Thomas Wilson, advocate (1739), with issue : —
3. Thomas Andrew, born 22nd November, 1774; served
apprenticeship to Thomas Bannerman, merchant, Aber- deen.
2. Marjory, died September, 1776.
3. Peggy, died June, 1785.
Died at Aberdeen, 3rd November, 1793. 2
Udny, James. 2nd November, 1709.
Third son of Robert Udny of Auchterellon, Ellon, and Elizabeth Fullerton, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1700-1, etc. ; M.A., King's Coll., 1724. App. to Alexander Thomson (1680). Procurator for the Town Council of Aberdeen from 30th November, 1709. Sheriff Clerk of Kincardineshire, 1716-22. Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, 1723-27. Sheriff Substitute
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 126.
2 The Aberdeen Journal, in notifying the death of Sheriff Turner, remarks that his "decisions, the result of long experience and a sound judgment, had, during the period he presided on the bench, met with very general and just approbation."
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of Aberdeenshire, 1727-37, and 1747-48. " Clerk to the Governors and Patrons of Robert Gordon's Hospital, from May, 173 1. Sometime Joint County Clerk of Aberdeenshire. One of the Assessors to the Rector of King's Coll., 1728-33. Fiars Juror, 1737. Married, 20th December, 17 16, Jean (died 22nd August, 1770, aged 75), dau. of the late Alexander Walker, some- time Lord Provost of Aberdeen, with issue (besides six sons and three daughters who died in early youth) : —
Robert, merchant, London ; succeeded to the estates of Udny and Dudwick ; married, first, at Oxford, 13th August, 1749, Hougham ; second, Margaret Jourdan, sub- governess to the Princess Charlotte; died 1802. John, appointed, in January, 1761, British Consul at Venice and Leghorn ; married, in 1777, Selina, dau. of John Cleveland, M.P., secretary to the Admiralty ; died in 1800. 2 Ernest, died at Grenada.
Helen, married, January, 1750, Walter Cochran, Town Clerk Depute (died 8th May, 1779, aged 75); died 4th December, 1809, aged 92. Margaret, married Alexander Ross. Died 30th December, 1768, aged 87.
Urquhart, Andrew. 1619.
Son of James Urquhart of Mylneseat. x M.A., Mar. Coll., entered 161 1. Notary Public. Married, before November, 1622, Catherine Bruce, with issue, of whom a daughter married Mr. Patrick Chalmer. 3
1 Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court Records," III., pp. 115 and 117.
2 The Consul was, according to Southey, "the first person who procured certain intelligence of the enemy's designs against Malta, and from his own sagacity foresaw that Egypt must be their object." The "enemy" referred to was the fleet which left Toulon with Napoleon's army for Egypt, and which was finally destroyed in Aboukir Bay by Nelson. His son, John Robert Fullerton Udny, Colonel, Coldstream Guards, succeeded his uncle, in 1802, as heir of entail in the lands of Udny and Dudwick.
3 Dr. Littlejohn's MS. Notes.
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Urquhart, Thomas. 9th November, 1666.
A pp. to Robert Thomson (1648). Died 2nd March, 1670.
Walker, George. 27th January, 1731.
Son of Alexander Walker, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, 1697-98, and Helen Irvine, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1704-7. App. to his brother-in-law, James Udny (1709). Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeenshire in 1727-28, and 1729-43. T Lieutenant in Town's defensive force, August, 1745. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1743-45. Abandoned legal profession, and became a " land waiter at the port of Aberdeen." Married (contract dated May, 1738), Mary (died 21st October, 1765, aged 47), dau. of Sir Alexander Cuming of Culter, Bart., with issue : —
1. Alexander, born 1741.
2. George, born 1743.
3. Cumberland,2 died January, 1747.
1. Elizabeth, born 1739, died young.
2. Helen,3 died 14th March, 1825, in her 85th year.
3. Jean, born 1744, died in infancy.
4. Ann, died April, 1796, in her 21st year.
5. Mary, born 1749, died in infancy.
6. Jean,3 married Andrew Henderson, physician, Aberdeen;
died 23rd December, 1827.
7. Mary, born 1753.
8. Elizabeth, born 1754.
9. Christian, born 1755. Died 4th March, 1772, aged 67.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," III., p. 123.
2 Named after the Duke of Cumberland.
3 The daughters, Helen and Jean (second), succeeded to their father's property in Shiprow. — " Aberdeen Sasine Register."
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Walker, George. 28th March, 1846.
Third and youngest son of George Walker, flaxdresser, and Beatrice Taylor, his wife. Born at Montrose, 29th March, 1820. Educated at Ledingham's Academy, etc., Aberdeen ; M.A. (with honours), Mar. Coll., 1840. App. to Alexander Webster and John Webster (A. & J. Webster). Sometime in partnership with Robert Ledingham (1827), firm being Ledingham & Walker; and thereafter with his brother-in-law, John Duguid Milne (1844), firm being Milne & Walker. Sometime Agent for the North of Scotland Bank at Stonehaven. Joint Agent, at Aberdeen, for City of Glasgow Bank. Agent for Police Commissioners of Aberdeen. Legal adviser to Aberdeen Harbour Board. Fiars Juror, 1872. One of the founders of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society. /Author of chapter on Banking in " Chambers' English Cyclopaedia." Married, at Aberdeen, 6th June, 1850, Ann (died at Aberdeen, 31st May, 1878, aged 59), dau. of John Duguid Milne, advocate (1814), with issue: —
1. Janet Cumming, married, at Aberdeen, 17th December,
1878, Patrick Mitchell, M.A., Aberd., 1866; M.B., CM., 1869; M.D., 1873; at Old Rayne, Aberdeenshire.
2. Beatrice.
Died at Aberdeen, 20th November, 1890. l
Walker, Norman John Jamieson. 8th December, 1910.
Second son of Thomas W'alker, manufacturer, Aberdeen, and Isabella Jopp Jamieson, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 9th September, 1885. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1905 ; B.L. (with honours), 1908 ; LL.B., 1910. App. to Alexander Dufifus (Wilsone & Duffus). Married, at Aberdeen, 12th July, 191 2, Jean, third dau. of Alexander Robson, seed merchant, Aberdeen.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," VI., p. 320.
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Wallace, George David. 2nd June, 1870.
Son of George Wallace, solicitor and bank agent, Fraserburgh, and Mary Fraser, his wife. Born 26th January, 1845. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1858-60, and Aberd., 1860-61. App., first, to John Robertson (Robertson & Lumsden), and, second, to David Robert Morice (Clark & Morice).
Died, unmarried, at Fraserburgh, 12th August, 1878.
Watson, Andrew. See Fordyce, Andrew Watson.
Watson, James. 24th February, 1764.
Second son of John Watson, merchant and burgess, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1744-47, being Rolland bursar. App. to John Clerk (1743). Justice of Peace Procurator Fiscal. Fiars Juror, fourteen times, 1767-95. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted August, 1766. Proprietor of Binghill, Peterculter, and of extensive house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of i\dvocates, 1767-70. Married, in 1757, Anna (died June, 1783), dau. of the said John Clerk, with issue: — 1. John, advocate (1787).
1. Jean, born 1762.
2. Anna, died January, 1790. Died 8th May, 1797, aged 68. x
Watson, James. 18th February, 1886.
Son of James Watson, watchmaker and jeweller, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 9th April, 1856. M.A., Aberd., 1877. App. to John Thomson and James Ross (Adam, Thomson & Ross). Solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1892. Solicitor to the North British Railway Company. Married, at Aberdeen, 17th September, 1885, Margaret, younger dau. of the late George Riddell.
'Will recorded 15th July, 1797, with eiks, 2nd February and 21st December, 1798.— "Aberdeen Commissariot Register."
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Watson, John. 20th February, 1787.
Son of James Watson, advocate (1764). App. to his father. Some- time Justice of Peace Procurator Fiscal. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 26th September, 1809. Fiars Juror, 1797- 1806. Succeeded to the estate of Binghill, which he sold, in 1804, to Peter Mellis. Proprietor of Oldmill, which he sold, in 181 8, to George Yeats and James Blaikie, advocates, jointly, for an annuity of £220. Quartermaster, Royal Aberdeen Vols., April, 1796. Married, in October, 1803, Isabella (died 25th May, 1844, aged 6/), dau. of William Ross, Montrose, with issue : —
I. George, sometime a magistrate of Aberdeen ; married,
first, Isabella Gordon, second, Margaret Milne ; died
10th July, 1863, aged 75.
1. Isabella, married John Fraser, sometime a magistrate of
Aberdeen ; died at Ballater, 17th September, 1895, aged 81.
Died 24th April, 1832, aged 65.
Watt, Arthur. 1590.
M.A. Notary Public. Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire, 1603-7. ' Died after June, 1622. 2
Watt, John. 8th June, 1843.
Son of John Watt, farmer, Nigg, Kincardineshire, and Isabella Troup, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1822-26. App. to William Smith (18 17). In partnership with John Paton Cumine (1866) from 1870, firm being Watt & Cumine. Clerk and Treasurer to the General Session of St. Nicholas, and Registrar for the parish of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. Trustee and Manager, National Security Savings' Bank of Aberdeen. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen.
Died, unmarried, 12th April, 1881, aged 73.
1 Littlejohn's " Sheriff Court Records," II., p. ioo, etc.
2 An obligation by Mr. Watt, lodged ist February, 1617, shows that he had been married, that he then lived in Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, and had at least two sons, Thomas and Robert, and a daughter, Margaret. For account of degrading church penance which he had to make on 23rd December, 1604, see Kennedy's "Annals of Aberdeen," I., p. 1S1.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 365
Watt, John (Junior). 16th October, 1856.
Eldest son of John Watt, leather merchant, Aberdeen, and Mary Tough, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, November, 1824. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1842-44. App. to Alexander Henderson (1838). Sometime in partnership with William Stuart, solicitor, firm being Watt & Stuart ; and subsequently with his son, John Stewart, firm being J. & J. S. Watt. Was a writer in Turriff for sometime prior to admission to the Society. Notary Public. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Honorary burgess of Old Aberdeen, admitted 4th October, 1866. Married, at Louisburgh, Wick, 30th August, 1855, Catherine (died at Aberdeen, 30th January, 1892), eldest dau. of John Stewart, accountant, Wick, with issue : —
1. John Stewart, advocate (1888).
2. James G.
1. Lily K. S.
2. Mary J.
3. Emily M. D.
4. Alice C.
5. Edith M. E.
Died at Banchory, 15th January, 1906. x
Watt, John Stewart. 10th May, 1888.
Elder son of John Watt (Junior), advocate (1856). Born at Aberdeen, 17th March, 1858. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Edinb., 1882; LL.B., 1888. App. to William Officer, S.S.C., Edinburgh. In partnership with his father, firm being J. & J. S. Watt. Secretary, Belmont Laundry Coy. (Limited). Secretary, Aberdeen Liberal Association. Married, at Aberdeen, 23rd August, 1887, Christina (died at Aberdeen, 13th April, 1889), second dau. of the Rev. John Rannie, M.A., All Saints, New Amsterdam, British Guiana, with issue : —
1. Arthur Stewart, M.A., Aberd., 1910; LL.B., 191 1.
1 " The Scottish Law Review," XXII., p. 52-53.
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Watt, William Knowles. 17th May, 1904.
Only son of Marshall Watt, house painter, Aberdeen, and Isabella Knowles or Latto, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 8th September, 1 868. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1889. App. to Gray Campbell Fraser and James Duguid (Fraser & Duguid). For several years in Law department, North British Railway Coy., Edinburgh. Sometime in partnership with William McHattie, solicitor, firm being McHattie & Watt, advocates. Married, at Christ Church, Walmersley, Bury, 5th December, 1900, Amelia Eliza, only dau. of the late George Liddle, schoolmaster, Falkirk.
Died at Aberdeen, 19th February, 1905.
Webster, Alexander. 28th February, 1794.
Only son of John Webster, burgess, sometime Convener of the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen, and Jean Smith, his wife. Born at Aberdeen in 177 1. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1785-89. App. to Charles Gordon (1783). Sometime in partnership with his son, John (1831), firm being A. & J. Webster. His son, Alexander (1840), was subsequently assumed as a partner. Notary Public. Long factor for the Synod of Aberdeen, on resigning which appointment he was presented with a piece of plate. Clerk to the Shoemaker and Weaver Trades of Aberdeen. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll. in 1836. Rendered special service in instituting and managing the Aberdeen Trades' School. Guild burgess, admitted 19th December, 1814. Proprietor of considerable house property in Aberdeen. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1818-20. President, 1826-28. Portrait by William Dyce, H.R.S.A., R.A., at Edgehill, a second portrait by the same artist being in possession of the Aberdeen In- corporated Trades. Engraving in Committee Room. Married, at Edinburgh, 4th November, 1807, Margaret (died at Aberdeen, 24th January, 1824, aged 36), dau. of James McKilligan, merchant, Aberdeen, with issue : —
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LIST OF MEMBERS. 367
i. John, advocate (1831).
2. Alexander, advocate (1840).
3. James, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1842; M.D., King's Coll., 1845;
sometime Assist. Surg., 93rd Highlanders ; died at Elgin, 26th January, 1907, in his 83rd year. 1. Ann, married, at Aberdeen, 3rd June, 1839, Robert Catto of Wallfield, shipowner, Aberdeen. Died at Aberdeen, 26th March, 1855. x
Webster, Alexander (Junior). 28th February, 1840.
Second son of Alexander Webster, advocate (1794). Born at Aberdeen in 1817. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1834. App. to his father, with whom, and his elder brother, John (1831), he was subse- quently in partnership, firm being A. & J. Webster. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 10th June, 1839. Member, Aberdeen Town Council, and for some time City Treasurer.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 6th November, 1851.2
Webster, Alexander. 10th March, 1866.
Only son of John Webster, advocate (1831). Born at Aberdeen, 3rd October, 1840. Educated at Grammar School, and Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1856-59.
1 " . . . There was no one in the district whose appearance was more familiar to young and old, and his character was as estimable as his manner was eccentric and peculiar. His address was abrupt, and the truth, whether pleasant or unpleasant, lay on the surface, but the rugged exterior was the roughness of the uncut diamond, and covered a good kind heart, full of benevolence and honest manly feeling, the real worth of which was only known to those who knew him best, and to those who stood most in need of his friendship. His life, indeed, was equally characterised by private benevolence and public usefulness. . . . " — Aberdeen Journal.
2". . . It is seldom, indeed, that a man so young in years has risen so high in public estimation, and that the attachment of private friendship have been so signally confirmed and strengthened by the fulfilment of official duty and the able discharge of public service, as in the case of our departed friend. The leading feature of his character was an open-hearted kindliness and generosity of disposition, guided by much intelligence, straightforward honesty of purpose, and untiring activity and zeal in whatever he undertook. . . ." — Aberdeen Journal, 12th November, 1851.
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App. to his father, with whom subsequently in partnership, firm being J. & A. Webster. Notary Public. Director, North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland Steam Navigation Coy. ; and Aberdeen Music Hall Coy. (Ltd.). Guild burgess of Aber- deen, admitted 1863. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Proprietor of Edgehill, Milltimber.
Webster, John. 19th November, 1817.
Son of John Webster, merchant and burgess of Aberdeen, and Elspet Philip, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1809-11. App. to George Yeats (1804). Guild burgess, admitted 28th October, 1833.
Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 10th June, 1836, aged 42.
Webster, John (Junior). 17th November, 1831.
Eldest son of Alexander Webster, advocate (1794). Born at Aberdeen, 6th September, 18 10. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1822-26; LL.D., Aberd., 1877. App. to his father. Subsequently in partnership with his father, firm being A. & J. Webster ; < afterwards with his son, Alexander (1866), firm being J. & A. Webster. Director, Scottish Provincial Assurance Coy. ; Scottish Australian Investment and Insurance Coy. ; Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Coy., and the Aberdeen Gas Coy. Promoter and Chairman of Directors of Aberdeen Music Hall Coy. Manager, National Security Savings' Bank. Guild burgess, admitted October, 1833. Lord Provost of Aberdeen, 1856-59. 2 Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Member of Council, Spalding Club, and
1 Alexander Webster, Junior (1840), was afterwards admitted a member of the firm.
2 Mr. Webster had the honour to present the silver keys of the city to Queen Victoria on the 15th October, 1857, on the occasion of Her Majesty passing southward from Haddo House. He had also the honour of dining with the Queen at Haddo House the previous evening by invitation of Lord Aberdeen, and of being presented to Her Majesty before dinner. In 1875 ne presented a fine stained glass window to Aberdeen University Chapel. His armorial bearings appear on the roof of the Town Hall thus: — Vert: on a chevron, argent, between three crosslets fitchee or, three oak trees, proper.
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Webster, merchar Aberdeen, and
;ilip, his wife. Alumnus, 1809-11. App.
Yeats Guild burgess, admitted 28th October,
<een, 10th June, 1836, aged 42.
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Vice-President, New Spalding Club. F.S.A., Scot. Member of Parliament for the City of Aberdeen, 1880-85. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1857-60. Assessor to the Rector of Aberd. Univ., 1860-90. Proprietor of Edgehill, Milltimber. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1871-72. President, 1872-73. Portrait by William Carter, London, painted, in 1887, at Edgehill. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Westburn, near Aberdeen, 17th July, 1839, Margaret (died at Edgehill, 6th September, 1895), second dau. of David Chalmers of Westburn, with issue : — 1. Alexander, advocate (1866). Died at Edgehill, 31st May, 1891.
Webster, John. 17th October, 1898.
Eldest son of John Webster, merchant, Eastbank, Ferryhill, Aber- deen, and Isabella Wood Webster, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 9th December, 1872. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1894; B.L. (with honours), 1897. App. to James Collie, George Collie, George Duncan Collie and James Younger Collie (James & George Collie). Partner in the firm of Dewar & Webster, solicitors, Arbroath.
Westland, William. 13th May, 1820.
Son of William Westland, square wright and builder, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 13th April, 1797. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 181 1 -13. App. to George Yeats (1804). Married, at Aberdeen, 7th August, 1823, Elizabeth (died 7th May, 1879, aged 77), dau. of the late Peter Duncan, mason, Aberdeen, with issue : — 1. William, died at Okehampton, Devonshire, 22nd September, 1874, aged 48.
1. Elizabeth, died 16th January, 1825.
2. Margaret, died nth February, 1831.
3. Ann, died 12th February, 1849, aged 17. Died 9th June, 1833.
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Whincup, Alexander. 10th December, 1896.
Son of John George Lawson Whincup, and Clara Ida Christiana, his wife. Born at Hamburg, 8th November, 1872. M.A., Aberd., 1893 ; B.L., 1895. App. to Alexander James Brander, solicitor, Aberdeen. Sometime in partnership with James Carle, solicitor, and David Hutcheon Duthie, solicitor, firm being Whincup, Carle & Duthie, advocates.
Accidently killed, unmarried, by a fall from a cliff at Sligichan, Skye, 1 6th August, 1901.
White, John Peregrine Robertson. 10th June, 1889.
Third son of the Rev. Adam White, missionary of the Free Church of Scotland in India, and Jane Littlejohn, his wife. Born at Poona, India, 6th August, 1861. Educated at the Collegiate School, Edinburgh; M.A., Edinb., 1881 ; LL.B., 1893. App. to Boyd, Jameson & Kelly, W.S., Edinburgh. In partnership, from 1st December, 1889, with William Hunter (1840); William Gordon, solicitor, and Donaldson Rose Thorn (1889), firm being Hunter & Gordon. Notary Public. Director, Edinburgh Board, British Law Fire Insurance Coy. Limited. Proprietor of Culquoich, parish of Towie. Second Lieutenant, Aberdeenshire Royal Garrison Artillery, 31st March, 1891 ; Lieut, 29th October, 1892; Captain, 3rd February, 1897; resigned 4th February, 1903.
Whyte, Alexander Burnett. 14th March, 1901.
Elder son of John Whyte, advocate (1869). Born at Aberdeen, 19th February, 1877. App., first, to his father, David Macbeth Moir Milligan, and Duguid Rae Milne (Davidson & Garden), and, second, to Auld & Macdonald, W.S., Edinburgh. Partner in the said firm of Davidson & Garden from 1904. Lieut., 1st Vol. Batt. Gordon Highlanders, 3rd April, 1897; Captain, 20th March, 1901 ; retiring 3rd February, 1904. Married, at Craigiebuckler Parish Church, 17th March, 1904, Anne Avery Craig, eldest dau. of George Cruden, advocate (1875).
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Whyte, James Robertson. 2nd November, 1875.
Third son of the Rev. James Whyte, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1827; D.D., Aberd., 1870, minister of Methlick, and Anne Murray, his wife. Born 10th April, 1848. Educated at the Parish School, Methlick, and the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1866-68. App. to William Yeats and Robert Spottiswood Farquhar Spottiswood (Yeats & Spottiswood). In partnership with William Connon, solicitor, from 1898, firm being Whyte & Connon, advocates. Married, at New Greyfriars Church, Edin- burgh, 5th April, 1888, Elizabeth Georgina, dau. of the late William Black Ferguson, C.E., etc., Aberdeen.
Whyte, John. 21st November, 1839.
Third son of John Whyte, merchant, guild burgess, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, and Sarah Burnett, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1830-32, etc. App. to Patrick Davidson (D. & P. Davidson). In partnership with William Yeats (1836), firm being Yeats & Whyte. Guild burgess of Aberdeen.
Died unmarried, at Aberdeen, 25th January, 1857, aged 41.
Whyte, John. 11th June, 1869.
Elder son of Alexander Burnett Whyte of Dalhebity, merchant and guild burgess, Aberdeen, and Eleanor More, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 26th April, 1845. Educated at Dr. Tulloch's Academy and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, Aberd., 1861-64. App. to Patrick Davidson, Alexander Davidson and Patrick Cooper (Davidsons & Cooper). Partner in the firm of Davidson & Garden from 1873. Director, Town and County Bank (Limited) ; Aberdeen and Glasgow Shipping Coy. ; Local Board, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy., and subsequently Northern Assurance Coy. Trustee and Manager, Aberdeen Savings' Bank. Fiars Juror, 1898-99. Member, County Council of Aberdeenshire, and Chairman, Cults Water and Drainage District. Succeeded to Dalhebity, Peterculter.
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Lieut, 1st Vol. Brig. Gordon Highlanders, 18th August, 1880; Captain, 24th December, 1884; Honorary Major, 14th January, 1893 ; V.D. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1897-98. President, 1898-1900. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, first, at Aberdeen, 9th July, 1874, Alice Caulfeild (died at Dalhebity, 10th July, 1887), youngest surviving dau. of James Corbet, surgeon, H.E.I.C.S., with issue: — . 1. Alexander Burnett, advocate (1901). 2. John Francis, married, at Singapore, 22nd March, 191 1, Elsa Audrey May, youngest dau. of C. M. Van Cuylenburg, A.M.I.E.E., of the Straits Settlements Civil Service. Married, second, at Durie Vale, Windygates, Fifeshire, 6th December, 1889, Eveline Margaret, younger dau. of John Charles Wilson, C.E., London, with issue : —
1. Eleanor Beatrice.
2. Esme.
3. Mary Eveline.
Died at Dalhebity, 30th March, 1904. x
Wight, Alexander Forbes. 2nd November, 1871.
Son of John Wight, baker and guild burgess, Woodside, and Helen Moir Fergusson, his wife. Born at Woodside, Old Machar, 26th May, 1843. M.A., Aberd., 1867. App. to John Duncan, Norval Clyne and Douglass Duncan (Duncan & Clyne). In partnership with George M. Aitken, solicitor, from 1890, firm being Wight & Aitken, advocates. Notary Public. Proprietor of estate of Camphill, Lumphanan, from 1883. Commissioner of Supply, and J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1895. Sometime Chairman, School Board, Parochial Board, and subsequently Parish Council of Lumphanan. Lieutenant, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., 23rd February, 1870, retiring 28th April, 1871. Married, at Fraserburgh, 6th September, 1882, Alice Roberta, eldest dau. of Robert Anderson, solicitor, Fraserburgh.
1 "The Scottish Law Review," XX., p. 94.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 373
Willet, John Charles. 26th June, 1882.
Eldest son of John Willet, C.E., Aberdeen, and Mary Ann Rennie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 17th November, 1855. Alumnus, Aberd., 1872-74 and 1878-79. App., first, to John Robertson, James Forbes Lumsden, and Charles Brown Davidson (Robert- son & Lumsden), and, second, to Alexander Kirk Mackie, S.S.C., Edinburgh. Secretary and Treasurer, Aberdeen Con- servative Association. Clerk and Treasurer, Banchory-Devenick School Board. Lieut, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Vols., November, 1882; Captain, 15th November, 1890; retired, 27th March, 1895. Membership of the Society terminated November, 1895.
Williamson, Alexander Morrison. 5th May, 1882.
Eldest son of George Williamson, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1834-35, farmer, land valuator, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Elsie Morrison, his wife. Born at Auldtown of Carnousie, Forglen, Banffshire, 10th April, 1858. Educated at Parish School, Duffus, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1877. App. to Robert Bruce Johnston, and Alexander Fleming (Graham, Johnston & Fleming, W. S., Edinburgh). In partnership with James Paull (1851), from 1st January, 1 88 1, firm being Paull & Williamson ; and with the said James Paull and Robert Moir Williamson (1891), firm being Paull & Williamsons — James George Paull (1895) being assumed as a partner in the last mentioned firm, in 1897. Notary Public. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 16th March, 1896. Director, Aberdeen Steam Navigation Coy. Author of "Scottish Conveyancing Cases," 1892. Married, at St. Philip's Church, Catterline, Kincardineshire, 15th June, 1886, Charlotte Mary Vaughan, only dau. of Thomas Collins, M.D.
'Mr. Williamson was the first "exlranean" to be admitted to the membership of the Society.
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Williamson, James. 20th July, 1839.
Son of James Williamson, flesher, and burgess, Aberdeen. Born 19th January, 1815. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1829-32. App. to Alexander Jopp (1825). Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Guild burgess, admitted 31st October, 1837. Sometime farmer at Newton of Mountblairy. Proprietor of Beechhill, near Aberdeen. Married, at Itlaw, Alvah, Banffshire, 14th November, 1850, Annie, second dau. of Hay, Itlaw.
Died, at Beechhill, 8th September, 1877.
Williamson, Robert Moir. ■ 25th August, 1891.
Fourth son of George Williamson, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1834-35, farmer, land valuator, and guild burgess of Aberdeen, and Elsie Morrison, his wife. Born at Shempston, Duffus, near Elgin, 3rd June, 1867. Educated at Public School, Duffus, Public School, King-Edward, and Grammar School, Aberdeen ; M.A., Aberd., 1887 ; LL.B. (with honours), Edinb., 1891. App. to James Paull and Alexander Morrison Williamson (Paull & Williamson). With Thomas Dalgleish, S.S.C., Edinburgh, 1888-90. In partnership with the said James Paull and Alex- ander Morrison Williamson from 1891, firm being Paull & Williamsons — James George Paull (1895) being assumed as a partner in 1897. Lecturer on Constitutional Law and History, in the University of Aberdeen, appointed 1908. Author of " Gleanings from the Wisdom of Lord Watson," 1902. Associated with Mr. F. Stroud in editing "Supplement to Judicial Dictionary," 1909. Married, 2nd June, 1896, Katharine Hogg, dau. of Archibald M. Macrae, indigo planter, with issue : —
1. George Alexander.
2. Archibald Moir.
3. Robert Bertram. 1. Margaret Lesley.
'"The Scots Law Times," August 7th, 1909.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 375
Wilson, Alexander Dyce. 21st January, 1841.
Son of Orlando Hart Wilson, Lieut, R.N., sometime Tide Surveyor of Customs, residing at Rosemount House, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Dyce, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1833-36. App., first, to James Nicol (1820), and, second, to John Duncan (1824).
Died unmarried.
Wilson, George. 20th June, 1690.
Son of George Wilson of Finzeauch, burgess of Aberdeen, and Christian Robertson, his wife. Succeeded to Finzeauch. Burgess of Aberdeen, admitted March, 1698. Married Elizabeth Colinson (died 2 1 st April, 173 1, aged 71), with issue, of whom : —
Thomas, advocate (1739).
George.
Alexander.
Andrew.
Catherine. Died 4th June, 1725, in his 66th year. x
Wilson, George. 16th November, 1816.
Eldest son of Adam Wilson of Glasgowego, and Jean Aberdein, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 1. App. to Charles Gordon (1783). Clerk to the Commutation Road Trustees of the 9th, or Town of Aberdeen District. Guild burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 1st July, 1828. Sometime proprietor of Glasgowego, Kinellar. Married, at Aberdeen, 4th January, 1821, May Agnes (died at Toronto, 5th August, 1880), second dau. of William Dyce, of Cuttlehill, M.D., with issue, of whom : —
William, died at Meadowbank, Lower Norwood, London, 16th May, 1868, aged 36.
'Will recorded 4th October, 1725, with eik 13th February, 1728.— " Aberdeen Com- missariot Register."
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Margaret, married James Webster, second son of James Webster of Balruddery.
Jane Angelica, born 1824. Mary, born 1825. Theresa, born 1829. Eliza May Agnes, born 1833. Died at Manor House, Clapham, London, 29th November, 1867, aged 73.
Wilson, Thomas. 10th February, 1739.
Son of George Wilson, advocate (1690). Born 1700. Married, in 1738, Marjory Stuart1 (died January, 1784), widow of George Fordyce of Broad ford, with issue : —
1. Alexander, baptised 12th August, 1740.
2. George, baptised 4th January, 1742.
3. Patrick, baptised 1st March, 1744.
4. James, baptised 13th May, 1745.
5. Thomas (posthumous), baptised 10th July, 1747.
1. Christian, baptised 12th March, 1743 ; married Robert
Turner, advocate (1776).
2. Jean, baptised 25th May, 1746. Died 7th July, 1747. 2
Winchester, Charles. 9th March, 1807.
Third son of Charles Winchester,3 builder and architect, Aberdeen, and Margaret Day, his wife. Born at Tillyfoddy, Echt, 22nd February, 1781. Educated at Parish School, Skene, and
1 In the Dingwall Fordyce " Family Record," I., pp. 102 and 234, this marriage is noted with reserve ; but several entries in the Register of Baptisms of St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, given in "Miscellany," II., and the entry of interment, 29th January, 1784, in St. Nicholas Kirkwork Accounts, prove it conclusively.
2 Will recorded 16th June, 1748, with eik 16th May, 1758. — "Aberdeen Commissariot Register. "
3 This Charles Winchester was proprietor of extensive house property in Aberdeen. In a sasine dated 9th April, 1803, he is named " Winchester or Winster." His wife was a daughter of Robert Day, farmer, New Seat, Echt.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 377
Grammar School, Aberdeen ; Alumnus, King's Coll., 1796- 1800. App. to Alexander Carnegie (1766). Notary Public. Clerk to the Commutation Road Trustees of the 9th, or Town of Aberdeen District. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Prominent member of the Aberdeen Lodge of Freemasons. Author of "The Intruder," 1802; "Reform and the Irish Church," 1869; "The White Lady of Berlin Castle," 1875. Translator from French into English of " The Memoirs of the Chevalier de Johnstone," "The Revolution of Portugal," etc. Translator of short pieces of Latin poetry by Gaelic writers. Married, at Dundee, 22nd February, 181 1, Anne Webster (died at Aberdeen, 17th March, 1865), with issue: —
1. James Webster, M.A., Mar. Coll., 183 1 , LL.D., 17th April,
1857; Deputy-Inspector General of Hospitals, I. M.S., (Bombay) ; subsequently Secretary, Conservative Club, Edinburgh ; author ; married, at King-Edward, 17th August, 1852, Jane, eldest dau. of Rev. William Findlay, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1808, minister of King- Edward.
2. Charles Alexander, H.B.M. Consul at Shanghai ; married
jane Blake (died at Shanghai, nth October, 1867); died in London, 10th July, 1883.
1. Anne, died at Edinburgh, 20th December, 185 1.
2. Georgina, married, first, nth November, 1844, Simon
Fitzherbert Jacson, 54th Regiment, and, second, Rev. G. B. Lee- Warner of St. Mary Bredon, Canterbury ; died 7th September, 1890. Died at Aberdeen, 27th March, 1880. T
Yeats, Alexander. 1 1 th September, 1 860.
Eldest son of George Yeats, silk mercer and guild burgess, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 27th February, 1833. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1852. App. to John Yeats and Alexander Flockhart (Yeats & Flockhart). Secretary, Royal Northern Agricultural Society,
* To Mr. Winchester belongs the distinction of having reached the greatest age of any member of the Society of whom record exists. At the date of his death he was in his iooth year of age and 74th year of membership. The latter also established a record.
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378 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
1875-83. Town Clerk Depute of Aberdeen from January, 1883. Guild burgess, admitted 1st October, 1866. Married, at Manse of Cairnie, 16th August, 1877, Elizabeth Richardson (died at Aberdeen, 23rd August, 1887), only dau. of the late Alexander Cowie, solicitor, Keith. Died, s.p., at Aberdeen, 7th October, 1893. "
Yeats, George. 21st September, 1804.
Son of William Yeats, boatbuilder, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 12th August, 1780. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., entered 1795. App. to John Gordon (1753). Sheriff Clerk Depute at date of admission. Sometime in partnership with his son William, firm being George & William Yeats. Director, North American Investment and Loan Coy. Purchased estate of Auquharney, parish of Cruden, in 1820. J. P. for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, thirteen times, 1829-44. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1838-40. President, 1842-44. Portrait in possession of Mr. William Yeats McDonald of Auquharney. Married Christian (died at Aberdeen, 27th May, 1873, aged 89), dau. of James Fraser, St. Fergus, with issue : — 1. William, advocate (1836).
1. Margaret Marjory, born 18th February, 1812. Married, at Aberdeen, 2nd March, 1838, Alexander McDonald, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1799 ; M.D., Edinb., 1806, surgeon, Royal Horse Artillery, who served in the Peninsula and was present at the battle of Waterloo. Died at Aberdeen, 8th March, i860.
Died at Auquharney, 15th March, 1847.
1 "The Lord Provost stated that it was with much regret that he had formally to intimate to the Town Council the death of Mr. Alexander Yeats, Town Clerk Depute, which took place on the 7th instant. The Lord Provost, after referring to Mr. Yeats' services and connection with the Town Council, concluded by submitting the following resolution, which was seconded by Baillie Lyon, and unanimously adopted by the Council, viz. : — ' That the Town Council resolve to place on record their sense of the loss which they have sustained by the death of Mr. Alexander Yeats. ... By his uniform courtesy and knowledge of Municipal business, Mr. Yeats commanded the confidence and esteem of all the members of the Council with whom he was associated during his period of office. The Town Council feel that by his death they have lost a valued friend and official, and desire to take this opportunity of offering to his relatives the expression of their deep and heartfelt sympathy.' "—Aberdeen Town Council Minute, 16th October, 1893.
LIST OF MEMBERS. 379
Yeats, John. 14th January, 1834.
Son of William Yeats of H. M. Customs, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1822-24. App. to his uncle, George Yeats (1804). In partnership with Alexander Flockhart (1840), firm being Yeats & Flockhart. Town Clerk of Inverurie from 1847. Director, Northern Assurance Coy. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Proprietor of Kincorth, Nigg, Kin- cardineshire. Married, at Old Aberdeen, 7th November, 1844, Marianne (died at Aberdeen, 15th November, 1853), youngest dau. of the Very Rev. Duncan Mearns, M.A., Mar. Coll. 1795 ; D.D., St. Andrews, 181 8, of Disblair, Professor of Divinity, King's Coll., with issue : —
1. Duncan Mearns, born 19th December, 1848, headmaster
of the Hut, Wellington, New Zealand.
2. John William Roger, died 18th June, 1854.
1. Eliza Jane, born 15th November, 1845 ; married, at the
Manse, Kintore, 16th May, 1867, Rev. William Masson, minister of Culsalmond ; died there, 9th May, 191 1.
2. Annie Roger, born 29th April, 1847 ; married, 24th
April, 1866, John Russell Mackenzie, architect, Aber- deen.
3. Marianne Rose, born 31st August, 1852. Died at Rathen, 15th June, 1863.
Yeats, William. 20th July, 1836.
Eldest son of George Yeats, advocate (1804). Born at Aberdeen, 16th July, 181 5. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1833. App. to his father. In partnership with his father, firm being George & William Yeats; thereafter with John Whyte (1839), firm being Yeats & Whyte ; subsequently with Robert Spottiswood Farquhar Spottiswood (1843), firm being Yeats & Spottiswood, and, finally, with William Milne (1864), and Archibald Mclntyre McDonald (1871), firm being Yeats, Milne & McDonald. Notary Public. Director, Aberdeen Banking Coy. ; Local
380 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Board, Union Bank of Scotland ; Local Board, North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy. ; and Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Coy. Member of Council, New Spalding Club. Honorary Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeenshire. Commissioner on Oaths for English Courts. Commissioner for the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Succeeded to the estate of Auqu- harney, and was also proprietor of Beaconhill, Peterculter. Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire. Fiars Juror, 1850- 64, and 1879. Trustee of Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children. F.S.A., Scot. Treasurer of the Society of Advocates, 1872-73, and 1881-84. President, 1873-74. Portrait in Committee Room. Married, at Aberdeen, 5th July, 1842, Mary (born 4th Novem- ber, 1 8 19, died, at Beaconhill, 26th January, 1887), younger dau. of John Whyte, merchant, Aberdeen.
Died, s.p., at Beaconhill, 8th April, 1899.
Young, William. • 29th January, 1752.
Eldest son of Alexander Young in Hyndwells, previously in Auquhirie, Kincardineshire, and Agnes Gibbon, his wife. T Born 1717. App. to James Udny (1709). Sheriff Clerk of Kin- cardineshire from June, 1752. Married Elizabeth (died at Mill of Forest, Stonehaven, 9th August, 1804), dau. of John Forbes of Kincardine, and widow of George Logic, Sheriff Clerk of Kincardineshire, with issue : —
1. William, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1775-78 ; succeeded his
father as Sheriff Clerk of Kincardineshire ; died at Mill of Forest, 10th June, 181 5, in his 53rd year.
2. James.
3. Keith, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1777-78 ; Colonel in the Army.
1. Jane, married James Murray, factor in Campvere, 2 Holland.
2. Helen, died unmarried.
Died at Mill of Forest, Stonehaven, 19th March, 1790.
1 Particulars from Dr. W. A. Macnaughton, Stonehaven. - These were the parents of James Murray, advocate (1817).
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Youngson, Thomas Alexander William Andrew. 6th June, 1857.
Only son of Thomas Youngson, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1 797-1 801 ; Major, 48th Regt. Madras Infantry, and Christian Milne, his wife. Born at Harthill, Keig, Aberdeenshire, 23rd November, 1832. Educated at Grammar School, and West End Academy, Aberdeen; M.A., Mar. Coll., 1851. App. to John Fleming and James Paull (Fleming & Paull). In partnership with Archibald John Watt Storie, S.S.C., Aberdeen, 1876-90, firm being Youngson & Storie; and with Richard William Kidston Bain (1887), 1891- 1901, firm being Youngson & Bain. Sometime factor for Bishop's Hospital, Old Aberdeen, and Collyhill Trust. Clerk to the Kirk Session and Trustees of Gilcomston Parish Church, Aberdeen. One of the founders and manager of the Aberdeen Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Manager, Aberdeen Savings' Bank ; Deaf and Dumb Institution ; and Morningfield Hospital. J. P. for the County of Aberdeen. Author of "Mar. Coll. Class Record, 1847-51." Succeeded (on the death of his uncle, Alexander Youngson, W.S., 24th February, 1849), to the estate of Blackshiels, Humbie, Had- dingtonshire, which he afterwards sold to Lord Stair. Lieut, Aberdeenshire Artillery Vols., 23rd September, 1861 ; Captain, 19th July, 1865; Captain Commandant, 19th August, 1874; Major, 1 8th July, 1877; Lieutenant-Col, 3rd March, 1880; retiring as Colonel, 24th June, 1893. V.D. Married, at Aber- deen, 31st October, 1871, Margaret Forbes, third dau. of the Very Rev. William Robinson Pirie, D.D., King's Coll. and Mar. Coll., 1844, Principal of Aberdeen University, 1877, with issue: — 1. Thomas William, Captain, King's Own Scottish Borderers ; served throughout the South African War.
1. Isabella Agnes Allan.
2. Margaret Louise.
Died at Southfield, Cults, 13th May, 191 2.
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George Pattoun |
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George Barroun |
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Alexander Spalding |
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George Adame |
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APPENDIX
APPENDIX.
Deed of Constitution of the Society's Widows' Fond.
Whereas the Society and Corporation of Advocates in Aberdeen has for many years been possessed of considerable funds in land and money lent on personal security, the annual produce of which has been appropriated according to the terms of their Charter : That although these funds have been found more than amply sufficient for the ordinary and necessary purposes of the Society, and have of late years been considerably increased by the great number of additional members admitted, who have paid large sums in name of entry money, as well as annual contributions, yet no proper or adequate fund has hitherto been established for a provision to the widows of the members thereof And whereas the institu- tion of a permanent and separate fund for a certain provision to the widows of deceased members would be beneficial and creditable to the Corporation, a scheme for that purpose had, after mature consideration, been prepared, and was approved at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, held upon the twenty- sixth day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-two. Therefore the Society have unanimously agreed to, and do hereby enact and establish, the following Rules and Regulations for the due administration of the said Institution, and which are appointed to be strictly observed in all time coming : —
First. — That, for the purpose of instituting a fund for a provision to the widows of the members, the sum of five thousand five hundred pounds sterling shall be taken from the present money stock or funds of the Society as on the Twentieth day of December, Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-two years, and vested in manner after-mentioned, to be improved at interest, and kept separate and distinct from the other funds of the Society, under the title of "THE WIDOWS' FUND."
Second.— That, in further aid of said Fund, there shall be appropriated thereto the sum of forty guineas on the admission of every member of the said Society or Corporation after the first day of January in the present year out of the ordinary entry money of sixty guineas at present payable to the Society ; and when such entry money shall be extended to one hundred guineas, according to
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the regulation of the Society established on the Second day of January, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen, then the sum of sixty guineas shall be appropriated out of said sum to the Fund hereby instituted.
Third. — That, in further aid of the said Fund, there shall be appropriated thereto yearly the sum of one guinea out of the annual contributions at present payable to the Society by the members ; and also one guinea out of the entry money at present payable to the Society by an apprentice on his entering into an indenture with any member of the Society, entitling such apprentice to the privileges of the Corporation.
Fourth. — That the foresaid sums hereby ordered to be appropriated to the support of the said Fund shall be applied to the uses and purposes after-mentioned, namely : In the first place, for payment of necessary expense of management. In the second place, for payment of annuities to widows of deceased members ; and in the third place, for establishing a capital for the purposes of the present Institution.
Fifth. — That there shall be paid to the widow of a deceased member an annuity of thirty pounds sterling per annum, payable in moieties on the Twentieth day of June and Twentieth day of December in each year, commencing the first half-year's annuity at the first Twentieth day of June, or Twentieth day of December, after the death of her husband, for the half-year immediately following the said term ; but declaring that no annuity, nor half-year's annuity, shall be payable out of this Fund to any widow until the twentieth day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-four, when one half-year's annuity shall be paid for the half-year following that term, and that the respective annuities shall cease and determine at twelve o'clock noon of the Twentieth day of June or Twentieth day of December immediately preceding the deaths of the annuitants respectively, and declaring farther that in case at any time, owing to any unforseen defalcation of the funds calculated on by the aforesaid scheme, or to the number of the widows entitled to the benefit thereof exceeding the proportions calculated to the reduction of interest of money, or to any other cause, it shall be found that the accumulation of capital is not progressively equal to the calculated amounts, then and in that case it shall be in the power of the Society from time to time to order and appoint the annuities to be restricted in such a manner, and for such period as shall appear to them to be necessary, and such restriction shall be made accordingly ; on the other hand if, from experience, it shall appear to the Society that the Fund is progressively advancing, and can, with safety to its stability, afford an additional allowance to the widows, it shall be in the power of the Society to increase the annuity from time to time as they may think proper, and that it is hereby declared that no widow shall forfeit her annuity by entering
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on a second or any future marriage, and it is also declared that, although she should marry a member of the Society for her second husband, or any future husband, she shall in no case draw more than one annuity.
Sixth. — That, if any member shall die leaving his annual contribution unpaid, such deduction shall be made from the annuity to his widow as shall be equal to the arrears due by him and interest thereon from the time the same became due, and upon the death of any member before he shall have paid seven years' rate, then such deduction, in manner after-mentioned, shall be made from the annuity payable to his widow, as, together with the same paid by him, shall, exclusive of interest, amount to seven years' contributions : Provided always that there shall be no deduction on any account from the widows' annuity for the first year they come on the Fund, but that a sum not exceeding one-fifth of the half-year's annuity for each subsequent half-year shall be deducted till the said deductions, along with the same that had been paid by the member himself, shall amount, as aforesaid, exclusive of interest, to the full sums that may be remaining unpaid for seven years' rates and arrears, unless the annuitant shall choose to pay up the whole at once ; and it is hereby declared and agreed to, that the widows of members at present on the General Funds of the Society, and such other widows as may (in the meantime before the opening of the present Institution) be placed thereon, shall enjoy their annuities during their respective lives in the same manner as if the present Fund had never been established.
Seventh. — That the securities for the sums of money to be lent out shall be taken in the name of the President and Treasurer, and their successors in office, for the benefit of the Institution ; and it shall be in the power of the Society to lend out the money belonging to this Fund on heritable or undoubted personal security as they may think proper, or to invest the same, or such part thereof as they may think proper, in the purchase of Government Stock, Stock of the Bank of England, or landed or other real property, with the approbation of the Society or Committee of Funds annually appointed.
Eighth. — That the Treasurer shall keep a regular book containing a particular account of the funds of the present Institution separate and distinct from the other or general funds of the Society ; that he shall annually lay his accounts before the Committee of Funds, who shall audit the same and report thereon to the Annual General Meeting of the Society for their consideration.
Ninth. — And whereas the foresaid annuities are intended as alimentary provisions, therefore it is enacted that the said annuities payable to the widows shall not be assignable nor liable to be affected by arrestment nor otherwise attachable by creditors, nor shall they be subject to the jus mariti of any husband whom they may afterwards marry, or affectable by his debts or deeds ; but shall,
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notwithstanding such assignation, arrestment, attachment, or subsequent marriage, be paid to the widows themselves upon their simple receipt.
That these Rules and Regulations J shall be subscribed by all present members of the Society, and also by all future members at the time of their usual admission.
2
Apprentices 2 who did not enter the Society ; —
Abel, Duncan Mearns.
Youngest son of Rev. John Abel, M.A., King's Coll., 1841, minister of Forgue, and Elizabeth Scott, his wife. Born at Forgue, 21st May, 1864. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1885; LL.B. (with honours), Edinb., 1890. App. to P. H. Chalmers, F. T. Garden, C. Ruxton, and D. M. A. Chalmers (C. & P. H. Chalmers), from June, 1885. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 4th June, 1890. Married, at the Cathedral, Old Aberdeen, 18th August, 1896, Constance Annie, second dau. of John Crombie, Danestone. Died at Edinburgh, 4th January, 1898.
Alexander, William.
Youngest son of Gilbert Alexander, tanner and shipowner, Peterhead, and Katharine Robertson, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1819-20, etc. App. to Alexander Webster (1794), from 13th May, 1820. Writer in Peterhead from 1825; Town Clerk, 1833; agent for North of Scotland Bank, 1836. Provost of Peterhead, on eight successive occasions, from i860. Married Margaret (died at Whitehill, 23rd January, 1907, aged 92), second dau. of William Arbuthnot of Dens. Died 19th April, 1885, aged 83.
Arnott, John.
Son of Alexander Arnott, sometime merchant in Aberdeen, and brother of Neil Arnott, the well-known physician and natural philosopher. M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 1. App., first, to Alexander Webster (1794), from 30th April, 1809, and, second, to John Campbell, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 20th December, 182 1. Died, unmarried, 5th April, 1864, aged 70.
