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WEDDERBURN. 647 Coupland, Esq. of Goscote Hall, co. Leic. master of the Queen's hounds, and had a son), and had 2 sons and 4 daus. /I/ Godfrev Seymour William, b. 15 Oct. 1864. /2/ Henry Charles Claude, d. Oct. 1871. /3/ Alice Eve Grace, ni. 29 May, 1879, to Frederick William Rodney Ricketts, Esq. Scots guards (B.vrt.) /4/ Evelyn Maude, m. 5 Dec. 1878, to Hon. Albert Conyng- h.im-Denisou, ii.p. (B. Londesborough). /5/ Muriel Lilly, m. 30 July, 1879, to Eihvard Heury Pares, Esq. of Hopwell Hall, Derby, and has a dau. Eleanor Muriel Pares, b. 13 Oct. 1881. /6/ Beatrice Frances May. [3] Harriet, d. 7 Aug. 1849, having m. 5 June, 181C, as 1st wife, to Rear-Adm. Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds, C.B. K.C.H. (V. EXMOUIH) ; he d. 28 July, 1861, leaving an only dan. SIR GODFREY VASSAL, 5th Baronet; b. 6 Oct. 1789 ; d. 17 July, 1836, having m. 22 Aug. 1814, Charlotte, eldest dau. of Robert Adamson, Esq. of Westmeath ; she d. 30 Jan. 1867, having had 5 sons, [1] Sir Godfrey Vassal, 6th Baronet, com. R.X. ; b. 3 July. 1815; d. s. p. 4 May, 1853, having m. 10 July, 1851, Sarah Joanna, youngest dau. of William Murray, of Janiaica, and widow of Hon. Charles Ashbumham. [2] Sir Augustus Frederick George Douglas, 7th and present Baronet. [3] Frederick, b. 1821; m. 29 July. 1870, Julia Helena, dau. of Rev. William Margesson, of Wooldringfold, Susse.x, and has had an only son, Godfrey Frederick, b. 7 May, 1873 : d. 1 July, 1880. [4] Henry Arthur, d. unm. 5 May, 1868, aged 46, [5] Guy, d. unm. 14 April, 1868, aged 37. Tows House— 105, Pall Mall, S.W. Eesidesce— Meredith, Gloucester. WEDDERBURN. Sir David, of Meredith, co. Glouc. (1803, U.K.), advocate 1861, M.p. South AjT- shire 1868/74, Had- dington Burghs 1879, capt. South Glouc. militia since 1870; s. his father as 3rd Baro- net in 1862 ; b. 20 Dec. 1835 ; heir pre- sumptive, his brother William. Arms — Arg. a chevron be- tween three roses gu. barbed vert. Crest — An eagle's head erased ppr. Mottoes — Above the crest, " Kon degener ; " be- low the shield, " Aquila non captat muscas." Hineage. SIR ALEXANDER WEDDERBURX, of Blackness, co. Forfar (brother of Sir Peter Wedderbum, of Gosford, Haddington, a lord of session 1668 79, ancestor of the Earls of Rosslyn.and also of Sir Peter Wedderbum. created a B.ron"ET OF NOA'A SCOTIA 30 Dec. 1697, see H.u.ket, all descended from James Wedderburn, merchant, burgess of Dundee, temp. James IV.), toai clerk of Dimdee, one of the committee of parliament 1640, a commissioner to the treaty of Ripon 1641, knighted 1642, after the Restoration was appointed a com- missioner for regulating weights and measures of Scotland 1661, had a grant of an annual pension of £100 for his services under the great seal, dated at Whitehall 10 Feb. 1 664: m. Matilda, dau. of Sir Andrew Fletcher, of Innerpeffer, a lord of session; he d. 18 Nov. 1676, having had with 6 daus. 5 sons, [1] Sir John, created a Baronet. [2] James, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Davidson, of Balgay, in Angus, and d. 1696, having had with 3 daus. 2 sous, (1) Sir Alexander, s. as 4th Baronet. , (2) John, of Dundee, M.D.; d. s.p. 1751, having m.his cousin Margaret, dau. of Andrew Balfour. [3] Peter, of whom male descendants are said to exist. [4] George, of Edinburgh, merchant. [5] Ale.xander. QIR JOHN WEDDERBURN, advocate, clerk of the bills, O created a Baroxkt of Nova Scotia, "et heredcs ejus masculos in perpetuum," 9 Aug. 1704, had a charter of the lands of the barony of Blackness ; m. 1667, Rachel, dau. of David Dunsmuir, advocate, and had 7 sons and 4 daus. His male line failed on the death of his grandson. Sir John, 1722. OIR ALEXANDER, 4th Baronet 1722, purchased Blackness O from his predecessors ; m. 1697, Katherine. dau. of John .