1 The foregoing was " written out on parchment " and signed by the members. It was also copied into the Society's Minute Book under date 16th April, 1823.
■ This list is only a selection : many other apprentices attained high positions, but space precludes their being noticed.
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Barclay, George.
Son of George Barclay, M.D., physician, Aberdeen. M.A. (with honours), Mar. Coll., 1837. App. to Alexander Stronach (1818), from 2nd June, 1836. Merchant in Leith. Died at Edinburgh, 24th November, 19 10, aged 90.
Barron, George.
Son of John Barron, watchmaker, Aberdeen, and Ann Allan, his wife, being elder brother of Lambert Barron, advocate (1834). M.A., Mar. Coll., 1 81 7. App., first, to Alexander Smith (1804), from 19th May, 18 15, second, to Robert Burnett, W.S., and, third, to Alexander Donald, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 4th June, 1829. In partnership with Charles Gordon, W.S. (1824), firm being Gordon & Barron. Married, 26th December, 1837, Elizabeth, second dau. of Alexander Adie, optician, Edinburgh. Died at Aberdeen, nth August, 1851, aged 50.
Begg, David Gray.
Only surviving son of Rev. Alexander Begg, M.A., Mar. Coll., 18 18, Congregational minister, Fraserburgh. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1845-47. App. to Clements Lumsden (1825), from 1847. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1859. Married, first, in London, 5th September, i860, Sarah, eldest dau. of Robert Millington, and, second, in 1872, Henrietta Fox. Died 22nd July, 1898, aged 68.
Best, Thomas William.
Son of Thomas Best, banker, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1847-50. App. to James Murray and James Garden (Murray & Garden), from 14th June, 1849. Merchant in Bombay. Died unmarried.
Bodie, Charles.
Son of Alexander Bodie, in Bush, Auchterless, and Janet Mackie, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1827-31. App. to William Simpson (^1813), from 1st September, 1829. Solicitor in Turriff. Died, unmarried, at Turriff, 31st March, 1875, age^ 62-
Booth, Joseph.
Son of George Booth, watchmaker, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 182 1. App., first, to Alexander Allan (18 10), from June, 18 19, and, second, to James Shepherd, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 9th December, 1830. Died, unmarried, at Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeenshire, 13th August, 187 1, aged 68.
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Bowman, Alexander Gordon.
Son of John Bowman, M.D., of Gayfield, Forfarshire, and Margaret Gordon, his wife. App. to James Brebner (1828), from 28th June, 1833. Master in Surgery. Married at Canterbury, 17th March, 1842 (then designed as "only surviving grandson of the late Sir Alexander Gordon, Bart., of Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire " x ), Eleanor (died at Portobello, 2 1 st January, 1843), dau. OI" Henry Ricketts, of Chenlett Lodge, Hampshire.
Boyd, James Tower.
Son of George Boyd, merchant, Ceylon. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1847-49. App. to Francis Edmond (1829), from 1st December, 1849. Banker in Canada.
Brebner, Alexander Crombie.
Eldest son of James Brebner, advocate (1828). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1847-50. App. to his father. In Audit Department, Somerset House. Died, in London, 26th January, 1873, aged 41.
Brown, Arthur Richardson.
Son of William Alexander Brown, M.A., St. And., 1854, LL.D., Aberd., 1895, member, Faculty of Advocates, Sheriff Substitute of Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine, and Elizabeth MacGeorge Maclndoe, his wife. Born at Edinburgh, 16th May, 1875. M.A., Aberd., 1896. App. to Alexander Davidson, John Whyte, David Macbeth Moir Milligan and Duguid Rae Milne (Davidson & Garden), from 10th May, 1894. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 13th March, 1903.
Burton, John Hill.
Second son of Lieut. William Kininmond Burton, 94th Regiment, and Paton, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 22nd August, 1809. Edu- cated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; M.A., Mar. Coll, 1829; LL.D., Edinb., 1864, and Aberd., 1871 ; D.C.L., Oxon., 1878. App., first, to Charles Winchester, and, second, to Thomas Burnett and Newell Burnett (Thomas & Newell Burnett), from 31st October, 1826. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 23rd December, 1831. Secretary to the Prison Board of Scotland, and, subsequently, Historiographer Royal for
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Scotland. Author of numerous works, including — "The History of Scotland"; "The Book Hunter" and "The Scot Abroad." Original member, Spalding Club, and a member of its Council. Portrait in great window, Mitchell Hall, Mar. Coll. Married, first, 23rd July, 1844, Isabella (died 9th October, 1849), dau. of Captain David Lauder of Flatfield, Perthshire, and, second, 3rd August, 1855, Katherine (died 29th November, 1898), eldest dau. of Cosmo Innes, advocate. Died at Morton House, Lothianburn, Edinburgh, 10th August, 1881.
Cameron, Alexander. t
Son of Patrick Cameron, Sheriff Substitute of Elginshire, and
Leslie, his wife. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1841-43. App. to John Blaikie and John Smith (Blaikie & Smith), from 1843. Member, Society of Solicitors of Banffshire, admitted 1855. Sometime in partner- ship with William Robert Gordon, Procurator Fiscal of Banffshire, firm being Gordon & Cameron, solicitors, Banff. Subsequently solicitor in Elgin, and County Clerk of Elginshire. Latterly, in partnership with James Allan, firm being Cameron & Allan, solicitors and bank agents, Elgin. Sometime Provost of Elgin. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Proprietor of Mainhouse, Roxburghshire. Married Louisa, dau. of Ralph Compton Nisbet of Mainhouse, afore- said. Died 2nd March, 1895.
Cameron, John.
Son of Hugh Cameron, merchant, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1803-5. App. to David Hutcheon (1789), from 25th June, 1806. Surgeon, R.N., afterwards in Aberdeen. Proprietor of Morefield, Stocket, Aberdeen.
Campbell, James Massie.
Son of John Campbell, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1814, surgeon, and post-horse master in Aberdeen, and Margaret Massie, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1839-42. App. to Francis James Cochran (1831), from 16th May, 1842. Partner in the firm of Stein & Campbell, solicitors, Edinburgh. Married Elizabeth Stephen. Died at Portobello, 29th August, 1859.
1 Information from Mr. Hugh Stewart, solicitor and town clerk, Elgin, and Mr. Alexander Colville, solicitor, Banff.
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Chalmers, Alexander Wallace. x
Second Son of Samuel Chalmers, clothier, burgess, and sometime clerk and treasurer of Police, Aberdeen, and Elspet Wallace, his wife. Born ioth January, 1801. App. to Thomas Burnett (1796), from 22nd May,
1815. Governor, Aberdeen Prisons, appointed 27th January, 1825. Burgess of Guild of Aberdeen, admitted 5th October, 1829. Married, 24th March, 1825, Mary, eldest dau. of Captain Richard Jamson, Aberdeen. Died 20th June, 1862.
Cochran, Peter Campbell.
Second son of Alexander Cochran, advocate (1862). Born 3rd February, 1870. B.A. (with honours), Oxon. App. to his father and Andrew Macpherson (Cochran & Macpherson), from 22nd November, 1892. Law Agent. Served in South African War, being Captain in the Imperial Light Horse. Resident Magistrate, Barberton, Transvaal.
Craig, Skene.
Son of James Craig, mason, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1819-20 and 1821-22. App. to Charles Donaldson (1814), from 4th February, 1823. Acquired a fortune in Australia. Lived sometime thereafter at Muchalls Castle, and at Woodburn, Torquay. Married twice. Died 8th December, 1879.
Dingwall, Arthur.
Fourth son of Alexander Dingwall, of Rannieston, merchant, Aberdeen, and Janet Abercrombie, his wife. Born 16th September, 1798. M.A., Mar. Coll., 181 8. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796), from 17th September,
1816. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 13th November, 1827. Married, in December, 1854, Charlotte, dau. of George Richard Roach, Liverpool. Died, in London, 13th March, 1879.
Donald, Alexander.
Eldest son of William Donald, farmer, Couliehare, Udny. Born 1796. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1813, being Gray math, bursar, 181 2. App., first, to Alexander Webster (1794), from 25th May, 1812, and, second, to William Inglis, and Matthew Weir, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 6th July, 1826. Married, 5th August, 1830, Robina Mary, youngest dau. of Alexander Millar, Montrose. Died nth April, 1846.
'Information from the Rev. James Smith, B. D., St. George 's-in-the-West, Aberdeen,
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Duguid, Peter.
Eldest son of Peter Duguid of Bourtie and Auchlunies, and Margaret Fraser, his wife. Born 18th April, 1817. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1834. App. to Alexander Webster (A. & J. Webster), from 16th May, 1833. Sometime partner in the firm of John Smith & Co., iron merchants, Aberdeen. Succeeded to the estates of Bourtie, Aberdeenshire, and Auchlunies, Kincardineshire. Married, 12th April, 1883, Isabella Barclay Irvine, dau. of Archer Irvine Fortescue of Kingcausie. Died 12th April, 1898.
Dun, Andrew.
Son of Andrew Dun, rector, Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Maxwell, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1820. App., first, to Lewis Nicoll (1804), from May, 181 8, second, to John Campbell and James Arnott, and, third, to John Campbell, Jun., all W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 31st May, 1827. Married, first, Mary Ann Leslie, dau. of John Rutherford of Hunthill, and, second, on 26th July, 1841, Mary Isabella, third dau. of Thomas Selby, Ipswich. Died 20th February, 1854, aged 50.
Duthie, Walter. ■
Son of Alexander Duthie, advocate (1764). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1804-5, etc. App., first, to Alexander Dauney (1776), from 13th April, 1807, and, second, to William Handyside, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 10th March, 181 7. Succeeded to the estates of Burnside, Rosehill, and Ruthrieston, Aberdeen. Portrait in " Modern Athenians." Died, at Edinburgh, unmarried, 30th September, 1868, aged 78.
Esson, George Auldjo.
Son of John Esson, merchant, Quebec. M.A. (with honours), Mar. Coll., 1831. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794), from 12th November, 1830. One of the original members of The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh, Incorporated 1854. Accountant in Bankruptcy, Edinburgh, appointed 31st October, 1856. Author. Married, 4th February, 1844, Margaret, dau. of Major Alexander Skene, 24th Regiment. Died 13th March, 1888.
Ewing, Alexander.
Only son of Alexander Ewing of Tartowie, M.A., King's Coll., 1810; M.D., Edinb., 1815 ; Lecturer on Anatomy, Aberd., and Barbara
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McCombie, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1844-47. App. to John Blaikie and John Smith (Blaikie & Smith), from 10th August, 1846. As a " Deputy Assistant Commissary General " served throughout the campaign of i860, in the North of China (medal); also during the operations against the Taepings, in the vicinity of Shanghai, in 1862, etc. Lieut. -Col., and Staff Paymaster, Army Pay Dept. Musical Composer; the tune "Ewing," sung to the hymn, ''Jerusalem the Golden," immortalizing him. Succeeded to Tartowie, Kinellar. Married, first, on 1st June, 1867 Juliana Horatia (died 1885), authoress, second dau. of the Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D., Vicar of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, and, second, Elizabeth Margaret, dau. of the Rev. Anthony Cumby, Vicar of Bolton-on- Swale, Yorkshire. Died 16th July, 1895.
Farquhar, Arthur.
Son of Arthur Farquhar, shoemaker, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1838. App. to Charles Chalmers and Nathaniel Farquhar (Chalmers & Farquhar), from 19th July, 1837. Land Surveyor in Australia.
Forbes, Henry David.
Son of Duncan Forbes Mitchell, of Thainston, and Katharine Ann Fraser, his wife. Born 12th November, 1790. M.A., King's Coll., 1808. App. to Andrew Jopp (1796), from 12th November, 1808. Married, 27th May, 18 16, his cousin, Margaret (born 6th July, 1796, died 19th August, 1839), eldest dau. and heiress of Alexander Fraser of Fraserfield, previously, and afterwards, Balgownie. Died 24th July, 1869.
Forbes, John.
Youngest son of James Forbes, merchant, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, and Elspet Gordon Morgan, his wife. Born 4th February, 1838. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1853-56. App. to John Yeats and Alexander Flockhart (Yeats & Flockhart), from 28th May, 1855. Barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1862. Q.C., 1881. Recorder of Hull from 1887. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Married, in 1866, Maria Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Henry Thomas, F.R.C.S., Sheffield. Died, in London, 18th March, 1904.
Forbes, Robert.
Third son of the Rev. Robert Forbes, M.A., minister of Monymusk, and Rachel Copland, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1824-26. App. to Henry Lumsden and Clements Lumsden (Henry & Clements
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Lumsden), from 17th May, 1828. Proctor in Colombo. Died at Cuddalore, Madras, 18th May, 1854.
Forbes, William.
Second son of Alexander Forbes, of Ainslie, merchant, Aberdeen, and Janet Forbes (dau. of Sir William Forbes, Bart, of Craigievar), his wife. Born 29th May, 1820. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1833-35, etc- App. to James Blaikie and John Smith (Blaikie & Smith), from November, 1835. Major-General, 27th Bengal Native Infantry. Served in Afghan Campaign with Lord Roberts, and was also for a time on staff of Lord Lawrence. Married, first, Sophia Adams Fell, and, second, Frances Helen, dau. of Captain Richard Spry, H.E.I.C.S. Died at Dover, 6th May, 1877.
Fraser, William Nathaniel.
Second son of Francis Fraser of Findrack, Commander, R.N., and Garden Winchester, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1832-34 and 1 835-36. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794), from 1st July, 1834. S.S.C., admitted 10th December, 1850. Became proprietor of Torna- veen and Findrack. Married, in 1846, Philadelphia Lam be (died 14th October, 1879), dau. of Hugh Veitch of Stuartfield, Town Clerk of Leith. Died at Edinburgh, 13th November, 1899, aged 82.
Gamack, John Hutchison.
Son of William Gamack, writer, Peterhead. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1856. App. to Thomas Burnett and Newell Burnett (Thomas & Newell Burnett), from 29th May, 1854. Manager, Agricultural Company, Newcastle, New South Wales.
Gamack, William.
Son of Alexander Gamack in Coburty, Aberdour. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1805-7. App. to Thomas Burnett (1796), from 10th August, 1807. Writer in, and subsequently Postmaster of, Peterhead. Baron- Baillie, Vice-Admiral Depute, and Clerk of Lieutenancy, Peterhead.
Gillies, James.
Eldest son of Robert Gillies, of Little Keithock, merchant, Brechin, and brother of Adam, Lord Gillies. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1775-76, etc. App. to John Gordon (1753), from 1774. Minister of Menmuir, Forfarshire, 1779. Married Anne Durward. Died nth January, 1783.
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Gordon, George.
App. to Alexander Lumsden (1759), from 1773. Ensign, 78th (after- wards 72nd) Foot, 15th January, 1778; Lieut., 15th September, 1780; served on Coromandel Coast in 1788. Died in 1792. x
Gordon, Peter Laing. See Laing, Peter.
Gordon, William Robert.
Son of John Gordon, wine merchant, Malaga. Born 24th September, 181 2. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1825-27. App. to James McHardy (181 7), from 22nd October, 1827. Solicitor in Keith in 1833, and subsequently in Banff. Procurator Fiscal of Banffshire, January, 1842, to May, 1879. Sometime in partnership with Alexander Cameron, solicitor, Banff, firm being Gordon & Cameron. Married, first, in 1837, Margaret, second dau. of James George, Haughs, Keith ; second, Clementina Grigor, sister of Dr. Grigor, Nairn ; thirdly, Elizabeth Birks ; and, fourthly, Clarissa, dau. of James Hutchison of Springfield, Peterhead, and widow of James Gordon, corn factor, Inverness. Died at Edinburgh, 16th October, 1898. 2
Grant, Alexander Thomson.
Son of John Grant, builder, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 7 th March, 1834. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1852-54; King's Coll., 1859-60; and Aberd., 1860-61. App. to John Yeats and Alexander Flockhart (Yeats & Flockhart), from 29th May, 1854. Qualified for ministry of Episcopal Church; ordained deacon, 1864; priest, 1866; curate, St. James' Church, Leith, 1864; curate, St. Paul's Church, Dundee, 1866; chap- lain to the Earl of Rosslyn, and incumbent of Rosslyn Chapel, 1868: rector of St. Margaret's Church, Leven, Fifeshire, 1886.
Grant, Robert.
Son of Robert Grant, farmer, Old Morlich, and Isobel Ross, his wife. M.A., King's Coll., 1842. App. to John Duncan (1824), from 16th June, 1842. Minister of Stracathro, Forfarshire, ordained there in December, 185 1. Married, at Manse of Craig, in 1867, Anne Wardlaw, dau. of Rev. Robert Mitchell, minister of Craig, near Montrose. Died at Stracathro, in June, 1909, aged 85.
1 Information from Mrs. Constance Oliver Skellon.
2 Bulloch's "The Gordons and Smiths at Minmore," pp. 15-16.
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Grub, George.
Eldest son of George Grub, advocate (1836). Born 2nd July, 1845. Alumnus, Aberd., 1862-66. App. to his father from 27th May, 1865. Passed examination for admission to the Society of Advocates. Merchant burgess of Old Aberdeen. Ordained Priest, Episcopal Church in Scotland, 187 1 ; sometime curate of St. Paul's, Dundee; incumbent of St. James', Stonehaven ; rector of Holy Trinity, Ayr ; provost of St. Ninian's Cathedral, Perth ; now rector of St. Andrew's, Dunmore, and honorary provost. F.S.A., Scot. Married, in August, 1904, Agnes Marion, dau. of Captain Percy G. Kerans, Bengal Staff Corps.
Harvey, William.
Sixth son of John Harvey of Kinnettles, Forfarshire, and Angelica Dingwall Fordyce, his wife. App. to John Blaikie and John Smith (Blaikie & Smith), from 1st September, 1838. Sometime farmer at Rothmaise ; afterwards resident in Melbourne and London. Patented two inventions, in 1884, for diminishing consumption of fuel in steamships, and increasing storage capacity without reducing their speed. Married, 1 st February, 1842, Rachel Chambers, dau. of William Chambers Hunter of Tillery. •
Hay, James.
Son of James Hay, factor at Fyvie, and proprietor of Monkshill, and Elizabeth Fraser, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1790. App. to David Morice (1764), from 1788. Succeeded to Monkshill, Fyvie. Died, unmarried, 14th February, 1828, aged 53.
Henderson, John Wishart.
Eldest son of John Henderson, sometime Manager, North of Scotland Bank (Limited), now General Manager of the Clydesdale Bank (Limited), and Sarah Thomson, his wife. Born at Edinburgh, 3rd February, 1884. Educated at Rugby; M.A., Aberd., 1904; B.L., 1906. App. to Alexander Duffus (Wilsone & Duffus), from 1st November, 1904. Law Agent, admitted November, 1907. Notary Public. With Mackenzie, Roberton & Co., writers, Glasgow, from November, 1906, and partner in that firm from 1st January, 191 2.
1 " Family Record of the Name of Dingwall Fordyce," p. 169.
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Hunter, John.
Son of David Hunter, vintner, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1810. App., first, to John Law (1802), from 15th April, 1808, and, second, to William Mackenzie and Alexander Monypenny, both W.S., Edin- burgh. W.S., admitted 22nd November, 182 1. Married .
Died 2 1 st January, 1848.
Hutchinson, Alexander.
Son of Captain John Hutchinson, commander, Irish Revenue cutter "Nepean." Born 23rd March, 1798. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1812-14. App., first, to Henry Lumsden (1807), from 15th November, 1814, and, second, to James Arnott, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 4th February, 1830. Afterwards solicitor in Cape Town. Married, first, at Cape Town, 20th September, 1834, Jane Charlotte Gordon, and, second, 19th June, 185 1, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. James Watt, Grammar School, Aberdeen. Died 14th November, 1869, aged 71.
Ingram, William Forbes.
Son of the Rev. William Ingram, M.A., King's Coll., 29th March, 1788, minister of Echt, and Anne Thomson, his wife. M.A., King's Coll., March, 1832. App. to James McHardy and William Robison (McHardy & Robison), from 16th July, 1830. Writer (with his brother Alexander), in Stranraer. Died at St. Helier, Jersey, 2nd March, 1874.
Jamieson, George Auldjo.
Son of James Jamieson, M.D., Mar. Coll., 1840, and Anne Maria Auldjo, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1846. App. to Charles Chalmers and Nathaniel Farquhar (Chalmers & Farquhar), from 4th June, 1846. One of the original members of The Society of Accountants in Edin- burgh, Incorporated 1854. Married, first, 27th November, i860, Mary Jane (died 30th June, 1864), eldest dau. of David Souter Robertson of Lawhead; and, second, on 23rd April, 1867, Susan Helena, elder dau. of Robert Oliphant, Rossie, Perthshire. Died at Edinburgh, 18th July, 1900.
Jamieson, James Auldjo.
Younger brother of the above-named George Auldjo Jamieson. Born 25th September, 1832. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1847-51. App., first, to Charles Chalmers and Nathaniel Farquhar (Chalmers & Farquhar), from
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28th May, 1849, and, second, to John Dundas, William Wilson, and A. M. Bell, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 15th March, 1861 ; Crown Agent, 1874-80, and 1885-86. Married, 17th November 1863, Isabella, only dau. of James Powrie of Roswallie, Forfarshire. x Died in London, 13th November, 1907.
Jamieson, William John.
Son of Thomas Francis Jamieson, LL.D., Aberd., 1884, Mains of Waterton, Ellon. Born 24th March, 1856. M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1875. App. to Patrick Henderson Chalmers, and Farquharson Taylor Garden (C. & P. H. Chalmers), from 3rd May, 1875. Journalist in Aberdeen, and subsequently in Birmingham. Died at Birmingham, 28th November, 1897.
Keir, James.
Second son of Archibald Keir, sometime tacksman of Kinloss. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1851-53. App. to John Clark (1832), from 30th January, 1854. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 31st May, 1864. Member of General Council, University of Aberdeen. Died 15th July, 1887.
Laing, Peter.
Son of Peter Laing, shipmaster, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1813-15. App. to Francis Gordon (1796), from 12th June, 1815. Writer in Stonehaven. Afterwards proprietor of Craigmyle, and assumed the name of Peter Laing Gordon. Married, first, Jane Robertson (died 25th May, 1855), and second, at Edinburgh, 26th September, i860, Jessie Isabella Cecilia (died 17th November, 1874), youngest dau. of the late Rev. Hugh Macbean. Died 31st March, 1866, aged 67.
Leslie, Archibald Young. See Young, Archibald.
Leslie, William.
Son of William Leslie, surgeon, Aberdeen. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1840-42. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson [his uncle] (Adam & Anderson) from 23rd May, 1842. S.S.C., admitted 14th
July, 1852. Sometime in partnership with Inglis, firm being Inglis
& Leslie. Subsequently, Parliamentary Agent at Westminster, in partner- ship with Theodore (afterwards Sir Theodore) Martin, firm being Martin & Leslie. Died 26th October, 1897.
1 "History of The Society of Writers to H. M. Signet," p. 110.
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Lippk, Charles.
Son of the Rev. Robert Lippe, Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1851-56; LL.D., Aberd., 1895; schoolmaster of Forgue, 1862-79; chaplain, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, 1879. Born at Forgue, 29th April, 1868. M.A., Aberd., 1888; LL.B. (with honours), Edinb., 1895. App. to John Robertson, James Forbes Lumsden and Charles Brown Davidson, from 17th December, 1888. Solicitor, Aberdeen; member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 10th March, 1903.
Low, John.
Son of Convener John Low, Aberdeen, and Margaret Forbes, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1780-83. App. to John Gordon (1753), from 1780. Writer in Stonehaven. Proprietor of Hilton, Kincardineshire. Married Penuel Richardson (died 25th April, 1831). Died at Stone- haven, 23rd January, 1832.
McGrigor, Charles.
Son of Colquhoun McGrigor, merchant, Aberdeen, and Ann Grant, his wife. App. to John Davidson (1782), from 1790. Lieut., 6th May, 1795; Lieut., 33rd Regt., 6th January, 1796; Lieut., 73rd, 14th May, 1799; Capt, 90th, 17th July, 1801 ; Major, 70th, 13th August, 1812; Lieut.-Col., 70th, 14th August, 1823; retired 1829. K.G.H. Died at Nottingham, 15th March, 1841.1
Mackie, Andrew.
Son of William Mackie of Newtonhill, merchant, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1823. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794), from 26th June, 1823. Major in Spanish Legion. Killed in Spain, 1836.
Martin, Francis.
Son of William Martin, fiesher, Aberdeen. App. to Arthur Dingwall Fordyce (1769), from 1788-89. Writer in Paisley.
Maule, James.
Son of John Maule, writer, Stonehaven, and Ann Pirie, his wife.2 M.A., Mar. Coll., 1779. App., first, to Alexander Duthie (1764), from 1780, and, second, to William Leslie, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 10th March, 1789. Died nth April, 1805.
'Lieut.-Col. McGrigor was a younger brother of Sir James McGrigor, Bart., for many years Director General of the Army Medical Department. 2 Information from Dr. W. A. Macnaughton, Stonehaven.
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Moir, George.
Son of George Moir, vintner, Aberdeen. Born 1799. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1 81 7. App. to William Stuart (1804), from November, 181 7. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 5th July, 1825. Professor of Rhetoric, Edin., 1838-40, and of Scots' Law, 1864. Sheriff of Ross-shire, 1840-58, and of Stirlingshire, 1858-68. Author. Married, 12th July, 1830, Flora (died 31st October, T858), dau. of George Tower, Aberdeen. Died 19th October, 1870.
Monro, William Copland.
Son of the Rev. George Ross Monro, M.A., King's Coll., 1789, minister of Huntly, and Agnes Milne, his wife; being younger brother of David Monro, advocate (1837). M.A., Mar. Coll., 1838. App. to Alexander Stronach (1818), from 23rd August, 1836. Writer in Dundee.
Nicol, James.
Son of James Nicol, advocate (1820). Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1840-43. App. to Thomas Burnett and Newell Burnett (Thomas & Newell Burnett), from 15th October, 1842. Sometime writer in Aberdeen and thereafter in Oban. Married, first, Barbara, dau. of John Stuart, stone- ware merchant, Aberdeen, and, second, Harriet Chalmers. Died at Middlefield, Lenzie, 15th June, 1906.
Paul, David Hutcheon.
Son of the Rev. William Paul, Professor of Natural Philosophy, King's Coll., and Isabel Hutcheon, his wife. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1828-3!. App. to David Hutcheon and Francis Edmond (Hutcheon & Edmond), from 10th April, 1830. Afterwards an engineer. Died in Aberdeen, 30th September, 185 1, aged 37.
Perry, James.
Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1769-71, being Guild bursar. App. to Arthur vDingwall Fordyce (1769.) Founder of "European Magazine"; editor and proprietor, " Morning Chronicle." Married, and of his family was Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, Chief Justice of Bombay. :
Pirie, William.
Son of George Pirie, schoolmaster, Methlick. M.A., King's Coll., 1837. App. to John Yeats (1834), from 6th September, 1836. Writer in Tobermory.
1 "Family Record of the Name of Dingwall Fordyce," I., p. 124.
13 2
402 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Rae, John.
Son of George Rae, messenger, Aberdeen. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1832. App. to James Blaikie and Patrick Bannerman (Blaikie & Bannerman), from 22nd July, 1830. Afterwards at Sydney, New South Wales. Under Secretary for Public Works.
Rettie, Middleton.
Eldest son of William Rettie, jeweller, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, 8th August, 1828. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1847; LL.D., Aberd., 1894. App. to Francis James Cochran (Smith & Cochran), from 4th September, 1846. Member, Faculty of Advocates, admitted 23rd June, 1855; King's Counsel, 1904; Editor of "Cases Decided in the Court of Session," 1865. Married, at Dundee, 22nd October, 1863, Isobel (died 24th November, 1898, aged 63), only dau. and heiress of John Kerr of Dunearn, Fifeshire. Died 27th December, 19 10.
Robertson, Joseph.
Only son of Joseph Robertson, merchant, Aberdeen, and Christian Leslie, his wife. Born at Aberdeen, 17th May, 18 10. Educated at Udny Academy; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1822-25; LL.D., Edinb., 1864. App. to James Simpson (1816), from 13th August, 1825. Eminent antiquary and historian. Editor of the "Aberdeen Constitutional"; "Glasgow Constitutional," and, subsequently, of the "Edinburgh Courant." One of the founders of the Spalding Club, ' and editor of many of its publications. F.S.A. Curator of National Historical Documents, H. M. Register House, Edinburgh, from 1853. Portrait in great window, Mitchell Hall, Mar. Coll. Died 13th December, 1866. 2
Robertson, Murdoch.
Son of James Robertson, collector of Customs, Stornoway. Alumnus, King's Coll., 1813-17. App. to Robert Morice (1794), from 23rd May, 1816. Clerk to the Bills, Edinburgh. Died 10th April, 1855.
Robertson, William.
Son of James Robertson, feuar, Fordyce, Banffshire. Born at Fordyce, in 1740. Educated at Parish School, Fordyce; M.A., King's Coll.,
1 The Spalding Club erected a Celtic memorial cross over Dr. Robertson's grave, in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, and the New Spalding Club recently had it repaired.
2 "Diet. Nat. Biog."
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29th March, 1756. App. to George Turner (1731), from 1756. Deputy Keeper of the Records of Scotland. Author and editor of various works, including "Index" to the Scottish Charters. Married, in 1773, Margaret, only dau. of Capt. Alexander Donald of the 89th, or Gordon Highlanders. Died 1799.
Rose, Charles Gordon.
Eldest son of John Rose, Jamaica. App. to David Morice (1764), from 1777. Succeeded to the estate of Blelack, which he sold to William Gordon in 1794.
Ross, Alexander Carnegie.
Son of Major John Ross of Tillycorthie, and Flora Anne Mackinnon, his wife. Born at Sealkote, India, 3rd July, 1859. M.A., Aberd., 1880. App. to John Duguid Milne and George Walker (Milne & Walker), from 28th December, 1880. Vice-consul at Quilimane, 1886; Consul, Lorenzo Marques, 1894 ; Buenos Ayres, 1901 ; C.B. (civil), 23rd May, 1900. ' Married Katherine Amelia Tytler (died at Beira, 19th May, 1894, aged 32).
Ross, Oliver.
Son of William Ross, merchant. Born at Aberdeen, 12th May, 1842. Educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen; M.A., Aberd., 1863. App. to William Adam and Alexander Anderson (Adam & Anderson), from 13th August, 1863. Joined Thomson & Savage, writers, Montrose, in 1876; title of firm being then altered to Thomson, Savage & Ross. Joint Agent, Royal Bank of Scotland, Montrose, appointed 1877.
Married , dau. of David Scott, contractor, Montrose. Died at
v Montrose, 14th February, 1893.
Sandilands, James Andrew [Paull].
Second son of James Paull, merchant, and sometime magistrate of Aberdeen, and Margaret Black, his wife. M.A., Mar. Coll., 1802. App. to Charles Bannerman (1776), from 2nd June, 1802. Proprietor of Cruives, Aberdeen. One of the Assessors to the Rector of Mar. Coll., 1835. Infant burgess of Aberdeen, admitted 23rd September, 1783. Died, unmarried, in February, 1846, aged 62.
1 Col. W. Johnston's " Roll of Graduates," p. 463.
404 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Shepherd, James.
Son of the Rev. Robert Shepherd, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1776, minister of Daviot, Aberdeenshire, and Isabella Mary Garioch, his wife. Born 6th February, 1790. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1803-5. App., first, to James Grant (1803), from 16th April, 1805, and, second, to George Dunlop, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 10th March, 181 7. Married, 2nd May, 1848, Marion Scott, dau. of William Handyside, W.S. l Died 4th December, 1857.
Shirrefs, Alexander.
Second son of Alexander Shirrefs, advocate (1789.) Born at Aberdeen, 14th April, 1801. Educated at Grammar School, Aberdeen; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1815-17. App. to Alexander Crombie (1789), from August, 1817. Ensign, H.E.I.C.S. (Madras), 13th February, 1821; Lieut., 10th April, 1824; Captain, 13th February, 1836; Bt.-Major, 9th November, 1846. Retired 2nd March, 1847. Lieut. -Col. (brevet), 28th November, 1854. Married, at St. George's Church, Madras, 9th April, 1831, Mary Agnes Rist. 2 Died at Edinburgh, 30th January, 1876.
Simpson, William Lawrence.
Son of the Rev. Robert Simpson, D.D., minister of the Free Church, Kintore, and Harriet Mary Brown, his wife. Born 27th July, 1837. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1852-55. App. to Alexander Stronach (18 18), from September, 1854. Solicitor in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Stewart, William.
Third son of the Rev. Patrick Stewart, M.A., Mar. Coll., 1757, minister of Kinneff, and proprietor of Carnaveron, Alford, and Christian Leslie, his wife. Born 22nd April, 1791. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1806-9. App. to David Hutcheon (1789), from 7th October, 1808. Sheriff Clerk of Kincardineshire, from 1815. Succeeded to Carnaveron. Died, un- married, at Stonehaven, 13th November, 1861.3
1 * History of The Society of Writers to H. M. Signet," p. 184.
2 Information from Mrs. Constance Skelton. Lieut. -Col. and Mrs. Shirrefs were the parents of James Francis Cordon Shirrefs, who succeeded, as heir of entail, to the estate of Craig, Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire, and thereupon assumed the patronymic of Cordon.
3 Particulars from Ur. W. A. Macnaughton, Stonehaven.
APPENDIX. 405
Stuart, John Watson.
Son of William Stuart, road surveyor, Aberdeen. Born 14th December, 1846. M.A., Aberd., 1868. App. to Alexander Flockhart (Yeats & Flockhart), from October, 1868. Law Agent, admitted January, 1875. Member, Faculty of Procurators, Glasgow, January, 1895. Partner in the firm of J. Watson Stuart & Kerr, writers, Glasgow. Director, Broxburn Oil Coy. (Ltd.), and of the Niddrie & Benhar Coal Coy. (Ltd.) Married, 25th September, 1886, Margaret McLaren Dickie.
Stuart, William.
Son of William Stuart, farmer, Kirkstyle, Kemnay. Born at Meldrum, 31st August, 1842. M.A. (with honours), Aberd., 1865. App. to Patrick Davidson, Alexander Davidson, and Patrick Cooper (Davidsons & Cooper), from 23rd January, 1866. Solicitor, Aberdeen. Sometime in partnership with John Wart, Junior, advocate (1856), firm being Watt & Stuart. Died, unmarried, at Kemnay, 28th April, 1877.
Sutherland, Alexander Gordon.
Son of Neil Sutherland, M.D., Aberd., 5th December, 1800, and Mag- dalen Gordon, his wife. Born 16th January, 1804. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1818-20. App., first, to Andrew Jopp (1796), from 21st Febru- ary, 1821, and, second, to Alexander Blair, W.S., Edinburgh. W.S., admitted 19th November, 1829. Died, unmarried, 25th October, 1869.
Tait, Thomas.
Son of William Tait, farmer, Crichie, Kintore, and Elspet Smith, his wife. Born at Crichie, December, 1801. Educated at Parish School, Kintore; Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1816-19 App. to John Ewing (1811), from November, 1818. Founder of Port-Elphinstone Meal Mills, and Inverurie Paper Mills. Married, 18th May, 1833, Catherine Fraser (died nth January, 1908, in her 98th year). Died nth September, 1870.
Wilson, Nathaniel.
Son of Nathaniel Wilson, factor at Cluny, and afterwards farmer at Mill of Kincardine, and Euphemia Angus, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., 1 799-1 802. App. to Duncan Davidson (1794), from 18th September, 1804. Fell at Waterloo, 18th June, 18 15.
406 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Young, Archibald.
Son of Robert Young, factor, Monymusk, and Jean Leslie, his wife. Alumnus, Mar. Coll., entered 1783. App. to John Innes (1776), from 1780. Writer in Banff; Collector of Cess and Taxes; Commissary Clerk, and Procurator Fiscal of Banffshire. Characterised as "The King of Wits." Married at Banff, 2nd July, 1797, Jane (died 30th November, 1841, aged 63), eldest dau. of James Donaldson of Kinairdy, Marnoch, Banffshire. Succeeded, as heir of entail, to the estate of Kininvie, Mortlach, when he assumed the patronymic of Leslie. Died 31st October, 1841, aged 74. x
Young, Robert.
Son of Robert Young, farmer, Inchbroom, Elgin, and Margaret Milne, his wife. App. to James Blaikie and Patrick Banner man (Blaikie & Bannerman), from 13th August, 1825. Solicitor in Elgin, from 1st April, 1 83 1, when in partnership with William Grigor, firm being Grigor & Young. Author of "Annals of Elgin," and histories of Burghead, the Parish of New Spynie, etc. Married, first, at Murtle, Aberdeenshire, 21st April, 1836, Isabella Thurburn, dau. of Hugh Johnston, of St. John's, New Brunswick, and, second, at Kilnhillock, Cullen, in August, 1873, Jessie, dau. of John Wilson, late of Branjan, Banffshire. Died 17th January, 1879. 2
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Authors and Editors: —
Allan, John Buckley (1881). Clyne, Norval (1846).
Anderson, Alexander (1827). Cooper, Patrick (1847).
Bain, Richard W. K. (1887). Cruden, George (1875).
Blaikie, James (1808). Daniel, Alexander (1828).
Cadenhead, George (1848). Davidson, Charles Brown (1861).
Campbell, Hugh Eraser (1897). James Watt (1898).
Chalmers, James Hay (1854). Duguid, Peter (1855).
Patrick H. (1864). Duncan, George (1894).
Clerihew, Francis (1831). Dunn, John (1839).
1 Information from Mr. Alexander Colville, solicitor, Banff.
2 Information from Mr. Hugh Stewart, solicitor and Town Clerk, Elgin, and Mr. Alex- ander Colville, solicitor, Banff.
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Edmond, Alexander, Jun. (1864).
Francis (1829).
Esslemont, William D. (1899). Ferres, John (1825). Garden, F. T. (1864).
James (1842).
William (1898).
Gardyne, Alexander (161 7). Gillies, James B. (19 10).
Thomas R. (1885).
Grub, George (1836). Hall, Harvey (1866). Humphrey, William (i860). Jeffrey, J. T. (1897). Kemlo, Alexander (1869). Kennedy, William (1783). Littlejohn, David (1865).
Macdonald, Alexander (1829). Milne, John D., Jun. (1844). Morice, David Robert (1837). Mowat, Alexander Milne (1823). Paul, William (1853). Reith, David (^1835). Shand, Alexander (1789). Smith, Alex. Emslie (1858).
John, Jun. (18 19).
Robert (1839).
Stuart, John (1836). Torrie, Alexander (1834). Walker, George (1846). Williamson, A. M. (1882).
R. M. (1891).
Winchester, Charles (1807). Youngson, T. A. W. A. (1857).
Bank Agents : —
Adam, Robert (1851), North of Scotland, at Macduff. Anderson, George (1870), Joint of Royal, at Aberdeen. Bjemner, Thomas John (1834,), Commercial, at Peterhead. Chivas, Alexander (1821), National, at Aberdeen. Cochran, Alexander (1862), Joint of Royal, at Aberdeen.
Francis James (1831), Joint of Royal, at Aberdeen.
McKinnon, Lauchlan, Jun. (1842), British Linen Coy., at Aberdeen. Milne, John Duguid, Jun. (1844), Joint of City of Glasgow, at Aberdeen. Smith, Robert (1839), Joint of Royal, at Aberdeen. Stephen, Robert (1834), North of Scotland, at Fraserburgh. Thomson, James, Jun. (1778), Commercial Banking Coy., at Aberdeen. Walker, George (1846), North of Scotland, at Stonehaven; afterwards Joint of City of Glasgow, at Aberdeen.
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SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Baron-Baillies :
Anderson, Alexander (1827), Fraserburgh. Chalmers, Lewis (1847), Fraserburgh. Clerk, John (1743), Balquhain. Cooper, Patrick (1847), Macdonald. Crombie, Alexander (1789), Aberdeen. Dauney, Alexander (1776), Fraserburgh. French, John (1743), Belhelvie.
Garden, Robert (1784), Peterhead. Innes, Alex., Jr. ( 1 752), Lickleyhead, etc. Mosman, Thomas ( 1 731), Ellon, etc. Ramsay, James (1759), Fraserfield. Ross, James (1864), Fraserburgh. Thorn, William (1752), Marischal, etc. Thomson, Andrew (1741), Disblair, etc.
Presidents and Treasurers :-
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Presidents. |
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1774-76. |
John Clerk ( " 743>- |
[774-76. |
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1776-79. |
Alexander Innes, Jun. (1752). |
[776-78. |
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1779-80. |
David Bartlet (1743). |
[778-80. |
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1780-82. |
John Gordon (1753). |
1780-82. |
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1782-84. |
Robert Turner (1776). 1 |
782-84. |
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1784-86. |
William Thorn (1752), 1 |
784-86. |
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1786-88. |
William Burnett (1754). |
786-88. |
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1788-89. |
William Nicoll (1752). |
1788-90. |
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1789-90. |
Alexander Duthie (1764). |
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1790-92. |
Alexander Carnegie (1766). i |
790-92. |
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1792-94. |
John Ramsay t (1776). |
792-94. |
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1794-96. |
Charles Tait (1764). |
[794-96. |
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1796-98. |
Alexander Dauney (1776). |
1796-98. |
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i798-i8oo.Charles Bannerman (1776). |
1798-1800 |
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1800-02. |
Hary Lumsden (1778). |
800-02. |
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1802-04. |
Alex. Crombie (1789). |
[802-04. |
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1804 06. |
John Davidson (1782). |
804-06. |
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1806-08. |
Alex. Shirrefs (1789). |
806-08. |
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1808-10. |
Alex. Dauney (1776). |
[808-10. |
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1810-12. |
Charles Gordon (1783). |
[810-12. |
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1812-14. |
Peter Farquharson (1789). |
[812-14. |
Treasurers. Alexander Duthie (1764). David Bartlet (1743). David Morice (1764). George Forbes (1776). John Innes* (1776). Charles Bannerman (1776). Alexander Dauney (1776). Charles Gordon (1783).
John Davidson (1782). Hary Lumsden (1778). Peter Farquharson (1789). Alexander Crombie (1789). .Hugh Hutcheon (1787). Alex. Shirrefs (1789). John Low (1792). Wm. Kennedy (1783). David Hutcheon (1789). Wm. Copland (1791). Andrew Jopp (1796). Thos. Burnett (1796).
t Originally John Innes.
Subsequently John Ramsay.
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Presidents.
1814-16. Thos. Burnett (1796).
1816-18. David Hutcheon (1789).
1818-20. Duncan Davidson (1794).
1820-22. Wm. Kennedy (1783).
1822-24. Andrew Jopp (1796).
1824-26. William Carnegie (1796).
1826-28. Alex. Webster (1794).
1828-30. James Blaikie (1808).
1830-32. Robert Morice (1794).
1832-34. Francis Gordon (1796).
1834-36. Henry Lumsden (1807).
1836-38. Thos. Sangster (1802).
1838-40. Alex. Smith (1804).
1840-42. Charles Chalmers (1812).
1842-44. George Yeats (1804).
1844-46. Will. Simpson (18 13).
1846-48. Alex. Gordon (1814).
1848-50. John D. Milne (1814).
1850-52. James Simpson (18 16).
1852-54. James Murray (181 7).
1854-55. Alex. Stronach (1818).
1855-57. James Edmond (1821).
I^57"59- Jonn Angus (1822).
1859-61. John Smith, Jun. (1819).
1861-63. Alex. Fraser (1823).
1863-65. John Duncan (1824).
1865-67. Newell Burnett (1825).
1867-69. Alex. Jopp (1825).
1869-70. James Brebner (1828).
1870-71. Andrew Murray (1831).
1871-72. J. B. McCombie (1831).
1872-73. John Webster, Jun. (1831)
1873-74. William Yeats (1836).
1874-75. Robert Smith (1839).
1875-76. Alex. Davidson (1839).
1876-77. W. F. Ogg (1841).
1814-16. 1816-18. 1818-20. 1820-21. 1821-22. 1822-24. 1824-26. 1826-28. 1828-30. 1830-32. 1832-34. 1834-36. 1836-38. 1838-40. 1840-42. 1842-44. 1844-46. 1 846 -48. 1848-50. 1850-52.
1852-53- 1853-55.
1855-56. !856-57- l857-59- 1859-61. 1861-63. 1863-65. 1865-67. 1867-69. 1869-70. 1870-71. 1871-72. 1872-73. i873-74-
i874-75- 1875-76. 1876-77.
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Treasurers. Robert Morice (1794). Duncan Davidson (1794). Alex. Webster (1794). Andrew Robertson (1803). William Carnegie (1796). James Grant (1803). James Blaikie (1808). James Hardie (1804). Henry Lumsden (1807). Wm. Stuart (1804). Thos. Sangster (1802). Alex. Smith (1804). Charles Chalmers (181 2). George Yeats (1804). William Simpson (18 13). Alex. Gordon (18 14). John D. Milne (1814). James Simpson (1816). James Murray (1817). Alex. Stronach (1818). John Smith, Jun. (1819). James Edmond (1821). John Angus (1822). Alex. Fraser (1823). Newell Burnett (1825). John Duncan (1824). Alex. Jopp (1825). Sir Alex. Anderson (1827). James Brebner (1828). Andrew Murray (1831). Francis J. Cochran (1831). J. B. McCombie (1831). John Webster, Jun. (1831). William Yeats (1836). Robert Smith (1839). Alex. Davidson (1839). W. F. Ogg (1841). James Garden (1842).
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SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Presidents.
1877-78. James Garden (1842).
1878-79. Lauch. McKinnon, Jr. (1842).
1879-80. George Allan (1844).
1880-81. Patrick Cooper (1847).
1881-84. Jonn Smith, Jun. (1819).
1884-91. Alex. Edmond (1858).
1891-98. C. B. Davidson (1861).
1 898- 1 900. John Whyte (1869).
1900-02. Gray C. Fraser (1855).
1902-04. Jas. Forbes Lumsden (1862).
1904-06. Alex. Edmond, Jun. (1864).
1906-08. James Ross (1864).
1908-10. F. T. Garden (1864).
1 9 10. David Littlejohn (1865).
Treasurers.
1877-78. Lauch. McKinnon, Jr. (1842).
1878-79. George Allan (1844).
1879-80. Patrick Cooper (1847).
1880-81. George Cadenhead (1848).
1881-84. William Yeats (1836).
1884-89. Alex. Simpson (1848).
1889-91. C. B. Davidson (1861).
1891-93. Alex. Cochran (1862).
1893-97. James Paull (1851).
1897-98. John Whyte (1869). i898-i9oo.Gray C. Fraser (1855).
1900-02. Jas. Forbes Lumsden (1862).
1902-04. Alex. Edmond, Jun. (1864).
1904-06. James Ross (1864).
1906-08. F. T. Garden (1864).
1908-n. William Smith (1873).
191 1. James Duguid (1874).
Procurators Fiscal of Aberdeenshire, who were Members of the Society : —
i584?-92. George Barclay (1568). 1744- ?
1 594?-. 63 1. William Barclay (1595). 1748-59-
1629. Alexander Gardyne (1617). 1759-1805
1631-60. Alexander Davidson (16 16). 177 1-8 1.
1660-84. Alexander Robertson (1661). 1781-89.
1 690-0 t. William Hay (1670). 1805-06.
1 69 1- 1 707. Alexander Leslie (1691). 1805-11.
1707-16. Patrick Smith (1705). 1806-12.
1716-23. John Cuthbert (1705). 1813-22.
1723-27. James Udny (1709). 1822-58.
1727-28. George Walker (1731). 1858-80.
1728-29. James Irvine (1724). 1880-86.
1729-43. George Walker (1731). 1886-94. 1743-44- James Petrie (1743).
Francis Gordon (1745). John French (1743). William Burnett (1754). David Morice (1764). John Marshall (1776). Duncan Davidson (1794). Thomas Burnett (1796). James Spalding (1801). Hugh Fullerton (1804). William Simpson (1813). Alex. Simpson, Jun. (1848). Charles Duncan (1854). George Cadenhead (1848).
APPENDIX.
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Professional Continuity Table :-
1st Generation. Allan, George (1844). Anderson, Alex. (1827). Andersone, William (1584). Bannerman, Charles (1776). Barclay, George (1568).
2nd Generation. 3rd Generation.
Allan, John Buckley (1881).
Anderson, William (1859).
Andersone, George (161 5).
Bannerman, Patrick (1816).
Barclay, William (1595). /Blaikie, John (1836). I , Anth. Adr. (1848).
Bryce, John Stewart (1876).
Burnett, Thomas (1796). Burnett, Newell (1825).
Butchart, Henry J. (1908).
Cadenhead, George (1848).
Carnegie, William (1796). (Chalmers, James Hay (1854). \ , Patrick H. (1864).
Cochran, Alex. (1862). Cochran, Francis Jas. (1893).
(Collie, Geo. Duncan (1882). \ , James Younger (1882).
Cooper, Patrick, Jun. (1883).
Davidson, Alex. (1661).
, Charles James (1898).
f , Patrick ( 1 831).
1 , Alexander (1839).
j Duncan, Will. Oswald (1890). t :, Macbeth Moir (1891).
, Douglass (1865).
, Thomas, Jun. (1803).
fEdmond, Alex. (1858).
1 , Francis, Jun. (1866).
' , John (1880).
, Alex., Jun. (1864).
Farquhar, Nath. (1870),
Ferguson, John (1849). Ferguson, John, Jr. (1878).
Fordyce,Arth. Dingwall (1769). Fordyce,W. Dingwall (i794).Fordyce,Ar. Dingwall (1821) Garden, F. T. (1864). Garden, William (1898).
j James (1842). , James Murray (1868). Garden, James Wm. (1903).
Gillies, T. R. (1885). Gillies, J. B. (1910).
Blaikie, James (1808).
Bryce, James (1845). Burnett, William (1754). Butchart, James S. (1876). Cadenhead, Alex. (1809). Carnegie, Alex. (1766).
Chalmers, Charles (1812).
Cochran, Francis Jas. (1831).
Collie, James (1841).
Cooper, Patrick (1847). Davidson, Alex. (1616). , Charles Brown (1861).
, Duncan (1794)
Duncan, Charles (1854).
, John (1824).
, Thomas (1776).
Edmond, Francis (1829).
, James (1821).
Farquhar, Nath. (1829). Ferguson, James (1816).
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SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
1st Generation. Gordon, Charles (1783).
, John (1696?).
, John (1753).
Humphrey, John (1835). Jopp, Andrew (1796). Littlejohn, David (1865).
Lumsden, Hary (1778).
McKinnon, Lauch., Jr. (1842)
Milne, John Duguid (1814). Mitchell, David (1837). Morice, David (1764).
Muill, John (1858). Murray, Andrew (1831).
Paip, Alexander (1549).
Paton, George (1670).
Reid, William (1589).
Ruxton, Thomas (1848). Simpson, Alex. (1848).
, William (1813).
Smith, Alex. (1804).
, Alex. Em slie (1858).
, William (1779).
Stronach, Alex., Jun. (1857). Taylor, John (1743).
Thomson, Alex. (1625).
, James, Jun. (1778).
Watson, James (1764). Watt, John, Jun. (1856).
Webster, Alex. (1794).
Whyte, John (1869). Wilson, George (1690). Yeats, George (1804).
2nd Generation. 3rd Generation.
Gordon, Alex. (18 14).
/ , Alex. (17 18).
\ , Richard (1731).
, Francis (1796).
Humphrey, William (i860).
Jopp, Alexander (1825).
Littlejohn, William (1900). (Lumsden, Henry (1807).
\ , Clements (1825).
jMackinnon, Lach. (1878). I , William (1882).
Milne, Jn. Duguid, Jr. (i844).Milne, Duguid Rae (1889)
Mitchell, Stodart Jas. (1871).
Morice, Robert (1794).
Jopp, Andrew (1856).
Lumsden, Jas. Forbes (1862). Mackinnon, Lach., Jr. (1909).
Muill, George (1891). ( Murray, Alex. (1865). I , Andrew, Jun. (1876).
Morice, David Robt. (1837). [ , Arthur David* (1870).
Paip, William (1618). , Alexander (161 5).
Reid, James (1650). -, Robert (1663).
Paip, Robert (1581).
Paton, John (1703).
Reid, Alexander (1624). j
Ruxton, Charles (1877).
Simpson, Geo. Arch. (1890).
, Alex., Jun. (1848).
Smith, Robert (1839).
, Alex. Emslie, Jr. (1891).
, Adam (1796).
Stronach, Alex., Yost (iJ
Taylor, James (1764). f Thomson, Robert (1648). 1 , Alexander (1680).
— — , Alexander ( 1 8 1 8).
Watson, John (1787).
Watt, John Stewart (1! f Webster, John, Jun. (1831). Webster, Alexander (1866). 1 , Alexander, Jun. (1840).
Whyte, A. B. (1901).
Wilson, Thomas (1739).
Yeats, William (1836).
Thomson, James (1724).
Of the 4th Generation.
APPENDIX. 4I3
9
Professors and Lecturers: —
Catanach, James (1731). Grub, George (1836). Dauney, Alexander (1776). Ruxton, Charles (1877). Davidson, Patrick (1831). Sandilands, James (1649). Duguid, James (1874). Scougal, James (1676). Duncan, George (1894). Thorn, William (1752). Edmond, James (1821). Thomson, Alexander (1818). Gordon, John (1696?). Williamson, R. M. (1891). Richard (1731).
10
Proprietors of Estates: —
Adam, William (1818), Ranna, etc. Anderson, Alexander (1827), Blelack. Bannerman, Patrick (1816), Elmfield. Barclay, William (1595), Ardmurdo. Bennett, J. C. (1895), Allathan, etc. Blaikie, Anth. Ad. (1848), Inchgarth.
James (1808), Craigiebuckler.
John (1836), Craigiebuckler.
Bower, G. H. (1899), Pitmurchie.
Bremner, T. J. (1834), Haddo and Glasslaw.
Burnett, Newell (1825), Kepplestone and Kyllachy.
Thomas (1722), Kirkhill.
Thomas (1796), Park and Kepplestone.
Carnegie, Alex. (1766), Cookston and Cornhill.
William (1796), Cookston and Cornhill.
Cattanach, D. G. (1849), Hillbrae.
Chalmers, Charles (18 12), Monkshill.
D. M. A. (1884), Beaconhill.
P. H. (1864), Avochie.
Cheyne, John (1576), Fortrie. Clerk, John (1743), Kincardine. Cochran, Alex. (1862), Balfour.
Francis J. (1831), Balfour.
Francis J. (1893), Balfour.
414 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Collie, George (1856), Balnagarth and Campfield.
James (1841), Viewbank.
Copland, Alexander (181 2), Fountaingrove. Craig, John (1791), Mugiemoss.
Crombie, Alex. (1789), Phesdo and Thornton. Cuthbert, John (1705), Rosshall, etc. Dauney, Alex. (1776), Craibstone. Davidson, Alex. (16 16), Cairnbrogie.
Alex. (1661), Cairnbrogie, Newton, etc.
Alex. (1839), Desswood.
Duncan (1794), Tillychetly and Inchmarlo.
John (1782), Kebbaty.
Patrick (1831), Inchmarlo.
Duff, Patrick (17 18), Forresterhill, Premnay and Culter.
Duguid, Peter (1855), Cammachmore, Easter Skene, etc.
Duncan, Charles (1854), Deebank, now Newton Dee.
Dunn, William (1856), Murtle.
Durno, John (1764), Cattie.
Duthie, Alex. (1764), Burnside, Rosehill, etc.
Alex. (1841), Ruthrieston.
Edmond, Alex. (1858), Garthdee.
Francis (1829), Kingswells.
John (1880), Fern Bank, and liferenter Kingswells.
Farquharson, Peter (1789), Abercattie, now Whitehouse. Ferguson, James (1816), Altens.
Forbes, Duncan (1839), Balgownie.
John (1739), Boyndlie.
Fordyce, Andrew W. (1835), Ardoe.
Ar. D. (1769), Culsh, Eggie, etc.
Ar. D. (1821), Culsh, Brucklay, etc.
Garden, James (1842), Woodthorpe.
Robert (1784), Grange, Clerkhill, etc.
Thomas (1593), Blairton.
Gibbon, Alex. (181 7), Johnston, Laurencekirk. Gordon, Charles (1703), Buthlaw, etc.
Francis (1745), Kincardine.
Francis (1796), Kincardine and Craig.
John (1753), Craig, Auchindoir.
Richard (1731), Craigmyle.
APPENDIX. 415
Grant, R. C. (181 1), Balgowan. Hay, John (17 18), Auquharney. Humphrey, John (1835), Pitmedden. Hunter, W. C. (1861), Tillery and Auchiries. Hutcheon, Hugh (1787), Broadford. Innes, Alex. (1748), Clerkseat.
Alex., Jun. (1752), Breda and Cowie.
John (1676), Knockorth.
Irvine, James (1724), Pitmuxton. Irving, Alex. (1578), Pitmurchie. Irvvinge, Richard (1577), Hiltoun. Johnston, William (1700), Craig, Dyce. Jopp, Alexander (1825), Woodhill.
Andrew (1796), Elmhill.
Keith, George (1680), Crichie, etc.
George, Jun. (1704), Tillyfour.
Ledingham, Robert (1827), Wateridgemuir. Leith, John (1595), Blairton. Ligertwood, John (1840), Buxburn. Logie, Andrew (1687), Loanhead.
Lumsden, Alex. (1759), Crookedmyre or Broadford.
Hary (1778), Belhelvie and Pitcaple.
Henry (1807), Tilwhilly and Auchindoir.
Robert (1576), Clova.
William (1624), Ardmurdoe and Blairton.
McCombie, J. B. (1831), Gelly brands. Mackinnon, Will. (1882), Binghill.
McLennan, Hugh (187 1), Springhill. Milligan, D. M. M. (1886), Findrack. Milne, John D., Jun. (1844), Melgum. Morice, David (1764), Tullos. Mosman, Thomas (1731), Middlefield. Mowat, James (1605), Ardoe. Muir, Alex. (181 7), Loirston. Murray, Andrew (1831), Allathan. Paterson, Robert (1698), Kirktown.
Will. (1827), South Stocket.
Paton, Alex. (1658), Kinaldie.
George (1670), Grandholm, Perslie, etc.
416 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Paton, John (1703), Grandholm, Perslie, etc. Ramsay, John (1776), Barra, Straloch, etc. Reid, Alex. (1624), Birkenbrowell. James (1650), Birkenbrowell and Bourtie.
John (1854), Shannaburn.
Will. (1589), Barra.
Robertson, Andrew (1803), part Pitmuxton. Ross, James (1864), Easter Beltie. Russell, James (1823), Aden, etc. Rutherford, G. D. (1864), Lynnwood. Sandilands, James (1649), Cotton, etc. — — Thomas (1649), Craibstone. Shand, Alex. (1789), Tanfield. Shirrefs, J. L. (1818), Blairmormond, etc. Simpson, William (18 13), Glenythan. Smith, Alex. (1804), Glenmillan.
Patrick (1705), Inveramsay.
Robert (1839), Glenmillan.
Spottiswood, R. S. F. (1843), Muiresk. Stronach, Alex. (18 18), Drumallan.
Stuart, John (1836), Aucharnie and Newmills. Thorn, John (18 16), Hillbrae.
William (1752), Craibstone.
Thomson, Alex. (1625), Cults, near Aberdeen.
Alex. (1680), Portlethen.
Alex., Jun. (1718), Banchory, etc.
Andrew (1741), Crawton, etc.
James (1724), Portlethen.
Turner, George (1731), Menie. Watson, James (1764), Binghill.
John (1787), Binghill and Oldmill.
Webster, Alex. (1866), Edgehill.
John, Jun. (1831), Edgehill.
White, J. P. R. (1889), Culquoich. Whyte, John (1869), Dalhebity. Wight, A. F. (187 1 ), Camphill. Williamson, J as. (1839), Beechhill. Wilson, George (1690), Finzeauch.
George (1816), Glasgowego.
APPENDIX.
Yeats, George (1804), Auquharney.
John (1834), Kincorth.
Will. (1836), Auquharney, etc.
Youngson, T. A. W. A. (1857), Blackshiels.
11 Provosts and Magistrates of Aberdeen :—
417
Anderson, Alexander (1827). Blaikie, James (1808). Brebner, James (1828). Burnett, W. Kendall (1880). Cheyne, John (1576). Garden, Robert (1784).
Henderson, Alex. (1838). Ledingham, Robert (1827). Nicol, James (1820). Paip, Robert (1581). Ross, William (1826). Webster, John, Jun. (1831).
12
Sheriff s, Sheriffs-Depute, Sheriffs- Substitute, and Honorary Sheriffs-Substitute.
Abernethy, John (1576). Angus, John (1822). Bremner, Thomas John (1834). Catanach, James (1731). Clerk, John (1743). Copland, William (1791). Cordoner, William (1616). Dauney, Alexander (1776). Davidson, C. B. (1861). Duguid, James (1874). Duncan, Douglass (1865).
Thomas (1776).
Dunn, John (1839). Forbes, Alexander (1648). Fraser, Alexander (167 1). — — ■ Alexander (1823). Gardyne, Alexander (161 7). Gordon, William (1825). Irwing, James (161 5). Irwinge, Richard (1577). Keith, George (1680). Kennedy, James (1620).
William (1783).
Lumsden, Robert (1576). Morice, David (1764). Ogg, W. F. (1841). Paip, Alexander (16 15).
William (16 18).
Paterson, Robert (1698). Paton, John (1703). Petrie, James (1743). Reid, Robert (1633). Sandilands, Patrick (1705). Stronach, Alex. (1818). Tait, Charles (1764). Thain, John (1724). Thorn, Alexander (1794). Thomson, Alexander (1625).
Alexander (1680).
Andrew (1656).
Andrew (1741).
Turner, Robert (1776). Udny, James (1709). Watson, John (1787). Watt, Arthur (1590). Yeats, William (1836).
D 2
41 8 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Sheriff Clerks of Aberdeenshire.
Andersone, George (1615). Leith, John (1595).
William (1584). Leslie, John (1595).
Chalmer, John (1649). Ligertwood, John (1840).
Durno, John (1764). Littlejohn, David (1865).
Farquhar, Nathaniel (1829). Reid, William (1589).
Gordon, John (1753). Turner, George (1731).
Kennedy, James (1620). Robert (1776).
14 University Records: —
Cambridge Bachelors of Arts.
Duncan, Macbeth Moir, 1888,1 adv. 1891. William Oswald, 1887," adv. 1890.
Martineau, Alfred, 1890, adv. 1894. King's Coll. Doctors of Laws.
Catanach, James, 1748, adv. 1731.
Dauney, Alexander, 1793, adv. 1776.
Davidson, Patrick, 1849, adv. 1831. King's Coll. Masters of Arts.
Adam, Robert, 1829, adv. 1851.
William, 1813, adv. 18 18.
Bremner, Thomas John, 1828, adv. 1834. Cooper, Patrick, 1841, adv. 1847. Cruickshank, George, 1830, adv. 1839. Cuthbert, John, 1695, adv. 1705. Dawson, John Grant, 1843, adv. 1859. Donaldson, Charles, 181 1, adv. 18 14. Edmond, Francis, 1823, adv. 1829. Flockhart, Alexander, 1831, adv. 1840. Fraser, Alexander, 181 3, adv. 1823. Gardiner, William, 1782, adv. 1793. Gordon, John, 1676, adv. 1696?
Richard, 17 15, adv. 1731.
Grub, George, 1856, adv. 1836. Kemlo, Alexander, i860,1 adv. 1869.
1 With honours.
APPENDIX.
Ligertwood, Alexander, 1806, adv. 181 1. Low, James, 1822, adv. 1829. Milne, John Duguid, 1810, adv. 1814. Philip, Colin Allan, 1824, adv. 1830. Reid, Alexander, 1615, adv. 1624.
William Leslie, 1841, adv. 1847.
Sandilands, James, 1629, adv. 1649.
Thomas, 1626, adv. 1649.
Shand, Alex., 1784, adv. 1789. Thom, Alexander, 1791, adv. 1794. Udny, James, 1724, adv. 1709. King's Coll. Alumni in Arts.
Adam, George, 1656-60, adv. 1670. Bean, Alex., 1766-70, adv. 1779. Burnett, William, 1746-50, adv. 1754. Collie, George, 1848-49, adv. 1856. Copland, William, 1783-87, adv. 1791. Dauney, Alexander, 1762-66, adv. 1776. Davidson, John, 1836-38, adv. 1851. Duff, James, 1742-46, adv. 1754. Duncan, John, Jun., 1845-47, adv. 1855.
Thomas, 1765-69, adv. 1776.
Ewen, John, 1803-6, adv. 181 1. Forsyth, Patrick, 1764-68, adv. 1776. Grant, George, 1825-27, adv. 1835.
James, , adv. 1803.
Grub, George, 1825-29, adv. 1836.
Hutcheon, David, , adv. 1789.
Johnston, George, 181 2-14, adv. 1820.
Leask, James, 1844-46, adv. 1853.
Middleton, John, 1851-52 and 1853-54, adv. 1863.
Mitchell, David, 1828-30, adv. 1837.
Paul, William, 1845-47, adv. 1853.
Ross, Alexander, 1828-31, ady. 1839.
Smith, Alex. Emslie, 1850-52, adv. 1858.
Stephen, Lessel, 1847-49, adv. 1856.
Stronach, Alex., 1807-11, adv. 1818.
Stuart, John, 1828-30, adv. 1836.
Winchester, Charles, 1796- 1800, adv. 1807.
419
420 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Mar. Coll. Doctors of Laws.
Catanach, James, 1743, adv. 1731.
Davidson, Patrick, 1834, adv. 1831.
Fordyce, Arthur Dingwall, 1790, adv. 1769. Mar. Coll. Masters of Arts.
Allan, Alexander, 1806, adv. 18 10.
Anderson, Alexander, 1819, adv. 1827.
John, 1832, adv. 1839.
Angus, John, 1816, adv. 1822. Bannerman, Charles, 1767, adv. 1776.
Patrick, 181 2, adv. 18 16.
Blaikie, James, 1803, adv. 1808. Booth, William, 1831, adv. 1839. Brebner, James, 181 7, adv. 1828. Burnett [Poles], Thomas, 1687, adv. 1691. Cadenhead, Alexander, 1805, adv. 1809.
John, 1809, adv. 18 16.
Carnegie, William, 1790, adv. 1796. Cattanach, Donald George, 1842, adv. 1849. Chalmers, Lewis, 1843, adv. 1847.
Patrick Henderson, 1858, adv. 1864.
Clerihew, Francis, 1825, adv. 1831.
Clyne, Norval, 1835, adv. 1846. Cochran, Alexander, 1858, adv. 1862. Copland, Alexander, 1807, adv. 181 2. Coutts, Adam, 1799, adv. 1803. Cromar, Robert, 1823, adv. 1829. Crombie, Alexander, 1783, adv. 1789. Cruden, William Mocher, 1824, adv. 1830. Cumine, John Paton, i860, adv. 1866. Cumming, George, 18 13, adv. 18 18. Daniel, Alexander, 1821, adv. 1828. Davidson, Patrick, 1834, adv. 1831. Duguid, Alexander, 1814, adv. ,1819. Duncan, David, 1859, adv. 1863.
John, 181 8, adv. 1824.
Thomas, Jun., 1796, adv. 1803.
Duthie, John, 1803, adv. 1808.
Ewen, Thomas, 1830, adv. 1834.
APPENDIX. 421
Farquhar, Nathaniel, 1825, adv. 1829. Farquharson, Peter, 1781, adv. 1789. Ferguson, James, 1809, adv. 18 16. Fleming, John, 1809, adv. 182 1. Fraser, William, 1760, adv. 1752. Fullerton, Hugh, 1757, adv. 1804. Garden, Francis, 1809, adv. 18 14. Garrow, William, 1819, adv. 1825. Gibbon, Alexander, 181 1, adv. 1817. Gill, John, 1808, adv. 18 15. Gordon, Alexander, 1809, adv. 18 14.
Charles, 1698, adv. 1703.
John, 1743, adv. 1753.
Hardie, James, 1793, adv. 1804. Henderson, Alexander, 1824, adv. 1838. Hendry, Alexander, 182 1, adv. 1826. Hunter, William, 1830, adv. 1840. Hutcheon, John, 1804, adv. 1810. Johnston, William, 1693, adv. 1700. Jopp, Alexander, 182 1, adv. 1825. Keith, David, 1822, adv. 1830.
Law, John, 1793, adv. 1802.
Leask, George, 1822, adv. 1826.
Leslie, Alexander, 1691, adv. before 1691.
McCombie, James Boyn, 1823, adv. 1831.
Machray, Robert, 1822, adv. 1830.
Mackenzie, Thomas, 1849, a0^v- r855-
McKinnon, Lachlan, 1829, adv. 1833.
Lachlan, Jun., 1837, adv. 1842.
Mair, James, 18 13, adv. 1823. Massie, Marianus, 182 1, adv. 1831. Miller, James Andrew, 1836, adv. 1843. Milne, John Duguid, Jun., 1840, adv. 1844. Mitchell, Alexander, 1821, adv. 1830. Monro, David, 183 r,1 adv. 1837. Morice, Robert, 1791, adv. 1794. Mowat, Alexander Milne, 1816, adv. 1823. Murray, Andrew, 1828, adv. 1831.
1 With honours.
422 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Nicol, James, 1816, adv. 1820. Parker, John, 1857, adv. 1865. Primrose, Thomas, 1825, adv. 1833. Ramsay, Robert, 1808, adv. 18 14. Reid, James, 1643, adv. 1650.
Thomas, 1803, adv. 181 3.
Robertson, Alexander, 1656, adv. 1661. Ross, James, 181 1, adv. 1816.
William, 182 1, adv. 1826.
Runcy, Charles F., 1850, adv. 1855. Sandilands, Patrick, 1699, adv. 1705. Shand, Robert, 1819, adv. 1827. Shirrefs, Alexander, 1779, adv. 1789. Sim, John, 1808, adv. 1814. Simpson, James, 1810, adv. 181 6. Sinclair, Thomas Spark, 1856, adv. 1864. Smith, Alex., Jun., 1809, adv. 18 19.
John, 1806, adv. 18 10.
John, Jun., 1813, adv. 18 19.
Robert, 1835, adv. 1839.
William, 1813, adv. 181 7.
Spalding, James, 1794, adv. 1801. Stephen, Robert, 1830, adv. 1834. Tawse, James, 1859, adv. 1863. Thom, John, 18 10, adv. 18 16.
William, 1760, adv. 1752.
Thomson, Alex., 18 13, adv. 181 8. Urquhart, And., , adv. 1619.
Walker, George, 1840,1 adv. 1846. Webster, Alex., Jun., 1834, adv. 1840. Wilson, George, 181 1, adv. 18 16. Yeats, Alex., 1852, adv. i860.
William, 1833, adv. 1836.
Youngson, T. A. W. A., 185 1, adv. 1857.
Mar. Coll. Alumni in Arts.
Abel, Alexander, 1832-35, adv. 1840. Adam, William, 1826-28, adv. 1835. Alcock, Robert, 1 809-11, adv. 1818. 1 With honours.
APPENDIX. 423
Allan, George, 1835-77, adv. 1844.
John, 1832-33 and 1834-35, adv. 1841.
Anderson, Arthur, 1822-24, adv. 1833.
John, 1821-24, adv. 1830.
William, 1851-53, adv. 1859.
George, entered 1606, adv. 161 5.
Barron, John, 1833-36, adv. 1851.
Lambert, 1821-23 and 1824-25, adv. 1834.
Bean, George, 1740-44, adv. 1759.
Blaikie, Anthony Adrian, 1841-44, adv. 1848.
John, 1829-32, adv. 1836.
Bonnyman, Charles Dawson, 1851-53, adv. 1861. Brown, Robert, 1823-26, adv. 1832. Bryce, James, 1830-33, adv. 1845. Burnett, Newell, 1817-19, adv. 1825.
Thomas, 1704-6, adv. 1722.
Thomas, 1787-89, adv. 1796.
Cadenhead, George, 1841-44, adv. 1848. Cameron, Andrew James, 1833-36, adv. 1841. Carnegie, Alexander, 1748-52, adv. 1766. Chalmers, Charles, 1803-4 and 1805-6, adv. 18 12.
James Hay, 1842-46, adv. 1854.
Chivas, Alexander, 18 10-13, adv. 1821. Clark, John, 1821-23, adv. 1832.
Peter, 1856-58, adv. 1865.
Cochran, Francis James, 1823-27, adv. 1831. Collie, George, 1849-50, adv. 1856.
James, 1833-36, adv. 1841.
Coutts, John, 1828-30, adv. 1841.
Davidson, Alexander, 1832-33 and 1834-36, adv. 1839.
Andrew, 1768-72, adv. 1783.
Charles Brown, 1852-54, adv. 1861.
Duncan, 1787-90 and 1794-95, adv. 1794.
John, 1768-72, adv. 1782.
William, 1811-13, adv. 1819.
Downie, Charles Gordon, 1857-60, adv. 1870. Duff, Alexander, 1827-31, adv. 1837. Duffus, John, 1821-24, adv. 1832. Duguid, Peter, 1844-47, adv. 1855.
424 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Duncan, Charles, 1884-46 and 1849-50, adv. 1854.
Douglass, 1856-59, adv. 1865.
Dunn, John, 1830-32, adv. 1839. Durno, John, 1756-58, adv. 1764. Durward, James, 1740-44, adv. 1756. Duthie, Alexander, 1744-48, adv. 1764.
Alexander, 1830-33, adv. 1841.
— — William, 1827-30, adv. 1840. Dyce, Robert, 1814-16, adv. 1824. Edmond, Alexander, 1850-52, adv. 1858.
Alexander, Jun., 1855-58, adv. 1864.
Francis, Jun., 1857-60, adv. 1866.
James, 1811-14, adv. 1821.
Ferguson, John, 1840-43, adv. 1849. Ferres, John, 1 8 1 7-19, adv. 1825. Forbes, Duncan, 1830-32, adv. 1839.
John, 1733-37, adv. 1739.
William, 1821-25, adv. 1832.
Fordyce, Andrew Watson, 1825-29, adv. 1835.
Arthur Dingwall, 1812-14, adv. 1821.
William Dingwall, 1791-93, adv. 1794.
Fraser, Alexander, , adv. 167 1.
David Carter, 1854-56, adv. 1864.
— — Gray Campbell, 1843-47, adv. 1855. French, John, 1727-31, adv. 1743. Garden, Farquharson Taylor, 1854-58, adv. 1864.
James, 1826-29, a^v. 1842.
Geddes, James, 1823-25, adv. 1831. Gerard, Gilbert, 1743-47, adv. 175 1. Gordon, Alexander, 1704-8, adv. 17 18.
Charles, 1775-77, adv. 1783.
David, 1706 and 1709, adv. 1724.
Francis, 1787-89, adv, 1796.
John, 1783-87, adv. 1792.
William, 1809-12, adv. 1825.
William, 1854-57, adv. 1864.
Grainger, Charles Garston, 1830-34, adv. 1837. Grant, Robert Charles, 1803-5, a<^v- 181 1. Gray, Robert. Collie, 1856-58, adv. 1864.
APPENDIX.
Gray, William, 1811-13, adv. 1823. Hall, Harvey, 1856-59, adv. 1866. Harvey, Alexander, 18 14-16, adv. 1830. Hay, John, , adv. 1718.
Henderson, Francis, 1821-25, a(^v- l%34-
John Sharp, 1850-53, adv. 1859.
Patrick, 1806-7, etc., adv. 18 16.
Humphrey, John, 1825-28, adv. 1835.
William, 1853-56, adv. i860.
Hunter, William Chambers, 1851-53, adv. 1861. Hutcheon, Thomas, 1787-89, adv. 1798. Innes, John, , adv. 1676.
Irvine, James, , adv. 1724.
William [Kennedy], 1822-25, a<^v< ^i.
Jopp, Andrew, 1844-47, adv. 1856. Keith, George, 1670-73, adv. 1680. Kennedy, David Henderson, 1829-31, adv. 1855.
William, 1774-76, adv. 1783.
Ledingham, Robert, 18 17-19, adv. 1827. Ligertwood, John, 1832-35, adv. 1840.
Robert, 1845-47, adv. 1854.
Littlejohn, David, 1857-60, adv. 1865. Lumsden, Clements, 181 3-1 5, adv. 1825.
Hary, 1770-74, adv. 1778.
Henry, 1 797-1801, adv. 1807.
James Forbes, 1854-56, adv. 1862.
425
McCombie, Charles, 1855-57, adv. 1876. McCook, James, 1779, etc., adv. 1785. Macdonald, Alexander, 181 5-1 8, adv. 1829. McHardy, James, 1806-9, adv. 181 7. Marshall, John, 1768-72, adv. 1776. Meston, Alexander, 1835-37, adv. 1849. Milne, William, 1856-58, adv. 1864. Moir, William, 1838-40, adv. 1853. Morice, David, 1751-52, adv. 1764.
David, Jun., 1756-58, adv. 1776.
David Robert, 1830-33, adv. 1837.
Muill, John, 1849-51, adv. 1858.
Muir, Alexander, 1809-12, adv. 181 7.
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426 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Murray, Alexander, 1856-59, adv. 1865.
James, 1806-9, a<^v- 181 7.
Ogg, William Frederick, 1831-34, adv. 1841. Ogilvie, Simson, 1805-7, adv. 181 1. Paterson, John, 1821-23, adv. 1830.
William, 1794-98, adv. 1827.
Paull, James, 1836-39, adv. 1851. Pittendrigh, Alex., 1822-26, adv. 1831. Profat, George Dempster, 1819-21, adv. 1832. Rainnie, George, 1806-8, adv. 18 14. Ramsay, James, 1746-50, adv. 1759. Reid, Alexander, 161 2, adv. 1624.
John, 1835-39, adv. 1854.
Reith, David, 1827-29, adv. 1835. Robertson, Alexander, 180 1-3, adv. 1810.
John, 1833-35, adv- l852-
Thomas, 1747-51, adv. 1755.
Robison, William, 1809-11, adv. 1820. Ross, James, 1852-54, adv. 1864. Russell, James, 18 10-13, adv. 1823. Rutherford, George D., 1856-57, etc., adv. 1864. Ruxton, Thomas, 1841-43, adv. 1848. Sandilands, Robert, 1733-37, adv. 1743. Shand, Francis, 1 799-1803, adv. 181 1. Shaw, John Milne, 1859-60, adv. 1868. Shirrefs, John L., 1807-8, etc., adv. 181 8. Silver, George, 1821-23 and I^>24-25> a^v. 1835. Simpson, Alex., 1837-41, adv. 1848.
Alex., Jun., 1841-44, adv. 1848.
William, 1804-6, adv. 181 3.
Skinner, William, 1820-24, a^v. 1829. Smith, Adam, 1787-91, adv. 1796. Spark, Benjamin, 1813-16, adv. 1823. Speid, William, 1834-36, adv. 1844. Spottiswood, R. S. F., 1834-36, adv. 1843. Stewart, Livingston, 1833-35, adv- 1842. Stirling, William, 1780, etc., adv. 1790. Stronach, Alex., Jun., 1834-36, adv. 1857. Stuart, John, 1830-31, adv. 1836.
APPENDIX.
Taylor, James, 1747, etc., adv. 1764. Thomson, Alex., Jun., 1705-9, adv. 17 18.
Charles, 1826-27, etc., adv. 1832.
James, , adv. 1724.
John, 1847-49, adv. 1856.
Torrie, Alex., 1827-29, adv. 1834.
Udny, James, 1 700-1, etc., adv. 1709.
Walker, George, 1704-7, adv. 1731.
Wallace, George D., 1858-60 and 1860-61, adv. 1870.
Watson, James, 1744-47, adv. 1764.
Watt, John, 1822-26, adv. 1843.
John, Jun., 1842-44, adv. 1856.
Webster, Alex., 1785-89, adv. 1794.
Alex., 1856-59, adv. 1866.
John, 1809-n, adv. 1817.
John, Jun., 1822-26, etc., adv. 1831.
Westland, William, 1811-13, adv. 1820. Whyte, John, 1830-32, etc., adv. 1839. Williamson, James, 1829-32, adv. 1839. Wilson, Alex. Dyce, 1833-36, adv. 1841. Yeats, George, 1795, etc., adv. 1804.
John, 1822-24, adv. 1834.
Aberd. Doctors of Laws.
Davidson, Charles Brown, 1895, adv. 1861. Edmond, Francis, 1881, adv. 1829. Gordon, William, 1903, adv. 1864. Grub, George, 1864, adv. 1836. Hunter, William, 1890, adv. 1840. Littlejohn, David, 1903, adv. 1865. Milne, John Duguid, Jun., 1887, adv. 1844. Stuart, John, 1866, adv. 1836. Webster, John, Jun., 1877, adv. 1831. Aberd. Masters of Arts.
Adam, Robert, 1900, adv. 1909. Anderson, George, 1865/ adv. 1870. Bower, George Haddon, 1891, adv. 1899. Bruce, Robert, 1905, adv. 1908. Campbell, Hugh Fraser, 1879, J adv. 1897. 1 With honours.
427
428 SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Chalmers, David Montague Alexander, 1880, adv. 1884.
Cochran, Francis James, 1889, adv. 1893.
Cooper, Patrick, Jun., 1879, a(^v. 1883.
Cruden, George, 1873, adv. 1875.
Cruickshank, Alexander Thomas, 1891,1 adv. 1897.
Cumming, Robert, 1881, adv. 1894.
Davidson, Andrew, 1880, adv. 1888.
Charles James, 1895, adv. 1898.
James Watt, 1880, adv. 1898.
Downie, Charles Gordon, 1861, adv. 1870. Duguid, James, 1867, adv. 1874. Duncan, George, 1888, adv. 1894.
George Tait, 1895, adv. 1899.
Edwards, James Hastings, 1903, adv. 1909. Esslemont, William Davidson, 1892, adv. 1899. Falconer, George, 1868, adv. 1876. Ferguson, John Mackay, 1883, adv. 1891. Garden, James Murray, 1864, adv. 1868.
James William, 1899, adv. 1903.
William, 1892, adv. 1898.
Gordon, John Henry Forbes, 1891, adv. 1901. Gray, Henry John, 1895, J adv. 1903.
Robert, 1861, adv. 1874.
Hadden, Cyril Martin, 1902, adv. 1906. Hay, James, 1891, adv. 1896. Kay, Frederick William, 1892, adv. 1899. Leask, Alexander Rhind Dyer, 1873, adv. 1876. Lumsden, Charles Downie, 1883, adv. 1893.
Edward Robertson, 1889, adv. 1894.
MacDiarmid, John Duncan, 1896, adv. 1901. McDonald, Archibald Mclntyre, 1865, adv. 187 1. Mackay, William, 1897, adv. 1905. Mackinnon, Lachlan, 1875, a(*v. 1878.
I^achlan, Jun., 1906, adv. 1909.
Macpherson, Andrew, 1866, ' adv. 1871. Miller, Alexander Lawrance, 1887, adv. 1893. Milligan, D. M. M., 1881, adv. 1886. Milne, Duguid Rae, 1884, adv. 1889.
1 With honours.
APPENDIX. 429
Mitchell, Robert, 1894, adv. 1909. Morice, Arthur David, 1863, adv. 1870. Murray, John, 1878, adv. 1886. Paterson, William, 1887, adv. 1894. Paull, James George, 1891, adv. 1895. Pyper, James, 1906, adv. 191 1. Rae, John Everard, 1891, adv. 1896.
William, 1873, adv. 1877.
Reid, William Reid, 1875, a^v- 1880. Rennet, Ernest, 1893, x adv. 1901.
James Barclay, 1888, adv. 1895.
Rose, Donaldson S., 1884, adv. 1891. Sellar, James, 1894, adv. 1900. Simpson, George Arch., 1884, adv. 1890. Smith, Alex. Emslie, Jun., 1885, adv. 1891.
Will. Dickie, 1891, adv. 1901.
Sorley, John T., 1879/ adv. 1894. Stewart, David, 1869, adv. 1873. Thain, A. J. R., 1884, adv. 1890. Thorn, D. R., 1881, adv. 1889. Walker, Norman J. J., 1905, adv. 19 10. Watson, James, 1877, adv. 1886. Watt, W. K., 1889, adv. 1904. Webster, John, 1894, adv. 1898. Whincup, Alex., 1893, adv. 1896. Wight, A. F., 1867, adv. 187 1. Williamson, A. M. 1877, adv. 1882. R. M., 1887, adv. 1891.
Aberd. Alumni in Arts.
Allan, John Buckley, 1872-74 and 1875-78, adv. 1881. Barclay, John Barclay, 1873-77, adv. 1882. Bryce, John Stewart, 1865-66 and 1869-70, adv. 1876. Butchart, Henry Jackson, 190 1-3, adv. 1908.
James Sylver, 1869-71, adv. 1876.
Collie, George Duncan, 1875-79, adv. 1882.
James Younger, 1875-79, adv. 1882.
Duffus, Alexander, 1876-78, adv. 1889.
1 With honours.
430 SOCIETY OK ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Edmond, John, 1861-64, adv. 1880. Farquhar, Nathaniel, 1860-63, adv. 1870. Ferguson, John, Jr., 1870-72, adv. 1878. Gillies, James Brown, 1904-5, adv. 19 10.
Thomas Robertson, 1866-68 and 1871-73, adv. 1885.
Jamieson, Frank, 1865-68, adv. 1872.
James, 1869-71, adv. 1878.
Jeffrey, James Thorn, 1873-77, adv. 1897. Keith, William Leslie, 1875-80, adv. 1890. Lamb, Robert, 1862-64, adv. 1873. Leslie, Robert Dovvnie, 1863-65, adv. 1876. Littlejohn, William, 1892-95, adv. 1900. Mackinnon, William, 1875-77, adv. 1882. McLennan, Hugh, 1862-65, adv. 1871. Macqueen, John Ellison, 1891-95, adv. 1900. Meffet, Alexander, 1862-64, adv. 1872. Mitchell, Stodart James, 1860-64, adv. 187 1. Muill, George, 1881-84, adv. 1891. Murray, Andrew, Jun., 1868-72, adv. 1876. Ruxton, Charles, 1869-71, adv. 1877. Shaw, John Milne, 1860-62, adv. 1868. Shirres, Alexander, 1865-68, adv. 1875. Shives, Thomas, 1865-66 and 1868-69, adv. 1874. Smith, William, 1865-67, adv. 1873. Stronach, Alex., Youngest, 1869-73, adv. 1888. Whyte, James R., 1866-68, adv. 1875.
John, 1861-64, adv. 1869.
Willet, John C, 1872-74 and 1878-79, adv. 1882.
Edinb. Masters of Arts.
Burnett, William Kendall, 1876, adv. 1880. W7att, John Stewart, 1882, adv. 1888. White, John P. R., 1881, adv. 1889.
Edinb. Alumnus.
Butchart, Henry Jackson, 1906-7, adv. 1908.
Glasgow Master of Arts.
Bain, Richard W. K., 1880, adv. 1887.
St. And. Master of Arts.
Morrison, Archibald Cameron, 1890, adv. 1899.
APPENDIX.
Masters of Arts of Universities unascertained : — Andersone, William, adv. 1584. Chalmer, William, adv. 1598. Chalmers, John, adv. 1563. Clerk (or Clark), Andrew, adv. 1581. Davidson (or Davidsone), Alexander, adv. 1616.
(or Davidsone), Robert, adv. 1598.
Forbes, Alexander, adv. 1648.
Gardyne (or Garden), Alexander, adv. 161 7.
Irving (or Irwing), Alexander, adv. 1578.
Irwing, James, adv. 16 15.
Irwinge, Richard, adv. 1577.
Leith, John, adv. 1595.
Lumsden, William, adv. 1624.
Paip, Alex., adv. 161 5.
Robert, adv. 1581.
William, adv. 1618.
Raye, William, adv. 1593. Reid, Robert, adv. 1633.
William, adv. 1589.
Ross, Gilbert, adv. 1579.
Thomson (or Thomsone), Andrew, adv. 1656.
Robert, adv. 1648.
Watt, Arthur, adv. 1590.
431
15 Volunteer and other Officers: —
Adam, Robert (1909). Anderson, George (1870). Bannerman, Charles (1776). Bennett, J. C. (1895). Bower, G. H. (1899). Burnett, Thomas (1796). Butchart, H. J. (1908). Cadenhead, George (1848). Carnegie, William (1796). Chalmers, Charles (181 2).
James Hay (1854).
P. H. (1864).
Cochran, Alexander (1862).
Francis James (1893).
Cooper, Patrick (1847).
Patrick, Jun. (1883).
Crombie. Alexander (1789). Cruden, George (1875). Dauney, Alex. (1776). Davidson, Duncan (1794).
Patrick (1831).
Duffus, Alex. (1889). Duguid, James (1874).
Peter (1855).
432
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Duncan, Douglass (1865).
Macbeth Moir (1891).
William O. (1890).
Edmond, Alex., Jun. (1864). Edwards, J. H. (1909). Farquharson, Peter (1789). Ferguson, J. M. (1891). Fraser, D. C. (1864). French, John (1743). Fullerton, Hugh (1804). Garden, James W. (1903). Gillies, J. B. (1910). Gordon, Francis (1745).
Francis (1796).
Grant, R. C. (181 1). Hall, Harvey (1866). Hardie, James (1804). Henderson, J. S. (1859). Jopp, Andrew (1856). Kay, F. W. (1899). Littlejohn, David (1865).
William (1900).
Low, John (1792). Lumsden, Henry (1807). MacDiarmid, J. D. (1901). Mackenzie, Thomas (1855). Mackinnon, Lachlan (1878).
Lachlan, Jun. (1909).
William (1882).
Macqueen, J. E. (1900). Miller, A. L. (1893). Milligan, D. M. M. (1886).
Mitchell, Robert (1909).
S. J. (1871).
Morice, Robert (1794). Mosman, Thomas (1731). Paul, William (1853). Rae, John Everard (1896). Reid, William Reid (1880). Rennet, James Barclay (1895). Robertson, John (1852). Rose, Donaldson S. (1891). Runcy, C. F. (1855). Russell, James (1823). Rutherford, G. D. (1864). Sangster, Thomas (1802). Sellar, James (1900). Simpson, Alex., Jun. (1848).
G. A. (1890).
Spalding, James (1801). Stephen, Lessel (1856). Thain, A. J. R. (1890). Thomson, Andrew (1741).
James (1724).
Turner, George (1731). Walker, George (1731). Watson, John (1787). White, J." P. R. (1889). Whyte, A. B. (1901).
John (1869).
Wight, A. F. (1871). Willet, J. C. (1882). Youngson, T. A. W. A. (1857).
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
Page 78. — Adam, Robert (1909).
Married, at Aberdeen, 18th June, 191 2, Margaret, youngest dau. of the late William Adams, Nether Auguston, Peterculter.
11 82.— Allan, George (1844).
Died, at Aberdeen, 15th June, 191 2.
11 85. — Andersone, William (1584).
Alexander, second son, married (contract dated 8th April, 1625), Janet, eldest dau. of John Fraser, burgess, Aberdeen.
n 88. — Bain, Richard William Kidston (1887).
Married, at St. John's Church, Aberdeen, 26th June, 191 2, Evelyn Maud, elder dau. of the late General David Brown, 1 st Madras Fusiliers, of the Firs, Murtle.
11 102. — Bryce, James (1845).
For fourth dau., read Agnes Jane Lumsden, married William Garden, as mentioned on p. 195.
For fifth dau., read Susan Anne, married James Duguid, advocate (1874).
11 108. — Burnett, William Kendall (1880).
Died, at Aberdeen, ,17th July, 191 2.
11 148. — Davidson, Charles Brown (1861).
Henry Alexander, second son, married, at Queen's Cross United Free Church, Aberdeen, 10th July, 191 2, Elspet Fyfe, fourth dau. of William Findlay, 34 Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen.
.1 166. — Dunn, William (1856).
He was Clerk to the Commission under the Bill promoted in Parliament in 1856 for the Union of King's and Marischal Colleges, and was specially thanked by the Commissioners for his services in the furthering of the scheme.
11 173.— Edmond, James (182 i).
Dau. Janet, died at St. Leonard's, Banchory, 14th August, 1912.
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INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES
INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES.
Abel, Alex., advocate, Aberdeen (1840), 77, 182. 422
— Alex., Auquherton, Kintore, 77
— Duncan Mearns, memb. Faculty of
Advocates, 388
— John, minister, Forgue, 388 Abercattie (now Whitehouse), Tough, 178 Abercromby (Abercrombie), Agnes, wife
of H. A. F. Spottiswood, 339, 340
— Christian, wife of Alex. Chivas,
advocate (1821), 122
— Sir George, Bart., of Birkenbog, 340
— Janet, wife of Alex. Dingwall of
Rannieston, 392
— Jean, wife of Will. Cuthbert, 142
— John, stocking merchant, etc., 233
— Margaret, wife of Andrew Jopp,
advocate (1796), 233
— Marion, wife of Sir John Reid,
Bart., of Barra, 302 Abercrome, John, advocate, Aberdeen
(1557), 77
Aberdeen Accountants' Society, 306, 307
— Ambulance Assoc, 336
— Anti-Slavery Society, 309
— Art Gallery, 123, 213, 336
— Artillery Vols., 158, 220
— Artists' Society, 95, 332, 336
— Assoc, for Improving Condition of
the Poor, 191, 336, 381
— Assoc, for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, 324, 336, 348
— Banking Coy., 97, 99, 100, 103,
105, 112, 113, 129, 138, 149, 151, 162, 169, 178, 181, 189, 206, 251, 252, 285, 350, 379
— Bible Women's and Evangelistic
Assoc, 191
— Blind Asylum, 270
— Boys' and Girls' Hospital, 154
— Boys' Brigade, 310
— Cemetery Coy. (Ltd.), 293, 309
— Chamber of Commerce, 163, 196,
231, 256
— Choral Union, 196
— Church of Scotland Training Col-
lege, 323
— Church Session, 352, 353
— Collegiate School, 234
— Commercial Banking Coy., 122, 356
— Commercial Coy., 96, 109, 1 18, 1 19,
145, 176, 202, 232, 264, 333
Aberdeen Community of St. Mary and St. John, 278
— Conciliation Board, 148, 245, 256
— Conservative Assoc, 373
— Conservative Club, 95, 250
— Convalescent Hospital, 173
— County and Municipal Buildings
Commissioners, 254
— County District Board of Lunacy,
254
— Dairy Company (Limited), 293
— Deaf and Dumb Institution, 89,
141, 170, 173, 216, 290, 336, 381
— Dispensary, 141, 173
— District Nursing Assoc, 336
— District Road Trustees, 127
— District Tramways Coy., 130, 261,
262
— Earl of, 138, 368
— Educational Trust, 141, 169, 191,
294, 323
— Evangelical Assoc, 191
— Female Orphan Asylum, 324, 343
— Gas Company, 368
— Golf Club, 275, 277
— Grain Warehousing Coy. (Ltd.), 174
— Granite Assoc, 231
— Harbour Board, 213, 262, 362
— Heritable Securities Investment
Coy. (Ltd.), 282
— Hospital for Relief of Persons
Labouring under Incurable Dis- ease, 133, 134
— House Proprietors' Assoc, 231
— Humane Society, 203
— Incorporated Trades, 80, 164, 220,
223, 231, 257, 266, 277, 306, 321, 341, 347, 356, 366
— Land Assoc, 169
— Leith and Clyde Shipping Coy., 368,
380
— Liberal Assoc, 245, 365
— Liberal Unionist Assoc, 298, 305
— Lime Coy., 315
— Lodge of Freemasons, 377
— Master Masons' Incorporation
(Ltd.), 174
— Medico-Chirurgical Society, 192,
223, 224
— Music Flail Coy. (Ltd.), 368
— Newcastle and Hull Steam Coy.,
118, 119, 145
— Parish Council, 257
438
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Aberdeen Pen and Pencil Club, 332
— Philosophical Society, 362
— Police Commissioners, 326, 362
— Poor Assoc, 173
— Provincial Com., 139, 270, 325
— Public Soup Kitchen, 166
— Sabbath School Union, 196
— Sailors' Institution, 176
— Savings' Investment Trust (Ltd.),
336
— School Board, 112, 139, 140, 158,
323
— Shipmaster Society, 128, 176, 200,
239
— Steam Laundry Coy. (Ltd.), 293
— Steam Navig. Coy., 243, 373
— Stock Exchange, 263
— Town and County Bank, 92, 117,
123, 159, 195, 200, 202, 221, 245, 246, 271, 284, 318, 320, 326, 333,
343. 37i
— Town Council, 124, 133, 143, 162,
203, 212, 213, 214, 241, 243, 254, 261, 275, 277, 279, 281, 286, 289,
293. 326, 357, 367 Aberdeen, Ashley, 135
Back Wynd, 265
Balgowny, Brig of, 293
Barkmill House, 290
Beechhill, 374
Belleville, Gilcomston, 296, 297
Belmont, 182
Belmont Laundry Coy. (Ltd.),
36S
Berryden, 224
Bon-Accord Church, 290
Bon- Accord Property Invest- ment Coy., 311
Bon-Accord School, 161, 295
Bridge of Don, 236, 271
Broadford, 224, 248
Broadgate, 114, 126, 355
Broomhill, 287
Burnside, 393
Castlegate (Castle Street), 137, 277, 296, 334
City of Aberdeen Land Assoc, 145, 213, 302
Clerkseat, 225, 226
Concert Court, 74
Crookedmyre, or Broadford, 248
Cruives of Don, 175
Dam Croft, 268
Deeford, 267
Denmore, 261, 262
Duthie Park, 167, 168, 284
Eastbank, 369
Elmhill, 233
Aberdeen, Exchequer Row, 296 Ferryhill, 252, 254 Free Church College, 171, 172,
174
Free South Church, 283
Friendville, 235
Gallowgate, 78, 120, 289, 291
Gilcomston, 354
Gilcomston Parish Church, 381
Gordon's College (and Hospital), 174, 209, 212, 263, 275, 279, 293, 298, 343, 360
Grammar School, 83, 86, 91, 96, 100, 102, 103, 104, 108, no, 122, 123, 126, 130, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 154, 156, 157. 158, 159, 160, 162, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 174, 176, 180, 193, 194, 195, 196, 201, 202, 213, 216, 218, 221, 222, 231, 236, 238, 239, 242, 245,
246, 249, 250, 255, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 266, 268, 273, 274, 282, 285, 286, 288, 290, 297, 298, 302, 303, 305, 306, 310, 312, 314, 323, 327, 332, 335, 337. 340, 343, 344, 347, 348, 35o, 356, 362, 365, 366, 368, 369,
37i, 373, 374, 377, 381, 390, 393, 396, 398, 404 Grandholm, 258, 292, 293, 328 Green, 150
Grey Friars Church, 168 Guestrow, 288, 353 " Holy lands," Footdee, 126 Hutcheon Street, 224 Huxter Row, 291 Johnston House, 249 Jopp's Court, 234 Kepplestone Cottage, 260 King's Coll., 77, 78, 79, 94, 101, 106,114,115,121,123,130,
133,135,139,140,142,143,
144, 151, 154, 156, 163,
164, 171, 173, 175, 179,
182, 186, 189, 199, 202,
207, 209, 210, 211, 212,
214, 219, 223, 225, 229,
231, 236, 240, 241, 243,
247, 259, 268, 270, 272, 273, 274, 285, 293, 296, 301, 305, 310, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 331, 340, 342, 343, 345, 349, 35o,
INDEX.