~<oott, of Dundee, mercliant, and d, 1741, having had with 9 daus. 8 sons, of whom 3 only married, viz.: (1) Sir John, s. as 5th Baronet. (2) Robert, of Piersie, co. Angus, J.U. Isabella Edwards, and had with 3 daus. 3 sons, of whom the youngest, David Webster-Weduerbcrn, of Shenley Hill, Herts.; d. 1801, aged 35, having m. 1785, dau. of Alexamler Reid, Esq. and had 2 sons and 2 daus. /I/ Sir James, 10th hussars, knighted 1822; d. 13 Aug. 1840, aged 51, ha%'ing m. 10 Oct. 1810, Lady Frances Annesley (V. Valextia), dau. of Arthur, 1st Earl of Mountnorris (ext.); she d. 22 Jan. 1837, having had 3 sons and a dau. [1] Charles Francis Webster, formerly in the army; b. 1 July, 1820; m. 9 Oct. 1849, Ann, dau. of William Helyar, Esq. of Coker Court, Somerset, and Sedgehill House, Wilts. and has 3 sons and a dau. (1) Arthur Augustus, inspectorof constabulary .Jamaica; b. 2 Oct. 1853. (2) Charles Edward, b. 16 Sept. 1865. (3) Albert Annesley, b. 9 June. 1864. (4) Gertrude Violet, m. 26 April, 1877, to her cousin, Horace Augustus Helyar, 3rd sec. at the British legation Madrid. [2] Augustus, d. s. p. 1845. [3] George, major late 7th fusiliers; d. s. p. 20 Aug. 1875, aged 47. [4] Lucy Sarah Anne, d. 24 April, 1864, having m. 24 Aug. 1834, to Rev. Alfred Csesar Eisshop, rector of Bram- dean, Hants, and had 8 sons and 3 daus. /2/ Charles, of Hamish, Wilts.; b. 1799; d. 16 Dec, 1863. having m. 11 Dec. 1822, Rebecca, dau. of Sir James Chatterton, 1st Baronet (ej-t.); she d. 22 June, 1858, leaving issue. /3/ Anne, d. 1822, having m. 1814, to Capt. Aruliibald Murray Douglas. /4/ Mary, d. s. p. having m. 25 Mar. 1815, to George Haw- kins, Esq. (Bart.) (3) Thomas, of luvem&ss and of Cantia ; b. 2 April, 1710: d. Jan. 1771. having m. 20 Sept. 1740, Katherine, dau. of Robert Dunbar, of Graugehill, co. Moray, and had with other issue a son, John, of Clapham; b. 19 Aug. 1743; d. 1820, having m. 27 May, 1782, Mary Wisdom, dau. and heir of George Bedward, of Jamaica, and had with other issue 2 sons, ,'1/ James, b. 2 June, 1788; d. 23 April, 1831, aged 43, having m. 5 July, 1817, Isabella, dau. of David Lyon, Esq. of London and Jamaica ; she d. 26 Dec. 1876, having (re-m. 8 Oct. 1836, to Adm. Sir Charles Howe Fremantle, G.c.B. — B. Cottes- LOE) had an only son, John Kellerman Wedderburn, b. 13 Feb. 1818; m. 23 Feb. 1843, Chariotte, dau. of Gen. Sir Thomas Mac- Mahon, Bart, and lias 2 daus. [1] Enuly Frederica, m. 2 July, 1863, to Carey John Knyvett. Esq. and had a dau. b. 8 Feb. 1870. [2] Isabella Lottie, d. 6 Dec. 1881, having m. 30 April, 1874, to Henry Blackburue Hamilton, major 6th dragoon guanls (carabiniers). /2/ John, of The Prospect, Jamaica ; b. 8 Jan. 1798 ; d. 2 April, 1839, having m. 30 April, 1823, Lady Helen Ogilvj-, youngest dau. of Walter, 7th Earl of Airlie ; she d. 27 April, 1868, having had 3 sous and a dau. [1] John Walter. lieut.-coL late capt. 42nd highlandei-s, (••the black watch'), A.D.C. to late f.m. Sir John Forster FitzGerald, G.C.B. (Bart.), major royal Perth mil.; b. 20 July, 1824 ; m. 27 April, 1854, Margaret Anne, dau. of Thomas Whaite, Esq. Ueut. late 94th regt. and has 2 sons and a dau. John Walter Maurice, b. 17 Mar. 1855.— Charles David St. Clair, b. 7 Feb. 1864.— Helen Margaret Ogilvv. [2] James Alexander, Madras C.s. ; b. 1 -^ug. 1825 : d. 19 May, 1854, having m. 28 Mar. 1848, Marion, dau. of late Sir James Cosmo Melvill, K.C.B. and has (surviving) a son and dau. (1) Alexander Dundas Ogilw, bar.-at-law i.t. 1880; b. 7 Aug. 1854. (2) Marion Hester, m. 25 May, 1881, to Stephen Blyth Moore, capt. R. Scots. [3] David Ogilvy, b. 18 July, 1826 : killed in India 2 Sept 1853. [4] Helen Georgiana, m. 4 July, 1871, to Andrew Webster s.s.c. of Rutherford, Peebles ; he d. 21 Sept. 1876. SIR JOHN, 5th Baronet, sei-ved as a volunteer at the battle of CuUoden. was taken prisoner, attainted and executed at Kenningtou Common 28 Nov. 1746, and liis estates forfeited; m. 1724, Jean, dau. of John FuUerton, of Fullerton, Perth.- she d. about 1766, having had with other issue 2 sous, (1) John, of whom hereafter.