439
35i» 359, 36o, 367, 377.
379, 388, 389. 39i, 393,
394, 396, 398, 399, 401,
418, 419 Aberdeen, Ledingham's Academy, 266, 362 Links, 342 Little Belmont Street Public
School, 170 Littlejohn Street, 291 Loanhead of Gilcomston, 247,
317
Lochhead, 107 Lodge Walk, 164 Lunatic Asylum, 141, 255 McDonald, Charles (Ltd.), 238 MacMillan's Private School,
246, 257 Magdalene Croft, 224 Mannofield, 156, 357 Mar. Coll., 69, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 109, no, in, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, u8, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151,
153, 154, 156, 157, 158,
159, 160, 162, 164, 165,
166, 167, 168, 169, 170,
172, 173, 175, 176, 178,
179, 180, 181, 182, 184,
185, 186, 187, 189, 190,
191, 192, 193, 194, 199,
200, 201, 202, 203, 204,
205, 206, 208, 209, 210,
211, 212, 213, 214, 216,
217, 219, 220, 221, 222,
223, 224, 225, 226, 227,
228, 231, 232, 234, 235,
236, 237, 238, 239, 240,
241, 242, 243, 244, 245,
249, 251, 252, 253, 255,
256, 258, 259, 260, 261,
265, 266, 268, 269, 271,
272, 274, 275, 277, 279,
281, 282, 283, 284, 285,
286, 287, 288, 290, 291,
294, 295, 296, 297, 299,
300, 301, 302, 303, 306,
307, 308, 309, 310, 311,
312, 313, 314, 315, 316,
317, 320, 321, 322, 323,
324, 326, 327, 329, 331,
332, 333, 334, 335, 338,
339, 34i, 342, 343, 345, 347, 35°, 35i, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 368, 369, 371, 373, 374, 375, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 388, 389, 39i, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 420-27 Aberdeen, Market Cross, 295
Maternity Hospital, 141
Maybank, 334
Millbank, 312
Morefield, Stocket, III, 391
Morningfield Hospital, 141, 336, 381
Music School, 307
Netherkirkgate, 138
Normal School, 323
Outseats, Pitmuxton, 266
Perslie, 292, 293
Pitmuxton, 308
Polmuir, 204
Raeden, 356
Rattray's School, 165, 332
Rosehill, 393
Rosemount House, 375
Royal Aberdeen Vols. , 178, 193, 212, 217, 248, 252, 279, 318, 338, 364
Royal Horticultural Soc, 196,
307 Royal Infirmary, 141, 173, 195,
196, 236, 245, 250, 255,
261, 339, 400 Royal Lunatic Asylum, 196, 230 Rubislaw, 155, 198, 207, 306,
.352 Rubislaw Den, 143 Rubislaw Parish Church, 216 Ruthrieston, 393 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
235, 23°, 328 St. Andrew's Society, 216 St. John's Epis. Church, 332 St. Nicholas Church, 185, 303,
346 St. Nicholas Churchyard, 281,
288, 291, 357 St. Nicholas General Session,
323, 364 St. Nicholas Parochial Board,
133, 154, 245, 310 St. Paul's Epis. Church (and
Meeting House), 90, 228,
333
440
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Aberdeen, St. Ronans, 173
Savings Bank, 99, 103, 1 18,
122, 129, 141, 149, 165,
170, 173, 176, 191, 194, 200, 216, 232, 233, 256, 271, 285, 310, 320, 326, 333. 336, 343. 364, 368, 37i. 381
Schoolhill, 150
Silver Street Academy, 286
Sinclair's Academy, 176, 273,
286 South Bridge, 326
Spring Garden Ironworks, 261 Springhill, 249 Stocket, South, 291 Students' Rep. Council, 298 Sunnybank, 343 Synod, 202, 294, 366 Tannerv Street, 342 " Thieffs briggs," Footdee, 126 Thornlea, 258 Trinity Friars, 254, 281 Tulloch's (Bellevue) Academy, 82, 123, 134, 140, 193, 195, 216, 245, 349, 371 United Coal Fund, 166
University, 78, 82, 91, 100,
102, 103, 108, 112,
117, 128, 130, 131, 132,
133, 134, i'39. 140, 141.
147, 148, 150, 151, 154,
156, 157. 158, 159, 161,
163, 165, 166, 168, 170,
171, 172, 173. 174, 176, 177, 180, 181, 195, 196, 198, 201, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 222, 223, 230, 231, 234, 238, 239, 242, 245, 246, 250, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 278, 281, 283, 284, 285, 2S6, 292, 294, 295, 298, 305, 306, 310, 314, 319, 321, 322, 325, 330, 332, 335,
337, 34i, 344, 345, 348,
349, 362, 363, 366, 369,
370, 371, 372, 373, 374,
381, 388, 390, 393, 396,
397, 399, 400, 402, 403, 405, 427-30
University Court, 134, 169, 197,
213, 245 University General Council, 159,
163, 180, 190, 191, 194,
211, 213, 215, 216, 220,
222, 223, 234, 237, 244,
245, 256, 258, 270, 272,
277, 282, 283, 288, 293,
302, 310, 313, 315, 323,
329, 33i, 339, 340, 343,
356, 364, 365, 368, 374,
377, 379, 39i, 394, 399 Aberdeen, University Press (Ltd.), 269
Vaccine Inst., 141
Viewfield, 83, 276
Walker's Academy, 234, 310,
349 Wallfield, 367 Westburn, 369 West Church, 138, 357
West-End Academy, 82, 154,
157, 193, 211, 262, 283, 290, 310, 327, 381
Aberdeen, Old, 93, 94, 95, 96, 114, 123,
125, 128, 143, 153, 156, 169,
173, 183, 185, 189, 198, 199,
207, 214, 215, 219, 240, 241,
242, 245, 247, 249, 250, 267,
268, 275, 277, 286, 287, 290,
317, 318, 338, 340, 343, 350, 358, 364, 365, 379, 397
— Bishop's Hospital, 286, 381
— Cathedral, 388
— Chanonry, 364
— College Wynd, 338
— Grammar School, 1 12, 147, 161,
214, 236, 321, 325
— Gymnasium (Chanonry House
School), 82, 84, 88, 134, 161,
173, 180, 249, 250, 269, 273,
281, 285, 292, 325, 344, 349, 367, 371, 388, 403
— Mitchell's Hospital, 163, 286
— Parish School, 236
— Snow Church, 91
— Town Council, 209 Aberdeenshire, 90, 91, 97, 98, 99, 101,
103, 105, 106, 108, in, 113,
114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
136, 137, 138, 142, 143, 144,
145, J49, 150, I5i> 154, 155,
156, 158, 159, 161, 164, 166,
167, 169, 171, 174, 176, 178,
182, 186, 187, 189, 192, 197,
198, 200, 204, 205, 206, 208,
209, 211, 217, 219, 220, 221,
222, 224, 226, 228, 229, 232,
233, 235, 238, 241, 242, 243,
245, 246, 24S, 249, 251, 252,
254, 257, 265, 271, 275, 284,
288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293,
295, 300, 301, 303, 304, 307,
312, 316, 318, 324, 326, 333,
INDEX.
441
336, 338, 343. 347, 348, 349, 35i, 353, 354, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 364, 378, 380, 3S1, 390, 410, 418 Aberdeenshire Artillery Vols., 135, 190, 196, 234, 269, 270, 381
— Canal Coy., 143, 221, 232, 238
— County Council, 286, 371
— Local Authority, 169
— Local Militia, 193, 212, 252, 318,
338
— Rifle Vols., 134, 274, 293, 309,
312, 313, 324, 340, 372, 373
— Royal Engineers, 156, 305, 307
— Royal Gar. Art. Vols., 235, 247,
298, 370
— (West) Liberal Assoc, 245 Aberdein, Isobel, wife of Alex. Adam, 79
— Jean, wife of Adam Wilson, 375 Abbotshall, 344
Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, 187, 325 Abergeldie, 149
Abernethy, Anne B., wife of Gray C. Fraser, advocate (1855), 191
— Cath., wife of James Bryce, advo-
cate (1845), 102
— Isobel, wife of James Innes of
Maisley, 300
— James, ironfounder, Aberdeen, 102,
191
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1576),
77. 4i7
Abersnethok, 197 Aboukir Bay, 360 Aboyne, 236
— and Braemar Railway Coy., 162 Adam & Anderson, advocates, Aberdeen,
79,83, 3", 356
— Alexander, cartwright, Aberdeen, 79
— Andrew, farmer, Easter Beltie, 79
— Barbara, wife of John Ross, 311
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1670), 77, 419
— Hendrie, shoemaker, etc., Old Aber-
deen, 77
— J. & A. F., W.S., Edinburgh, 147
— Janet M., dan. of Will. Adam,
advocate (1790), 78
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1851), 78, 407, 418
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1909), 78, 427, 43L 433
— Steamship Coy. (Ltd.), 145
— Thomas, of Denmore, 262
— Thomson & Ross, advocates, Aber-
deen, 79, 218, 298, 311, 356
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1790), 78
Adam, William, advocate, Aberdeen (1818), 77, 78, 79, 133, 154, 168, 211, 236, 243, 311, 315, 339, 356, 399, 403, 413, 4i8
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1835), 79. 422
— William, farmer, Bush, 78 Adams, Margaret, wife of Robert Adam,
advocate (1909), 433
— W. Elford, Capt., 90
— William, farmer, 433
Adamson, Anne S., wife of Robert Ligert- wood, advocate (1854), 244
— Henry, shipowner, Aberdeen, 159,
244
— Jane, wife of Peter Duguid, advo-
cate (1855), 159 Aden, 313 Adie (Aedie), Alexander, optician, 389
— Cath., wife of Alex. Thomson,
advocate (1680), 352
— Elizabeth, wife of George Barron,
W.S., 389 Aged Christian Friend Society, 336 Aigburth, Liverpool, 294 Aiken (Aitken), Elspet, wife of John
Ewing, advocate (181 1), 175
— George M., solicitor, Aberdeen, 372
— John, Aberdeen, 175
— Lilias, wife of James McHardy,
advocate (181 7), 258
— William, Edinburgh, 258 Aikerman, W.S., Bridgevvater, 234 Ainslie, 86, 395
Aitken. See Aiken Albemarle, Lord, 296
— William, 7th Earl, 152 Albert, Prince, 69, 70
Alcock, Alex., clergyman, St. Paul's Epis- copal Church, 79
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1818), 79, 311, 322, 422 Alexander, Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Butchart, 108
— Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Middle-
ton, 268
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1700), 79
— George, guild burgess, 80
— Gilbert, tanner, etc., Peterhead, 388
— Hugh de Maine, medical sup., 160
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (before
1643), 80
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1752),
80, 164, 185
— John, artist, 351, 352
— Margaret, wife of John Johnston,
231
G 2
442
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Alexander, Robert, heritor, Boigholl, 80
— William, writer, Peterhead, 38S Alford, 177, I93» 337
Allan, Alex., advocate, Aberdeen (1810), 80-81, 214, 3S9, 420
— Alex., brick and tile manufacturer,
80
— Alex, de Wet, M.B., CM., 81
— Ann, wife of John Barron, watch-
maker, 92, 389
— Ann, wife of James Philip, mer-
chant, 296
— Barbara, wife of James Nicol, advo-
cate (1820), 286
— Buckley Allan & Coy., advocates,
Aberdeen, 81, 82
— Buckley Allan & Milne, advocates.
Aberdeen, 81, 82
— Christian, wife of Robert Machray,
advocate (1830), 259
— Colin, goldsmith, Aberdeen, 228
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1844), 81-82, 240, 410, 411,
423, 433
— George, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 81.
240
— George, minister, Newhills, 286
— George, Brick-kilns, Old Aberdeen,
290
— George Horn Best, 81
— Isabella, wife of John Paterson.
advocate (1830), 290
— James, hotel-keeper, Banff, 82
— James, mercantile marine service,
147
— James, solicitor, etc., Elgin, 391
— Janet, wife of Donald Cattanach,
merchant, 115
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1841),
82, 282, 423
— John, farmer, Dyce, 259
— John Buckley, advocate, Aber-
deen (1881), 81, 82, 406, 411,
429 „ o
— Margaret Bisset, 81, 82
— Mary Ann, wife of James Leask,
advocate (1853), 240
— Richard C, stock and share broker,
Aberdeen, 81
— William B., statistician, 81
Allangowan, Bridge of Allan, 97
Allardyce, Alexander, of Dunnottar, 227
Allathan, New Deer, 95, 284
Altens, Nigg, 179
Alva, 206, 208
Ambleside, 346
America, 211, 259
Anderson (Andersone) & Rae, advocates, Aberdeen, 83, 299
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1628), 82
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen,
(1827), 77, 79, 83-84, 133. 135, 154, 168, 211, 236, 243, 298, 311, 315, 339. 356, 399, 403, 406, 408, 409, 411, 413, 417, 420
— Alexander, in Tillygreig, etc., 84
— Alexander, of Candacraig, 84
— Alexander, burgess, Aberdeen, 85,
433
— Alice R., wife of A. Forbes Wight,
advocate (1871), 372
— Alison, wife of D. R. Morice,
advocate (1837), 277
— Andrew, barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 83 — - Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1590), 84
— Ann, wife of Alex. Macdonald,
shipmaster, Aberdeen, 258
— Anna, wife of Alex. Copland,
advocate, (1812), 135
— Arthur, advocate, Aberdeen
(1833), 84, 423
— Arthur, of Deebank, etc., 84, 277
— Bessie, wife of William Layng, 86
— Cath. M., wife of Rev. A. H.
Charteris, 83
— David, of Finzeauch, 144
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Robertson,
advocate (1661), 307
— Euphemia, wile of Alex. Davidson,
advocate (1616), 144
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1615), 85, 411, 418, 423
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1870), 84, 181, 305, 348, 407,
427, 43i
— Helen, wife of Patrick Chalmer,
sheriff-clerk, 86
— Helen Rachel, 84
— Isabel, wife of Alex. Innes of
Inaltrie, 225
— James, bank agent, Peterhead, 84
— James Gibbon, 129
— James M., merchant, Fraserburgh,
299
— Jean, wife of Alex. Paip, advocate
(1615), 86, 289
— loan, wife of William Rae, advocate
(1877), 299 .-'_«_.
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1830),
84, 423
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1839),
84-85, 277, 420
— John, painter, 144
INDEX.
443
Anderson, John Ford, M.D., Peterhead, 284
— Kath., wife of William Raye,
advocate (1593), 301
— Mary, wife of Andrew Murray,
advocate (1831), 284
— Robert, solicitor, Fraserburgh, 372
— Susan P., wife of J. H. Bovver, 100
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1584), 85-86, 289,411, 418, 43«>
433
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1859), 83, 85, 411, 423
— William, minister, Strichen, 83, 135
— William, 85 Anelrewsford, Fyvie, 299 Angus, Alex. Forbes, 86, 87
— Euphemia, wife of N. Wilson, 405
— George, watchmaker, Aberdeen, 86
— George, priest, 86
— James Keith, author, etc., 87
— Janet C, wife of Jas. A. Beattie,
87
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1822),
86-87, 98. 115. 217, 409, 417, 420
— John, lieut.-col., 87
— Kath. A., wife of L. L. Clarke, 87
— Margaret, wife of Jas. Paterson, 292
— Margaret F., wife of W. J. Renny,
W.S., 87
— William James, lieut., 87 Annand, Alexander, merchant, London,
232
— Patrick, in Clayhills, 122
— Sophia, wife of Alex Jopp, advocate
(1825), 232
— Will., 122 Antigua, 204 Arbroath, 369
Arbuthnott (Arbuthnot), John, eighth Viscount, 251
— Margaret, wife of W. J. Lumsden,
251
— Margaret, wife of Will. Alexander,
388
— Viscount, 197
— William, of Dens, 388 Ardbeck, Milltimber, 117 Ardlaw, 350
Ardmiddle, 270, 272
Ardmurdo (Ardmurdoe), 91, 255
Ardoe, 185, 281
Ardoville, 331
Ardross, 293
Arnott, Alex., merchant, Aberdeen, 388
— Tames, W.S., 393, 398
— John, W.S., 388
— Neil, physician, 388 Artamford, 229
Arthur, Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1S84), 87 Artrochie, 167 Ashfield, Garmouth, 154 Ashintully, Perthshire, 90 Ashville, 138 Aucharnie, 344, 345 Auchindachy, Mary, wife of Richard
Gordon, advocate (1731), 210 Auchindoir, 164, 252 Auchindoun, 77 Auchinhalrig, Bellie, 225 Auchinhove, 197 Auchinhuif, 121 Auchiries, 223, 233 Auchleuchries, 167 Auchlunies, 393 Auchmacoy, 224 Auchry, 316 Auchterarder, 343 Auchterellon, 322, 359 Auchterless, 118, 273 Auld & Chalmers, W.S., 274
— & Macdonald, W.S., 196, 269, 370 Auldjo, Anne M., wife of James Jamieson,
M.D., 398 Auldtown of Carnousie, 373 Auquharney, Cruden, 219, 378, 380 Auquherton, Kintore, 77 Auquhirie, 380 Australia, 274, 305, 392, 394
— South, 218
— Western, 218 Avochie, Rothiemay, 119 Aytoun, R. J. R., 90
Baillie, Right Hon. Henry J., of Redcastle,
313
— Isabella, wife of John Sandilands,
317
— Philippa, wife of Major-Gen. F. S.
Russell, 313 Bain, James, F. C. minister, Delting, 88
— Richard W. K., advocate, Aber-
deen (1887), 88, 381, 406, 430,
433 Balfour, Birse, 128, 129, 130, 342
— Robert, accountant, 97 Balgowan, Keig, 212 Balgownie, 182, 183, 339 Ballater, 105
Ballivat, 155 Balmedie, 186, 251 Balmurrel (Balmoral), 205 Balnacraig, 84, 205 Balnagarth, 130 Balnagask, 153
444
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Balnakelly, 254
Balquhain, 125, 197
Balquharn, 352
Balquholly, 281
Balruddery, 376
Banchory, 149, 208, 328, 352, 355
— Devenick, 293, 352
— Devenick Parish Church, 185
— Devenick School Board, 247, 269,
293, 373 Banff, 90, 184, 206, 237, 253, 396, 406
— Academy, 331
Banffshire, 90, 116, 155, 158, 161, 183,
184, 252, 390, 391, 396, 406 Bank of British North America, 330 Bannerman & Blaikie, advocates, Aber- deen, 88, 96
— Alexander, H. E. I. C. S. , 88
— Alexander, merchant, Aberdeen, 88,
104
— Alexander D'Arcy, 90
— Anna M., wife of Capt. W. Elford
Adams, 90
— Anne, wife of Sir Charles Banner-
man, Bart., 89
— Arthur J., lieut.-col., 90
— Blanche Amy, 90
— Catherine, 89
— Catherine G. , wife of R. J. R.
Aytoun, 90
— Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1776), 88-89, 96, 135. 212, 329, 403, 408, 411, 420, 431
— Charles, son of Patrick Bannerman,
89
— Charles, eighth Bart., 89
— Charles B., lieut., 90
— Clara E., wife of George Vertue, 90
— Constance G., 90
— Edward M., 90
— Elizabeth O., 89
— Emily, 90
— Euphemia, wife of Thos. C. G rainger,
211
— Frances C, 90
— George, merchant, Aberdeen, 88
— Georgina, 89
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Forbes, 89
— Margaret Anne, 90
— Mary, 89
— Mary, wife of Col. James Vertue,
90
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1816), 84, 88, 89-90, 258, 281, 329, 402, 406, 411, 413, 420
— Patrick W., 89
— Thomas, 89
— William, 89
Barberton, 278, 392 Barclay, — , of Gartly. 90
— Alexander, minister, Drumblade, 91
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1568), 90-91, 410, 411
— George, physician, Aberdeen, 389
— George, merchant, Leith, 389
— G. W. W., 170
— Helen, wife of William Lumsden,
advocate (1624), 91, 255
— James, 91
— Jean, wife of William Ord, 91
— Joan, 91
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (15841,
9i
— John Barclay, advocate, Aber-
deen (1882), 91, 429
— Mary, wife of John Barclay, 91
— Robert, of Urie, 227
— Une C, wife of John Innes, W.S.,
227
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
d59S). 9i, 255. 410, 411, 413 Barker, Agnes D. , wife of John M. Fer- guson, advocate (1891), 181
— Henry M., LL.D., Glasgow, 181 Barnes, 228
Baroun. See Barron Barra, 300, 302, 304, 342 Barrack, Elsie, wife of John Grant Daw- son, advocate (1859), 153
— George, contractor, Old Aberdeen,
153 Barron (Baroun), Alexander, 92
— Alexander, vintner, Aberdeen, 92
— Ann, wife of Francis Clerihew,
advocate (1831), 125
— Anne, 92
— Barbara Isabel, 92
— Caroline Anne, 92
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1609), 92
— George, 92
— George, W.S., 204, 389 -- James, watchmaker, 125
— Jane B., wife of Frank Griffith, 92
— John, 92
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1851),
92, 423
— John, watchmaker, 92, 389
— Lambert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1834), 92, 389, 423
— Lambert, 92
— Mary E., 92
Bartlctt (Barllet), Alexander, 93
— David, advocate, Aberdeen (1743),
1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 93, 408
— Helen, 93
INDEX.
445
Bartlett, Isobel, 93
— James, merchant, 93
— James, banker, 93 Bastard, Thomas H., 164 Bathampton, 276 Baulk, Jamaica, 105, 107
Baxter, Agnes, wife of James Dyce, 93
— Isobel, 93
— James, 93
— Janet, 93
— John, 93
— Rachel, 93
— William, 93
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1680), 55, 93 Beaconhill, 118, 380 Bean, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
U779)> 94, 419
— Alexander, farmer, etc., 94
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
• (1759), 94. 423
— George, tailor, Aberdeen, 94 Beattie, James, professor, 226
— James A., C.E., 87
— James Forbes, C.E., 136
Begg, Alexander, minister, Fraserburgh,
38.9
— David Gray, 389
— Henry F., 305
— Jeannie G. F., wife of Will. K.
Reid, advocate (1880), 305
— John (Ltd.), distillers, etc., 305 Beidie, Gilbert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1676), 94 Beira, 403
Belhelvie, 67, 192, 251 Belize, 324 Bell, A. M., W.S., 399
— Thomas, 155 Bellfield, 260
Belmont, Bridge of Allan, 326 Beltie, Easter, 79, 311 Bendauch, Dyce, 273 Benholm, 289 Bennett, Annie G., 95
— Elizabeth R. C, 95
— Irene C., 95
— Jane, wife of C. B. Davidson,
advocate (1861), 145
— John Carmichael, advocate,
Aberdeen (1895), 94-95, 154, 413,
43i
— John C, rancher, 95
— Muriel C, 95
— Norman C, 95
— Robert, 94
— William, 148 Bentley, James, professor, 186
Bentley, Janet, wife of William Littlejohn,
245 Berry, Sir William, 132 Berryhill, 144 Berryhillock, 349 Bervie, 138, 200, 277, 279 Berwick-on-Tweed, 162 Best, Thomas, banker, 389
— Thomas W., merchant, 389 Bieldside, 130, 166
Biggar, Walter, 153
Bilbohall, 155
Binghill, Peterculter, 263, 363, 364
Birch, Charles E., rector of Wiston, 106
Birkenbog, 308, 340
Hirkenbrowell, 301, 302
Birks, Elizabeth, wife of W. R. Gordon,
396 Birley, Richard, of Seedley, 99 Birmingham, 399 Birness, 197 Birnie, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1675), 95
— Charles, minister, Aberdour, 325
— Jane, wife of James Ferguson,
advocate (1816), 179 Birsmohr Lodge, Aboyne, 112, 113, 351,
352 B;shopstown, 231 Bisset, Habakkuk or Abacuth, W.S., 304
— Margaret, wife of George Allan,
advocate (1844), 81
— Mary, wife of John Davidson,
minister, Inverurie, 147
— William, merchant burgess, etc.,
Aberdeen, 81 Black, Barbara, wife of Thomas Blackwell, principal, 192
— Gilbert, treasurer, Aberdeen, 95
— Isobel, wife of Will. Sinclair,
druggist, 327
— Margaret, wife of James Brebner,
advocate (1828), IOI
— Margaret, wife of James Paull,
merchant, etc., Aberdeen, 403
— Rachel, 96
— Thomas, of Wateridgemuir, 101,
226
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1686), 95-96 Blackburn, Bishop, 125 Blackford (Blackfurde), 89, 122 Blackhall, William, maltman, 229 Blackhouse, Peterhead, 283 Blackpool, 315 Blackshiels, 38L Blackwell, Christian, wife of John French,
advocate (1743), 192
446
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Blackwell, Thomas, 192 Blaikie & Bannerman, advocates, Aber- deen, 89, 97
— & Smith, advocates, Aberdeen, 97,
98, 333
— Agnes E., wife of Kenneth
Hathorne, 96
— Alex. Francis, law apprentice, 97
— Amy Jane, 96
— Anthony Adrian, advocate, Aber-
deen (1848), 96, 97, 98, 234, 411,
4i3» 423
— Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Alex. Dyce
Davidson, 97
— Frances Grace, wife of Robert
Balfour, 97
— Helen, wife of Anthony Adrian
Blaikie, advocate (1848), 96
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1808),
84, 88, 89, 96-98, 258, 281, 329,
333. 364, 395. 4°2, 406, 409, 4«i 413, 417, 420
— James Adrian, law student, 96
— James Andrew, law apprentice, 97
— Jane G., wife of P. C. Sutherland,
98
— Jane G., wife of R. K. Birley, 99
— Jemima, wife of Thomas Foster, 98
— John & Anthony, advocates, Aber-
deen, 96, 98
— John, plumber, etc., Aberdeen, 96
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1836),
97, 98-99. 234, 314, 333, 391, 394, 397, 411, 413, 423
— Margaret, wife of Lauchlan
McKinnon, Junr., advocate (1842), 261
— Patrick, physician, Aberdeen, 261
— Sir Thomas, ot Kingseat, 96, 358
— Thomas, solicitor, 96
— William Garden, professor, 97 Blair, Alexander, W.S. , 405 Blairfindy, Glenlivet, 212 Blairmormond, 322
Blairton, 197, 198, 202, 241, 255
Blake, Jane, wife of Charles A. Winchester,
377 Blelack, Cromar, 83, 403 Bodie (Body), Alex., Bush, Auchterless,
389
— Charles, solicitor, Turriff, 389
— Elizabeth, wife of John Innes, 228
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(before 1607), 99 Boghead, Kintore, 251 Boharm, 184 Boigholl, 80 Boldow, 153
Bombay, 389, 401
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 224
Bonner, Anna, wife of John Cadenhead,
109, in Bonny man, Charles D., advocate,
Aberdeen (1861), 99, 423
— John, blacksmith, Aberdeen, 99 Booth, Geo., watchmaker, Aberdeen, 389
— John, jun., merchant, 99
— Joseph, W.S., 389
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1839), 99, 420 Borgeaud, Professor, Geneva, 170 Bourchier, Harriet, wife of John Burnett,
105
— Samuel, H.E.I.C S., 105 Bourne, Alfred, Peterborough, 215
— Ellen, wife of Charles Grub, 215 Bournemouth, 310
Bourtie, 302, 393
Bower, George H., advocate, Aber- deen (1899), 100, 413, 427, 431
— James H., of Pitmurchie, 100 Bowman, Alex. Gordon, 390
— John, of Gayfield, 390
Boyd, George, merchant, Ceylon, 390
— James, 292
— James Tower, banker, Canada, 390
— Jameson &. Kelly, W.S., 370 Boyes, Magdalen, wife of Pat. Sandilands,
3i6 Boyn, Margaret, wife of Thos. McCombie,
256 Boyndie, 343 Boyndlie, 184 Brackenhill, Murtle, 213 Brackenhills, 142 Braco, 156, 179
— Lord, 354
— Park, 194 Braemar, 172, 327, 331
Brand, William, minister, Sandwick, 259 Brander & Cruickshank, advocates, Aber- deen, 140
— Alex. James, solicitor, Aberdeen,
140, 370
— Theresa Isabel, or Elliott, 117 Brazil, 276
Brebner (Bremner), Alexander, shipmaster, 100
— Alexander, of Learney, 227, 251
— Alex. Crombie, 100, 390
— Arthur, 100
— Charles N. G., Iieut., 100
— Elizabeth Helen, 101
— Emily Udny, 100
— Frances, wife of Hugh Lumsden of
Pitcaple, 251
INDEX.
447
Brebner, George H. G., ioo
— Isobel, wife of William Baxter,
advocate (1680), 93
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1828),
100-1, 169, 322, 390, 409, 417, 420
— Jane, wife of William Innes of
Raemoir, 227
— Sophia Catherine, 101
— Thomas John, advocate, Aber-
deen (1834), 101, 407, 413, 417, 418
— Hon. William, 101
— William, 300
— William Bruce, 101 Brechin, 188
Breda, 226, 227
Bremner. See Brebner
Bridge of Allan, 177, 314, 322
Brighton, 357
Bristol, 123
British and Foreign Bible Society, 170
— Law Fire Insu. Coy. (Ltd.), 370
— Linen Coy. Bank, 261
— Numismatic Society, 260
— Red Cross Society, 336 Britton Pember, shipmaster, 270 Broomend, Inverurie, 148 Brotherstone, Mertoun, 338 Brougham and Vaux, Lord, 67 Broughty-Ferry, 265, 344
Brown, Alexander, hosier, Aberdeen, 102
— Alexander, Cairness, 343
— Arthur R., member, Faculty of
Advocates, 390
— David, General, 130, 433
— Edith E., wife of Francis James
Cochran, advocate (1893), 13°
— Evelyn Maud, wife of R. W. K.
Bain, advocate (1887), 433
— Harriet M., wife of Robert Living-
ston, minister, Kintore, 404
— fane, wife of Alex. Stronach, Tun.,
advocate (1857), 343
— Jemima, wife of Robert Jamieson,
M.D., 230
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1832), 102, 423
— William Alex., sheriff-substitute, 390 Broxburn Oil Coy. (Ltd.), 405
Bruce, Alex., 109
— A. S. R., solicitor, Aberdeen, 216
— Catherine, wife of Andrew Urquhart,
advocate (1619), 360
— John, newspaper proprietor, 102
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1908), 102, 238, 427
— Sarah Ann, wife of James S.
Butchart, advocate (1876), 109
Brucklay, 187, 188
— Castle, 186, 188
Bryce, Agnes J. L., wife of William Garden, 195, 433
— A. H., wife of James Murray
Garden, advocate (1868), 102, 196
— Catherine A., wife of Peter Fisher,
minister, Tongland, 102
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1845),
102-3, 158, 195. 196, 411, 423, 433
— James, M.D., 102
— Right Hon. James, M.P. , 109
— Jane, wife of Robert John Garden,
M.D., 102, 195
— John, manufacturer, Aberdeen, 102
— John Stewart, advocate, Aber-
deen (1876), 102, 103, 161, 194, 411, 429
— Susan Anne, wife of James Duguid,
advocate (1874), 102, 158, 433
Buchanness, 95
Bucksburn (Buxburn), 79, 243, 273
Buenos Ayres, 403
Bulloch, J. M., author, etc., 202
Bulong, West Australia, 278
Burdett, Flora F. , wife of Duncan David- son of Inchmarlo, 152
— Sir Francis, Bart., 152 Burke's Academy, Inverness, 260 Burness, Alex., of Mastrick, 346
— Elizabeth S., wife of John Stuart,
advocate (1836), 345, 346 Burnett & Reid, advocates, Aberdeen, 103, 302
— Alexander, land measurer, 107
— Alexander, Capt., H.E.I.C.S., 221
— Alexander, of Countesswells, 316
— Alexander George, of Kemnay, 107
— Amy Verena, 108
— Anne, wife of James Ramsay, advo-
cate (1759), 299
— Arthur, 107
— Clementine, wife of Robert Sandi-
lands, advocate (1743), 104, 317
— Eliza Deborah, wife of John Paton,
106
— Francis, M.D., 105
— George, 107
— Harriet Hay, wife of James Cumine
of Rattray, 106
— Hay, wife of Col. Thomas Lumsden,
2Sl
— Helen Christian, wife of Thomas
Innes of Learney, 106
— Ian Alistair K., 108
— James, doctor, 104
— James, bank superintendent, 106
448
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Burnett, James, of Monboddo, 106
— James, 107
— Jane, wife of Alex. Hendry, advo-
cate (1826), 221
— Jean, 107
— Jean, wife of Alex. Davidson,
advocate (1661), 144
— John, H.E.I.C.S., 105
— John, memb., Faculty of Advocates,
107
— John, writer, Stonehaven, 137
— John, of Campfield, 205
— John, of Elrick, 269, 251
— John, of Dens, 245
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 292
— Kathleen E., 108
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Bannerman,
88, 104
— Margaret, 105, 107
— Marianne, wife of Rev. Charles E.
Birch, 106
— Marjory, wife of Robert Taylor, 107
— Marjory, wife of James Sandilands,
advocate (1649), 316
— Mary, wife of John Taylor, 107
— Mary, wife of Peter Gordon, advo-
cate (1764), 209
— Newell, advocate, Aberdeen
(1825), 103, 105, 298, 302, 310, 327,
390, 395. 401, 409. 4", 4i3» 423
— Olive Kendall, 108
— Penelope, wife of Capt. N. T.
Christie, 106
— Robert, W.S., 389
— Sarah, wife of John Whyte, mer-
chant, 371
— Thomas & Newell, advocates, Aber-
deen, 103, 105
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1563), 104, 420
— [Poles] Thomas, advocate, Aber-
deen (1691), 104
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1722), 55, 104, 106, 167, 274,
295. 317, 358, 413. 423
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1796), 62, 103, 104-6, 107, in, 302, 310, 390, 392, 395, 401, 408, 409, 410, 411, 413, 423, 431
— Thomas, of Kirkhill, 104, 299
— Thomas, 105
— William & Thomas, advocates,
Aberdeen, 105, 106
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1754), 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 104, 106-7, 34^» 408, 410, 411, 419
— William, 107
— William F., 105
Burnett, William Kendall, advocate, Aberdeen (1880), 107-8, 417, 430, 433
Burnmouth, Grange, 154
Burns, Maclean & Alison, writers, Glas- gow, 245
— of Deskford, 331 Burnside, 80, 138, 168, 319 Burro wley, Ellon, 224
Burton, John Hill, Scottish historian, 390-91
— W. K., lieut., 94th Regt., 390 Bush (Buss), Banchory-Ternan, 78
— Auchterless, 389
Butchart & Rennet, advocates, Aberdeen,
108, 109, 306
— Alexander, Aberdeen, 108
— Alexander Bruce, 107
— Henry Jackson, advocate, Aber-
deen (1908), 108, 109, 411, 429-31
— James A., 109
— James Sylver, advocate, Aber-
deen (1S76), 108-9, 306* 4*i, 429
— Jeanetta M. , wife of David A. Pope,
109
— Reginald E., 109
— Sarah A., wife of Ernest Rennet,
advocate (1901), 109, 306
— William R., engineer, etc., 109 Buthlaw, 203
Butterworth, Transkei, 236 Buyers, Charles, solicitor, Aberdeen, 264 Byres, Jane, wife of John Durno, advocate (1764), 167
— Patrick, of Tonley, 167
Cadenhead, A. & J., advocates, Aberdeen,
109, in
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1809), 109-10, in, 240, 286, 411, 420
— Alexander S., settler, Canada, no
— Alice Jane, wife of W. H. Carter,
merchant, 1 1 1
— Amelia, wife of Francis Ogston,
professor, no
— Anne, wife of James Cadenhead,
captain, no
— Brebner, no
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1848), 110-11, 324, 406, 410, 411, 423, 431
— James, artist, III, 160
— James, captain, no
— James S., no
— John, gardener, 109, m
— John, farmer, Ontario, no
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1816),
109, in, 240, 420
INDEX.
449
Cairnbrogie, 144, 145 Cairnfield (now Ualgownie), 207 Cairngall, Longside, 162 Cairngorm Club, 201 Cairnie, Manse of, 378 Cairnton, Fordoun, 271 Cairntradlin, Kinellar, 240 Caithness, 188 Calculta, 242, 329 Caledonian Insurance Coy., 216
— Railway Coy., 162, 28S
— Steam Trawling Coy. (Ltd.), 269 Callander, 256
Cambridge Univ., 163, 165, 174, 217, 250,
'259, 265, 270, 278, 418 Cameron & Allan, solicitors, etc., Elgin, 391
— Alexander, solicitor, 391, 396
— Andrew James, advocate, Aber-
deen (1841), in, 423
— Eliza A. G., wife of Lewis Chalmers,
advocate (1847), 119
— Elizabeth P , wife of John Morrison,
279
— Hugh, merchant, Aberdeen, 391
— James, Aberdour House, 119
— John, surgeon, 11 1
— John, surgeon, R.N., 391
— Patrick, 391 Cammachmore, 158, 354 Campbell, A. & A., W.S., 150
— Alex., of Glenorchy, 287
— David, Tordarroch, Dornoch, 112
— Hugh Fraser, advocate, Aber-
deen (1897), 112, 406, 427
— James M., solicitor, Edinburgh,
391
— Jane B., wife of James Fraser,
candlemaker, etc., 190
— [ean Byres, 112
— John, W.S., 388, 393
— John, surgeon, etc., Aberdeen, 391
— Margaret Scott, 112
— Mary II., wife of Alex. Cochran,
advocate (1862), 128
— Peter Colin, principal, 128 Campfield, 130, 205 Camphill, 372
Campvere, 189, 192, 285, 380 Canada, 221, 390 Candacraig, 84 Canterbury, 294 Cape of Good Hope, 320
— Town, 398
Cargilfield, Trinity School, 163, 165 Carle, James, solicitor, Aberdeen, 370 Carnaveron, 404 Carnbee, 316
Carnegie, Agnes, wife of Robert Paterson, advocate (1698), 291
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1766), 1,3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 58, "2-13, 352, 377, 408, 4",4i3. 423
— Alexander, 113
— Elizabeth, 113
— Hannah, 113
— Helen, wife of John Ross, Grenada,
113
— James, 207
-r- James, litster, Aberdeen, 112, 352
— James, 113
— Jane, 113
— Jean, wife of Andrew Turner,
litster, Aberdeen, 359
— John, surgeon, H.E.I. C.S., 113
— Mary, wife of Dr. William
Robertson, 113
— Violet, 113
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1796), 65, 113, 214, 217, 235, 409, 411, 413, 420, 431 Carr, Ann F., wife of John Dunn, merchant, 165, 166 "
— George, M.D., 177
Carson, Dr. James C. L., Coleraine, 108
— Margretta M., wife of W. Kendall
Burnett, advocate (1880), 108 Carstairs, 267
Carter, Isabella, wife of Angus Fraser, merchant, 190
— William, artist, 369
— William Henry, merchant, in Caskieben, 89, 232
Cassie, James, artist, 173 Castleknock Church, 246 Castleton, 178, 183
Cattanach (Catanach, Catenach), Donald, merchant, Aberdeen, 115
— Donald George, advocate, Aber-
deen (1849), 115, 350, 413, 420
— Isobel, 114
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1731 ),
114, 115,225, 350, 358,413,417, 418, 420
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 114,
358
— Jessie, wife of John W. Compton,
— John, Mill of Logie, Cromar, 142
— John, writer, Aberdeen, 220
— Margaret, wife of George Turner
of Menie, 114, 358 Catterline, 373
Cattie (now Whitehouse), Tough, 166, 167
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45o
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Catto, James, wine merchant, 157
— Mary, wife of Alex. Duffus,
advocate (1889), 157
— Robert, of Wallfield, 367 Ceylon, 217, 278, 279, 284, 390 Chalmers (Chalmer) & Farquhar, advocates,
Aberdeen, 117, 118, 176
— Alexander, of Balnacraig, 205
— Alexander, of Cults, 255
— Alexander, minister, Marnoch, 351
— Alexander H., W.S. and com-
missary clerk, Aberdeen, 117
— A. W., governor, Aberdeen Prisons,
392
— C. & J. H., advocates, Aberdeen,
117, 118, 119, 193
— C. & P. H., advocates, Aberdeen,
117, 118, 119, 193, 198, 3H
— Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1812), 116-17, 118, 119, 176, 193, 220, 221, 273, 297, 324, 394, 398, 409, 411,413. 423» 431
— Charles David, major-general, 117
— Charles H. L. H., of Monkshill and
Avochie, 119
— David, of Westburn, 369
— David M. A. , advocate, Aberdeen
(1884), 117-18, 140, 198, 201, 247, 269, 298, 325, 388, 413, 42S
— George, sheriff clerk, Banffshire,
116
— Sir George, Bart, of Cults, 186
— Harriet, wife of James Nicol,
writer. Oban, 401
— Ian Patrick Honeyman, 119
— James, 116, 117
— James Hay, advocate, Aberdeen
(1854), 117, 118, 119, 193, 406, 411, 423, 431
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1563),
118, 431
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1649),
116, 418
— John, 116
— John H., solicitor, Aberdeen, 141
— Lewis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1847), 118-19, 408, 420
— Lewis, solicitor, etc., Fraserburgh,
118
— Margaret, wife of Rev. Francis
Dauney, 143
— Margaret, wife of John Webster,
Junr., advocate (1831), 369
— Margaret Douglas, of Ardbeck, 117
— Mary, wife of William Thorn,
advocate (1752), 351
— Patrick, sheriff clerk, 86
— Patrick, 360
Chalmers, Patrick H., advocate, Aber- deen (1864), 117, 119, 268, 325, 388, 399, 406, 411, 413, 420, 431
— Samuel, clothier, etc., Aberdeen, 392
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(before 1600), 116
— Thomas, master, Grammar School,
116
— William, 116
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1598), 116, 431
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1654), 120
— William Gordon, captain, Bengal
Staff Corps, 117
Chandler, — , artist, 112
Chapel of Garioch, 199, 320 Craigmill, 346 Charles II , 315
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(I70S). 55, 120-21
— Alexander, London, 12 1
— Anne, 121
— George, high master, St. Paul's
School, 120
— John, minister, Amsterdam, 121
— Margaret, 121
— Robert, comptroller, Post Office,
London, 120
Charleston, South Carolina, 188
Charlie, Prince, 155, 205
Charlotte, Princess, 360
Charlton, Forfarshire, 84, 277
Chartered Bank of Australia, India and China, 173
Charteris, A. H., professor, 83
Chasser, Margaret, wife of Andrew Thom- son, 352, 354
Cheine, Ursula, 241
Cheltenham, 250, 313
Chene. See Cheyne
Chenlett Lodge, Hampshire, 390
Cheshunt, Herts, 211
Cheswick, Henry F., Victoria, 305
Cheyne (Chene) & Stuart, W.S., 172, 193
— of Esslemont, 91
— Besse, 121
— Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Ewen,
advocate (1834), 175
— Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1 561), 121
— James, Turriff, 175
— Janet, wife of George Seton, 121
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1576),
121, 413. 417
— lohnne, 122
— Marjory, wife of George Barclay,
advocate (1568), 91
INDEX.
451
Cheyne, Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen (1570), 122, 304
— Robert, in Caldwallis, 122 Chivas, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1821), 122, 407, 423
— Alexander, bank cashier, 122 Christ Church, Huntly, 166
Christian, James, sheriff clerk, Kincardine- shire, 74
— Robert, R.N., 193
Christiana, Clara I., wife of John G. L.
Whincup, 370 Christie, Alexander, Glasgow, 310
— Charles S., minister, Cults, 314
— Isabella, wife of George Paton,
advocate (1670), 292
— John T., Parkstone, Dorset, 243
— N. T., captain, 106 Christopher, St., 88
Chrystall, A. J., minister, Bucksburn, 273 City of Glasgow Bank, 271, 362 Clack riach, 235 Claremount, St. Dorothy, 251 Clark (Clarke, Clerk) & Littlejohn, advo- cates, Aberdeen, 123, 245
— & Morice, advocates, Aberdeen,
123, 275, 277
— & Sellar, advocates, Aberdeen, 124
— Alexander, merchant, Aberdeen,
126
— Amelia, 124
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1581), 125, 43i
— Andrew, 126
— Anna, wife of James Watson, advo-
cate (1764), 126, 363
— Annie Stewart, 124
— Cecilia B., wife of James Geddes,
advocate (1831), 199
— Edward Francis, 124 Elizabeth Harvey, 124
— Frances Kate, 124
— Henry S., 124
— James, 126
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1743),
1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 125-26, 288, 363, 408, 413, 417
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1752),
123
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1832),
123, 230. 245, 275, 277, 399, 423
— John, cabinetmaker, Aberdeen, 123
— John, 126
— John Travers, tea planter, 124
— Leslie, merchant, Aberdeen, 123
— Margaret, wife of George Symmers,
126
— Maria Theresa, 124
Clark, Patrick W. L., solicitor, 124
— Peter, advocate, Aberdeen (1865),
123-24, 142, 166, 423
— William Esplin, tea planter, 124 Clerihew, Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1831), 124-25, 326, 406, 420
— George, builder, Aberdeen, 124
— George, M.D., etc., 124 Clerkhill, 197
Clermiston, 145 Cleveland, John, M.P. , 360
— Selina, wife of John Udny, 360 Clifton, Bristol, 123, 188
Clinter, Mill of, Birse, 153
Closeburn, 253
Clova, 253, 255
Cluny, 287
Clyne, Arthur, architect, Aberdeen, 127
— Edith Angela, wife of Rev. Robert
Cruickshank, 127
— Henry, 127
— John, captain, 126
— Lizzie M., wife of Rev. John S.
Wilson, 127
— Nora Kate, wife of Sir David Wil-
son, 127
— Norval, advocate, Aberdeen
(1846), 126-27, 160, 162, 372, 406, 420
— Robert R, Australia, 127
— Stuart, 127 Coburty, Aberdour, 395
Cochran & Anderson, advocates, Aberdeen, 84, 127
— & Macpherson, advocates, Aber-
deen, 127, 130, 264
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1862), 84, 127-28, 129, 130, 177, 181, 305, 348, 392, 407, 410, 411, 413, 420, 431
— Alexander, shipowner, etc., Aber-
deen, 128
— Alexander Gordon, 128
— Anne F., wife of Edmund B. Osier,
129
— Dora Alexandrina, 128
— Edith M., wife of John P. Miller, 128
— Elizabeth, wife of James G. Ander-
son, 129
— Elizabeth F., 128
— Francis, colonel, 129
— Francis James, advocate, Aber-
deen (1831), 127, 128-29, 177, 254, 329. 33i» 39i» 402, 407, 409, 411,413, 423
— Francis James, advocate, Aber-
deen (1893), 128, 130,411,413, 428, 431
452
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Cochran, Hugh, 129
— Janet C, wife of Colvin A. E.
Smith, 128
— Margaret G., wife of George Pirrie,
captain, 129
— Mary Hamilton, 128
— Peter, advocate, Aberdeen (1557),
130
— Peter C, magistrate, Barberton,
128, 392
— Robert, stockbroker, Toronto, 129
— Walter, town clerk depute, 360 Cocklaw, 267
Cogswell, May Kate, wife of Francis Duncan, colonel, 162
— Rev. William, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
162 Colinson, Elizabeth, wife of George Wilson,
advocate (1690), 375 Colleonard, Banffshire, 184 Collie, Annie, wife of Rev. James Wishart,
131
— Constance Ida, wife of Rev. Charles
W. Hunter, 131
— Doris C, wife of Dr. James A.
Davidson, 133
— Elspeth, wife of Robert Collie,
house proprietor, 130, 131
— Frank Lang, M.D., London. 132
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1856), 130-31, 132, 133, 213, 369, 414, 419. 423
— George Duncan, advocate, Aber-
deen (1882), 102, 130, 131, 132, 161, 369, 411, 429
— Gordon, 132
— James & George, advocates, Aber-
deen, 130, 131, 132, 133
— James, advocate, Aberdeen(i84i),
130, 131-32, 133, 161, 213, 369, 411, 414, 423
— James Younger, advocate, Aber-
deen (1882), 102, 130, 132, 133, 161, 369,411, 429
— Jane, wife of George Gray, mer-
chant, Aberdeen, 213
— Jeannie, wife of George Watt, archi-
tect, Aberdeen, 131
— Robert, house proprietor, Aberdeen,
130, 131
— Robert, accountant, 130
— Sir Robert John, M.D., London,
132
— Robina C. , wife of Dr. John Frank
Lang, 132 Collins, Charlotte M. V., wife of A. M. Williamson, advocate (1882}, 373
— Thomas, M.D., 373
Collyhill Trust, 343, 381
Colmonell, 286
Colombo, 279, 395
Colpnay, 189
Colville, Alex., solicitor, Banff, 184, 391
Colvine, Kath., wife of Alex. Kennedy, 238
Commercial Bank of Scotland (Ltd.), 298
— Union Assurance Coy. (Ltd.), 139,
201 Compton, John W., 115 Condell, Joseph A., major, 318 Conglass, 340 Congreve, 135
Connon, William, solicitor, Aberdeen, 371 Consort, Prince, 73 Cook, John, of Ashley, shipowner, 135
— Mary, wife of Patrick Cooper, Jun.,
advocate (1883), 135 Cookston, 112, 113 Cooper, George, farmer, Wraes, 133
— George, stockbroker, etc., 134
— Johanna, wife of John Smith, Green-
hall, 335
— John Russell, 135
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1847), 123, 133-34, 145, 151, 190, 255, 264, 266, 371, 405, 406, 408, 410, 411, 418, 431
— Patrick, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1883), 133, 134-35, 4", 428, 431
— Patrick, & Son, advocates, Aber-
deen, 133, 134
— Patrick Ashley, 135
Copland, Alex., advocate, Aberdeen (1812), 135, 414, 420
— Alex., merchant, Aberdeen, 135
— Alex., M.R.C.S., 136
— Alex., manager, Aberdeen Com-
mercial Coy., 202
— Elizabeth, 136
— James, keeper, Register of Sasines,
136
— Jean Byres wife of J. F. Beattie, 136
— Margaret, wife of Rev. George
Gordon, 210
— Mary, wife of T. R. Gillies, advo-
cate (1885), 202
— Patrick, professor, 135
— Rachel, wife of Robert Forbes,
minister, Monymusk, 185, 394
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1791), 135-36, 142, 217, 408,
4i7, 419
— William, 136
Corbet, Alice C, wife of Juhn Whyte, advocate (1869), 372
— James, surgeon, 372
INDEX.
45;
Corbshill, 95
Cordoner, William, advocate, Aberdeen (1616), 136, 417
Corgarff Castle, 331
Coromandel Coast, 396
Cornwall, Margaret M., wife of Rev. Fer- gus Ferguson, 181
Corrachree, 178
Corsindae, 205, 226
Cosie Brae, Cults, 177
Cotton (Cottoune), 96, 229, 316
Couliehare, Udny, 392
Coulnakyle, 180
Countesswells, 316
Coutts, Adam, advocate, Aberdeen (1803), 137, 339, 420
— James, flaxdresser, etc., 137
— Jane, wife of John Cheyne, advo-
cate (1576), 121
— Jean, wife of Joseph Rowell, 137
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1841),
137.423
— John, coppersmith, Aberdeen, 137
— William, cutler, Aberdeen, 137 Cove, Kincardineshire, 222 Cowan, Alex., & Sons (Ltd.), 195
— James, manufacturer, Paisley, 193
— Jane, wife of Hugh Fullerton, advo-
cate (1804), 193 Cowhills, 182 Cowie, 200, 226, 227
— Alex., solicitor, Keith, 378
— Elizabeth R., wife of Aiex. Yeats,
advocate (i860), 378
— George, Northfield, 184
— Penelope, wife of Lewis W. Forbes,
minister, Boharm, 184 Coxton, 225 Coynach, Brae of, 195 Crabb, William, artist, 200 Crabstone (Craibstone), battle, 301, 303
— 143, 232, 280, 315, 316, 317, 350 Craig, Auchindoir, 167, 206, 208, 404
— Dyce, 231
— Forfarshire, 396
— Ann, wife of John Burnett, writer,
Stonehaven, 137
— Clementina, wife of John Imray,
brewer, 137
— James, mason, 392
— Jean, 138
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1791),
137-38, 4H
— Margaret, wife of George Monro,
137, 138
— Mary Cumine, 138
— Skene, 392
— Thomas, of Drimmies, 137
Craigentoul, 129 Craighall, Kennethmont, 247 Craighouse, Newhills, 331 Craigiebuckler, 97, 99
— Parish Church, 370 Craigiepark, 328
Craigies, Easter and Wester, 300 Craigievar, 344, 395 Craigleigh, Toronto, 129 Craigmyle, 210, 399 Craigston, 156 Cranford, 131 Crathie, 327 Crawford, Sheriff, 170
— and Balcarres, Earl of, 380 Crawton, 354
Creetown Granite Coy., 231 Crichie, 197, 235, 405 Crimond, Mill of, 342 Crimonmogate, 89 Cromar, 142
— James, rector, 138
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1829), 138, 420
Cromarty, 188, 260
Crombie, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1789), 67, 80, 100, 138, 169, 185, 194, 265, 303, 313, 322, 33i» 346, 353. 404, 408, 414, 420, 43i
— Constance A., wife of D. M. Abel,
388
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Thain,
minister, New Machar, 348
— Eveline L., wife of George Duncan,
advocate (1894), 161
— James, manufacturer, Grandholm,
217
— Jane, wife of David Littlejohn,
advocate (1865), 246
— Johan, wife of Harvey Hall, advo-
cate (1866), 217
— John, Aberdeen, 138
— John, Danestone, 388
— Peter, dental surgeon, Aberdeen, 161
— Theodore, of Culter, 262 Cromlet Bank, 190 Cromwellside, 271
Crooks, Ann, wife of Alex. Farquhar,
minister, Pitsligo, 339 Crowe, Henry M., tea planter, 214 Cruden, Anne A. C, wife of A. B. Whyte,
advocate (1901), 139, 370
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1875), 139, 198, 323, 325, 370, 406, 428, 431
— Helen D. , wife of William Garden,
advocate (1898), 139, 198
454
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Cruder), James, minister, Gamrie, 139
— James W. F., lieut., 139
— Muriel, 139
— William, Fairholm House, 140
— William M., advocate, Aberdeen
(1830), 140, 420 Cruickshank, , of Monellie, 184
— Alex. Thomas, advocate, Aber-
deen (1897), 140, 428
— Barbara, wife of Alex. Robertson,
advocate (1661), 307
— Dorothy M., 140
— Elizabeth, wife of Will. Copland,
advocate (1791), 136
— Elizabeth, wife of Aiex. Dyce, 169
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1839), 140, 418
— James Smith, Logic Newton, 140
— James S. R., 140
— John, minister, Glass, 140
— Thomas, merchant, Aberdeen, 136 Cruives, 144, 403
Cuckheld, Sussex, 211 Cuddalore, 395 Culdrain, Gartly, 225 Cullen, 150, 312
— Alex., provost, Aberdeen, 290
— Gilbert, 290
— House, 331 Culloden, 178, 205 Culsalmond, 379
— Church, 304 Culsh, 186. 187^ 188 Culter, 156, 262, 317, 361
— House, 203, 204
— Mains of, 203
— Mills Paper Coy. (Ltd.), 145, 254 » — -Cullen, 203
Cults, 101, 123, 157, 163, 177, 186, 220,
255. 314. 35i
— Water and Drainage District, 371 Culquoich, 370
Cumby, Rev. Anthony, 394
— Elizabeth M., wife of Alexander
Ewing, lieut. -col., 394 Cumine, Barbara, wife of I'atk. Sandi- lands, advocate (1705), 316
— James, of Rattray, 106
— John Paton, advocate, Aberdeen
(1866), 140-41, 364, 420
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Russell,
3L3
— Peter, shipowner, Fraserburgh, 140
— William, of Auchry, 316
— William, of Pitullie, 316 Cuming (Cummin^), of Culter, 317
— Sir Alex., Bart., of Culter, 361
— Charles, of Kininmonth, 208
Cumming, George, advocate, Aberdeen (1818), 141, 420
— Helen, wife of David Bartlet,
advocate (1743). 93
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 93
— James, Dysart, 141
— Janet, wife of John Duguid Milne,
advocate (1814), 271
— John, Bridge of Don, 271
— Mary, wife of George Walker, advo-
cate (1731), 36l
— Mary, wife of John Gordon, advo-
cate (1753), 208
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1894), 141-42, 428
— Robert Scott, Devanha Brewery, 141 Cuthbert, Barbara, 142
— David, of Rosshall, 142
— Elizabeth, 142
— John advocate, Aberdeen (1705),
55, 142, 410, 414, 418
— Hon. Sydney, Belize, 324
— William, 142 Cuttlehill, 311, 375
Cuylenburg, E. A. M., wife of J. F. Whyte, 372
Dalgleish, Gray & Dobbie, W.S., 298
— Thomas, S.S.C., 374 Dalhebily, Peterculter, 246, 371, 372 Dalmahoy, Wood & Cowan, W.S., 255 Dalziel & Brodie, W. S., 264 Danestone, 388
Daniel, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1828), 142, 406, 420 Darling, Lucy, wife of Robert Cochran,
129
— W. S., rector, Toronto, 129 Dauney, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1776), 58, 59, 6o, 143,
164, 35o. 393. 408, 413. 414. 417. 418, 419, 431
— Alexander, barrister, 143
— Francis, minister, Lumphanan, 143
— Margaret, wife of John Shand,
minister, Kintore, 320
— William, memb., Faculty of Advo-
cates, 143 Davidson (Davidsone) & Garden, advo- cates, Aberdeen, 103, 145, 194, 195, 196, 269, 270, 370, 371
— iV Syme, W.S., 176
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1570), 144
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1616), 144, 410, 411, 414, 431
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1661), 144-45, 4", 414
INDEX.
455
Davidson, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1839), 103, 123, 133, 145-46, 149, 151, 161, 190, 194, 195, 230, 255, 263, 264, 266, 268, 282, 285, 337, 37i, 390, 405, 409, 4". 414. 423
— Alexander, of Newton, 144, 316
— Alexander, of Kebbaty, 150
— Alexander, bank agent, Inverurie,
147
— Rev. Alexander Dyce, 97
— Alexander Dyce, professor, 172
— A. H., solicitor, Aberdeen, 247
— Alice Maud, 146
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1783), 141, 146-47, 201, 308, 423
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1888), 147, 306, 428
— Andrew, Java, 146
— Ann, wife of Alex. Allan, advocate
(1810), 80, 81
— Ann, wife of James Allan, 147
— Anne, wife of W. Burnett Ramsay,
149
— Archibald, sheriff, 71
— Arthur, 235
— Barbara, 147
— Catherine Helen, 152
— Charles Brown, advocate, Aber-
deen (1861), 147-48, 156, 218, 242, 373, 400, 406, 410, 411, 417, 423, 427, 433
— Charles Forbes, W.S., 146
— Charles Forbes, 149
— Charles James, advocate, Aber-
deen (1898), 148, 411, 428
— Christian, 145
— D. & P., advocates, Aberdeen, 145,
149, 151
— Daniel Mitchell, 146
— Duncan, advocate, Aberdeen
(1794), 85, 103, 145, 149, 151, 153, 200, 256, 311, 393, 395, 400, 405, 409, 410, 411, 414, 423, 431
— Duncan, of Tillychetly, 149
— Duncan, of Inchmarlo, 152
— Duncan Francis, of Dess, 145
— Edith Mary, 148
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Innes, Jun.,
advocate (1752), 226
— Elizabeth Douglas, 146
— Frances Mary, 152
— George, guild burgess, 144
— George, Cullen, 150
— George, minister, Logie-Coldstone,
179
— George L. O., 152
— George Walter, Mauritius, 221
Davidson, Gertrude, wife of F. W. Kay, advocate (1899), 235
— Gordon Forbes, 146
— -Gordons of Gight, 144
— Helen, wife of Alex. Carnegie, advo-
cate (1766), 112
— Helen Bruce, wife of J. B.
McCombie, advocate (1831), 256
— Henry Alex., law agent, etc., Aber-
deen, 148, 433
— James, thread manufacturer, 81
— James, guild burgess, 144
— James, 149
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1590),
150
— James Alex., M.D., 133
— James Bisset, solicitor, Aberdeen,
3°5
— James Watt, advocate, Aber-
deen (1898), 150, 406, 428
— Jane Anne, wife of Francis Boyd
Outram, 152
— Jean, 145
— Jean, wife of Robert Garden, mer-
chant, Aberdeen, 194
— John, Java, 146
— John, minister, Inverurie, 147
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1782),
149, 150-51, 318, 329, 400, 408,
414, 423
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1851),
151, 4i9
— John, merchant, Cotton, 151
— John, of Tillychetly, 149
— John, farmer, Footie, 150
— Jonathan, Mauritius, 146
— Margaret, wife of John E. Essle-
mont, 174
— Margaret B. Hi, 148
— Margaret Jane, wife of Arthur
Fraser, merchant, Java, 149 Marjory, wife of William Thain of Blackhall, 145
— Mary Margaret, 152
— Matilda Rose, 152
— Nathaniel Forbes, 146
— P. & A., advocates, Aberdeen, 145,
151
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1831), 123, 133, 145, 149, 151-52, 190, 214, 255, 263, 266, 268, 282, 371, 405, 411, 413, 414, 418, 420,
43i
— Patrick, 152
— Richard R. W„ 146
— Robert, physician general, 146
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1598), 152, 431
456
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Davidson, Robert, of Balnagask, 153
— Robert, of Elmtield, 256
— Sophia, 147
— Thomas, burgess, Aberdeen, 144
— Walter R., architect, London, 146
— William, merchant, provost of Aber-
deen, 112, 226
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1566), 153
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1819), 153, 423
— William Leslie, colonel, 152
— William'ina, 149
— Williamina Saida, 152 Davidsons & Cooper, advocates, Aberdeen,
I33» H5, ISI Daviot, 404 Dawson, George Grant, 153
— John Grant, advocate, Aberdeen
(i8S9)> 153. 4i8
— John Grant, Gordon Highlanders,
153
— Patricia C, wife of Alex. McLean,
minister, Strachan, 153 Day, Margaret, wife of Charles Win- chester, builder, etc., 376
— Robert, farmer, New Seat, Echt, 376 Dean. John Reid, S.S.C., Aberdeen, 235,
302 Deare, lieut.-col., 327
— Julia, wife of Simon Simpson,
colonel, 327 Deebank (now Newton Dee), 84, 160, 277 Deeside District Com., 286
— Railway Coy., 145, 151, 162, 315,
334 Delgaty, 105 Delhi, 90
Delting, Shetland, 88 Demerara, 143, 329 Deniliquin, 321 Dens, 245, 388 Derncleugh, Cults, 327 Deruginsky, Professor, 1 70 Dess, 145, 205 Desswood, 145 Devanha Brewery, 141 Dewar & Webster, solicitors, Arbroath, 369 Dickie, Margaret M., wife of John Watson
Stuart, 405
— William L. , merchant, Muchalls,
337 Dickinson, E. L., wife of Donaldson S. Rose, advocate (1891), 310
— George T., Newcastle-on-Tyne, 310 Dill, Jean, wife of John Murray, advocate
(1886), 286
— William, minister, Colmonell,286
Dilspro (now Grandholm), 241, 301 Dingwall, Agnes, wife of Geo. Thomson of Kairley, 355
— Alexander, of Rannieston, 355, 392
— Arthur, memb., Faculty of Advo-
cates, 392
— Jane, wife of Charles Thomson,
advocate (1832), 355
— John Duff, of Brucklay, etc., 187
— Magdalen, wife of Alex. Fordyce,
186 Disblair, 93, 354. 379 Divie, Agnes, wife of Andrew Thomson,
advocate (1656), 353
— William, baillie, Aberdeen, 353 Dixon, Arthur, curate, St. Mary's, Truro,
269 Dominica, 101 Don, 89, 144, 229 Donald, Alexander, W.S. , 222, 389, 392
— Alexander, captain, 403
— A. H., writer, Glasgow, 280
— Barbara, wife of Alex. Shand, advo-
cate (1789), 319
— CD., writer, Glasgow, 280
— George, baillie, Aberdeen, 87
— Margaret, wife of Will. Robertson,
403
— Robert, Tillydaff, 319
— William, Couliehare, Udny, 392 Donaldson, Charles, advocate, Aber- deen (1814), 154, 162, 247, 392, 418
— Elizabeth, wife of James Sandi-
lands, 317
— James, of Kinairdy, 406
— Jane, wife of Arch. Young, writer,
etc., Banff, 406
— William, Mill of Wester Coull, 154 Dornoch, 112, 239, 260, 279
Douglass (Douglas), Andrew, merchant, Berwick-on-Tweed, 162
— Anne, wife of John Mackenzie,
tacksman, Bellfield, 260
— Helen Drysdale, wife of John
Duncan, advocate (1824), 162
— Margaret, wife of James Chalmers,
116 Dover, 395 Downie & Bennett, advocates, Aberdeen,
94, 154
— Charles, of Ashfield, 154
— Charles Gordon, advocate, Aber-
deen (1870), 94, 154, 423, 42S
— Janet R., wife of Edward Lumsden,
minister, Midmar, 249, 250
— William, contractor, 242 Draikies, Wester, 317
INDEX.
457
Drimmies, 137, 333 Drongan, Ayrshire, 233 Drum, 204, 344 Drumallan, 343 Drum blade, 91
Drummond, James, K.S.A., 345 Drumoak, 192, 311 Dud wick, 360
Duff, Adam, merchant and provost, Aber- deen, 280
— Adam Gordon, 155
— Alexander, of Hatton, 154
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(i837)» 154, 423
— Alexander, tailor, Aberdeen, 154
— Anne, wife of Walter Biggar, 155
— Fife, midshipman, 155
— George, captain, R.N., 155
— Helen, wife of Thomas Bell, 155
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1754), 154-55. 4i9
— Jean, wife of John Booth, Jun., 99
— Margaret, wife of Patrick Duff,
advocate (1718), 156
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1718), 55, 156, 414
— Patrick, of Craigston, 156
— K. \V., of Fetteresso, 156
— William, of Braco, 156
— William, of Corsindae, 205, 226 Duffus, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1889), 156-57, 273, 298, 362, 597, 429, 431
— Alexander, wholesale confectioner,
156
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1832),
i57> 423 John, engineer, etc., Aberdeen, 157
— School, 373, 374
— William, artist, 309
Duguid, Peterkin & Duncans, advocates, Aberdeen, 158, 163, 165
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1819), 157, 420
— Charles J. G., of Springhill, 157
— Charles James Gordon, 158
— Francis John, 158
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1874),
102, 157-58, 191, 204, 247, 366, 410, 413, 417, 428, 431, 433
— James, of Springhill, merchant,
Aberdeen, 204
— Katherine E., wife of William
Littlejohn, advocate (1900), 158, 247
— -McCombie, Peter. See Duguid,
Peter
— Margaret, wife of William Rich, 159
Duguid, Peter, advocate, Aberdeen (1855), 158-59, 163, 165, 249, 250, 269, 281, 343, 406, 414, 423, 431
— Peter, of Bourtie and Auchlunies, ..393
— Simpson, of Cammachmore, 158,159
— William, of Newlands, 157
— William, 197
— WTilliam M., 159 Dumbar, James, of Kincorth, 155
— Margaret O., wife of James Duff,
advocate (>754h 155 Dumdron Hill, 229 Dumfries, 313 Dun, Andrew, W.S., 393
— Andrew, rector, Grammar School,
393 Dunblane, 328 Duncan & Clyne, advocates, Aberdeen,
126, 160, 162
— & Morice, advocates, Aberdeen, 163.
275
— Alexander Bell, 160
— Alfred Henry, 162
— Anne Elizabeth, 161
— A. G., Logie, 341
— Anne Walker, wife of Hugh Mac-
kenzie, Bengal Army, 164
— Bessie, wife of Alexander Barclay,
minister, Drumblade, 91
— Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1854), 158, 150-60, 163, 165, 249, 269, 295, 343, 410, 411, 414,
424
— Charlotte Rose, wife of James
George Paull, advocate (1895), 160, 295
— David, advocate, Aberdeen
(1863), 160, 420
— Douglass, advocate, Aberdeen
(1865), 160-61, 162, 372, 411, 417, 424, 432
— Eliza Tuckett, wife of John Blaikie,
advocate (1S36), 99
— Elizabeth, wife of William West-
land, advocate (1820), 369
— Emily Robertson, 160
— Francis, wood merchant, 162
— Francis, colonel, etc.. 162
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1894), 161, 406, 413, 428
— George Tait, advocate, Aberdeen
(1899), 161, 428
— Helen D., wife of Will. Hutchison
of Cairngall, 162
— Helen M. E., 161
— James, architect,. Turriff, 161
— James, merchant, Woodside, 163
I 2
458
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Duncan, James Lindsay, 161
— James Matthews, M.B., etc., 160
— Jessie, wife of C. Piazzi Smith, 164
— John & Douglass, advocates, Aber-
deen, 160, 162
— John, Scurdargue, 91
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1824),
126, 132, 160, 162-63, 222, 260, 305, 372, 375. 396, 409- 4". 420
— John, Jun., advocate, Aberdeen
(1855), 107, 163, 275, 419
— John, cattle salesman, 161
— John, merchant, Wellington, 162
— Kath. M., wife of Hugh de Maine
Alexander, M.D., 160
— Macbeth Moir, advocate, Aber-
deen (1891), 158, 160, 163, 165, 196, 411, 418, 432
— Margaret, 164
— Margaret Drysdale, 163
— Mary Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Kil-
gour, M.D., 164
— Peter, mason, Aberdeen, 369
— Robert, wright, Aberdeen, 160
— Thomas, writer, Perth, 99
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1776), 164, 411,417,419
— Thomas, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1803), 164, 299, 411, 420
— William, merchant, etc., Aberdeen,
159
— William, wright, Aberdeen, 164
— William Oswald, advocate, Aber-
deen (1890), 158, 160, 163, 165, 411, 418, 432
— William H. G., India merchant,
162 Dundas, John, W.S., 399 Dundee, 178, 201, 222, 272, 306, 308, 309,
377, 401, 402 Dundonald, 312 Dunearn, 402 Dunedin, 404 Dunfermline, 94 Dungannon, 327 Dunkeld, 328
Dunlop, George, W.S., 404 Dunlugas, 300 Dunn & Clark, advocates, Aberdeen, 123,
166
— Anna Helen, wife of William Smith,
advocate (1873), 337
— Annie F. C, wife of W. R. Free-
man, 166
— George, commander, P. & O. Coy.,
337
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1839),
85, 165, 166, 356, 406, 417, 424
Dunn, John, merchant, etc., Aberdeen, 165, 166
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1856), 123, 141, 166, 414, 433 Dunnottar, 186, 227, 284 Durie Vale, Windygates, 372 Durno, Sir James, of Arlrochie, 167
— Jane, 167
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1764),
i» 3» 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 135, 166-67, 208, 239, 414. 418, 424
— John, of Cattie, 166 Durris, Mains of, 346
Durward, Anne, wife of James Gillies, minister, Menmuir, 395
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1756),
167, 424 Duthie, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen (1764), 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17,20, 138, 167-68, 393, 400, 408, 414, 424
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1841), 168, 169, 414, 424
— Alexander, Jun., merchant and
magistrate, 168, 169
— Alexander, dean of guild, 168
— Alexander, 284
— David H., solicitor, Aberdeen, 174,
370
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Crombie,
advocate (1789), 138
— Elizabeth Crombie, donor, Duthie
Park, 168, 284
— James, 167
— James, solicitor, London, 168
— Jane, 168
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1808),
169, 296, 420
— John, burgess, 169
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Duthie,
Jun., 168, 169
— Robert, shipowner, Aberdeen, 168
— Violet, 168
— Walter, W.S., 168, 283, 284, 393
— William, advocate, Aberdeen,
(1840), 168, 169, 424 Dyce, 207, 218, 335
— Alex., of Tillygreig, 169
— Elizabeth, wife of O. H. Wilson,
375
— Jane, wife of Marianus Massie,
hosier, 266
— Margaret, wife of James Ross,
advocate (1816), 311
— May Agnes, wife of George Wilson,
advocate (1816), 375
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1824), 169, 424
— William, artist, 224, 366
INDEX.
459
Dyce, William, of Cuttlehill, 311, 375 Dyer, Margaret, wife of Alex. Leask,
shipmaster, 239 Dykes, D. Oswald, memb., Faculty of
Advocates, 161
East Mailing, Kent, 276
Easter Skene, 159
Eastman's, Southsea, 245
Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, 394
Echt, 197, 249, 398
Eddie, Dr., 274
Eddis. See Edis.
Edgehill, Milltimber, 366, 368, 369
Edinburgh, 129, 142, 146, 147, 149, 150, 154, 155, 160, 164, 165, 168, 174, 179, 180, 198, 200, 201, 206, 210, 213, 214, 216, 224, 233, 234, 242, 247, 252, 253, 255, 256, 258, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266, 269, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 282, 283, 290, 298, 304. 307, 309> 3i i> 319, 320. 323, 325> 333. 337, 33«, 345. 346, 352, 363, 37o, 388, 389, 391, 393, 395, 396, 397, 399
— Collegiate School, 370
— Craigmillar Steam Laundry Coy.
(Ltd.), 293
— Dean Cemetery, 402
— Fettes College, 163, 165, 264, 270 — New Greyfriars Church, 371
— ■ Royal High School, 279, 298
— Univ., 132, 134, 140, 147, 156, 163,
165, 176, 213, 216, 222, 234, 240, 249, 250, 258, 260, 273, 283, 321, 327, 365, 37o, 374, 378, 388, 390, 393, 400, 401, 402, 430 Edis (Eddis), Arthur W., M.D., London, 284
— E. U., artist, 103
Edmond, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1858), 169-70, 171, 266, 292, 349, 4io, 411, 414, 424
— Alexander, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1864), 170-71, 172, 173, 407, 410, 411, 424, 432
— Catherine, 172
— Colin, 171
— Colin Alex., 174
— Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1829), 169, 171-72, 173, 180, 223, 3°9, 34i, 39°, 401, 407, 411, 414, 418, 427
— Francis, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1866), 171, 172, 411, 424
— Francis, wood merchant, etc., Aber-
deen, 171, 172
Edmond, Francis, 173
— Rev. Francis, 174
— George, 171
— Isabel, 173
— J. & F., advocates, Aberdeen, 171,
172
— James & A., advocates, Aberdeen,
170, 172
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1821), 101, 170, 171, 172-73, 222, 274, 309, 341, 409, 411, 413, 424, 433
— James, Canada, 173
— Janet, 173, 433
— Jean Mackenzie, 172
— Jean Una, wife of Alex. Dyce
Davidson, professor, 172
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1880),
172, 173-74, 266, 310, 319, 411, 414, 430
— Katharine, 173
— Margaret, 173
— Mary, 173
— William, banker, 173
Edmonds & Ledingham, advocates, Aber- deen, 169, 173, 174, 266
— & Macqueen, advocates, Aberdeen,
169, 171, 172, 173 Educational Institute of Scotland, 139 Edwards, David, solicitor, Aberdeen, 174
— James Hastings, advocate, Aber-
deen (1909), 174, 428, 432 Egan, Carbery Baldwin, 253 Eggie, Belhelvie, 186 Elgin, 178, 199, 239, 312, 319, 367, 391,
406 Elginshire, 391 Ellon, 138, 197, 280, 298
— District Road Trustees, 310 Elmsley, Margaret, wife of John Hum- phrey, advocate (1835), 221
— Thomas, of Fitmedden, 221 Elrick, 209, 251
Elsick, 186
Emslie, Christian, wife of John Muil, 282
— Isabella, wife of David Rennet, 306 Elsmic, Margaret, wife of John Hall, 216 Erroll, Earl of, 90
Erskine, Mary, wife of George Tait,
Craigmill, 346 Esplin, Frances Brodie, wife of Peter
Clark, advocate (1865), 124
— Martha, wife of Robert Collie Gray,
S.S.C., and advocate, 214
— William, railway manager, 124, 214 Esslemont, 91
— & Duthie, advocates, Aberdeen, 174
— John E., merchant, Aberdeen, 174
460
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Essleraont, William D., advocate, Aberdeen (1899), 174-75, 407, 428
Esson, George Auldjo, accountant, 393
— John, merchant, Quebec, 393 Ettershank, Janet, wife of John Davidson,
Footie, 150 Evans, Marjorie, artist, 261 Ewen, John, timber merchant, 175
— John, solicitor, Aberdeen, 256
— "Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1834), 175, 420
— l'lace, Pitfodels, 175
Ewing & Robison, advocates, Aberdeen,
175. 309
— Alexander, merchant, 175
— Alexander, bishop, 175-76
— Alexander, of Tartowie, 393
— Alexander, lieut. -colonel, 393-94
— Christina Amelia, 176
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1811),
175-76, I99> 228, 309, 333, 405, 419
— John, rector, 176 Exmouth, 250
Fairley, Newhills, 355 Falconer, George, advocate, Aberdeen (1876), 176, 428
— George, draper, Aberdeen, 176 Falkirk, 366
Farnwell, 101
Farquhar & Hadden, stocking merchants, 276
— Alexander, baillie, Kintore, 151
— Alexander, minister, Pitsligo, 339
— Arthur, boot and shoemaker, Aber-
deen, 176, 394
— Arthur, Australia, 176
— Arthur, land surveyor, 394
— Elizabeth Jane, wife of George
Carr, M.D., 177
— Helen, wife of John Lyall Grant, 177
— James, surgeon, R.N., 187
— James, M. P., of Johnston, etc. , 200,
227
— Jane, wife of John Davidson, advo-
cate (1782), 151
— John, stocking merchant, etc., 276
— Margaret W., wife of Roland 1'.
Legg, 177
— Mary Anne, wife of Harry L. Mac-
kenzie, 177
— Nathaniel, advocate, Aberdeen
(1829), 118, 119, 176-77, 193, 220, 273, 324, 394, 398, 411, 418, 421
Farquhar, Nathaniel, advocate, Aber- deen (1870), 177, 411, 430
— Rachel Susan, wife of Charles
Gibbon, 200
— RobertS. .SV^Spottiswood, R, S. F.
— William G., sugar planter, 177 Farquharson, Alex., of Balfour, 342
— Andrew, of Whitehouse, 178
— Ann, wife of Robert Smith, manu-
facturer, 329
— Anne, wife of John Davidson, of
Tillychetly, 149
— Christian, wife of James Strachan,
advocate (1777), 342 — - Donald, colonel, of Castleton and Monaltrie, 178
— George Campbell, 178
— Harry, 178
— James, of Balmurrel, 205
— Jane Stewart, 178
— John, lieut. -col., of Corrachree, 178
— Joseph, artist, 334
— Margaret, wife of lieut. -col. John
Farquharson of Corrachree, 178
— Peter, advocate, Aberdeen (1789),
137, 178, 408, 414, 421, 432
— Robert, of Finzean, 109
— William, M.D., Dundee, 178
Fechill, 316
Fell, Sophia Adams, wife of William
Forbes, major-general, 395 Fergus, Isabella, wife of Hugh Lumsden,
251
— Walter, of Strathore, 251
Ferguson (Fergusson), Catherine, wife of James Lumsden, Braco, 179 •
— Catherine M., wife of Sir George
Thomson, surgeon-col., 1S0
— Elizabeth Georgina, 179
— Elizabeth G., wife of James R.
Whyte, advocate (1875), 37 l
— Rev. Fergus, 181
— Flora If., 180
— George Birnie, 180
— Helen, wife of John Davidson,
advocate (1782), 150, 151
— Helen M., wife of John Wight,
baker, 372
— Isabella Garioch, wife of Rev.
George Mclrvine, 179
— T. & T. ,■ advocates, Aberdeen, 180,
181
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1816), 179, 180, 283, 315, 411,
414. 421
— Jane B., wife of Alexander Muir,
advocate (181 7), 179, 283
INDEX.
461
Ferguson, Jane B., wife of David Sinclair, surgeon-general, 180
— Jemima, wife of Thomas Ruxton,
advocate (1848), 179, 315
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 179
— John, Brae of Coynach, 195
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1849),
179, 180, 411, 424
— John, Jun., advocate, Aberdeen
(1878), 180-81, 411, 430
— John Mackay, advocate, Aber-
deen (1891), 181, 428, 432
— Mabel A. H., wife of Frank Hut-
chinson, colonel, 180
— Margaret Hay, 180
— Mary B., wife of George Davidson,
minister, Logie-Coldstone, 179
— Mary Helen, 180
— Thomas, wright, Aberdeen, 151
— William B., C.E., etc., 179, 371
— William Birnie, 180 Fern Bank, Eastbourne, 174
Fernie, Janet, wife of Robert Sorley, V.S.,
337 Ferres, John, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1825), 181, 407, 424
— John, mason, Aberdeen, 181 Ferrochie, 106
Fetteresso, 223, 224
Fettes, James, Myticc, Gartly, 250
— Jane, wife of E. R. Lumsden,
advocate (1894), 250 Fiddes, Edward, joint-manager, North of Scotland Bank (Ltd.), 112
— Jessie Theresa, wife of Hugh Fraser
Campbell, advocate (1897), 112 Fiddie, Skene, 247 Fife, Countess Dowager, 204
— Earl, 206 Finchley School, 145
Findlater, Henry James, W.S., 284 Findlay, Elspet Fyfe, wife of H. A. Davidson, 433
— Helen, wife of William Anderson,
minister, Strichen, 83
— Jane, wife of James \V. Winchester,
377
— William, minister, King-Edward,
377
— William, 433
Findrack, Lumphanan, 150, 270, 395 Finlay, David, Craighouse, Newhills, 331
— Elizabeth Hay, wife of Alex. Emslie
Smith, advocate (1858), 331 Fintray, 344, 34*> Finzean, 109, 334 Finzeauch, 144, 375
Fisher, Helen Anna, wife of James Forbes Lumsden, advocate (1862), 254
— Peter, minister, Tongland, 102
— William, of Ferryhill, 254 Flatfield, Perthshire, 391
Fleming & Paull, advocates, Aberdeen, 181, 294
— Alexander, W.S., 373
— Helen, wife of Alex. Stronach,
Youngest, advocate (1888), 344
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1821),
in, 181, 194, 294, 381, 421
— John, tailor, Aberdeen, 181
— William, retired overseer, 344 Flockhart, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1840), 163, 182, 340, 377, 379. 394, 396, 405, 4«8
— Alexander, 182
— Elizabeth, 182
— Henry, in Cowhills, 182
— Isabella Christie, 182
— Jessy Ann, 182
— John Yeats, 182 Foote, James, Cork, 253 Footie, Kincardine O'Neil, 150 Forbes, Aberdeenshire, 229, 294, 295
— &. Abel, advocates, Aberdeen, 77,
182
— , of Boy nd lie, 184
— , of Tyrie, 185
— , wife of James Gordon of
Seaton, 207
— Alexander, of Ainslie, 86, 395
— Alexander, Ross bursar, 182
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1648), 182, 417, 431
— Alexander, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1654), 182
— Alexander Duval, tea planter, 217
— Barbara, wife of Andrew Davidson,
advocate (1783), 146
— Bathia, 184
— Christian, wife of John Baton, advo-
cate (1703), 293
— Duncan, advocate, Aberdeen
(1839), 77, 182-83, 414, 424
— Eliza L., wife of James Paull,
minister, Tullynessle and Forbes,
294
— Elizabeth, wife of James Burnett, of
Monboddo, 106
— Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Chahner,
advocate (1600), 116
— Elizabeth, wife of William Young,
advocate (1752), 380
— Euphemia, wife of George Garden,
197
462
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Forbes, George, advocate, Aberdeen (1558), 183
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1776), 183-84, 408
— George R., solicitor, etc., Banff, 184
— Georgina M. A., wife of R. S. F.
Spottiswood, advocate (1843), 339
— Henry David, of Balgownie, 182,
339, 394
— Isobel, wife of John Thain, advo-
cate (1724), 349
— James, of Echt, 249
— James, major, 253
— James, merchant, etc., Aberdeen,
394
— James Keith, 164
— jane, wife of Clements Lumsden,
W.S. and advocate, 249
— Janet, wife of Alex. Lillie, 244
— Janet, wife of Alex. Forbes of
Ainslie, 395
— Janet Dyce, wife of Duncan Forbes,
advocate (1839), 183
— Jean, 184
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1739),
So, 184-85, 414, 424
— John, comptroller of Customs, 146
— John, of the Bridge, 281
— John, of Leslie, 293
— John, of Kincardine, 380
— John, barrister and Q.C., 394
— Katherine, wife of John Alexander,
advocate (1752), 80
— Katherine, wife of James Mowat,
advocate (1605), 281
— Katherine Ann, wife of John Angus,
advocate (1822), 86
— Lewis William, minister, Boharm,
184
— Margaret, wife of John Low, 400
— Robert, of Castleton, 183
— Robert, minister, Monymusk, 185,
394
— Robert, of Rubislaw, 207
— Robert, proctor, Colombo, 394-95
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1687), 185, 203
— Sir William, memb., Faculty of
Advoca'.es, 114
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1832), 185, 424
— William, 185
— William, of Echt, 197
— William, sheriff depute, 295
— William, major-general, 395
— Sir William, Bart., of Craigievar,
395. Fordoun, Mains of, 197
Fordyce, Banffshire, 402
— Academy, 331
— Agnes, of Ardoe, 185
— ■ Agnes, wife of Alex. Fraser, 187
— Alexander, 186
— Alexander Dingwall, 1 10
— Alex. Dingwall, of Culsh and
Brucklay, 188
— Andrew Watson, advocate, Aber-
deen (1835), 185, 414, 424
— Angelica D., wife of John Harvey,
of Kinnettles, 187, 397
— Arthur Dingwall, advocate,
Aberdeen (1769), 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 186-87, 223- 323, 400, 401, 411, 414, 420
— Arthur Dingwall, advocate, Aber-
deen (1821), 187, 188,411,414,
424
— Arthur Dingwall, captain, Bengal
Engineers, of Arthurseat and Folmuir, 186, 187
— Barbara, wife of James Farquhar,
R.N., 187
— Barbara, wife of George French,
litster, 191
— George, of Broad ford, 376
— George Dingwall, memb. Faculty
of Advocates, 188
— Isobel, wife of James Bentley, pro-
fessor, 186
— Janet, 187, 188
— Jean, 187
— Jean, wife of William D. Fordyce,
of Culsh, 186
— Jessie S, D., wife of A. D. For-
dyce, advocate (1821), 187
— Margaret, wife of A. L. R. Foote,
minister, Brechin, 188
— Mary A., wife of A. S. Cadenhead,
no
— Patience, wife of Tames Young, 187
— Thomas, H.E.I.C.S., 186
— William Dingwall, advocate,
Aberdeen (1794), 186, 187-88, 411, 424 — r William Dingwall, of Culsh, 186
— William Dingwall, merchant,
Charleston, 188 Forest, Mill of, Stonehaven, 193 Forfar, 308, 328
— and Kincardineshire Militia, 158 Forfarshire, 308
Forgue, 327, 344, 345, 388, 400 Forman, John, W.S., 141 Forres, 267 Forsyth, David, St. Petersburg, 329
INDEX.
463
Forsyth, Emily Mary, wife of William Skinner, advocate (1829), 329
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1776), 189, 419 Fortescue, Archer Irvine, of Kingcausie,
393
— Isabella B. I., wife of Peter Dugukl,
393 Fortrie, Ellon, 121
Foster, Thomas, Pietermaritzburg, 98 Fountaingrove, 135 Foveran, 113, 273, 309, 315 Fowler, Henry, Toronto, 193 Fox, Henrietta, wife of David Gray Begg,
389 Eraser & Duguid, advocates, Aberdeen,
158, 191
— Alexander, merchant and provost,
Aberdeen, 187
— Alexander, burgess, Aberdeen, 189
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1671), 189, 417, 424
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1823), 189-90, 409, 417, 418
— Alexander, 190
— Alexander, Inveraven, 191
— Alexander, of Fraserfield, 394
— Andrew, of Stoneywood, 229
— Angus, merchant, Aberdeen, 190
— Ann, wife of John Duffus, engineer,
— Arthur, merchant, Java, 149
— Catherine, wife of Thomas Tait, 405
— Christian, wife of George Yeats,
advocate (1804), 378
— Christine, wife of James Jamieson,
merchant, 230
— David Carter, advocate, Aber-
deen (1864), 190, 424, 432
— Elizabeth, 189
— Elizabeth, wife of James Hay, of
Monkshill, 397
— Evangeline Mary, wife of John
Edmond, advocate (1880), 174
— Francis, of Findrack, 395
— Francis, younger of Findrack, 150
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(I557K 190
— George, Georgetown, Demerara, 190
— Gray Campbell, advocate, Aber-
deen (1855), 157, 190-91, 237, 366, 410, 424
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 92
— James, candlemaker, etc., 190
— James, St. Fergus, 378
— James Hardie, major, 190
— Jane, wife of James Wilson, M.D.,
190
Fraser, Janet, wife of Alex. Irving, advo- cate (1578), 229
— Janet, wife of Alex. Andersone,
433
— Jessie, wife of David Campbell,
Tordarroch, 112
— Jessie, wife of John Ferres, advo-
cate (1825), 181
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 126
— John, surgeon -general, 174
— John, Linlithgow, 181
— John, vintner, Kintore, 189
— John, 189
— John, merchant, Inverness, 337
— John, magistrate, Aberdeen, 364
— John, burgess, 433
— Katharine Ann, wife of Duncan
Forbes Mitchell, of Thainston, 394
— Katharine Michie, 190
— Margaret, wife of Henry David
Forbes, of Balgownie, 182, 394
— Margaret, wife of Peter Duguid, 393
— Marjory, wife of John Clerk, advo-
cate (1743), 125, 126
— Mary, wife of Lambert Barron,
advocate (1834), 92
— Mary, wife of George Wallace,
solicitor, etc., Fraserburgh, 363
— Mary Ann, wife of William Smith,
advocate (1873), 336, 337
— Phoebe I. C, 191
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1554), 191
— Thomas, 229
— William, lieut., 190
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1673), 191
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1752). 191, 421
— William Nath. , of Tornaveen, etc.,
395 Fraserburgh, 118, 140, 143, 287, 299, 311,
326, 341, 363, 372, 389 Fraserfield, now Balgownie, 299 Frederick II., Prussia, 183 Freeman, William R. , of Murtle Den,
etc., 166 French, Barbara, wife of Peter Jamieson,
192
— Christian, 192
— George, litster, etc , Aberdeen, 191
— George, professor, 192
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1743),
191-92, 197, 309, 408, 410, 424,
432
— Sarah, wife of Alexander Wilson,
minister, Campvere, 192
464
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Frier, Agnes, wife of William Spalding, professor, 338
— Thomas, Brotherstonc, 338 Friesland East, 183
Fry, Sir Edward, 170 Fullerton, Alexander, 193
— Elizabeth, wife of Robert Udny, of
Auchterellon, 359
— Hugh, advocate, Aberdeen (1804),
79, 192-93, 231, 259, 410, 421,
432
— Isabella Janet, wife of Henry
Fowler, Toronto, 193
— John, minister, Drumoak, 192
— Katherine, wife of John Forbes,
advocate (1739), 184, 185 Fyffe, Elizabeth, wife of John Taylor, advocate (i743)> 34S
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 34S Fyvie, 287, 397
Gaberones, 324
Galloway, Alex. Rudolf, ophthalmic
surgeon, 332 Gamack, Alex., Coburty, 395
— John H., 395
— William, writer, etc., Peterhead,
395 Gamrie, 139, 293 Garde, John Davis, Dublin, 253 Garden (Gardin, Gardyne), of Troup, 293
— Alexander, of Blackfurde, 122
— Alexander, 195
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1617), 198, 407, 410, 417, 431
— Alex. Murray, student-at-law,
Toronto, 196
— Anne Bryce, 196
— Catherine Margaret, wife of M. M.
Duncan, advocate (1891), 163, 196
— Eliza, 195, 196
— Elspet, wife of George Merser,
advocate (before 1623), 267
— Farquharson Taylor, advocate,
Aberdeen (1864), 117, 140, 193-94, 198, 201, 247, 268, 298, 325, 388, 399, 407, 410, 411, 424
— Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1814), 194, 421
— George, merchant, Montreal, 197
— Hugh, army accoutrement maker,
228
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1842),
103, 145, 147, 194-95, 23°. 264, 266, 285 337, 389, 407, 409, 410, 411, 414, 424
Garden, James Murray, advocate, Aberdeen (1868), 102, 161, 163, 194, 195-96, 230, 337, 411, 428
— James William, advocate, Aber-
deen (1903), 196. 411, 428, 432
— Jane, wife of James Blaikie, advo-
cate (1808), 97
— Janet, wife of Major Robertson, 197
— Katherine, wife of John Leith,
advocate (1595), 198, 241
— Margaret, wife of William [Ken-
nedy] Irvine, advocate (1831), 228
— Margaret, wife of John Paton, advo-
cate (1703), 293
— Mary, wife of Thomas Burnett,
advocate (1796), 105
— Mary Bryce, 196
— Nicol Benevolent Fund, 197, 310
— Peter, of Delgaty, 105
— Robert, merchant, Aberdeen, 194
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1620), 196
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1784), 197, 408, 414, 417
— Robert, of Blairton, 198
— Robert John, M.D., 102, 195
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
U593)> 197-98, 241, 414
— Thomas, minister, Tarves, 267
— William, Braco Park, 97, 194
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1898), 139, 194, 198, 407, 411, 428
— William, surgeon and bank agent,
Alford, 193
— William, J. P., 194
— William, director, Alex. Cowan &
Sons (Ltd.), 195.433 Williamina, wife of Andrew Nicol,
merchant, Aberdeen, 197 Gardenstone, Hleachfield, 338 Gardin. See Garden. Gardiner, J. & J., S.S.C., Edinburgh,
139
— Kate Tod, wife of John Milne Shaw,
advocate (1868), 321
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1793). 199. 4«8
— William, of Rottearns, 321
— William, farmer, Smithston, 199 Gardyne. See Garden.
Garioch, Isa. M. , wife of Robert Shepherd, minister, Daviot, 404
— James G., minister, Strachan, 305
— Mary R., wife of James Bain,
minister, Delting, 88
— Rachel, wife of William ...Leslie
Reid, advocate (1847), 305
INDEX.
465
Garland, Georgina P., wife of Robert Milne, C.E., 271
— John, Cairnton, 271
Garrow, John, thread manufacturer, 199
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1825), 199, 421 Garthdee, 169, 170 Gatty, Rev. Alfred, 394
— Juliana Horatia, wife of Alexander
Ewing, lieut-col., 394 Gayfield, Forfarshire, 390 Geddes, Andrew, merchant, Aberdeen, 199
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1831),
199, 424
— Sir William D., 159 Geelong, 287
Gellie, James, merchant, Aberdeen, 352 Gellybrands, 256 George II., 35!*
— III., I, 14, 34, 35, 239, 317, 338,
354
— IV., 64, 65, 68
— Earl of Aberdeen, 165, 296
— Earl Marischal, 12 1, 289, 304
— James, Haughs, Keith, 396
— Margaret, wife of W. R. Gordon,
solicitor, 396 Georgetown, 190 Gerard, Adam, M.A., 200
— Gilbert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1751), 199-200, 277, 346, 424
— Gilbert, minister, Chapel of Garioch,
199
— Gilbert, M.A., 200
— John Gray, merchant, London, 200 Gibb, Andrew, lithographer, etc., Aber- deen, 241
— Isabella, wife of Rev. William
Primrose, 297 Gibbon, Agnes, wife of Alex. Young, Hynd wells, 380
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1817), 200-1, 414, 421
— Charles, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 200
— Elizabeth A., wife of D. A. Pearson,
W.S., of Northcliff, 200
— Isabella, wife of Alex. Morice,
merchant, 276
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 276
— Sir William Duff, 284 Gibraltar, 279
Gibston, Huntly, 264
Gight, 144, 155
Gilchrist, Lilias, wife of John Durno, of
Cattie. 166 Giles, James, artist, 224, 249 Gill, John, advocate, Aberdeen (1815),
201, 421
Gill, John, merchant, Aberdeen, 201
— William Smith, manufacturer, Aber-
deen, 246 Gillies, Adam, Lord Gillies, 395
— Archibald, journalist, 201
— James, minister, Menmuir, 395
— James Brown, advocate, Aber-
deen (1910), 201, 202, 407, 411, 43o. 432
— Margaret, wife of W. A. Hunter,
wool merchant, 202
— Robert, of Little Keithock, 395
— T. & J., advocates, Aberdeen, 201
— Thomas Robertson, advocate,
Aberdeen (1885), 174, 201-2, 314,
407, 411, 430 Gisborne Bay, 278
Glase, William, minister, Kearn, 301 Glasgow, 181, 194, 216, 217, 258, 280,
285, 307, 3io, 397, 405
— Great Western Steam Laundry Coy.
(Ltd.), 293
— Univ., 88, 280, 430 Glasgowego, Kinellar, 248, 375 Glashan, Jane, wife of Robert Stuart, of
Aucharnie, 344 Glass, 140 Glasslaw, 101 Glasslough, 326, 327 Glasterberry, 274 Glen Tilt, 357 Glenbarry, 155 Glenbervie, 284 Glenbogie, 248 Glenbuchat, 305 Glengarry, 119 Glenmillan, 329, 330, 334 Glenmuick, 297 Glennie, Alexander, of Maybank, 334
— Margaret, wife of Robert Smith,
advocate (1839), 334 Glenorchy, 287 Glenythan, 326 Gorakhpur, India, 324 Gordon & Barron, W.S., 204, 389
— & Cameron, solicitors, Banff, 391,
396
— & Hunter, advocates, Aberdeen,
210, 223
— Adam, of Inverebrie, 120
— Agnes, wife of George Gordon, 205
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1718), 55, 202, 207, 347, 412,
424
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1814), 124, 138, 151, 175, 185, 202-3, 204, 221, 237, 288, 409, 412, 421
K 2
466
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Gordon, Alexander, Milton of Drum, 204
— Alexander, author, 204
— Sir Alexander, Bart., of Lesmoir,
390
— Ann, wife of Thomas Stewart, 205
— Anne, wife of John Gordon, advo-
cate (1753), 208
— Anne, wife of Harry Lumsden, 252
— Anne, wife of Alex. Shirrefs, advo-
cate (1789), 321
— Catherine Byron, of Gight, 155
— Charles & Alexander, advocates,
Aberdeen, 124, 138, 175, 1S5, 202, 204
— Charles, Dept. Seal, 33
— Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1703), 203, 205, 414, 421
— Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1783), 124, 138, 157, I7S» 185, 202, 204, 212, 221, 241, 243, 300, 366, 375. 408, 412, 424
— Charles, merchant, Jamaica, 203
— Charles, W.S., 204, 389
— Sir Charles, S.S.C., 132
— Charles David, younger of Aber-
geldie, 149
— Charles Hamilton, memb., Faculty
of Advocates, 114, 115
— David, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1578),
204
— David, advocate, Aberdeen (1724),
205, 424
— Duke of, 150
— Elizabeth, wife of John Urquhart,
druggist, 204
— Elizabeth, wife of Francis Gordon,
advocate (1796), 206
— Elizabeth S., wife of Charles K.
Johnstone, captain, 206
— Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(174$), 205, 410, 414, 432
— Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1796), 61, 62, 102, 154, 165, 179, 206-7, 208, 220, 266, 272, 288, 322, 326, 356, 399, 409, 412, 414, 424, 432
— Francis, lieut., Mill of Lumphart,
209, 321
— Francis, shoemaker, 228
— George, Mill of Kincardine, 205
— George, 5th Duke, 207
— George, minister, second charge,
St. Nicholas, 210, 223
— George, of Sheelagreen, 303
— George, lieut., 396
— Helen, wife of William Baxter,
advocate (1680), 93
— Helen, 204, 205
Gordon Highlanders, 130, 139, 161, 165, 181, 201, 216, 233, 262, 263, 265, 310, 314, 319, 325, 348, 370, 372
— Hugh, watchmaker, Aberdeen, 137,
334
— Hugh, of Manar, 252
— Hugh, 205
— Isabella, wife of George Watson,
364
— Isabella, 204
— James, first of Buthlaw, 203
— James, sheriff clerk, etc., 206, 208
— James, of Rosieburn, 206
— James, of Seaton, 207
— James, of Banchory, 208
— James, of Manar, 253
— James, corn factor, Inverness, 396
— James, 204, 206
— James Foote, shoemaker, Aberdeen,
209
— James Francis G. S., of Craig, 404
— Jane, wife of John Craig, advocate
(179O, 137
— Jane Charlotte, wife of Alex.
Hutchinson, solicitor, 398
— Jessie, 204
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1676),
207
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1696?),
55, 202, 207, 209, 412, 413, 418
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1753),
It 3» 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 56, 137, 166, 167, 183, 199, 206, 208, 209,
230, 319. 321, 338, 349. 356, 378, 395, 400, 408, 412, 414, 418, 421
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1788),
208
— John, of Craig, 208
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1792),
209, 424
— lohn, of Crichie, 203
— Tohn, heritor of Kincardine, 205
— John, of Avochie, 209
— John, of Craigmyle, 210
— John, of Tulligreig, 304
— John, younger of Fechill, 316
— John, of Pitlurg, 358
— John, wine merchant, Malaga, 396
— John, 303
— John Henry Forbes, advocate,
Aberdeen (1901), 209, 428
— John Thomson, sheriff-depute, 71
— Sir John Watson, artist, 105
— Katherine Frances, wife of Dun.
Davidson, 149
— Lord Lewis, Jacobite, 205
— Magdalen, wife of Neil Sutherland,
405
INDEX.
467
Gordon, Margaret, wife of James Duguid, of Springhill, 204
— Margaret, wife of Will. Hunter,
advocate (1840), 223
— Margaret, wife of George Turner,
advocate (1731), 358
— Margaret, wife of John Bowman, of
Gayfield, 390
— Mary, wife of John Gordon, of
Avochie, 209
— Mary, 203, 204, 207
— Patrick, humanist, 93
— Patrick, of Ruthven, 165
— Sir Patrick, of Auchindoun, 77
— Peter, advocate, Aberdeen (1764),
209
— Peter Laing. See Laing, Peter
— Richard, advocate, Aberdeen
(i73i), 55, 191. 205, 207, 209-10, 412, 413, 414, 418
— Sarah, 210
— Seton Paul, author, 211
— Susan, wife of John Gordon, of
Crichie, 203
— Thomas, of Buthlaw, 203
— Thomas Jarron, W.S., 134
— Hon. William, of Ellon, 138
— William, in Buthlaw, 203
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1825), 210, 223, 417, 424
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1864), 150, 211, 424, 427
— William, stock and share broker, 21 1
— William, solicitor, Aberdeen, 223,
349, 370
— William, of Blelack, 403
— William Robert, solicitor, etc., 391,
396 Gordon's Aisle, 317 Gorham, Christina, wife of James Collie,
advocate (1841), 132
— Robert, writer, Edinburgh, 132 Goudy, Professor, Oxford, 170 Goval, New Machar, 217, 246 Grabar, Professor, 170
Graigue, Tipperary, 246 Grainger, Charles Garston, advocate, Aberdeen (1837), 211, 342, 424
— Thomas Cecil, captain, of Cuck-
field, 211 Grandholm (Grandhome), 103, 106, 217,
262 Grange, 197 Granitehill, 344 Grant, Alex., of Grantsfield, 126, 205
— Alexander, Westseat, 212
— Alexander Thomson, clergyman,
Leven, 396
Grant, Ann, wife of Colquhoun McGrigor, 400
— Barbara, wife of Alexander Clerk,
126
— Charles, of Blairfindy, etc., 212
— Charlotte, wife of Will. Paterson,
advocate (1827), 291 — : Cuthbert, 291
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Clerk, 126
— Frances Helen, wife of John E.
Macqueen, advocate (1900), 265
— Francis J., W.S., 142
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1835), 211-12, 419
— George, Linbeg, 211
— Grace, wife of George Grant Daw-
son, 153
— Hilda E., wife of John H.F.Gordon,
advocate (1901), 209
— Isobel, wife of William McIIardy,
258
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1803),
79, 199, 212, 404, 409, 419
— John, builder, Aberdeen, 396
— John Lyall, merchant, Aberdeen,
177
— Martha, wife of D. II. Kennedy,
advocate (1855), 237
— Robert, merchant, Aberdeen, 209
— Robert, minister, Stracathro, 396
— Robert, Old Morlich, 396
— Robert Charles, advocate, Aber-
deen (1811), 181, 212, 415, 424, 432
— William Thomas, M.D., 265 Grantsfield, 126, 205
Gray, Abingdon, 129
— Amy Isabel, wife of Francis
Cochran, colonel, 129
— Ann, wife of Thomas Sangster,
advocate (1802), 318
— Arthur, of Thripleton, 318
— Charles, 213
— George, merchant, Aberdeen, 213
— George Douglas, 214
— Gilbert, provost, Aberdeen, 144
— Henry John, advocate, Aberdeen
(1903), 212-13, 428
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1561 ),
213
— James, cab proprietor, 212
— Jane, wife of George Falconer,
draper, 176
— Jane, wife of William Gray, shoe-
maker, 214
— Jane, wife of Thomas Spark Sinclair,
advocate (1864), 328
— Margaret, wife of John Rainnie, 299
468
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Gray, Mary, wife of George Muir, 282
— Mary Jane, wife of Henry M.
Crowe, 214
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1874), 213, 428
— Robert Collie, S.S.C. (1869) and
advocate, Aberdeen (1864), 213-14, 424
— Walter, manufacturer, 328
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1823), 214, 425
— William, shoemaker, Aberdeen, 214
— William Esplin, 214
Great North of Scotland Railway Coy., 99, 103, 148, 162, 169, 179, 213, 232, 243, 271, 311
Greenhall, Insch, 335
Greenock, 320
Gregory, Ann, wife of James Bartlet, merchant, 93
— Christian, wife of John Cuthbert,
advocate (1705), 142
— David, of Kinnairdie, 142
— Helen, wife of Alex. Thomson,
advocate (1680), 351
— James, professor, 351 Greig & Morton, W.S., 126
— Catherine, wife of George Leask,
advocate (1826), 240
— Eliza, wife of Hugh Fullerton,
advocate (1804), 193
— James, farmer, Cairntradlin, 240
— William, minister, Longside, 193 Grey, G., 51
Griffin, George Francis, leather merchant,
131
— Muriel, wife of George Duncan
Collie, advocate (1882), 131
— Walter Stanford, 314
Griffith, Charles Fox, insurance manager, 194
— Frank, insurance secretary, 92
— Mary, wife of F. T. Garden, advo-
cate (1864), 194 Grigor & Reid, advocates, Aberdeen, 305
— & Young, solicitors, Elgin, 406
— Dr., Nairn. 396
— Clem., wife of W. R. Gordon, 396
— Robert, solicitor and bank agent,
Aberdeen, 305
— William, solicitor, Elgin, 406 Grindrod, Barton, 163
Grove Cemetery Coy. (Ltd.), 269 Grub, Annas, wife of John Keith, 236
— Charles, rector, 215
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1836), 85, 166, 214-15, 326, 397, 407, 413, 418, 419, 427
Grub, George, convener, 214
— George, rector and honorary provost,
215. 397 Gunn, George, Rhives, 269
— Jessie, wife of James A. Miller,
advocate (1843), 269 Gunton Park, Norfolk, 313
Hacket, Charles, Inveramsay, 334 Hadden, Alexander, Nottingham, 227
— Cyril Martin, advocate, Aber-
deen (1906), 216, 428
— Gavin, provost, Aberdeen, 227
— Gavin, Jun., 183
— James, provost, Aberdeen, 143, 227
— John, manufacturer, Nottingham,
227
— Martin Lindsay, 216 Haddington, 259
Haddo House, 368
— , Rattray, 101
Haldane, Mary A., wife of John Otto Macqueen, 264
Haliburton, Kath., wife of Geo. Middle- ton, advocate (1596), 268
Hall, Elizabeth S., wife of A. D. Forbes, tea planter, 217
— George Elsmie, 217
— Harvey, advocate, Aberdeen
(1866), 139, 216-17, 292, 407, 425, 432
— Joan Harvey, 217
— John, wholesale cloth merchant, 216
— Margaret Elsmie, 217
— May Forbes Harvey, 217 Halley, James P., 51 Hallgreen, 227
Hamburg, 370
Handyside, Marion S., wife of James Shepherd, W.S., 404
— William, W.S., 393, 404 Hardie, James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1804), 142, 189, 217, 341, 409, 421, 432
— John, 217
Hargreaves, F. E., wife of W. Kendall Burnett, advocate (1880), 108
— T. L., Hull, 108
Harper, E. J. B., wife of J. B. Rennet, advocate (1895), 307
— John Innes, tea merchant, Glasgow,
307 Harrogate, 177 Harthill, 318, 381 Harvey (Harvie), Alex., Antigua, 204
— Alex., advocate, Aberdeen (1654),
218
INDEX.
469
Harvey, Alex., advocate, Aberdeen (1830), 218, 425
— Alex., professor, 330
— Amelia, wife of Alex. Macdonald,
advocate (1829), 258
— Barbara, wife of Robert Mitchell,
273
— Christian, wife of Alex. Spaldynge,
advocate (1609), 338
— James, manufacturer, 103, 258
— John, of Kinnettles, 187, 397
— Mary, wife of Chas. Gordon, advo-
cate (1783), 204
— Mary, wife of James l'etrie Kay,
chemist, 234
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1661), 218
— Sarah, Leith, wife of James Bryce,
advocate (1845), io3
— William, farmer, Monykebbock, 218
— William, 397 Harvie. See Harvey. Hastie, Andrew A., S.S.C., 94
— J. & A, S.S.C., 94 Hathorne, Kenneth, Natal, 96 Hatton, Auchterless, 154, 155
— , Fintray, 389 Haughton, Towie, 347
Hay, Agnes, wife of William Barclay, advocate (1595), 91
— Agnes, wife of Gilbert Gerard, advo-
cate (1751), 200
— Annie, wife of James Williamson,
advocate (1839), 374
— Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Thom-
son, advocate (1625), 351
— Isabella, wife of James Reid, advo-
cate (1650), 302
— Isobel, wife of Magnus Mowat, 281
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1896),
218, 242, 428
— James, farmer, Little Ythsie, 218
— James, of Monkshill, 397
— Jean, wife of John Hay, advocate
(1718), 219
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1671),
218
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1718),
55, 219, 280, 415, 425
— John, Braco, 239
— Mary, wife of Thomas Mosman,
advocate (1731), 219, 280
— Mary, wife of John Law, advocate
(1802), 239
— Nicholas, advocate, Aberdeen
U557), 219
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1667), 219
Hay, Thomas, sheriff clerk, 219
— Violet, 219
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1670), 219, 410
— William, Jamaica, 226 Hazlehead, 358 Hazlewood, Cork, 253
Henderson & Cattanach, advocates, Aber- deen, 220
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1838), 99, 220, 365, 417, 421
— Alexander, of Stemster, 117
— Andrew, physician, 361
— Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1834), 220, 425
— James, farmer, Crimond, 220
— James, manufacturer, Aberdeen, 220
— John, auctioneer, Aberdeen, 220
— John, bank manager, 397
— John Sharp, advocate, Aberdeen
(1859), 220, 425, 432
— John W., writer, Glasgow, 397
— Mary, wife of Charles Chalmers,
advocate (1812), 117
— Nelson F., publisher, London, 332
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1816), 220-21
— W'illiam, soap manufacturer, 220
— Winford S., publisher, London, 332 Hendry, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1826), 212, 221, 421
— Christian, wife "of George Grant,
advocate (1835), 212
— Jean, wife of Francis Duncan, wood
merchant, 162
— William, house painter, 212, 221 Henry & Shirres, S.S.C., 275
— George, provost, Aberdeen, 357 Highland and Agricultural Society, 179 Hill & Robertson, W.S., 170
— -Cairnie, Skene, 71
— of Fiddes, Foveran, 315
— Charles, of Luthrie, 146
— Eliza, wife of Charles F. Davidson,
W.S., 146 Hillbrae, 115, 350 Hillbrook, Dublin, 246 Hillhead of Pitfodels, 298 Hilton, 89, 229, 232, 317, 400 Hodgson, Marion, wife of John Murray,
286 Hogarth, George, merchant, 60 Hogg, James, "The Ettrick Shepherd,"
194
— Mary Gray, wife of William Garden,
194 Hull, Boharm, 148 Holm, Inverness, 260
470
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Honduras, British, 127 Hong-Kong, 327
— and Shanghai Bank, 324 Honolulu, 278
Hopper, Margaret, wife of Thomas Fordyce, 186
Home & Mackinnon, stockbrokers, Aber- deen, 263
— Alison F. , wife of William
Mackinnon, advocate (1882), 263
— Robert B., stockbroker, Aberdeen,
263 Ilotchkis, Richard, W.S., 249 Hougham, , wife of Robert Udny of
Udny, etc., 360 Howison, Gilbert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1598), 221
Hull, 394
Hummock Plantation, 177 Humphrey & Ogg, advocates, Aberdeen, 221, 288
— Elizabeth, wife of E. R. Townsend,
221
— Johannah Smith, wife of Geo. W.
Davidson, 221
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1835),
221, 222, 288, 412, 415, 425
— Margaret, 221
— Thomasina Jane E., 221
-r- William, advocate, Aberdeen (i860), 222, 407, 412, 425
— William, innkeeper, Aberdeen, 221 Hunter & Gordon, advocates, Aberdeen,
210, 223, 349, 370
— Charles W., minister, Ballyrasbane,
131
— David, vintner, Aberdeen, 398
— Gordon & Smith, advocates, Aber-
deen, 223
— James, mason, Aberdeen, 222
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1632),
222
— John, W.S., 398
•«■ Rachel C, wife of Keith Topp,
233
— Rachel C, wife of William Harvey,
397
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1840), 153, 210, 222-23, 349, 370, 421, 427
— William A., wool merchant, 202
— William Chambers, advocate,
Aberdeen (1861), 223, 415, 425
— William C, of Tillery, etc., 223,
233, 397 Hunthill, 393 Huntly, 73, 166, 195, 251, 264, 272, 274,
288, 308, 319, 341, 401
Hutcheon & Edmond, advocates, Aber- deen, 171, 223
— Alexander, farmer, 224
— Alexander, shoemaker, 224
— David, advocate, Aberdeen (1789),
64, 83, 122, 171, 187, 223-24, 285, 391, 401, 404, 40S, 409, 419
— Hugh, advocate, Aberdeen (1787),
224, 408, 415
— Isabel, wife of William Paul,
professor, 401
— James, 224
— John, minister, Fetteresso, 223
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1810),
224, 421
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1798), 225, 425
— Thomas, 225
— William, 224 Hutchinson, Alex., W.S., etc., 398
— Frank, colonel, 180
— John, captain, 398
Hutchison, Clarissa, wife of W. R. Gordon, solicitor, 396
— James, of Springfield, 396
— William, of Cairngall, 162 Hyndwells, 380
Hythe, 279
Ilkeston, 282
Imlay, Hugh, & Coy. (Ltd.), 336 Imray, John, brewer, Inverness, 137 Inaltrie, Deskford, 225 Inchbreck, 225, 355 Inchbroom, Elgin, 406 Inchdrewer, 241 Inchgarth, 96, 305 Inchmarlo, 149, 151, 152 Indian Medical Service, 163, 180 Indigent Gentlewomen's Fund, 336 Inge, Charles, lieut.-col., 152
— Ethel H., wife of Duncan Davidson,
*52. Inglis & Leslie, S.S.C. , 399
— William, W.S., 392 Ingram, Alex., writer, Stranraer, 398
— Mary, wife of James Gray, 212
— William, minister, Echt, 398
— William F., Stranraer, 398 Innes, Alex. , advocate, Aberdeen (1748),
1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 225-26, 265, 415
— Alex., Jun., advocate, Aberdeen
(1752), 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 226-27, 408, 415
— Alexander, 225
— Alexander, of Inaltrie, 225
INDEX.
471
Innes, Sir Alex., of Coxton, 225
— Alexander, of Pitmedden, 300
— Anne, wife of Patrick Duff, 156
— Anne, wife of Alex. Hadden, 227
— Barbara, 226
— Charles, W.S., 225, 226
— Charlotte, wife of William Duff, 226
— Cosmo, memb., Faculty of Advo-
cates, 391
— Hannah, wife of Alex. Allardyce,
227
— Helen, wife of William Hay, 226
— Helen, wife of James Farquhar,
227
— Hope, wife of Gavin Hadden, 227
— Isobel, wife of William Melville,
advocate (1658), 267
— James, of Maisley, 300
— Jane, wife of George More of Rae-
den, 227
— Janet, wife of James Beattie, pro-
fessor, 226
— Jean, wife of David Stuart, 225
— John, of Culdrain, 225
— John, captain, 225
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1557),
227
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1676),
228, 415, 425
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1776),
208, 233, 406, 408. See also tinder Ramsay, John.
— John, of Cowie, 200
— John, W.S., 227
— John, of Knockorth, 228
— Katherine, wife of John Hill Burton,
391
— Margaret, wife of Thomas Black,
226
— Margaret, wife of Alexander More,
227
— Margaret A., wife of Alex. Gibbon,
advocate (1817), 200
— Mary, wife of Arthur Nicolson, 226
— Susan, wife of John Ramsay, of
Barra, 300
— Violet, wife of John Hadden, 227
— Violette E., wife of James Hadden,
227
— William, of Raemoir, 106, 227 Insch, 78, 139, 233, 335 Insurance Coy. of Scotland, 329 Inver, 311
Inveramsay, 333, 334 Inveresk, 269
Inverness, 198, 260, 336, 337, 396 Invernochtie Church, 91 Inverugie, 280
Inverurie (Inverury), 78, 79, 97, 118, 123, 147, 148, 155, 169, 197, 236, 307, 340, 347, 379
— Paper Mills, 405
— Town Council, 280
Ironside, Andrew J., land surveyor, 83,
298 Irvine (Irving, Irwing, Irwinge), Alex., of
Pitmuxton, 228
— Alex., minister, Forbes, 229
— Alex. , advocate, Aberdeen ( 1578),
229, 415, 431
— Ann, wife of William Garrow, advo-
cate (1825), 199
— Anna, wife of Colin Allan, 228
— Elizabeth, wife of John Gordon,
advocate (1696?), 202, 207
— Elizabeth, wife of Francis Gordon,
shoemaker, 228
— George, weaver, 228
— Helen, wife of Alex. Walker, 361
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1615), 229, 417, 431
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1724), 93, 228, 410, 415, 425
— James, of Pitmurchie, 229
— Jean, wife of George Adam, advo-
cate (1670), 77
— Jean, wife of John Clark, advocate
(1752), 123
— Jean, wife of Alexander Ross, mer-
chant, 228
— John, Old Aberdeen, 199
— John, of Artamford, 229
— John, of Haltoun, 229
— Richard, of Cairnfield, 207
— Richard, advocate, Aberdeen
(1577), 229, 415, 417, 431
— Robert, of Cults, 123
— William, I.C.S., 228
— William [Kennedy], advocate,
Aberdeen (1831), 228, 425 Itlaw, Alvah, 374
Jackson (Jacson), Robert C, solicitor, Aberdeen, 139, 325
— S. F., 377 Jaffray, Ann, 126
— Ann, wife of Peter Nicol, 286
— Marjory, 126
Jamaica, 167, 226, 257, 347, 403 Jamieson (Jameson, Jamesone), Alexander, surgeon, 231
— Andrew, sheriff, 74
— Eliza, wife of James Stephen, 340
— Elizabeth, wife of James Petrie,
advocate (1743), 296
472
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Jamieson, Frank, advocate, Aberdeen (1872), 230, 430
— George, painter, 80
— George Auldjo, accountant, Edin-
burgh, 398
— Isabella Jopp, wife of Thomas
Walker, 362
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1878), 230, 314, 430
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 230
— James, M.D., 398
— James Auldjo, W.S., etc., 398-99
— Marjory, wife of John Alexander,
advocate (1643), 80
— Peter, 192
— Robert, M.D., 230
— T. F., Mains of Waterton, 399
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(I783). 230-31
— William, jeweller, 230
— William John, journalist, 399 Jamson, Mary, wife of A. W. Chalmers,
392
— Richard, captain, 392 Jansen, Tonges Rolofs, 183, 184 Jardine, Mary, wife of Andrew Jopp,
Insch, 233 Jarvis, Martha F., wife of Alex. Meffet, advocate (1872), 267
— W. C, 267 Java, 149, 319
Jeffrey, James Thorn, advocate, Aber- deen (1897), 231, 407, 430
— William, baker, Aberdeen, 231 Jerrard, J. E. S., wife of John A. Milne, 272 Jesus, Society of, 222
Johnston (Johnstone), Laurencekirk, 200, 201, 227
— , Leslie, 314
— Alexander, produce merchant, 108
— Ann E., wife of James Gordon, of
Craig, 208
— Anna M., wife of Patrick Banner-
man, advocate (1816), 89
— Catherine, wife of H. J. Butchart,
advocate (1908), 108
— Catherine, wife of Alex. Murray,
Blackhouse, 283
— Charles K., captain, 206
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Copland,
135
— Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Duncan,
advocate (1776), 164
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1820), 231, 419
— Hugh, St. John's, 406
— Isabella T., wife of Robert Young,
solicitor, Elgin, 406
Johnstone, James, of Alva, 206
— John, of Alva, 208
— John, of Bishopstown, 231
— Sir John, of Caskieben, 4th Bart.,
232
— Margaret, wife of Will. Paterson,
minister, Slains, 291
— Rachel, wife of Alex. Anderson,
advocate (1827), 83
— R. B., W.S., 373
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1700), 55, 231-32, 415, 421
— William, salmon fishings' overseer,
231
— William, of Viewfield, 8^, 276
— Sir William, 6th Bart., 232
— Sir William, 7th Bart., 89
Jolly, — , wife of John Smith, manager, 333 Jones, Edwyn, 287
— Julia Medina, wife of Harry Smith,
W.S., etc., 330
— Rice, colonel, 330
— Richard, commander, R.N., 287 Jopp, Andrew & Alexander, advocates,
Aberdeen, 232, 233
— & Reid, advocates, Aberdeen, 232,
305
— & Shand, advocates, Aberdeen,
232, 320
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1825), 140, 182, 232, 233, 234, 305, 320, 335, 341, 355, 374, 409, 412, 415, 421
— Alexander, of Woodhill, 232
— Andrew, Insch, 78, 233
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1796), 210, 232, 233-34, 283. 320, 323, 342, 355, 392, 394, 405, 408, 409, 412, 415
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1856), 232, 234, 412, 425, 432
— Charles, engineer, 234
— Charles A., wine merchant, 234
— David, 233
— Elizabeth, wife of William Adam,
advocate (1790), 78
— Henry Edgar, 234
— James, M.D., etc., 233
— John, W.S., 233
— John Alexander, 234
— Katherine, wife of John Taylor,
merchant, 234
— Katherine A., wife of W. S.
Aikerman, 234
— Keith, M.D., etc., 233
— Robert, farmer, New Zealand, 233
— Sophia, 232
— William, wine merchant, etc., 233
INDEX.
473
Joss, Alex., Cruchie, 328
— Margaret S., wife of T. S. Sinclair Spark, advocate (1864), 328 Jourdan, Margaret, wife of Robert Udny,
360 • Joyner, Annie, wife of W. B. Bremner, - 101
Kay, Frederick William, advocate, Aberdeen (1809), 234-35, 428, 432
— James Tetrie, chemist, 234 Kearn, 301
Kebbaty, 150, 151
Keir, Archibald, tacksman, Kinloss, 399
— James, memb., Faculty of Advocates,
399 Keith, 396
— Alex., W.S., etc., 186
— David, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1830),
235. 421
— Elizabeth, wife of Robert Lumsden,
advocate (1576), 255
— George, farmer, Friendville, 235
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1680), 235, 415, 417, 425
— George, Jun. , advocate, Aberdeen
(I7°4)> 55> '04. 114. r56> 236, 415
— James, writer, Aberdeen, 236
— John, Inverurie, 236
— Robert, of Benholm, 2S9
— William Leslie, advocate, Aber-
deen (1890), 236, 430 Kelland, Alexandrina, wife of Francis Cochran, colonel, 129
— Philip, professor, 129
Kelman, Jessie, wife of Lewis Chalmers,
solicitor, 118 Kemlo& Ledingham, advocates, Aberdeen,
236
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1869), 236-37, 407, 418
— Gideon, miller, 236
— Philippa Margaret, 237 Kemnay, 107, 153, 320, 405
— Academy, 340
Kemp, Jessie, wife of John Ligertwood, advocate (1840), 244
— Robert, grain merchant, 244 Kendall, Letitia A., wife of A. G. Bur- nett, 107
Kenfield, 235
Kennedy & Fraser, advocates, Aberdeen, I9T, 237
— Alexander, ship steward, 237
— Alexander, mason, 238
Kennedy, David Henderson, advocate, Aberdeen (1855), 191, 237, 425
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1620), 237, 417, 418
— Sir James, Latin poet, etc., 237
— John, advocate, 125, 150
— Margaret, wife of John Morice,
baker, 277
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1783), 58, 169, 181, 238, 407,
408, 409, 417, 425 Kennerty, 146 Kennethmont, 133 Kent, Duke of, 64 Kepplestone, 103, 105, 106 Kerans, Agnes M., wife of George Grub,
rector, 397
— Percy G., captain, 397 Kermuck, Ellon, 265
Kerr, Alexander, of Menie, 333
— Christopher, solicitor, etc., Dundee,
309
— Elizabeth, wife of Patrick Smith,
advocate (1705), 333
— Isobel, wife of Middleton Rettie,
402
— John, of Dunearn, 402 Kilgour, Alex., M.D., 164
— Harriet Anne, wife of Patrick
Cooper, advocate (1847), 134
— Mary A. C, wife of Alex. Muir,
advocate (1817), 283
— Patrick, of Woodside, 283
— Robert, manufacturer, 134 Kiloh, Margaret, wife of John Sim, 323 Kinaldie, 247, 292
Kincardine, 125, 380
— Lodge, 206
— Mill and lands of, 205
— O'Neil, 180, 206, 221, 276, 277, 311 Kincardineshire, 136, 138, 152, 158, 161,
167, 189, 193, 200, 252, 279, 281,
342, 359, 364. 380, 390, 404
— Rifle Vols., 151
— Secondary Education Com., 139 Kincorth, 155, 379
Kincraig, 170 King-Edward, 374, 377
— Edward H. W. W., 243 Kingcausie, 393
King's Own Scottish Borderers, 381 King's Mills, Inverness, 94 Kingseat, 96
— Asylum, 160 Kingswells, 167, 171, 172, 174 Kininmonth, 208 Kininvie, 184, 406
Kinkell, 229
L 2
474
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Kinloss, 399
Kinnaird, Anne, wife of Robert Sandilands,
advocate (i743). 3*7 Kinneff, 285, 404 Kinnettles, 187, 330, 397 Kintore, 97, 151, 189, 251, 319, 320, 404 Kirkhill, 89, 104, 333 Kirkpatrick, Isabel, wife of George T.
Morice, 278
— Mary Ann, wife of Henry Lumsden,
advocate (1807), 253
— Sir Thomas, Bart. , of Closeburn, 253 Kirkstyle, 405
Kirktown, 291 Knockorth, Marnoch, 228 Knowles, Christian, wife of Will. Hendry, 221
— Isabella, wife of Marshall Watt, 366 Knowsie, 322
Knox, Alexander, solicitor, 264
— Flora Jane, wife of Andrew David-
son, advocate (1888), 147
— Thomas, bank agent, Peterhead, 147 Kussowlie, 117, 353
Kyllachy, 103
Kyng, Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1568), 238 Kynoch, Isabella, wife of James McCook,
advocate (1785), 257
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 257
Laing, Anne, wife of James McCook, W.S., 257
— C. A. L., wife of William Downie
Leslie, 242
— Jane, wife of Hon. William Brem-
ner, 101
— Meylia J. M. W., wife of A. H.
Chalmers, W.S., 117
— Patrick S., 117
— ■ Peter, writer, Stonehaven, 399
— Peter, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 399
— Thomas, 257
Lamb, Elizabeth, wife of W. L. Dickie, merchant, 337
— Jane, wife of F. C. Purnell,
architect, 238
— Lucy R., wife of Robert Bruce,
advocate (1908), 102, 238
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1873), 102, 238, 337, 430
— Robert, 238
Lambton, Caroline, wife of James Russell,
advocate (1823), 313 Lamond, Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Smith,
advocate (1804), 330
— William, of Stranduff, 330
Lankester, Francis John, 332 Larbert Imbecile Institute, 173 Largie, 197 Lauder, David, of Flatfield, 391
— Isabella, wife of John Hill Burton,
391
— Margaret, wife of James Sandilands
of Craibstone, 317 Laurencekirk, 200 Laurie, Harriet S. F., wife of Alex.
Simpson, Jun., advocate (1848),
324, 325. .
— William, minister, New Pitsligo, 325 Law, 197
— A., & Coy., clothiers, 239
— Christian, wife of Rev. C. L. C.
Tulloch, 239
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1802),
239» 398, 421
— John, shipmaster, 239
— John, assistant surgeon, 239 Lawhead, 398
Lawrence (Lawrance), Lord, 395
— Edward A., 163
— Isabella, wife of Robert Shaw, 321
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Smith, 331 Lawson, Rev. A., 253
" Lawyer's Loft " in College Church, 207 Learney, 106, 227, 251 Leask, Mill of, 317
— Alexander, shipmaster, 239
— Alexander Rhind Dyer, advocate,
Aberdeen (1876), 239, 428
— Catherine E. , wife of Henry Wood,
240
— Elspet, wife of Robert Paip,
advocate (1581), 289
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1826), 240, 268, 421
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1853), 240, 419
— James, assistant health officer, 240
— James, shipbuilder, 240
— James Greig, brigade surgeon,
A.M.D., 240
— Jane Ann, wife of Hugh Welsh, 240
— Nether, Slains, 282
— William, Swanford, 240
— William Keith, litterateur, 240 Leddach, Skene, 159
Ledingham & Walker, advocates, 241, 362
— Alex., S.S.C., Aberdeen, 174, 236,
259
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1576), 240
— George, farmer, Inchdrewer, 241
— James, farmer, Lochside, Rayne,
241
INDEX.
475
Ledingham, Robert, advocate, Aberdeen (1827), 241, 312, 362, 415, 417,
425 Lee-Warner, Rev. G. B., 377 Legg, Roland P., engineer, 177 Leghorn, 360 Leith, 68, 297, 389, 395
— & Clyde Shipping Coy., 323
— Elizabeth, wife of Richard Gordon,
advocate (1731), 210
— Helen, of Dilspro, 241
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1595),
198, 241, 415, 418, 431
— John, of Leithhall, 210
— Mary, wife of Charles Downie of
Ashfield, 154
— Williamina S. F., wife of W. J.
Lumsden, 252 Leithhall, 210 Leonard, James, M.R.C.S., in
— Kath. S. F., wife of Geo. Caden-
head, advocate (1848), m Leslie, 255, 293
— of Powis, 59
— of Dunlugas, 300
— , wife of sheriff sub. Patrick
Cameron, 391
— & Reid, advocates, Aberdeen, 242,
305
— Alexander of Berryden, merchant,
224
— Alexander, Aberdeen, 242
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1691), 242, 410, 421
— Alice, wife of Martin Lindsay
Hadden, 216
— Ann, wife of William Jamieson,
advocate (1783), 231
— Arch. Young of Kininvie, 184
— Christian, wife of Joseph Robertson,
merchant, 402
— Christian, wife of Patrick Stewart,
minister, Kinneff, 404
— Dora Jane, wife of E. H. W. W.
King, 243
— Edwin V., 243
— Eleanor F. D., wife of John T.
Christie, Parkstone, 243
— Elspet, wife of Richard Irwinge,
advocate (1577), 229
— Francis Downie, 243
— George, provost, Aberdeen, 144
— George, 197
— Helen, wife of Hugh Hutcheon,
advocate (1787), 224
— Helen, wife of John Muill, advocate
(1858), 282
— James, burgess, Aberdeen, 197
Leslie, Jean, wife of George Keith, advo- cate (1680), 235
— Jean, wife of Robert Young, factor,
406
— John, of Largie, 197
— John, of Abersnethok, 197
— John, of Balquhain. 197
— John, baillie, Aberdeen, 235, 242
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1595),
242, 418
— John, captain, 287
— Sir John, Bart., 287
— Kathleen M., 243
— Margery, wife of William Duguid
of Newlands, 157
— Marie, wife of Alexander Davidson,
advocate (1661), 144
— Mary Anne, wife of Patrick
Davidson, advocate (1831), 152
— Mary Downie, 243
— Patrick, 197
— R. D., & Hay, advocates, Aberdeen,
218, 242
— Robert Downie, advocate, Aber-
deen (1876), 2i8, 242-43, 305, 306, 430
— Robert Downie, West Australia,
243
— William, of Warthill, 152
— William, of Crichie, 197
— William, provost, Inverurie, 197
— William, of Wardes, 197
— William, major, 280
— William, merchant, 282
— William, parliamentary agent, 399
— William, surgeon, 399
— William, W.S., 400
— William Downie, merchant, Cal-
cutta, 242 Lesmoir, 390 Lesmurdie, 178 Lethenty, 335 Lickleyhead, 226 Liddell (Liddle), Amelia E., wife of
W. K. Watt, advocate (1904),
366
— Ellen, wife of James Duncan,
architect, 161
— George, professor, 120
— George, schoolmaster, 366
— James, math, tutor, 120
— Margaret, wife of Alexander
Charles, advocate (1705), 120 Ligertwood, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen (1811), 243, 419
— Ann, wife of Charles Ruxton, Hill
of Fiddes, 315
— Anne, 244
476
SOCIETY Of ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Ligertwood, Arthur G., 244
— Catherine Saunders, 244
— J. & R., advocates, Aberdeen, 243,
244
— Jessie, wife of H. J. Ellis Hickes,
colonel, 244
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1840),
243-44, 415, 418, 425
— John, farmer, Overhill, etc., 243
— Margaret, 244
— Mary, wife of Alex. Edmond, Jun.,
advocate (1864), 171
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1854), 238, 243, 244, 322, 425
— Thomas, farmer, Overhill, etc., 243,
244
— Walter Auldjo, 244
— William, Logierieve, 171
Lillie, Alexander, commissary clerk depute, 244
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1649), 244-45 Linbeg, Glenlivet, 211 Lindsay, , merchant, Aberdeen, 316
— A. D., 210
— Christian, wife of John Sandilands,
advocate (1655), 316
— Mary A., wife of William Gordon,
advocate (1825), 210 Lippe, Charles, memb., Faculty of Advo- cates, 400
— Rev. Robert, 400 Lisbon, 276 Lissonfield, 324
Littlejohn & Davidson, advocates, Aber- deen, 247
— David, advocate, Aberdeen
(1865), 99, 123, 167, 222, 245-46, 247, 275, 3OI» 4°7, 4io, 412, 418, 425, 427, 432
— James, architect, 247
— Jane, wife of Rev. Adam White,
370
— Janet Bentley, 246
— Katherine Forbes, 246
— Margaret, wife of Gilbert George
Walker, rector, 246
— Ruth, wife of W. S. Gill, manufac-
turer, 246
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1900), 158, 246-47, 430, 432
— William, bank manager, 245, 247
— William, merchant, builder, etc.,
247 Liverpool, 199, 279, 355 Livingston, 239 Lochend, 226 Lochnagar, 305
Lochside, 241
Lockhart & Salmond, confectioners, etc., 74
— Graeme A., lieut.-col., 100 Lodz, 202
Logie, Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen (1687), 231, 247, 415
— Andrew, 247
— -Coldstone, 179, 341
— , Crimond, 341
— George, of Loanhead, 247
— George, sheriff clerk, Kincardine-
shire, 380
— George, 247
— Isobel, 247
— Mary, wife of William Wemyss, 247
— Newton, 140
— Pert, 279
— William, 247 Logierieve, 171 Loirston, 218, 282, 283
London, 155, 156, 158, 177, 194, 197, 200, 205, 211, 222, 224, 228, 232, 240, 249, 257, 262, 265, 266, 276, 279, 284, 310, 313, 320, 325, 337, 341, 375. 376, 377, 389, 390, 392, 394, 397, 399.
— & Lancashire Fire Insurance Coy.,
336 • — Joint Stock Bank, 197 Longfaugh, 239 Longside, 193 Loos, Albert E., 282 Lorenzo Marques, 403 Loretto School, 130 Louisburgh, 365 Low, Alex., merchant, Aberdeen, 248
— David, in Fiddie, Skene, 247
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1829), 247-48, 310, 419
— Jean Sangster, 248
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1792),
175, 231, 248, 258, 408, 432
— John, convener, 400
— John, writer, Stonehaven, 400
— Margaret M., wife of Alex. Ross,
advocate (1839), 248, 310
Lowbank, Trinity-Gask, 321
Lumphanan, 143, 372
Lumphart, Mill of, 209, 321
Lumsden & Davidson, advocates, Aber- deen, 147, 148, 254
— & Lumsden, advocates, Aberdeen,
249, 250
— & Robertson, advocates, Aberdeen,
249, 309
— Agnes, of Pitcaple, 251
— Agnes, 255
INDEX.
477
Lumsden, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1759), 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 146, 150, 167, 186, 248, 251,
275> 396, 415
— Alexander, memb., Faculty of
Advocates, 248
— Alexander, of Claremount, 251
— Alexander, 248, 255
— Alfred Forbes, captain, 254
— Annabella, 248
— Caroline R., wife of Rev. A.
Lawson, 253
— Catherine M., wife of John D.
Garde, 253
— Charles Downie, advocate,
Aberdeen (1893), 249, 250, 428
— Charlotte Clementina, 253
— Clements, W.S., and advocate,
Aberdeen (1825), 160, 249-50, 252, 253, 269, 389, 394, 412, 425
— Edward, minister, Midmar, 249,
250
— Edward Robertson, advocate,
Aberdeen (1894), 249, 250, 42S
— Eleanor Gertrude, 254
— Elizabeth, 248
— Elizabeth Cruger, wife of James
Gordon of Manar, 253
— Georgiana L., wife of J. If. Skene,
captain, 253
— Hary, advocate, Aberdeen (1778),
78, 225, 249, 251-52, 287, 350, 408, 412, 415, 425
— Harry, 252
— Harry Basil, 254
— Harry Leith-, of Auchindoir, 164
— Helen Amy, 254
— Henrietta Anne, wife of James
Foote, 253
— Henry & Clements, advocates,
Aberdeen, 249, 252
— Henry, advocate, Aberdeen
(1807), 68, 154, 218, 249, 251, 252-53» 269, 394, 398, 409, 412, 415, 425, 432
— Henry William, lieut.-col., 249
— Hugh, of Pitcaple, 250, 251
— Hugh Thomas, 252
— James, Braco, 179
— James Forbes, advocate, Aber-
deen (1862), 147, 148, 156, 218, 242, 250, 253-54, 281. 373. 400, 410, 412, 425
— Jane Edith, 250
— Jane Eleanora, 253
— Jane Evelyn, 254
— Janet or Jean, wife of Alex. Chal-
mers, of Cults, 255
Lumsden, Jean, wife of William Harvey, Monykebbock, 218
— Jean, 248, 255
— Jeanette Isabella, wife of Carbery
B. Egan, of Hazlewood, 253
— John, Boghead, Kintore, 251
— John, Mains of Scotstown, 280
— John, 248
— John Ferdinand, 251
— John Tower, captain, 252
— Katharine Maria, 250
— Louisa Innes, 250
— Lucy Forbes, 254
— Margaret, " Lady of Leslie," 255
— Margaret Letitia, 252
— Margaret M., wife of James Forbes,
major, 253
— Mary Thomasina, 253
— Rachel Frances, 250
— Robert, of Medlar, etc., 254
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1576), 254-55, 4i5. 417
— Thomas, colonel, of Belhelvie
Lodge, 251
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1624), 91, 255, 415, 431
— William, 255
— William Forbes, captain, 254
— William James, of Balmedie, 251 Lunan, Jane, wife of David Shirrefs,
builder, 321
Lusi, Count, 183, 184
Luthrie, 146
Lyell Anne, wife of George Grub, advo- cate (1836), 215
— William, H. M. Customs, 215 Lynmvood, 314
Lynturk, 158, 159
Lyon, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen (1557), 255
— Baillie, Aberdeen, 378
MacAndrew, Wright & Murray, W.S., 247 Macartney, Emily, wife of John Duncan, 162
— William, Colombo, 162 Macbean, Rev. Hugh, 399
— Isabella, wife of Alex. Simpson,
Jun., advocate (1848), 325
— James, Kingussie, 325
— Jessie I. C, wife of Peter Laing, 399 McClure, Naismith, Brodie & Macfarlane,
writers, Glasgow, 176 McCombie & Ewen, advocates, Aberdeen, 256
— Barbara, wife of Alex. Ewing, of
Tartowie, 393
478
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
McCombie, Charles, advocate, Aber- deen (1876), 255-56, 290, 425
— Georgina Campbell, 256
— James Boyn, advocate, Aberdeen
(1831), 256, 283, 409, 415, 421
— Margaret, wife of Simpson Duguid,
158
— Meta (Margaret), 256
— Robert, minister, F.C. , Leslie and
Premnay, 255
— Thomas, of Easter Skene, 256 McCook, Isabel, wife of Charles Mitchell,
merchant, 257
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1785),
256-57, 425
— James, W.S., 257
— John, planter, Jamaica, 257
— Malcolm, shoemaker, Old Aber-
deen, 256 MacDiarmid, John, accountant, 257 . — John Duncan, advocate, Aberdeen
(1901), 257, 428, 432 Macdonald (McDonald), Alexander,
advocate, Aberdeen (1829), 258,
407, 425
— Alexander, shipmaster, 258
— Alexander, of Johnston, 314
— Alexander, surgeon, R. H. A., 258
— Archibald Mclntyre, advocate,
Aberdeen (1871), 258, 272, 379, 428
— Barony, 1 33
— James, captain, of Coulnakyle, 180
— Jane Ann, wife of John Ferguson,
advocate (1849), 180
— Jessie, wife of George D. Rutherford,
advocate (1864), 314
— William Yeats, of Auquharney, 378 McDonell, Aeneas Ranald, of Glengarry,
119
— Emma Jane, wife of P. II. Chal-
mers, advocate (1864), 119 Macdougall, Charlotte, wife of James For-
dyce, 186 McEwen & Carment, W.S., 255, 290
— David, Dundee, 119
— Ellen M., wife of Lewis Chalmers,
advocate (1847), 119 Macfarlane, Alexander, minister, Crathie and Braemar, 327
— Jane Gordon, wife of P. S. Simpson,
326, 327 Macgee, John, surgeon, Aberdeen, 291 McGrigor (McGregor), A., writer, Glas- gow, 280
— Charles, lieut. -colonel, 400
— Colquhoun, merchant, 400
— Daniel, Liverpool, 294
McGrigor, Sir James, Bart., 400
— Julia, wife of William Paul, advo-
cate (1853), 294 McHardy & Robison, advocates, Aber- deen, 258, 309
— David, of Cranford, 131
— Isabella, wife of Arch. Reid, farmer,
3°5
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1817),
258, 309. 396, 398, 425
— Jane, wife of George Collie, advo-
cate (1856), 131
— William, innkeeper, 258 McHattie & Watt, advocates, Aberdeen,
366
— William, solicitor, Aberdeen, 366 Machray, John, farmer, 259
— Mary, wife of Rev. William Brand,
259
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1830), 259, 421
— Robert, first Archbishop of Rupert's
Land, etc., 259
— William F., 259
Maclndoe, E. M., wife of W. A. Brown,
sheriff-sub., 390 Mclrvine, George, minister, Mauritius, 179 McKay (Mackay), Andrew, 335
— Caroline, wife of William Smith,
advocate (1817), 335
— James, Eden Cottage, 193
— Rev. John, 312
— Robert Whyte, warehouseman, 259
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1905), 259, 428 Mackenzie (McKenzie) & Kermack, W.S., 148, 163, 165, 242
— A., Allanfearn, 279
— Alice, wife of Alexander Edmond,
advocate (1858), 170
— Alice Anne, 260
— Barbara, wife of George Paton, 293
— Colin, minister, Stornoway, 171
— Douglas, 260
— Eleanor, 260
— Gardner & Alexander, writers,
Glasgow, 176
— Gertrude Agnes, 260
— Harry L., lieut., 177
— Hugh, Bengal Army, 164
— Ida, wife of George Martineau,
sugar refiner, 265
— Isabella, 260
— Isabella W., wife of Thomas
Mackenzie, advocate (1855), 260
— James Hay, 51
— John, Bellfield, 260
— John, of Ardross, 293
INDEX.
479
Mackenzie, John Alexander, 260
— John R., architect, 379
— Lydia, wife of Arthur Morice,
coffee planter, 279
— Margaret, wife of Andrew Jopp,
advocate (1856), 234
— Marion Isabella, 260
— Norman Earle, 260
— Roberton & Coy., writers, Glasgow,
397
— Roderick, major, of Kincraig, 170
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1855), 260, 421, 432
— Thomas, 260
— Una, wife of Francis Edmond,
advocate, (1829), 171
— William, W.S., 103, 398
— William, tacksman, Holm, 260 Mackie, Andrew, major, Spanish Legion,
400
— A. Kirk, S.S.C., 373
— Elsie, wife of John Bruce, news-
paper proprietor, 102
— Janet, wife of Alex. Bodie, Bush,
389
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Torrie,
advocate (1834), 358
— Robert, Mains of Midbelty, 205
— William, 400
McKilligan, James, merchant, Aberdeen, 366
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Webster,
advocate (1794), 366 McKimmy, Elizabeth, wife of John Smith,
332 Mackinnon (McKinnon), Alan, 262
— Alister, 263
— Andrew Robertson, M.D., 261
— Arthur H. L., architect, Aberdeen,
262
— Doris Livingston, 262
— Elizabeth L., wife of Thomas
Adam of Denmore, 262
— Esther Blaikie, 262
— Ethel Douglas, wife of A. J. R.
Thain, advocate (1890), 262, 348
— Flora Anne, wife of John Ross,
major, 403
— Francis J. O., marine engineer, 262
— L., & Son, advocates, Aberdeen,
262, 263
— L. Junior & Son, advocates, Aber-
deen, 261, 262
— Lachlan, advocate, Aberdeen
(1833), 261, 421
— Lauchlan, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1842), 216, 261-62, 263, 268, 348, 407, 410, 412, 421
Mackinnon, Lachlan, advocate, Aber- deen (1878), 261, 262, 263, 412, 428, 432
— Lachlan, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1909), 262, 263, 412, 428, 432
— Lauchlan, shipmaster, etc., 261
— Lilias Livingston, 262
— Margaret, wife of John Smith,
Jun., advocate (1819), 333
— Margaret B., wife of Theodore
Crombie of Culter, 262
— Norman, sharebroker, London, 261
— Roy Livingston, 263
— William, ironmonger, etc., 261
— William, ironfounder, etc., 333
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1882), 261, 263, 412, 415, 430, 432
— William, 263
McLaren, James, collector of Excise, 273
— Jessie, wife of David Mitchell,
advocate (1837), 273 McLean, Alexander, minister, Strachan,
153
— Charlotte B., wife of Charles
McCombie, advocate (1876), 256
— Duncan, F.C. minister, Callander,
256 MacLellan, Janet, wife of Harvey Hall, advocate (1866), 216, 217
— Peter, iron merchant, etc., Glasgow,
217 McLennan & Buyers, advocates, Aberdeen, 264
— Hugh, advocate, Aberdeen (1871),
263-64, 415, 430
— John, 263
McLeod, Anne, wife of William Speid, advocate (1844), 339
Macnaughton, Dr. W. A., Stonehaven, 400, 404
Macpherson, Andrew, advocate, Aber- deen (1871), 130, 264, 392, 428
— Charles, minister, Tomintoul, 195
— George, Gibston, Huntly, 264
— Mary Ann, wife of Robert John
Garden, M.D., 195 Macqueen & Findlater, advocates, Aber- deen, 265
— & Knox, advocates, Aberdeen, 264
— John Ellison, advocate, Aberdeen
(1900), 264-65, 430, 432
— John Otto, S.S.C., Aberdeen, 264 MacQuibban, Charles M., physician, Aber- deen, 286
— Williamina E., wife of John
Murray, advocate (1886), 286
480
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Macrae, Archibald M., indigo planter, 374
— Katharine II., wife of R. M.
Williamson, advocate (1891), 374 McVeagh, Catherine, wife of Hary Lums- den, advocate (1778), 251
— Hugh, manufacturer, Huntly, 251 Main, Margaret, wife of Gideon Kemlo,
236 Mair, Catherine, wife of John Rae, bank agent, 298
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1823),
261, 265, 282, 421
— James, Milltown of Birness, 265
— Thomas, Nicol, Wellington, 265 Maisley, 300
Maitland, Alexander, Huntly, 195
— Helen, wife of Andrew Watson,
minister, Tarland, 185
— Margaret, wife of James Garden,
advocate (1842), 195
— Margaret, wife of David Stewart,
merchant, 341 Malcolm, Sir Pulteney, 224 Manar, 252, 253 Mar, Earl of, 144 Mardyke lands, 73 Margate, Kent, 279 Marischal, Earl, 255, 350 Marnoch, 342, 351 Marquis & Hall, advocates and C. A.,
Aberdeen, 216, 292
— George, C.A., 216
— Hall & Milne, advocates and C.A.,
Aberdeen, 216 Marr, Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1602), 265 Marshall, Andrew, minister, Tullynessle,
265
— John, R.N., 193
— "John, advocate, Aberdeen (1776),
265, 410, 425
— Margaret, wife of Hugh Fullerton,
advocate (1804), 193 Martin (Martine) & Leslie, parliamentary agents, 399
— Agnes, wife of William Pyper,
merchant, 298
— David, artist, 143
— Elizabeth, 203
— Francis, writer, Paisley, 400
— Sir Theodore, 399
— William, fiesher, Aberdeen, 400 Martineau, Alfred, advocate, Aberdeen
(1894), 174, 259, 265-66, 319, 418
— George, sugar refiner, 265 Massie, Margaret, wife of John Campbell,
surgeon, etc., 391
Massie, Marianus, advocate, Aberdeen (1831), 266, 421
— Marianus, hosier, Aberdeen, 266 Masson, William, minister, Culsalmond,
379
Mastrick, 346
Mather, Georgina S., wife of David
Edwards, solicitor, 174 Matheson, Colin Shaw, 327
— John, minister, F.C., Forgue, 327 Mathew, Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1551), 266 Matthews, Isabella, wife of William Dun- can, 159
— James, architect, 74 Maule, James, W.S., 400
— John, writer, Stonehaven, 400 Mauritius, 146, 221
Maxwell, Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Dun,
393 Mearns, Rev. Duncan, of Disblair, 379
— Marianne, wife of John Yeats, advo-
cate (1834), 379 Medlar, 254 Meffet, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1872), 266-67, 43o
— Alexander, 267
— Annie, 267
— John, Outseats, Pitmuxton, 266
— John, 267
— Martha, 267
— Mary, 267 Meikle, Rob., 13 Melbourne, 233, 287, 397 Meldrum, 405
— Andro, 238
— Christian, wife of George Grant,
advocate (1835), 212
— Christian, wife of Will. Stirling,
shipmaster, 342
— Edward, Dechmont, 340
— James, Old Deer, 212
— Jane, wife of Lessel Palmer Stephen,
340 Melgum, 271 Mellis, Christian, wife of John C. Bennett,
advocate (1895), 95
— George, merchant, Huntly, 95
— Peter, of Binghill, 364 Melville & Lindsay, W.S., 264
— Andrew, "doctor of the music
school," 267
— House, Montrose, 345
— Thomas, 267
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1658), 77, 93, 267 Memel, 167 Menie, 114, 300, 333, 358
INDEX.
481
Menmuir, 395 Mentone, 328 Menzies, Janeta, wife of Robert Lumsden,
advocate (1576), 255 Mercer (Merser), George, advocate,
Aberdeen (before 1623), 267
— Isobel, wife of Rev. Thomas Thom-
son, of Cocklaw, 267
— Margaret, wife of James Irvine,
advocate (1724), 228
— Thomas, merchant, Aberdeen,
228
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1596), 267
— Thomas, of Todlaw, etc., 302 Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, 131, 133 Merlebank, Ruthrieston, 1&3
Merser. Set Mercer. Meston, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1849), 268, 425
— Alexander, dyer, Aberdeen, 268
— James & Coy., C.A., Aberdeen,
147 Methlick, 197, 286, 371, 401 Mhor Find la, 17S Middlefield, near Aberdeen, 280
— Lenzie, 401 Middlesex Hospital, 284 Middletack, Rathen, 243, 244 Middleton, Agnes, wife of John Moir,
Glasterberry, 274
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1596), 268
— Jessie, wife of John Thorn, advocate
(1816), 350
— John, of Shiels, 150
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1863),
268, 419
— Samuel, 268 Midmar, 249, 250, 288
Mill of Forest, Stonehaven, 380 Millar (Miller), Allardyce & Robson, W.S., 157
— Alexander, Montrose, 392
— Alexander L., advocate, Aber-
deen (1893), 268-69, 428, 432
— James, Trinidad, 269
— James Andrew, advocate, Aber-
deen (1843), 269, 421
— John, manufacturing chemist, 268
— John, & Coy., Sandilands Chemical
Works, 269
— John Poynter, manufacturer, 128
— Margaret C, wife of William
Gordon, 211
— Robina Mary, wife of Alex. Donald,
W.S., 392
— Thomas, 33
Milligan, David M. M., advocate, Aberdeen (1886), 196, 216, 269- 7o» 37o, 390, 4i5> 428, 432
— William, professor, 269 Millington Sarah, wife of David Gray
Begg. 389 Milltown of Birness, 265 Milne & Walker, advocates, Aberdeen,
270, 271, 362
— Agnes, wife of George Ross Monro,
minister, Iluntly, 274, 401
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1721), 55, 270
— Alexander, minister, Udny, 291
— Alexander, Woodland, Udny, 325
— Alexander, minister, Boyndie, 343
— Ann, wife of George Walker,
advocate (1846), 271, 362
— Anne, wife of John Tower Sorley,
advocate (1894), 337
— Barbara Ann, wife of D. M. M.
Milligan, advocate, (1886), 270, 272
— Barbara Walker, wife of George A.
Simpson, advocate (1890), 325
— Bequest Trust, 108, 148, 245, 271,
, 293,. 333 .
— Christian, wife of Thomas Youngson,
major, 381
— David, merchant, Fraserburgh,
341
— Duguid Rae, advocate, Aberdeen
(1889), 270, 272, 370, 390, 412, 428
— Helen Austin, wife of James Low,
advocate (1829), 248
— Irvine, police officer, Dundee, 272
— James, provost, Aberdeen, 68
— James, of Blairton, 202
— John, M.D., 333
— John Adam, of Ardmiddle, 272
— John Duguid, Senior, & Junior,
advocates, Aberdeen, 271
— John Duguid, advocate, Aber-
deen (1814), 158, 261, 270-71, 409, 412, 419
— John Duguid, Jun., advocate,
Aberdeen (1844), 158, 181, 201, 213, 264, 270, 271-72, 290, 322, 362, 403, 407, 412, 415, 421, 427
— Magdalene, wife of Alexander
Stronach, advocate (18 18), 343
— Margaret, wife of Pember Britton,
270
— Margaret, wife of Robert Stephen,
advocate (1834), 341
— Margaret, wife of George Watson,
364
M 2
482
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Milne, Margaret, wife of Robert Young, 406
— Marjory, wife of Alex. Gordon,
advocate (1718), 202
— Mary, wife of Robert Lamb, 238
— Mary I., wife of Harry Emslie
Smith, captain, 332
— Robert, manager, 270
— Robert, C.E., 271
— Thomas, M.D., 332
— William, C.A., 216
— William, merchant, 248
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1864), 258, 272, 379. 425
— William, manager, 337
Minto, Elizabeth, wife of John Barclay Barclay, advocate (1882), 91
— James, 91
Minty, George, Peterhead, 215 Mitchell & Muil (Ltd.), 282
— Alexander, of Colpnay, 189
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1830), 272, 421
— Alexander, physician, Old Aber-
deen, 340
— Anne W., wife of Robert Grant,
minister, Stracathro, 396
— Charles, merchant, 257
— David & Stodart J., advocates,
Aberdeen, 273, 274
— David, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1837),
273, 412, 419
— Duncan Forbes, of Thainston, 394
— Duncan MacGregor, solicitor, Aber-
deen, 299
— Tames, merchant, Aberdeen, 272
— Jean, wife of John Ligertwood,
Overhill, 243
— Jean, wife of John Robertson of
Pitmillan, etc., 309
— Joannah I., wife of Rev. A. J.
Chrystall, 273
— John, fanner, Bendauch, 273
— Marjory, wife of Rev. Gilbert
Gerard, 199
— Mary, wife of William Paterson,
advocate (1827), 291
— Patrick, M.D., Old Rayne, 362
— Rachel, wife of Patrick Forsyth,
advocate (1776), 189
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1909), 273, 429. 432
— Robert, farmer, Foveran, 273
— Robert, minister, Craig, 396
— Stodart James, advocate, Aber-
deen (1871), 273-74, 412, 430, 432
— William, of South Stocket, 291
Moir (More), Agnes, wife of John McLennan, 263
— Agnes, wife of Dr. Eddie, 274
— Alexander, of Scotstown, sheriff-
depute, 59, 65, 67
— Alexander, collector of Customs,
227, 353
— Andrew, minister, Methlick, then
Ellon, 197
— Anne Mary, wife of William Milli-
gan, professor, 269
— Catherine, wife of James Thomson,
Jun., advocate (1778), 356
— Dr. David Macbeth, 160
— Eleanor, wife of A. B. Whyte, 371
— Elizabeth, wife of Robert Garden,
advocate (1784), 197
— Elsie, 274
— Emily R., wife of Charles Duncan,
advocate (1854), 160
— George, of Raeden, 227
— George, sheriff, 401
— George, vintner, Aberdeen, 401
— Gilbert, of Raeden, 356
— Hannah, wife of Alex. Thomson,
advocate (1818), 353
— Isabella, wife of John Mitchell,
Bendauch, 273
— John, artist, 113, 252
— John, Glasterberry, 274
— John, first of Stoneywood, 316
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1744), 274
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1853), 274, 425
— William, M.B., CM., Australia,
274 Monaltrie, 178 Monboddo, 106 Monellie, 184
Monkshill, Fyvie, 117, 119, 397 Monkstown, Cork, 253 Monquhitter School Board, 139 Monro (Munro), Alex., of Ullapool, 353
— David, advocate, Aberdeen
(1837), 274, 286, 401, 421
— George, 138
— George Ross, minister, Huntly, 272,
274, 401
— Helen, wife of John Duguid Milne,
Jun., advocate (1844), 272
— Isabella, wife of James Croniar, 138
— John Donald, solicitor, Aberdeen,
336
— William Copland, writer, Dundee,
401 Montrose, 250, 362, 364, 403 Monykebbock, 218
INDEX.
483
Monymusk, 185, 229, 287, 394
Monypenny, Alex., W.S., 398
More. See Moir.
Morayshire, 154
Morgan, Elspet G., wife of James Forbes,
394
— Rev. George, 320
Morice (Morrice) & Anderson, advocates, Aberdeen, 85, 277
— & Wilson, advocates, Aberdeen,
161, 275
— Alexander, merchant, Brazil and
London, 276
— Alexander, chief officer, 278
— Alison, 278
— Andrew, district registrar, 278
— Anne, 278
— Arthur, coffee planter, 279
— Arthur David, advocate, Aber-
deen (1870), 107, 163, 275, 277, 278, 337, 412, 429
— Berold, 278
— Catharine, wife of William John-
ston, of Viewfield, 276
— D. & R., advocates, Aberdeen, 275,
279
— David, advocate, Aberdeen (1764),
1, 3, 4,7, 16, 17,20, 58, 94,238, 248, 275-76, 279, 397, 403, 408, 410, 412, 415, 417, 425
— David, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1776), 277, 425
— David Robert, advocate, Aber-
deen (1837), 85, 123, 230, 275, 277-78, 279, 363, 407, 412, 425
— Elspet, wife of William Morrice,
merchant, 276
— Gavin, 278
— George, merchant, Colombo, 279
— George Thomas, judge, 278
— Harriet Mary, 278
— Isabella, 276
— Isabella C, wife of Robert Whyte
Mackay, 259
— James, merchant, Liverpool, 279
— John, of Tullos, 276
— John, merchant, 276
— John, baker, Aberdeen, 277
— Margaret, M.D., etc., 278
— Mary, wife of John Morrice, of
Tullos, 276
— Rachel Anne, 279
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1794), 275, 276, 277, 279, 291, 402, 409, 412, 421, 432
— Robert, Waulkmill of Drum, 275
— Robert James, of Tenterfield, 278
— William, captain, 276
Morice, William, R.N., 276 Morison (Morrison), Alexander, S.S.C., 140
— Alexander, & Coy., W.S., 174
— Archibald Cameron, advocate,
Aberdeen (1899), 279-80, 430
— Elizabeth, wife of Charles J. G.
Duguid, 157
— Elizabeth, wife of James Scougal,
advocate (1676), 319
— Elsie, wife of George Williamson,
farmer, etc., 373, 374
— James, of Elsick, 186
— Janet, wife of Arthur D. Fordyce,
advocate (1769), 186
— John, schoolmaster, Logie Tert, 279
— Mary, wife of John Hutcheon,
minister, Fetteresso, 223
— R. P., 344 Morlich, Old, 396
Morren, Nathaniel, minister, Greenock,
320 Morrice. See Morice. Morrison. See Morison. Mortimer, Agnes, wife of William F. Ogg,
advocate (1841), 288
— Christian, wife of Harry M.
Stronach, 344
— David, Mill of Clinter, 153
— D. A., chemist, 344
— John, Aberdeen, 288
— Margaret, wife of John Grant Daw-
son, advocate (1859), 153 Morton, Charles, W.S., 260
— Neilson & Smart, W.S., 262, 263
— Smart & Macdonald, W.S., 269,
270
— Whitehead & Greig, W.S., 160, 216 Mosman, Isabella, wife of John Lumsden,
280
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1731). !» 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 219, 280, 299, 408, 415, 432
— William, artist, 156, 280 Mount Pleasant, 332 Mowat, Alexander, 281
— Alexander Milne, advocate,
Aberdeen (1823), 281, 407, 421
— Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Bean,
advocate (1779), 94
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1605),
152, 281, 415
— James, manufacturer, 281
— James, merchant, Gottenburg, 281
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 230
— Magnus, Balquholly, 281
— Margaret, wife of William Jamieson,
advocate (1783), 230
484
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Mowat, Thomas, 281
— William, maltman, 94 Muchalls, 294, 337, 392 Mugiemoss, 137
Muill (Muil) & Shaw, advocates, Aberdeen, 282, 321
— Charlotte B., wife of A. E. Loos,
282
— Christian E., 282
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1891), 281, 282, 412, 430
— Janet Morrison, 282
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1858),
281, 282, 321, 412, 425
— John, founder of Mitchell & Muil
(Ltd.), 282 Muir & Allan, advocates, Aberdeen, 82, 282
— & Mair, advocates, Aberdeen, 265,
282
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1817), 82, 243, 261, 265, 282-83, 296, 318, 415, 425
— George, farmer, Nether Leask, 282
— George Falconer, writer, 283
— jane, wife of Brebner Cadenhead,
no
— Margaret, wife of Andrew Thom-
son, advocate (1741), 354
— Mary, wife of Thomas Ligertwood,
farmer, 243, 244
— Robert, 354 Muiresk, Turriff, 339 Muiryheadless, 233 Munro. See Monro.
Murdoch & Macpherson, solicitors, Huntly, 264
— Agnes, wife of Robert Taylor, 347 Murray & Garden, advocates, Aberdeen,
194, 285
— & McCombie, advocates, Aberdeen,
95, 256, 269, 283, 285
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1865), 256, 283, 284, 412, 426
— Alexander, farmer, Blackhouse, 283
— Alexander, Jun. , 301
— Andrew, of Murrayshall, 71
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1831), 256, 283-84, 285, 346, 409, 412, 415, 421
— Andrew, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1876), 256, 283, 284, 285, 412, 430
— Anne, wife of James Whyte,
minister, Methlick, 371
— Beith & Murray, W.S., 266
— Catherine, wife of Sir William
Duff Gibbon, 284
Murray, Elizabeth Mary, 285
— Gilbert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1550), 285
— James, advocate, Aberdeen(i8i7),
99, M7, 194, 195, 285, 343, 389, 409, 426
— James, factor, Campvere, afterwards
magistrate, Aberdeen, 285, 380
— James, of Birkenbog, 308
— James McCombie, 284
— John, M.D., etc., 284
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1886),
286, 341, 429
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 286
— McCombie & Bennett, advocates,
Aberdeen, 95, 283, 285
— Margaret Skelton, wife of Archibald
Reith, M.D., 284
— Marjory, wife of Patrick Hay, advo-
cate (1667), 219
— Mary, wife of A. W. Edis, M.D.,
284
— Nancy If., wife of Andrew Robert-
son, advocate (1803), 308 Murrayshall, 71 Murtle, 166, 406 Musselburgh, 234 Mylneseat, 360 Mytice, Gartly, 250
Natal, 190
National Bank of Scotland, 122
— Bible Society, 273
— Insurance Coy., 176
Neil, Isabel, wife of Malcolm McCook, 256
Netherley, 322
New Amsterdam, 365
— Machar, 342, 348, 352
— Pitsligo, 215, 325
— Seat, Echt, 376
— South Wales, 181, 278
— Spalding Club, 134, 145, 148, 166,
171, 193, 196, 215, 236, 246, 275,
336, 349. 369, 380, 402
— York, 181
— Zealand, 233, 258, 278 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 242, 310, 313 Newhills, 287, 316
Newkirk, Logie-Coldstone, 341 Newlands, 157
Newmills (Newmilns), 225, 345 Newsam, Emily, wife of John Sharp Henderson, advocate (1859), 220
— James, Episcopal chaplain, 220 Newton, Culsalmond, 144, 316
— of Mountblairy, 374
— Dee, Peterculter, 160
INDEX.
485
Newtonhill, 335, 400 Newtyle, 203
Nicol (Nicoll) & Monro, advocates, Aber- deen, 274, 286
— Alexander, 287
— Alex. Tytler, solicitor, Aberdeen,
157, 191
— Andrew, merchant, Aberdeen, 197
— Elizabeth Jane, wife of Capt. John
Leslie, 287
— George Allan, 286
— George Garden, 197
— Isabella J., wife of Blakiston Robin-
son, 287
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1820), 123, 274, 286-87, 3°6> 375, 401, 417, 422
— James, writer, Oban, 286, 401
— John, Kirktown, Monymusk, 287
— John E. , assistant surgeon, 287
— Lewis, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1 804),
79, 84, 287, 393
— Lewis, 287
— Louisa P., wife of Edwyn Jones,
287
— Margaret H., wife of Robert Sellar,
Huntly, 319
— Mary Ann, wife of Alex. Campbell,
287
— Peter, Seaton Gate, 286
— Walter, merchant, Huntly, 288
— , Wellington, 265
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1752). *. 3. 4, 7. 16. 17, 20, 288, 408
— W. E., of Ballogie, 197 Nicolson, Agnes S., wife of A. C. Morri- son, advocate (1899), 280
— Arthur, younger of Lochend, 226
— Arthur Badenach, W.S., 196, 216
— Jean, wife of George Paton, 292
— John, commission agent, 280
— Mrs. Badenach, of Glenbervie, 284 Niddrie and Benhar Coal Coy. (Ltd.), 405 Nigg, Kincardineshire, 133, 264, 275, 364 Nisbet, Alex., Stoneyton, 165
— Isabella, wife of John Dunn, advo-
cate (1839), 165
— Louisa, wife of Alex. Cameron,
solicitor, etc., Elgin, 391
— Ralph C, of Mainhouse, 391 Norrie, Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Meslon,
dyer, 268 North British and Mercantile Insurance Coy., 130, 156, 196, 197, 243, 254, 256, 262, 284, 371, 380
— British Railway Coy., 216, 363, 366
— East Coast Mission, 191
North of Scotland Bank, 171, 173, 223, 232, 241, 271, 341, 362, 388, 397
— of Scotland and Town & County
Bank (Ltd.), 246, 269
— of Scotland Canadian Mortgage
Coy. (Ltd.), 195, 336
— of Scotland and Orkney & Shetland
Steam Navig. Coy., 368
— of Scotland Milling Coy. (Ltd.), 264 Northcliff, 201
Northern Assurance Coy., 122, 124, 130, 145, 169, 193, 195, 264, 269, 302, 371, 379
— Plate Glass Coy. (Ltd.), 282 Northfield, 184
Norton, Christopher, 135
— Louisa L., wife of Alexander Cop-
land, advocate (1812), 135 Norval, Janet, wife of Alex. Stewart, mer- chant, 341 Notman, Elizabeth, wife of Norval Clyne, advocate (1846), 127
— John, Edinburgh, 127
Oban, 401
Ochterlony (or Auchterlony), Bathia, wife of Charles Tait, advocate (1764),
347
— David, of Tillyfruskie, 347 Officer, William, S.S.C., 365
Ogg, Henry, brewer and distiller, Aber- deen, 288
— William Frederick, advocate,
Aberdeen (1841), 221, 288, 409, 417, 426 Ogilvie, Elizabeth, 135, 288
— George, major, 346
— Jane S., wife of John Stuart, advo-
cate (1836), 346
— Janet, wife of Thomas Mowat, 281
— John, minister, Midmar, 288
— Margaret J. F., 288
— Simson, advocate, Aberdeen
(1811), 288, 426
Ogston, , wife of James Kennedy,
advocate (1620), 237
— Elliot, wife of John Miller, Sandi-
lands, 268
— Francis, professor, no
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1590),
289 Old Rayne, 362 Oldmeldrum, 200, 263 Oldmill, 312, 364 Oliphant, Robert, Rossie, 398
— Susan H., wife of George Auldjo
Jamieson, 398
486
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
O'Neill, Charles, merchant, Lisbon, 276
— Mary V., wife of John Morice,
merchant, 276 Ord, Margaret, wife of Patrick Sandilands of Cotton, 316
— William, merchant burgess, Aber-
deen, 91
— William, of Carnbee, 316 Osier, Edmund Boyd, Toronto, 129 Oswald, Barbara G., wife of Robert Adam,
advocate (1851), 78
— James, shipmaster, 78 Oughterson, William, C.E., Dungannon,
327 Outram, Sir James, Bart., 152 Overhill, 243, 244 Oxford University, 174, 175, 176, 259,
278, 390, 392
Paip, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen (1549), 289, 412
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1615), 289, 412, 417, 431
— Christina, wife of Gilbert Cullen,
290
— George, 289
— Gilbert, 290
— John, 289
— Richard, burgess, Aberdeen, 289
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1581), 289-90, 412, 417, 431
— Thomas, 290
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1618), 289, 290, 412, 417, 431 Paisley, 280, 400 Palmer, Louisa, wife of Lessel Stephen,
advocate (1856), 340
— Philip, London, 340 Panmure, Lord, 350
Panton, Jessie, wife of William F.
Machray, 259 Park, Drumoak, 105, 311, 315 Parker & McCombie, advocates, Aberdeen,
256, 290
— Gavin, minister, Bon-Accord Church
290
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1865),
290, 422 Parkhill, 207 Parkstone, Dorset, 243 Partney cum Dalby, 246 Parton, 267 Paterson, Agnes, wife of Alexander Milne,
minister, Udny, 291
— Anne R., wife of Thomas Burnett,
advocate (1796), 105
— Catherine, 291
Paterson, Catherine, wife of James Sandi- lands, 315, 316, 317
— David, 291
— Deborah, wife of John Burnett, 107
— Elizabeth, wife of William Smith,
regent, 291
— Isobel, wife of Alex. Stewart,
merchant, 291
— James, cabinetmaker, 137
— James, wholesale druggist, 292
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1830),
290, 426
— John, druggist, 290
— Dr. John, of Baulk, 105, 107
— Margaret, wife of John Macgee, 291
— Mary, wife of John Coutts, advocate
(1841), 137
— Mary, 291
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1698), 54, 55, 291, 318, 415, 417
— Robert, burgess and commissary,
291
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1827), 291, 415, 426
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1894), 216, 292, 429
— William, minister, Slains, 291
Fa ton (Pattoun), , wife of W. K.
Burton, lieut., 390
— Alexander, of Kinaldie, 247
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1658), 292, 415
— Anna, wife of Andrew Logic,
advocate (1687), 247
— Anna, 292
— Christian, wife of Peter Cumine,
shipowner, 140
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1670), 185, 292, 293, 412, 415
— George, 292, 293
— James, 292
— Janet, 292
— John, of Grandhome, etc., 106
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1703),
292, 293, 412, 416, 417
— Katherine, wife of John Burnett,
merchant, 292
— Margaret, 292
Paul (Paull) & Rutherford, advocates, Aberdeen, 293, 314
— & Williamson, advocates, Aberdeen,
294, 373
— & Williamsons, advocates, Aberdeen,
295> 373. 374
— Ada Marion, 294
— David Ilutcheon, engineer, 401
— Ella Mary, wife of William Gordon,
advocate (1864), 211
INDEX.
487
Paul, Isabel, 294
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1851 ),
91, 181,294, 29S. 373. 374. 381, 410, 426
— James, minister, Tullynessle and
Forbes, 294
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 403
— James George, advocate, Aber-
deen (1895), 160, 294, 295, 373,
374, 429
— Jessie Stewart, 294
— Julia McGregor, 294
— Katharine, wife of Francis Edmond,
wood merchant, etc., 171, 172
— Keturah Simmie, 294
— Lucy Jane, wife of R. G. Wills,
M.D., 294
— Mary, wife of James Edmond,
advocate (1821), 173
— William, professor, 173, 401
— William, Waltham Cross, 211
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1853), 293-94, 3i4, 407, 4i9, 432
— William, minister, Banchory-
Devenick, 293
— William, engineer, 294
— William, minister, Tullynessle and
Forbes, 295 Pearson, David A., W.S., of Northcliff,
200 Pedder, John, 52 Penang, Straits Settlements, 319 Penkridge, 135 Perry, James, newspaper proprietor, etc.,
401
— Sir Thomas Erskine, 401 Perth, 254, 308, 312
— Literary and Antiq. Society, 345 Peterculter, 112, 141, 168, 354 Peterhead, 72, 84, 147, »9». '93, *97, 283,
284, 290, 388, 395 Peterkin & Duncans, advocates, Aberdeen, 163, 165
— Henry, solicitor, Aberdeen, 158,
159, 163, 165, 249, 250, 269, 281,
343 Petrie, George, law student, 296
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1743),
209, 295-96, 410, 417
— Rachel, 296 Phesdo, 138
Philip (Phillip), Christian, wife of Robert Davidson, of Balnagask, 153
— Colin Allan, advocate, Aberdeen
(1830), 185, 296, 419
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Stronach,
builder, etc. , 343
Philip, Elspet, wife of John Webster, merchant, 368
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 296
— John, R.A., 97, 162
— Laing & Harley, W.S., 235
— William Hunter, solicitor, Aber-
deen, 223 Pirie, Alex., & Sons (Ltd.), 195
— Ann, wife of John Maule, writer,
Stonehaven, 400
— Frances Mary, wife of Duncan
Davidson, advocate (1794), 149
— George, merchant, Aberdeen, 100,
190
— George, captain, 129
— George, schoolmaster, Melhlick, 401
— Isabella, wife of Patrick Robertson,
308
— Katharine, wife of Alex. Eraser,
advocate (1823), 189, 190
— Margaret, wife of James Brebner,
advocate (1828), 100
— Margaret F., wife of T. A. W. A.
Youngson, advocate (1857), 381
— Patrick, merchant, Aberdeen, 149
— William, writer, Tobermory, 401
— William R., principal, 381 Pitcaple, 250, 251
Pitfichie, 197 Pitfodels, Hill of, 358 Pitfour Chapel, 220 Pitlurg, 207, 358 Pitmedden, 221, 300 Pitmillan, 309 Pitmurchie, 100, 229 Pitmuxton, 228 Pitscaff, Foveran, 243, 244 Pitsligo, 339
Pittendrigh, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen (1831), 296, 426
— Alexander Gordon, 297
— Ann, wife of William Singer, 297
— George, colour merchant, 297
— Margaret G. G., wife of William
Wintour, Jun., 297
— William, 296, 297 Pittenweem, 205 Pittyvaich, Mortlach, 205 Pitullie, 316
Pollock, Jane, wife of Alex. Duthie, advocate (1764), 168
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Dauney,
advocate (1776), 143
— Robert, principal, 143, 168
Pond, Elizabeth M. D., wife of Andrew Murray, Jun., advocate (1876),
— James R., lieut-col., 285
488
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Poole, Ellen, wife of Robert Cumming, advocate (1894), 142
— William, London, 142 Poona, India, 370
Pope, David A., 109 Port-Elphinstone, 148, 405 Portlethen, 351, 355 Portobello, 391 Portree, Isle of Skye, 175 Portsoy, 310
Powrie, Isabella, wife of James Auldjo Jamieson, 399
— James, of Roswallie, 399
Pratt, Mary, wife of James Duncan,
merchant, 163 Premnay, 156, 226, 255 Pretender, The, 295, 296 Primrose, Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1833), 297, 422
— Rev. William, 297 Prison Board of Scotland, 390
Profat, George Dempster, advocate, Aberdeen (1832), 297, 426
— Tames, officer of Excise, Aberdeen,
297 Prospect Place, Pitfodels, 345, 346 Prosser, Oswald, solicitor, Aberdeen, 130 Puckeridge, 103 Purnell, Frederick C, architect, Geelong,
238 Purves, A. P., & Aitken, W.S., 108 Pyper, James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1911), 298, 429
— William, merchant, Aberdeen, 298
Quebec, 330, 393
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 145
Queensland, 218
Quilimane, 403
Rae (Raye) & Mitchell, advocates, Aber- deen, 299
— Alexander, surgeon, of Ardmiddle,
272
— Barbara, wife of John Duguid
Milne, Jun., advocate (1844), 272
— Catherine, wife of James Hay,
Little Ythsie, 218
— Catherine, wife of Alex. Robertson,
advocate (1661), 307
— George, M.D., 301
— George, messenger, 402
— Harriet, 299
— Isobel, wife of Alex. Murray, Jun.,
301
— James, M. D., 299
Rae, James, 301
— Jean, wife of Alex. Thomson,
advocate (1625), 301, 351
— Joan Anderson, 299
— John, bank agent, Aberdeen, 298
— John, bank agent, Ellon, 298
— John, engineer, etc., 299
— John, regent, 301
— John, Sydney, 402
— John Everard, advocate, Aber-
deen (1896), 298, 429, 432
— Margaret, wife of William Glase
(? Glass), minister, Kearn, 301
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(I593K 301, 35i, 431
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1877), 83, 298-99, 429
— William, Vancouver, 299 Raeden, 210, 227
Raemoir, 106, 227 Rainnie. See Rennie. Rainnieshill, New Machar, 352 Ramsay, Elizabeth, 300
— George, physician, Virginia, 299
— Helen, 300
— Isabella, 300
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1759),
i, 3» 4. 7, 16, 17, 20, 299, 300, 408, 426
— James, tailor, 300
— John (originally Innes), advocate,
Aberdeen (1776), 300, 408, 416
— John, of Barra, etc., 300
— Margaret, wife of Sir George
Turner, of Menie, 300
— Mary, wife of John Ramsay (origi-
nally Innes), advocate (1776), 300
— Mary, wife of William Brebner, 300
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1814), 300, 422
— William, 300
— W. Burnett, of Banchory Lodge,
149 Rankine, Professor, Edinburgh, 170 Ranna, Cromar, 79 Rannie. See Rennie. Rannieston, 355, 392 Rathen, 379 Rattray, 106
— Mary Agnes, wife of Alexander
Kemlo, advocate (1869), 236
— Robert Gordon, M.D., etc., 236 Ravelston, 186
Raye. See Rae.
Rayne, 325, 344
Read. See Reid.
Redcastle, 313
Ree, Stephen, minister, Boharm, 184, 225
INDEX.
489
Reeves, Edward J., Jun., Brighton, 357 Reid (Read) & Davidson, advocates, Aber- deen, 305
— & Wilsone, advocates, Aberdeen,
156, 305
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1624), 301, 302, 303, 304, 412, 416, 419, 426
— Alexander, 301
— Alice I. IL, wife of H. F. Ches-
wick, 305
— Andrew, 304
— Anna, wife of George Gordon, 303
— Anne, wife of John Gordon, of
Craig, 208
— Archibald, farmer, Glenbuchat,
305
— Christian, wife of Thomas Mercer,
302
— Frances, wife of James Spalding,
advocate (1801), 338
— Sir George, artist, 83, 86, 117, 145,
171, 195, 214, 284, 333, 345
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1692), 302
— Harriet, wife of William Stronach,
minister, Marnoch, 342
— Henry F. B., 305
— Isabella, wife of George R. Forbes,
solicitor, Banff, 184
— James, nurseryman, 297
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1650),
301, 302, 303, 412, 416, 422
— James, magistrate, Aberdeen, 302
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 302
— Sir James, Bart., of Barra, 342
— Jean, wife of Lauchlan McKinnon,
shipmaster, 261
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1854),
103, 298, 302, 416, 426
— Sir John, Bart., of Barra, 302
— John, cabinetmaker, 303
— John, merchant, 303
— Margaret, wife of John Ogilvie,
minister, Midmar, 288
— Mary Ann, wife of Alex. Pittendrigh,
advocate (1831), 296
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1633). 303. 417, 43i
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1663), 301, 303, 412
— Samuel, Gardenstone Bleachfield,
338
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1813), 303, 422
— Walter, advocate, Aberdeen
(1667), 303
— William, Colleonard, 184
Reid, William, advocate, Aberdeen (1589), 242, 301, 304, 412, 416, 418, 431
— William, 302
— William, merchant, Aberdeen, 305
— William Leslie, advocate, Aber-
deen (1847), 88, 232, 236, 305, 314, 321, 335. 34i. 4i9
— William Reid, advocate, Aber-
deen (1880), 242, 305, 429, 432 Reidheid, George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1616), 306 Reith, Alex., toll-collector, 306
— Archibald, physician, 284
— David, advocate, Aberdeen (1835),
306, 407, 426 Rennet (Rennett), David, LL.D., Aber- deen, 306
— Ernest, advocate, Aberdeen
(1901), 108, 109, 306, 429
— J. B. & E., advocates, Aberdeen,
306, 307
— James Barclay, advocate, Aber-
deen (1895), 306-7, 429, 432 Rennie(Rainnie, Rannie, Renny), Beatrice, wife of Jas. W. F. Cruden, lieut,
139
— Christina, wife of John Stewart
Watt, advocate (1888), 365
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1814). 299, 426
— George, London, 139
— John, Andrevvsford, Fyvie, 299
— John, minister, New Amsterdam,
365
— Mary A., wife of John Willet,
C.E., 373
— Mary H., wife of John Anderson,
advocate, (1839),* 85
— William John, W.S., 87
Rettie, Middleton, memb., Faculty of Advocates, 402
— William, jeweller, Aberdeen, 402 Khind, James, mason, 257
— Jane, wife of James McCook,
advocate (1785), 257 Rhives, Sutherlandshire, 269 Rhynie, 134, 140 Rich, William, mining agent, 159 Richards, Louisa, wife of William Jopp,
233 Richardson, Helen, wife of John Blaikie, plumber, etc., 96
— Penuel, wife of John Low, of
Hilton, 400 Richmond and Gordon, Duke of, 264 Ricketts, Eleanor, wife of A. G. Bowman,
390
N 2
490
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Ricketts, Henry, 390 Riddell, George, 363
— Margaret, wife of James Watson,
advocate (1886), 363 Rist, Mary Agnes, wife of Alex. Shirrefs,
lieut.-col., 404 Ritchie, Margaret, wife of William D.
Fordyce, advocate (1794), 188
— William, of Techmuiry, 188 Roach (Roche), Charles B. , paymaster, 318
— Charlotte, wife of Arthur Dingwall,
rnemb. Faculty of Advocates, 392
— George Richard, Liverpool, 392 Roberts, Lord, 395
— A., professor, 278
— Alice M. , wife of Andrew Morice,
278 Robertson & Lumsden, advocates, Aber- deen, 147, 254, 309
— Alexander, of Glasgowego, 248
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1661), 307, 410, 422
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1810), 308, 426
— Alexander, merchant, Aberdeen, 308
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1803), 63, 172, 308, 309, 409, 416
— Annabella, wife of John Robertson,
advocate (1852), 308, 309
— Barbara, 307
— Christian, 307
— Christian, wife of George Wilson,
of Finzeauch, 375
— Christine, wife of William Robert-
son, 307
— David Souter, of Lawhead, 398
— Francis, merchant, Perth, 308
— Francis Andrew, Sydney, 309
— George, 307
— James, collector of Customs, 402
— James, feuar, Fordyce, 402
— James, 177, 307
— Jane, wife of Peter Laing, 399
— Jemima M., 308
— Joanna S., 309
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1560),
308
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1852),
147, 156, 160, 218, 242, 249, 254, 308-9, 363, 373, 400, 426, 432
— John, of Pitmillan, etc., 309
— Joseph, antiquary and author, 215,
402
— Joseph, merchant, Aberdeen, 402
— Katharine, wife of Gilbert Alex-
ander, 388
— Maggie W., wife of W. G. Far-
quhar, 177
Robertson, Margaret, wife of Alexander Couper, 307
— Margaret, wife of Alex. Smith,
M.D., 308
— Mary, wife of Archibald Gillies, 201
— Mary Ann, 308
— Mary Jane, wife of George Auldjo
Jamieson, 398
— Matilda Jane, 308
— Murdoch, clerk to the Bills, 402
— Nancy, 308
— Nancy, wife of James Rutherford,
3T3
— Nancy Matilda, 309
— Patrick, tanner, etc., Huntly, 308
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
U755), 309, 426
— William, younger of Foveran, 113
— William, 307
— William, deputy keeper of Records,
402-3 Robinson, Blakiston, of St. Kilda, 287
— Sarah Douglas, wife of Alex.
Davidson, advocate (1839), 145
— William Rose, of Clermiston, 145 Robison, William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1820), 175, 199, 228, 245, 258, 309, 398, 426
— William, shipmaster, 309 Robson, Alexander, seed merchant, 362
— Jean, wife of Norman J. J. Walker,
advocate (1910), 362 Roche. See Roach. Roger, Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Cochran,
shipowner, 128
— Elizabeth, wife of George Cooper,
Wraes, 133
— Harriet, wife of Patrick Cooper,
advocate (1847), 134
— James, bank agent, Rhynie, 134
— James P., Rhynie, 140
— Mary G. M., wife of Alex. T.
Cruickshank, advocate (1897), 140 Rogers, Janet, wife of John Innes, W.S., 227
— William, Edinburgh, 227 Rolland, Marione, wife of William Reid,
advocate (1589), 304 Rome, Gregorian Univ. of, 222 Ronald & Ritchie, S.S.C., 123 Rose, Ann, wife of Alexander Innes,
advocate (1748), 225, 226
— Barbara, wife of Francis Gordon,
advocate (1745), 205
— Charles Gordon, of Blelack, 403
— Donaldson S., advocate, Aber-
deen (1891), 197, 310, 429, 432
INDEX.
491
Rose, Elspet, wife of William S. Thorn,
349
— Isabella, wife of John Fullerton,
minister, Drumoak, 192
— James, shipowner, Aberdeen, 310
— John, Jamaica, 403
— Margaret, wife of Robert Turner,
of Turnerhall, 358
— Patrick, 155
— William, of Ballivat, 155 Rosehall, 339
Rosehill, 168, 328 Rosieburn, 206
Ross, Alexander, merchant, Old Aberdeen, 228
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1839), 248, 263, 293, 310, 329, 419
— Alexander, 360
— Alexander Carnegie, 403
— Alexander Irvine, land surveyor, 92,
310
— Charles, 312
— David, M.D., 175
— Elizabeth, wife of John Barron,
advocate (1851), 92
— Elizabeth M., wife of Alex. Christie,
310
— Gilbert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1579). 3**i 43i
— Isabella, wife of John Watson,
advocate (1787), 364
— Isobel, wife of Robert Grant, 396
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1816),
311, 422
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1864),
78, 311, 363, 408, 410, 416, 426
— James, farmer, Inver, 311
— John, of Grenada, 113
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1776),
224, 3 £2, 342
— John, farmer, Park, 311
— John, of Tillycorthie, 403
— Lewis, 238
— Margaret, wife of William Adam,
Bush, 78
— Margaret, wife of Robert Lamb,
advocate (1873), 238
— Oliver, writer, Montrose, 403
— Sarah, wife of William Ross, advo-
cate (1826), 312
— Sarah, wife of Rev. John McKay,
312
— Sarah A., wife of W. D. Esslemont,
advocate (1899), 175
— William, F.C. minister, Dundonakl,
312
— William, stabler, 312
Ross, William, advocate, Aberdeen (1826), 312, 339, 417, 422
— William, Montrose, 364
— William, merchant, 403 Rosshall, 142
Rossie, Perthshire, 398
Rosslyn Chapel, 396
Ross-shire, 188, 260, 296, 401
Rothie Brisbane, 117, 119
Rothmaise, 397
Rothney, 303
Rott earns, 321
Rotterdam, 187
Roussel, Comte de, 170
Rowell, Benjamin, watchmaker, 137
— Joseph, blacksmith, 137 Royal, H.R.H. the Princess, 156
— Northern Agricultural Society, 98,
168, 244, 377
— Scottish Geographical Society, 88,
336 Runcy, Charles, Millbank, 312
— Charles Frederick, advocate,
Aberdeen (1855), 312, 422, 432 Rupert's Land, 259 Russell, Alexander, of Aden, 313
— Alex. C, ensign, 313
— Catharine G., 313
— Frank S., major-general, 313
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1823),
313, 416, 426, 432
— James G. F., 313
— John, artist, 210
Rutherford & Gillies, advocates, Aberdeen, 201, 314
— & Jamieson, advocates, Aberdeen,
230, 314
— Alaster M., 314
— Alex., of Rubislaw, 198
— Elizabeth W., 314
— Elspet, wife of Robert Garden, 198
— George David, advocate, Aber-
deen (1864), 201, 230, 293, 313-14, 416, 426, 432
— James, lieut., 313
— Jessie Hope, wife of Charles S.
Christie, minister, Cults, 314
— John, W.S., 123
— John, of Hunthill, 393
— Mary A. L., wife of Andrew Dun,
W.S., 393
— Nancy M., wife of W. S. Griffin,
314 Ruthrieston, 168, 284, 393 Ruxton, Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1877), 140, 198, 201, 247, 268,
298, 3M> 3IS. 32S» 388, 4*2, 413,
43o
492
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Ruxton, Charles, Hill of Fiddes, 315
— Edward, 315
— James F., M.B., CM., 315
— Jane Birnie, wife of John Ruxton,
M.D., 315
— John, 315
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1848), 179, 314, 315, 412, 426
— William, 315 Ryder, H. L., lieut., 99
St. Andrews University, 250, 279, 294,
3H» 338, 352, 379. 39°. 430
— Beuno Jesuit College, 222
— Congan's Church, Turriff, 270
— Croix, 252
— Devenick's Church, Bieldside, 166
— Fergus, 378
— Helena, 224, 230
— Helier, 398
— Kilda, 287
— Lawrence, 171
— Leonard's, Banchory, 173, 433
— Petersburg, 329 Sachs, Marcus, professor, 172 Saltoun, Lord, 143 Sandilands, Elizabeth, 280
— Isabella, wife of William Black,
advocate (1686), 96
— James, of Craibstone, 232, 317
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1649),
267, 315-16, 413. 416, 419
— James, LL.D., first of Craibstone,
3*5. 3i6, 317
— James A. [Paull], of Cruives, 403
— Jean, wife of William Johnston,
advocate (1700), 232
— Jean, 280
— Jean, wife of John Moir, 316
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1655),
207, 316
— John, 280, 317
— John, of Countesswells, 316
— Margaret, 317
— Marjory, 316
— Miss, wife of Thomas Mosman,
advocate (1731), 280
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(i705)» 3i6, 417, 422
— Patrick, of Cotton, 96, 316
— Rachael, wife of John Gordon, 316
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1743), 104, 317, 426
— Robert, rector, 316
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1649), 317, 416, 419 Sands, Alexander, solicitor, Aberdeen, 141
Sandwick, 259
Sangster & Muir, advocates, Aberdeen, 282, 318
— Annie H., wife of Robert Skinner,
clergyman, 318
— Margaret, wife of Wm. McKinnon,
ironmonger, etc., 261
— Margaret, wife of Joseph A. Condell,
major, 318
— Maria, wife of Charles B. Roche,
318
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1802), 82, 243, 282, 317-18, 409, 432
— Thomas, Mill of Leask, 317 Saunders, Elizabeth, wife of Leslie Clark,
merchant, 123 Scalan, Glenlivet, 318 Schivas, 344 Scobbach, 272
Scotstown (Scotstoun), 59, 65, 67, 280 Scott (Scot), wife of Oliver Ross, 403
— Alexander, " Skipper," 333
— David, contractor, Montrose, 403
— Elizabeth, wife of John Abel,
minister, Forgue, 388
— F. J-> & Morrison, advocates, Aber-
deen, 280
— Francis John, solicitor, Aberdeen,
280
— George, burgess, Aberdeen, 144
— Jean, wife of John Cruickshank,
minister, Glass, 140
— Moncrieff& Dalgetty, W. S., 283
— Moncrieff & Trail, W. S., 310 Scottish and Dominions Trust (Ltd.), 269
— Amicable Assurance Society, 185
— Australian Investment Coy., 211,
265, 285, 318, 343, 368
— Clerks' Assoc, 257
— Equitable Life Assurance Soc. , 269
— North Eastern Raily. Co., 124, 214
— Northern Investment Trust (Ltd.),
336
— Provident Institution, 329
— Provincial Assurance Coy. , 119, 130,
189, 194, 241, 245, 254. 3i8, 333> 343, 368
— Tea and Rubber Investment Trust
(Ltd.), 269 Scougal (Scougall), James, advocate, Aberdeen (1676), 52, 318-19, 413
— Patrick, bishop, 318
" Scougal's isle," Old Machar, 319 Scroggs, Rachel, wife of Alexander
Simpson, minister, Fraserburgh,
326 Scurdargue, 91
INDEX.
493
Sealkote, India, 403 Seaton (Seton), 207, 258
— George, of Auchinhuif, 121
— Isobel, wife of Alex. Lumsden, 248
— James, of Bourtie, 302
— Margaret, wife of James Reid, 302
— Mary, wife of John Gordon,
advocate (1676), 207 Sebastopol, 105 Second Scottish Northern Investment
Trust (Ltd.), 336 Seivwright, , wife of Andrew Adam,
79 Selby, Mary I., wife of Andrew Dun, W.S.,
393
— Thomas, Ipswich, 393
Sellar ft Troup, advocates, Aberdeen, 319
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1900),
319, 429, 432
— Robert, Huntly, 319
— William Monro, solicitor, Aberdeen,
124 Seton. See Seaton. Shand, Abel Bisset, 320
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1789), 104, 116, 192, 308,319-20, 407, 416, 419
— Barbara, 320
— Bathia, 320
— Catherine, 320
— Christina Keith, wife of Alex.
Anderson, 84
— Elizabeth, wife of Rev. George
Morgan, 320
— Francis, advocate, Aberdeen
(1811), 320, 426
— Isabella, wife of Robert S. Gumming,
141
— Isabella, 320
— James, merchant, Aberdeen, 319
— James, merchant, Java, 319
— Jane Hay, 320
— John, minister, Kintore, 320
— Margaret, wife of William Reid, 305
— Mary, wife of Rev. Nathaniel
Morren, 320
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1827), 232, 320, 422
— Robert, 320 Shanghai, 377, 394 Shannaburn, 302, 314
Shaw, Bernard Robert, captain, 278
— Ethel M., wife of Alex. Morice, 278
— Jane, wife of William Moir, advo-
cate (1853), 274
— Jane C. G., 321
— John Milne, advocate, Aberdeen
(1868), 282, 321, 426, 430
Shaw, John M. G., 321
— Kate Tod, 321
— Robert, messenger-at-arms, 321 Sheelagreen, 303
Shempston, 374
Shepherd, James, W.S., 389, 404
— Robert, minister, Daviot, 404 Shettocksley, 197
Shiels, 150
Shier, David, land surveyor, 172
— Mary, wife of Francis Edmond,
advocate (1829), 172 Shipping Federation (Limited), 262 Shirrefs & Alcock, advocates, Aberdeen,
79, 322
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1789), 321-22, 332, 404, 408, 422
— Alexander, lieut.-col., 321, 404
— Anne, 322
— David, builder, Aberdeen, 321, 332
— George Lumsden, 322
— James, assistant army surgeon, 321
— Rev. James, Aberdeen, 1 10
— Jane, wife of Alexander Cadenhead
(1809), no
— Jane, wife of John Smith, advocate
(1810), 322, 332
— John David, surgeon, 321
— John Lumsden, advocate, Aber-
deen (1818), 79, 211,322, 416, 426 Shirres, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen (1875), 322, 430
— William, manufacturer, 322 Shives, Alex., farmer, Auchterellon, 322
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1874), 322, 430 Sickness and Accident Assurance Coy.
(Ltd.), 196 Sierra Leone, 237 Silver, George, advocate, Aberdeen
(183S). 322, 426
— George, of Netherley, 322
Sim, John, advocate, Aberdeen (1777), 323
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1814),
323t 422
— John, 323
Simpson & Bower, advocates, Aberdeen, 100
— & Cadenhead, advocates, Aberdeen,
no, in, 324
— & Crutlen, advocates, Aberdeen,
139. 323> 325
— & Marwick, W.S., 337
— Agnes Margaret, 324
— Alexander, minister, Strichen, 323
494
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Simpson, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1848), 139, 323-24, 325, 410, 412, 426
— Alexander, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1848), no, 205, 324-25, 326, 410, 412, 426, 432
— Alexander, minister, Fraserburgh,
326
— Amy Jane, 324
— Arthur, 324
— Catherine Alexander, 325
— Charles S. S., 327
— Charlotte S., 327
— David, of Hazlehead, 358
— Elizabeth, wife of Charles Runcy,
merchant, 312
— Euphemia, wife of Robert Turner,
358
— Frank Douglas, I. C. S. commis-
sioner, 324
— Frederick Taylor, 324
— Ceorge, 327
— George Archibald, advocate,
Aberdeen (1890), 139, 323, 324, 325, 412, 429, 432
— Helen A., 327
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1816), 326, 402, 409, 422
— James S., major, 327
— Katharine S., 327
— Kenneth M., solicitor, Aberdeen,
100
— Patrick, merchant, Aberdeen, 326
— Patrick G., M.B., CM., 325
— Patrick Still, 326
— Rachel E., 327
— Robert, F. C. minister, Kin tore,
404
— Simon, colonel, 327
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1813), 118, 125, 220, 324, 326-27, 389, 409, 410, 412, 416, 426
— William, 327
— William L., solicitor, Dunedin, 404 Sinclair, Barbara, wife of Walter Reid,
advocate (1667), 303
— David, surgeon-general, 180
— David, of Loirston, 218
— Edmond, solicitor, Aberdeen, 267
— Sir G. A. Lockhart, Bart., 100
— Helen Milne, wife of James Hay,
advocate (1896), 218
— Isabella M., wife of D. G. Cat-
tanach, advocate (1849), 115
— Patrick, 241
— Roderick, 115
— Spark & Taylor, advocates, Aber-
deen, 328
Sinclair-Spark, Meffet & Taylor, advocates, Aberdeen, 267
— Thomas Spark, advocate, Aber-
deen (1804), 327-28, 422
— William, druggist, 327 Singer, William, merchant, 297 Skelton, Mrs. Constance Oliver, 396, 404 Skene (Skeyne), Alexander, major, 393
— Andrew, of Dyce, 207
— Dr. Andrew, 355
— Easter, 158, 256
— Edwards & Garson, W.S., 150
— George,. of Rubislaw, 155, 352
— Helen, wife of James Duff, advo-
cate (1754), 155
— Jane, wife of John Thomson, advo-
cate (1856), 356
— John, of Dyce, 335
— John G. C, of Pitlurg, etc., 207
— John M., captain, 253
— Katherine, wife of Alex. Thomson,
Jun., advocate (1718), 352
— Margaret, wife of Arthur Anderson
of Deebank, etc., 84
— Margaret, wife of William Smith,
advocate (i779h 335
— Margaret, wife of George Auldjo
Esson, 393
— Mary, wife of Andrew Thomson of
Banchory, 355
— Parish School, 376
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1557), 328
— Thomas, inspector of poor, 356
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1560), 328 Skinner & Ross, advocates, Aberdeen, 310, 329
— & Wilsone, advocates, Aberdeen,
329
— David George, 329
— James Henry, 329
— fohn, Episcopal clergyman, Forfar,
328
— John, merchant, Calcutta, 329
— Katherine E., 329
— Robert, Episcopal clergyman, St.
Andrews, 318
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1829), 92, 293, 310, 328-29, 426
— William, 329 Slains, 280, 282, 291 Sligichan, Skye, 370
Smart, Jane, wife of James Foote Gordon,
209 Smiddyburn, 302 Smith & Cochran, advocates, Aberdeen,
84, 127, 128, 329, 334
INDEX.
495
Smith, Adam, advocate, Aberdeen (1796), 329, 335, 412, 426
— Agnes, wife of George Allan, advo-
cate (1844), 82
— Agnes, wife of T. J. Patteson, F.C.
minister, Kinnettles, 330
— Alexander & Robert, advocates,
Aberdeen, 329, 334
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1804), 102, 128, 140, 181, 277, 312, 323, 326, 329-30, 334, 335, 389, 409, 412, 416
— Alex., M.D., 308
— Alexander, 330
— Alexander, farmer and timber mer-
chant, 331
— Alexander, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1819), 331, 422
— Alexander, 333
— Alexander Emslie, advocate,
Aberdeen (1858), 331-32, 407, 412, 419
— Alexander Emslie, Jun., advo-
cate, Aberdeen (1891), 332, 412, 429
— Andrew, afterwards Skene, of
Lethenty, 335
— Ann, wife of George Cran, M.D.,
332
— Ann Farquharson, wife of Alexander
Harvey, professor, 330
— Anne Sophia, wife of William
Smith, 330
— C. Piazzi, astronomer royal, 164
— Charles Farquharson, bank manager,
330
— Clementina, wife of Hugh Gordon,
watchmaker, 334
— Sir C. Colvin, 128
— Colvin A. E., 128
— Edith, 332
— Elizabeth, wife of Francis James
Cochran, advocate (1831), 129, 330
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Rudolph
Galloway, 332
— Elspet, wife of William Tait,
Crichie, 405
— Frances, wife of Nelson F. Hen-
derson, 332
— George, merchant, Banff, 82
— George, architect, 179
— George, glazier, 335
— Harry, W.S. and M.P., 330
— Harry Emslie, 332
— Helen, wife of Charles Hacket, 334
— Helen Louisa, wife of W. B. Fergu-
son, 179
Smith, Hester, wife of Dr. F. J. Lankester, 332
— Irvine & Coy., 317
— James, goldsmith, etc., 331
— James, minister, St. George's-in-the-
West, 392
— James Collie, solicitor, Aberdeen,
81, 223
— James Duncan, S.S.C., 82
— James Lamond, 330
— James Lawrence, 331
— Jane Amelia, wife of W. B. Fergu-
son, 179
— Janet, 334, 335
— Jean, wife of John Webster, con-
vener, 366
— Jessie, wife of John Meffet, Out-
seats, 266
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1810),
290, 322, 332, 422
— John, Jun., advocate, Aberdeen
(1819), 97, 98, 234, 333, 391,
394, 395> 397, 407, 409, 410, 422
— John, of Drongan, 233
— John, of Mount Pleasant, 332
— John, of Inveramsay, 333
— John, manager, 333
— John, captain, R.N., 335
— John, Greenhall, Insch, 335
— John, & Coy., iron merchants, Aber-
deen, 393
— John Stuart, 334
— Margaret, wife of Geo. L. Shirrefs,
322
— Margaret, 335
— Margery, wife of John Jopp, W.S. ,
233
— Marjory, 334
— Mary, wife of John Paterson,
druggist, 290
— Mary, wife of Winford S. Hender-
son, 332
— Mary, 335
— Patrick, advocate, Aberdeen
(1705). 55, 125, 333-34, 410, 416
— Rachel, 334
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1839), 84, 127, 177, 254, 329, 330, 33i, 334. 4o7, 409, 412, 416, 422
— Robert, manufacturer, Aberdeen. 329
— Robert F. M., of Glenmillan, 334
— Susanna, 334
— Thomas, 179
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1779), 329- 335, 412
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1817), 157, 335, 364, 422
496
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Smith, William, advocate, Aberdeen (1873), 147, 181, 257, 335-37. 340, 410, 430
— William, regent, 291
— William, Canadian Bank of Com-
merce, 330
— William, R. N., 347
— William Dickie, advocate, Aber-
deen (1901), 337, 429
— Dr. W. H., Philadelphia, 330
— W. J. Woodman, solicitor, Aber-
deen, 235, 302 Smithston, Rhynie, 199 Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society, 336 Sorley, John Tower, advocate, Aber- deen, (1894), 337, 429
— Robert, V.S., 337
Souper, Margaret, wife of William Farquharson, M.D., 178
— William, 120
Sou tar, Christian, wife of Jas. Anderson, 84
— Patrick James, writer, Dunfermline,
94 Southampton, 276 Southesk, Lord, 350 Southfield, Cults, 381 Spain, 400
Spalding (Spaldynge) Club, 99, 117, 159, " 165, 215, 244, 345, 368, 391, 402
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1609), 338
— Isabella, 338
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1801),
270, 338, 410, 422, 432
— John, author, 338
— Robert, hairdresser, Aberdeen, 338
— William, professor, 338 Spanish Town, Jamaica, 320
Spark, Benjamin, solicitor, Aberdeen, 257,
33°
— Benjamin, advocate, Aberdeen
(1823), 339, 426
— Robert, painter, 339
— Thomas, 339
— Thomas Spark Sinclair. See Sin-
clair, Thomas Spark.
— Walter William, eye specialist, 328
— William, of Craigiepark, 328 Speid, Agnes, 339
— Alexander, merchant, Drumoak, 339
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1844), 339, 426 Spey mouth School Board, 154 Spine, Berkshire, 316 Spottiswood, Henry A. F., of Muiresk, 339
— Robert S. F., advocate, Aber-
deen (1843), 141, 157, 176, 258, 272, 339-40, 37i, 379, 416, 426
Springfield, Peterhead, 396 Springhill, 157, 204, 264 Spry, Frances H., wife of William Forbes, major-general, 395
— Richard, captain, 395 Stair, Lord, 381
Standard Bank of South Africa, 324
Stanwix, Carlisle, 267
Steell, Sir John, R.S.A., 97
Stein & Campbell, solicitors, Edinburgh,
391. Stemster, Caithness, 117 Stephen & Smith, advocates, Aberdeen,
335, 340
— Christian, wife of John Lumsden,
251
— Elizabeth, wife of William Adam, 78
— Elizabeth, wife of James Massie
Campbell, solicitor, Edinburgh,
391
— James, farmer, Conglass, 340
— Lessel, advocate, Aberdeen
(1856), 147, 335, 340, 4i9, 432
— Lessel Palmer, 340
— Margaret, wife of Dr. A. G.Duncan,
341
— Marion Louisa, wife of Alexander
Mitchell, physician, Old Aber- deen, 340
— Mary C., wife of William Paull,
minister, Tullynessle and Forbes,
295
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1834), 341, 407, 422
— William, coppersmith, Aberdeen,
341 Stevenson, 100
— Barbara, wife of Robert Thomson,
merchant, Aberdeen, 356 Stewart & Murray, advocates, Aberdeen, 286, 341
— Alexander, merchant, Aberdeen,
291, 34i
— Alexander, writer, Huntly, 341
— Anne, wife of John Bryce, 102
— Catherine, wife of John Watt, Jun.,
advocate (1856), 365
— David, advocate, Aberdeen (1873),
231, 286, 341, 429
— David, merchant, Logie- Cold stone,
341
— Elizabeth, wife of John Clyne,
captain, 126
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1813), 341
— Hugh, solicitor, etc., Elgin, 391
— Isabella, wife of Thomas Garden,
advocate (1593), *97
INDEX.
497
Stewart, Jessy, wife of William Paul, minister, Banchory-Devenick, 293
— John, accountant, Wick, 365
— Livingston, advocate, Aberdeen
(1842), 341-42, 426
— Marjory, wife of l'eter Farquharson,
advocate (1789), 178
— Patrick, minister, Kinneff, 404
— Robert W., L.R.C.P., etc., 327
— Thomas, lieut., 205
— William, of Lesmurdie, 178
— William, sheriff clerk, Kincardine-
shire, 404 Stuart & Murray, advocates, Aberdeen, 283, 346
— Barbara, wife of James Nicol, writer,
401
— Charles, Aberdeen, 133
— Dr. David, 225
— David, supervisor, 296
— George, Burnmouth, Grange, 154
— George Andrew, of Inchbreck, 355
— Isabella A., wife of James Younger
Collie, advocate (1882), 133
— Jane Gordon, wife of John Wood-
ward, Episcopal clergyman, Mon- trose, 346
— Dr. John, of Inchbreck, 225
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1836),
344-46, 407, 416, 419, 426, 427
— John, stoneware merchant, Aber-
deen, 401
— John Watson, writer, Glasgow, 405
— J. Watson, & Kerr, writers, Glas-
gow, 405
— Margaret, wife of Charles Gordon
Downie, advocate (1870), 154
— Marjory, wife of Thomas Wilson,
advocate (1739), 376
— Mary, 346
— Robert, of Aucharnie, Forgue, 344
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1804), 63, 86, 283, 297, 346, 401, 409
— William, Mains of Durris, 346
— William, solicitor, Aberdeen, 365,
405
— William, road surveyor, 405
— William, Kirkstyle, 405
Still, Christina, wife of John Mac- Diarmid, accountant, 257
— Helen, wife of William Simpson,
advocate (1813), 326
— Patrick, South Bridge, 326 Stirling, George, 342
— James, 342
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1790), 342, 426
Stirling, William, shipmaster, 342 Stocket, 167, 171
— Main, 280
Stonehaven, 137, 179, 193, 224, 362, 399,
400, 404 Stoneywood, 229, 316 Storie, Archibald, minister, Insch, 139
— Arch. John Watt, S.S.C., Aberdeen,
139, 325, 381
— Cruden & Coy., advocates, Aber-
deen, 139, 325
— Cruden & Simpson, advocates, Aber-
deen, 139, 325
— Helen Dixson, wife of George
Cruden, advocate (1875), 139 Stornoway, 171, 402 Stowey, Nether, 266 Stracathro, 396 Strachan, 139, 153, 305
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1563), 342
— Isabel, wife of Robert Spalding, 338
— Isabel, wife of James Strachan, 342
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1777),
257. 342
— James, Links, 342
— John, Mill of Crimond, 342 Straith, William, minister, Culsalmond, 304 Straloch. 300
Stranduff, 330
Strange, , artist, 205
Stranraer, 398
Strathbogie Presbytery, 70
Strichen, 83, 1 35, .323
Stronach & Duguid, advocates, Aberdeen,
158,343
— & Grainger, advocates, Aberdeen,
211, 343
— Adelina, 344
— Adrian, 344
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1818), 158, 159, 211, 274, 296,
342-43, 345. 389, 401, 404, 409, 416, 417, 419
— Alexander, builder, etc., Aberdeen,
343
— Alexander, law agent, 344
— Alexander, Jun. , advocate, Aber-
deen, (1857), Io8, 343-44, 412, 426
— Alexander, Jun., & Son, advocates,
Aberdeen, 343, 344
— Alexander, Youngest, advocate,
Aberdeen (1888), 343, 344, 412,
430
— Duncan & Duguid, advocates, Aber-
deen, 158, 159, 343
— Elizabeth Helen, 344
O 2
498
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Stronach, Florence, wife of R. P. Morrison,
344
— Frances Evelyn, 344
— George, 344
— Harry, 344
— Harry Millar, 344
— Helen Jane, 344
— John, engineer, 343
— Robert, 344
— William, minister, Marnoch, 342 Stroud, F., editor, 374
Struthers, John, district surgeon, 237 Stuartfield, 395 Summerhill, no, in, 331 Sutherland, Alex. G., W.S., 405
— Neil, M.D., Aberdeen, 405
— P. C„ surveyor-general, 98 Sutherlandshire, 188, 239, 251, 260, 269 Swan River Settlement, 181
— Alexander, of Hythe, 279
— Cecilia M. , wife of James Morice,
279 Swanford, Fyvie, 240 Sydney, 309, 322, 402 Syme, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1559), 346 Symmers, George, 126
Table Bay, 313
Tain Royal Academy, 260
Tait, Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1764), 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20,
346-47, 408, 417
— George, Craigmill, 346
— James, 347
— Mary, wife of John Duncan, cattle
salesman, 161
— Mary, wife of William Smith, R.N.,
347
— Thomas, 347
— Thomas, paper manufacturer, 405
— William, Jamaica, 347
— William, Crichie, 405 Tanfield, Woodside, 319
Tapsfield, Edward, vicar, Nether Stowey, 266
— Maud Helen, wife of Alfred Mar-
tineau, advocate (1894), 266 Taranger, Professor, Christiania, 170 Tarland, 149, 185 Tartowie, Kinellar, 393, 394 Tarves, 218, 267 Tasmania, 218 Tattersall, Mary, wife of Frank Jamieson,
advocate (1872), 230 Tawse, James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1863), 347, 422
— Samuel, farmer, Towie, 347
Taylor (Tayler), Alexander, Wellhouse, Alford, 176
— Alexander, attorney, Exchequer
Court, 348
— Alistair N., of Glenbarry, etc., 155
— Anne, wife of Nathaniel Farquhar,
advocate (1829), 176
— Beatrice, wife of George Walker,
362
— David, attorney, Excheq. Court, 348
— Elizabeth, 348
— Ellen Maria, wife of David Little-
john, advocate (1865), 246
— George, of Lissonfield, 324
— Isabella Elliot, wife of John Rae,
bank agent, 298
— James, S.S.C., Aberdeen, 266, 328
— James, advocate, Aberdeen
(1764), 347, 348, 412, 427
— Jane, wife of Alexander Simpson,
advocate (1848), 324
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1743),
107, 248, 347-48, 412
— John, merchant, 234
— John, 107, 348
— Joseph Henry, of Graigue, etc., 246
— Luke, builder, 199
— Margaret, wife of William Burnett,
advocate (1754), 107, 348
— Mary, wife of William Garden,
surgeon and bank agent, Alford,
193
— Robert, Quartains, Drum, 107
— Robert, wright, Aberdeen, 347
— Robert, 348
— Ruth, wife of William Garrow,
advocate (1825), 199 Techmuiry, 188 Templeton, Margaret, wife of Rev. Robert
McCombie, 255 Thain, Alexander, F.C. minister, New
Machar, 348
— Alex. John Ramsay, advocate,
Aberdeen (1890), 262, 348, 429, 432
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1724),
348-49, 417
— William, of Blackhall, 145 Thainston, 394
Thom. Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen (1794), 175, 349, 417, 419
— Alexander, farmer, Ardlaw, 350
— Barbara, wife of Alex. D. Fordyce,
of Culsh and Brucklay, 188
— Donaldson Rose, advocate, Aber-
deen (1889), 223, 349, 370, 429
— George, maltman, 350
— James, merchant, Halifax, 188
INDEX.
499
Thorn, Jessie, wife of D. G. Cattanach, advocate (1849), 115, 350
— Jessie, wife of William Jeffrey,
baker, 231
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1816),
US. 350. 416, 422
— Sophia, wife of George Dingwall
Fordyce, 188
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1752), 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 17, 20, 88, I43> 178, 350-S1' 4o8, 413, 416, 422
— William, Berryhillock, 349
— William, student, 350
— William Smith, commission mer-
chant, 349 Thomas Henry, Sheffield, 394
— Maria E., wife of John Forbes,
barrister and Q.C., 394 Thomson (Thomsone, Thompson, Thom- soun) & Savage, writers, Mon- trose, 403
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1625), 301, 351, 353, 357, 412, 416, 417
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1680), 55, 202, 351-52, 355, 359, 412, 416, 417
— Alexander, Jun., advocate, Aber-
deen (1718), 55, 112, 154, 168, 192, 199, 208, 335, 352, 354, 416, 427
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1818), 353, 356, 412, 413, 422
— Alexander, merchant, 352
— Alexander, guild burgess, Aberdeen,
356
— Alexander, under master, Grammar
School, 357
— Alexander, 354, 355
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1656), 351, 353-54. 4i7, 43i
— Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
(1741), 226, 312, 352, 354-55, 408, 416, 417, 432
— Andrew, Portlethen, 352, 354
— Andrew, of Banchory, 355
— Andrew, 352, 354
— Ann, 355
— Anna, 354
— Anne, wife of William Ingram,
minister, Echt, 398
— Catherine, 352, 355
— Charles, 354
— Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1832), 355. 427
— Christian, wife of John Clark,
advocate (1832), 123
Thomson, Elizabeth, wife of James Gellie, merchant, 352
— Elizabeth, 354, 356
— Elizabeth Jane, wife of Edward J.
Reeves, Jun., 357
— Elsie, wife of Henry John Gray,
advocate (1903), 213
— Sir George, surgeon -col., 180
— George, of Fairley, 355
— George, provost, Aberdeen, 357
— George, 354
— Helen, wife of George Skene of
Rubislaw, 352
— Helen, 355, 356
— Isobel, 352
— James, Dunninald, 82
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1724),
352, 355. 412, 416, 427. 432
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1776),
356
— James, Jun., advocate, Aberdeen
(1778), 353. 356, 407, 412
— James, captain, 353
— James, merchant, 355
— James, 354, 356
— Jane, wife of John Buckley Allan,
advocate (1881), 82
— Janet, 352
— Jean, 354
— John, of Cults, 351
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1856),
78, 356-57. 363. 427
— John, Seaview House, Cove, 356
— John, Aberdeen Univ. Press, 213
— John Comrie, sheriff substitute, 74
— Margaret, wife of James Duthie, 167
— Margaret, 355
— Mary, wife of James Carnegie,
litster, 112, 352
— Mary Elizabeth, wife of W. J.
Lumsden, 251, 252
— Matthew, of Manningham Lodge,
252
— Patrick, factor, Barbadoes, 354
— Patrick, under master, Grammar
School, 357
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1648), 351, 357, 361, 412, 431
— Robert, town clerk, Aberdeen, 352
— Robert, merchant, Aberdeen, 356
— Sarah, wife of John Henderson,
bank manager, 397
— Savage & Ross, writers, etc.,
Montrose, 403
— Stephen, shipowner, London, 262
— Theodora, wife of Lachlan Mac-
kinnon, advocate (1878), 262
— Thomas, M.D., Inverurie, 123
5oo
SOCIETY OK ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Thomson, Rev. Thomas, of Cocklaw, 267
— William, 354 Thornton, 138 Thripleton, 318 Thunderton, 203 Tillery, 223, 233, 280, 397 Tillychetly, 149 Tillycorthie, 403 Tillydaff, 319 Tillyfoddy, 376 Tillyfour, 236, 305 Tillyfruskie, 347 Tillygreig, 84, 169 Tilwhilly, 252 Tobermory, 401
Tod, Henry, W.S., 156
Todlaw, 302
Tods, Murray & Jamieson, W.S., 88, 198,
201 Tomintoul, 195 Tonley, 167
Tordarroch, Dornoch, 112 Tornaveen, 395 Toronto, 129, 196, 330, 375 Torquay, 327 Torrie, Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
U834), 357-58, 407, 427
— Alexander, actor, 358
— James, physician, 285
— Robert, merchant, Aberdeen, 357
— Susan, wife of Andrew Murray,
Jun., advocate (1876), 285 Torryleith, Nether, 300 Touch, Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Nicoll,
advocate (1804), 287
— William, R.N., 287 Tough, 166
— Mary, wife of John Watt, leather
merchant, 365 Tower, Catherine, wife of Henry Lumsden, advocate (1807), 252
— Flora, wife of George Moir, 401 . — George, Aberdeen, 401
— John, 252 Towie, 347
Townsend, Edward Richard, M.D., 221
Trafalgar, 155
Trail, Barbara, wife of Rev. Alex. Alcock,
.79 Transkei, Cape Colony, 236 Transvaal, 278 Trinidad, 269 Troup, 293
— Alexander, solicitor, 319
— Isabella, wife of John Watt, 364 Tulloch, Rev. Charles L. C, 239 Tullos, Nigg, 275, 276 Tullynessle, 265, 294, 295
Turnbull, Frances, wife of R. D. Leslie, advocate, Aberdeen (1876), 242
— John, 242
— Mary, wife of William Downie,
contractor, 242 Turner, Andrew, litster, Aberdeen, 359
— Catharine, 358
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1731), 94, 123, 275, 358, 359, 403, 416, 418, 432
— George, of Menie, 114
— Sir George, of Menie, 300
— George, 359
— Jean, 359
— John, of Turnerhall, 359
— John, 359
— Margaret, wife of Thomas Burnett,
advocate (1722), 104
— Margaret, 358
— Martha, wife of Robert Turner,
advocate (1776), 359
— Robert, of Turnerhall, 104, 358
— Robert, joint sheriff clerk, 358
— Robert, advocate, Aberdeen
(1776), 359, 376, 408, 417, 418
— Thomas Andrew, 359 Turnerhall, 358, 359
Turriff, 73, 161, 175, 267, 270, 339, 365,
389 Tyacksnook, 167 Tyrie, 139, 185, 310
— Helen, wife of Alexander Eraser,
advocate (167 1 ), 189 Tytler, James, W.S., 249
— K. A., wife of A. Carnegie Ross,
403
Udny, 156, 291, 360
— Academy, 402
— Alexander, of Udny, 156
— Ann, wife of John Sandilands, 316
— Ernest, 360
— Helen, wife of Walter Cochran, 360
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1709),
55, 359-6o» 361, 380, 410, 417, 419, 427
— Jean, wife of Charles Gordon,
advocate (1703), 203
— John, of Culter-Cullen, etc., 203
— John, of Newhdls, 316
— John, consul, 360
— John R. F., of Udny, etc., 360
— Margaret, wife of Alexander Ross,
360
— Robert, of Auchterellon, 359
— Robert, of Udny and Dudwick, 360 Ullapool, 353
INDEX.
50I
Union Assurance Society (Ltd.), 139, 201
— Bank of Scotland, 99, 103, 129,
145, 162, 169, 189, 268, 285, 380 United States, 285, 297 Uppingham School, 265 Ure, Elizabeth, wife of John Skinner,
Episcopal clergyman, Forfar, 328 Urie, 227
— William, Pitfichie, 197 Urquhart, Andrew, advocate, Aber- deen (1619), 360, 422
— James, of Mylneseat, 360
— John, druggist, Aberdeen, 204
— Parish Council, 154
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1666), 361
Vancouver, 250, 299
Veitch, Hugh, of Stuartfield, 395
— P. L., wife of W. N. Eraser, of
Tornaveen, 395 Venice, 360 Ventnor, 327 Vertue, George, 90
— James, colonel, 90
Victoria, Queen, 34, 69, 70, 73, 174, 368 Viewbank, Pitfodels, 132 Volum, Christian, wife af George Grub, convener, 214
Waddell & Mcintosh, W.S., 266 Wales, H. R. H. the Prince of, 261 Walker, Alexander, provost, Aberdeen, 360, 361
— Beatrice, 362
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Chivas, 122
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(i73i)» 361, 410, 427, 432
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1846), 181, 201, 213, 241, 264, 270, 290, 312, 322, 362, 403, 407, 422
— George, author, 202
— George, flaxdresser, 362
— Gilbert George, rector, 246
— Helen, wife of William Dunn,
advocate (1856), 166
— Helen, 361
— Jane, wife of George Macpherson,
Gibston, 264
— Janet Cumming, wife of Patrick
Mitchell, M.D., Old Rayne, 362
— Jean, wife of James Udny, advocate
(1709). j6o
— Jean, wife of Andrew Henderson,
physician, 361
Walker, Mary, wife of James S. Cruick- shank, 140
— Norman J. J., advocate, Aber-
deen (1910), 362, 429
— Thomas, manufacturer, 362
— William, wine merchant, 166 Walkerburn, 179
Wallace, Elspet, wife of Samuel Chalmers, 392
— George, solicitor, etc., Fraserburgh,
303
— George David, advocate, Aber-
deen (1870), 363, 427 Walls, Elizabeth, wife of George Keith,
advocate (1680), 235 Wardes, 197 Warrack, Isabel, wife of Robert Milne,
manager, Woodside Works, 270
— John, shipowner, 134
— Mary, wife of George Cooper, 134 Warthili, 152
Wateridgemuir, 101, 226, 241 Waterloo, 378, 405 Waterton, Mains of, 399 Watson, , Lord, 374
— Alexander, 13
— Andrew, minister, Tarland, 185
— Andrew. See Fordyce, Andrew-
Watson.
— Anna, 363
— George, magistrate, Aberdeen, 364
— Isabella, wife of John Fraser, 364
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1764),
», 3. 4. 7. 16, 17, 20, 126, 189, 204, 363, 364, 412, 416, 427
— James, advocate, Aberdeen (1886),
363. 429
— James, watchmaker, etc., Aberdeen,
363
— Jean, 363
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1787),
363, 364, 412, 416, 417, 432
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 363
— Mary, wife of Nathaniel Farquhar,
advocate (1870), 177
— May, wife of John Ross, advocate
(1776), 312
— Robert, builder, Aberdeen, 177
— William, sheriff substitute, 74 Watt & Cumine, advocates, Aberdeen, 141,
364
— & Stuart, advocates, Aberdeen, 365,
405
— Alice C, 365
— Anne, wife of Alex. Duffus, whole-
sale confectioner, 156
— Arthur, advocate, Aberdeen
(IS90). 364. 417, 43i
502
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Watt, Arthur Stewart, 365
— Christian, wife of George Angus,
watchmaker, 86
— Edith M. E., 365
— Elizabeth, wife of William Leask,
240
— Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Hutchin-
son, 398
— Emily M. D., 365
— George, architect, Aberdeen, 131
— Rev. James, Grammar School, 398
— J. & J- S., advocates, Aberdeen, 365
— James G., 365
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1843),
141, 364, 427
— John, Tun., advocate, Aberdeen
(1856), 150, 213, 239, 347, 365, 405, 412, 427
— John, farmer, Nigg, 364
— John, leather merchant, 365
— John Stewart, advocate, Aber-
deen (1888), 112, 213, 365, 412,
— Lily K. S., 365
— Margaret, 364
— Marshall, house painter, 366
— Mary, wife of George Davidson,
Cullen, 150
— Mary J., 365
— Robert, 364
— Susan, wife of Rev. Gavin Parker,
290
— Thomas, 364
— William Knowles, advocate,
Aberdeen (1904), 366, 429 Waulkmill of Bendauch, 259
— of Drum, 275 Weather Craig, 99
Webster, A. & J., advocates, Aberdeen, 366, 367, 368
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1794), 92, 159, 224, 341, 362, 366-67, 368, 388, 392, 393, 409, 412, 427
— Alexander, J un., advocate, Aber-
deen (1840), 366, 367, 412, 422
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(1866), 209, 367-68, 369, 412, 416, 427
— Ann, wife of Robert Catto, of Wall-
field, 367
— Anne, wife of Charles Winchester,
advocate (1807), 377
— Isabella Wood, wife of John Web-
ster, merchant, Aberdeen, 369
— J. & A., advocates, Aberdeen, 368
— James, 376
— James, of Balruddery, 376
Webster, James, M.D., 367
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1817),
159, 362, 368, 427
— John, Jun., advocate, Aberdeen
(1831), 366, 367, 368-69, 409. 412, 416, 417, 427
— John, burgess, Aberdeen, 366
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 368
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1898),
369. 429
— John, merchant, Eastbank, 369
— Will & Ritchie, S.S.C., 325 Weir, Matthew, W.S., 392 Wellhouse, Alford, 176 Wellington, New Zealand, 162
Welsh, Hugh, assistant inspector of schools, 240
— Joanna, wife of James Cruden,
minister, Gamrie, 139 Wemyss, Margaret, wife of Patrick Scougal, 318
— William, of Craighall, 247 Westhall chaplainry, 229
Westland, Agnes, wife of James Rose, shipowner, 310
— Anne, wife of David Bartlet, advo-
cate (1743), 93
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1820), 369, 427
— William, builder, etc., 369
— William: Okehampton, 369 Whincup, Alexander, advocate, Aber- deen (1896), 370, 429
— Carle & Duthie, advocates, Aber-
deen, 370
— John G. L. , 370 White. See Whyte. Whitehaugh, 252, 344 Whitehouse, 166, 178
Whyte (White) & Connon, advocates, Aberdeen, 371
— Adam, missionary, 370
— Alexander Burnett, advocate,
Aberdeen (1901), 139, 370, 372, 412, 432
— Alexander Burnett, of Dalhebity,
371
— James, minister, Methlick, 371
— James Robertson, advocate,
Aberdeen (1875), 371, 430
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1839),
191. 37L 379, 427
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1869),
161, 194, 196, 216, 337, 370, 37I-72, 39o, 410, 412, 416, 430, 432
— John, merchant, Aberdeen, 371, 380
— John Francis, 372
INDEX.
503
White, John P. R. , advocate, Aberdeen (1889), 223, 349, 370, 416, 430,
— Mary, wife of William Yeats, advo-
cate (1836), 380 Wick, 365 Wight & Aitken, advocates, Aberdeen, 372
— Alexander Forbes, advocate,
Aberdeen (1871), 372, 416, 429 432
— John, baker, Woodside, 372 Willet, John, C.E., Aberdeen, 373
— John Charles, advocate, Aber-
deen (1882), 373, 430, 432
— Joseph T., 210 William IV., 68
Williamson, A. M., advocate, Aberdeen (1882), 294, 295, 373, 374, 407, 429
— George, farmer, etc., 373, 374
— James, advocate, Aberdeen ( 1839),
374, 416, 427
— James, flesher, Aberdeen, 374
— R. M . , advocate , Aberdeen ( 1 89 1 ) ,
294, 373, 374- 407, 413, 429 Wills, Reginald G., M.D., 294 Wilsone (Wilson) & Duffus, advocates,
Aberdeen, 156
— Adam, of Glasgowego, 375
— Alexander, solicitor, Aberdeen, 161,
275. 337
— Alexander, 375
— Alexander, minister, Campvere,
192
— Alexander, chirurgeon, Aberdeen,
304
— Alex. Dyce, advocate, Aberdeen
(1841), 375, 427
— Andrew, 375
— Catherine, 375
— Christian, wife of Robert Turner,
advocate (1776), 359, 37&
— Sir David, 127
— Eliza M. A., 376
— Eveline M., wife of John Whyte,
advocate (1869), 372
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1690), 55, 375, 376, 412, 416
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1816), 375-76, 416, 422
— George, of Finzeauch, 375
— George, 375
— James, minister, Farnwell, 101
— James, M.D., 190
— Jane Angelica, 376
— Jessie, wife of Robert Young, soli-
citor, 406
— John, Branjan, 406
Wilson, John C, C.E., London, 372
— John Dove, professor, 112
— Rev. John Skinner, 127
— Margaret, wife of Charles Banner-
man, advocate (1776), 88
— Margaret, wife of James Webster,
376
— Marion M., wife of Thomas J.
Bremner, advocate (1834), 101
— Mary, 376
— Nathaniel, 405
— Orlando H., lieut., R.N., 375
— Patrick, collector of Customs, 88
— Theresa, 376
— Thomas, solicitor, Aberdeen, 88,
100, 156, 305, 329
— Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen
(1739), 359, 375, 376, 412
— William, 375
— William, W.S., 399 Winchester, Anne, 377
— Charles, advocate, Aberdeen
(1807), 309, 376-77, 390, 407, 419
— Charles, builder, etc., 376
— Charles Alex. , consul, 377
— Garden, wife of Francis Fraser, 395
— Georgina, wife of S. F. Jacson,
377
— James W., deputy inspector-general,
377 Winnifer, 234 Winnipeg, 259 Wintour, William, Jun. , 297 \VTood, Henry, merchant, London, 240
— Henry, major, 249
— Isabella M., wife of Chas. D.
Lumsden, advocate (1893), 249 Wbodbank, Pitfodels, 190 Wood burn, Torquay, 392 Woodford's Academy, 133 Woodhead, Fyvie, 127 Woodhill, 232 Woodside, 163, 180, 270, 283, 372
— Burgh, 245
— Works, 270, 333 Woodthorpe, Peterculter, 194 Woodward, John, Episcopal minister,
Montrose, 346
— Mrs., Montrose, 345 Woolwich, 162
Workman, Celia, wife of Alex. Thomson,
merchant, 352 Wraes, Kennethmont, 133 Wreford & Thornton, advocates, etc.,
Penang, 319 Wright, Jane, wife of James Henderson,
220
504
SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN.
Yeats & Flockhart, advocates, Aberdeen, 163, 182, 379
— & Spottiswood, advocates, Aber-
deen, 339, 379
— & Whyte, advocates, Aberdeen, 371,
379
— Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen
(i860), 377-78, 422
— Annie R., wife of J. R. Mackenzie,
architect, 379
— Duncan M., headmaster, 379
— Eliza Jane, wife of William Masson,
minister, Culsalmond, 379
— Elizabeth, wife of John Ewen, 175
— Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Flock-
hart, advocate (1840), 182
— George & William, advocates, Aber-
deen, 378, 379
— George, advocate, Aberdeen
(1804), 169, 182, 357, 364, 368, 369. 378. 379, 409, 412, 417, 427
— George, silk mercer, Aberdeen, 377
— John, advocate, Aberdeen (1834),
81, 163, 182, 340, 377, 379, 394, 396, 401, 417, 427
— Margaret M., wife of Alexander
McDonald, surgeon, R.H.A., 258, 378
— Marianne Rose, 379
— Milne & McDonald, advocates,
Aberdeen, 258, 272, 379
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1836), 141, 157, 176, 191. 258, 272, 339, 37i, 378, 379-80, 409, 410, 412, 417, 422
— William, Customs, 182, 379
— William, boatlmilder, 378 York Buildings Coy., 350 Young, Alexander, Hyndwells, 380
Young, Anne, wife of Robert Morice, advocate (1794), 279
— Archibald, solicitor, Banff, 184, 406
— Elizabeth, wife of L. W. Forbes,
minister, Boharm, 184
— Elizabeth S., wife of James G. F.
Russell, 313
— Helen, wife of Francis Garden,
advocate (1814), 194
— James, surgeon, 164
— James, 187, 194, 276, 279, 380
— Jane, wife of James Murray, 285,
380
— Jessie, wife of Thomas Duncan,
Jun., advocate (1803), 164
— Keith, colonel, 380
— Rachel, wife of David Morice,
advocate (1764), 276
— Robert, solicitor, Elgin, 406
— ■ Robert, farmer, Inchbroom, 406 Robert, factor, Monymusk, 406
— William, advocate, Aberdeen
(1752), 380
— William, sheriff clerk, Kincardine-
shire, 380
— Sir William Lawrence, Bart., 313 Youngson & Bain, advocates, Aberdeen,
88, 381
— & Storie, advocates, Aberdeen, 381
— Agnes Margaret, wife of Alex.
Simpson, minister, Strichen, 323
— Alexander, W.S., 381
— Isabella A. A., 381
— Margaret Louise, 381
— Thomas, major, 381
— Thomas A. W. A., advocate,
Aberdeen (1857), 88, 381, 407, 417, 422, 432
— Thomas W., captain, 381
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