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3rd April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 69 Queen Street, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Patrick Dalmahoy, of a daughter.
At Melrose, on the 31st ultimo, the wife of William N Brown Esq., MD., of a son.
At Middlebie, Shetland, on the 24th ultimo, the wife of Robert bell Esq., of Lunna, advocate, of a daughter.
At Whatcroft Hall, Cheshire, on the 27th ultimo, the wife of William Maxwell Esq., of Dalskairth, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St John’s Episcopal Chapel, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. B Addison, MA, Kelsick, second son of William Alexander Esq., Liverpool, to Deborah, only daughter of William Slee Esq., Stainton, near Penrith, Cumberland.
At Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo, Alexander Brown Esq., Bowling, to Jemima, daughter of the late Dr John Stuart of Luss.
At Leith, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. Smart, Mr William Dick, Grenville, Dorsetshire, to Sibilla, only daughter of the late Mr Alexander Brash, Leith.
At Peterhead, on the 30th ultimo, Charles Jopp Esq., civil-engineer, Edinburgh, to Janet, daughter of the late Robert Alexander Esq., HEICS.
At Blairgowrie, on the 31st ultimo, Mr John Gray, of the Perth Bank, Perth, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Mitchell, ironmonger.
At Woodland House, Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, the Rev. William Smith, minister of Lauder, to Anna Maxwell, daughter of James Black Esq.
At St George’s, Camberwell, Surrey, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Samuel Smith, George Barclay Esq., Sheriff-clerk Depute, Dunfermline, to Louisa Anne Giles, youngest daughter of the late William Giles Esq., Hounslow, Surrey.
DEATHS [01]
At 16 Dundas Street, on the 31st ultimo, Robert Rollo Esq., advocate.
At 2 Leopold Place, on the 2d instant, Mr Edward Mitchell, sen., engraver.
At 36 College Wynd, Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Catherine Chandler, aged 49 years.
At Tillicoultry, on the 29th ultimo, Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, third surviving son of the Rev. Archibald Browning.
At Rose Bank, Kincardine, Perthshire, on the 26th ultimo, Anna Liston, widow of the Rev. Dr. Meiklejohn, minister of Abercorn, and Professor of Church History in the University of Edinburgh.
At Blackness Road, Dundee, on the 27th ultimo, the Rev. John Lindsay Adamson, minister St David’s parish.
At the Manse, Auchtergaven, on the 27th ultimo, the Rev. Thomas Nelson, minister of the parish.
At Montague Street, London, on the 27th ultimo, Matilda, wife of John Trotter Esq., of Bush, and fifth daughter of the late Sir Francis Workman Macnaghter, Bart., Ireland.
At Londsale House, Fulham, on the 28th ultimo, Sir John Sheiley, Bart., in his 81st year.
[abbreviated] At Kettle, Fifeshire, on the 31st ultimo, the Rev. Daniel Gorrie, of the United Presbyterian Church there, in the 53d year of his age, and 31st of his ministry....
7th April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 129 George Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs David Maclagan, of a son.
At 15 Scotland Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs Purdie, of a daughter.
At 15 Windsor Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs Hugh Rose, of a son.
At 4 Dean Terrace, on the 5th instant, Mrs George Scott, of Penang, of a daughter.
At 31 Melville Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs EF Maitland, of a daughter.
At 5 Lothian Road, on the 6th instant, Mrs George Beattie, of a daughter.
At Ayton, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Walter carter, of a daughter, still-born.
At Houghead, on the 19th ultimo, Mrs Allan, of a daughter.
At Glasgow, on the 31st ultimo, the wife of the Rev. RS Oldham, MA., of a son.
At Pettinain, Lanarkshire, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Birrell, of a son.
At Westerton, Ochtertyre, on the 2d instant, Mrs Smith, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 32 Dublin Street, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. Hanna, Free St John’s, Mr Norman Spence, to Marion Lindsay Walker, only surviving daughter of the late Mr John Walker, japanner, Edinburgh.
At 36 Montrose Street, Glasgow, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. AB Selanders of Bathgate, Mr John Allardice, upholsterer, Edinburgh, to Agnes, daughter of Mr Robert Scianders, Glasgow.
At Hersham, on the 31st ultimo, RD Aldrich Esq., RN., Inspecting Commander of the Banff District, to Elizabeth Strutt, only daughter of the late William Jeakes Esq., of Horsham, Surrey.
DEATHS [01]
At 88 George Street, on the 6th instant, Susanna Louisa Macdonald, infant daughter of Dr Burt.
At 18 Duncan Street, on the 3d instant, Mr Thomas Knox, late of her Majesty’s Customs, London.
At 11 Comely Bank, on the 1st instant, Mrs Mary English, widow of the Rev. John Johnstone, minister of Crossmichael.
At 6 Smith’s Place, Leith Walk, on the 3d instant, Margaret Muir, wife of William Miller, timber-merchant.
At 5 Madeira Place, North Leith, on the 4th instant, aged 59, Christina Marshall, wife of Captain Archibald Ritchie, manager London and Edinburgh Shipping Company, Leith.
At 12 Blythswood Square, on the 5th instant, James Reddle Esq., advocate, first town=clerk of Glasgow.
At Heughead, on the 27th ultimo, Margaret Ferme, wife of Joseph Allan Esq.
At New Bolses, on the 23d ultimo, Agnes Isabella Mills, daughter of Thomas Mills Esq., late of Greenend, after a lingering illness, which she bore with Christian magnanimity and meekness up to the close of her existance.
At Whiterigg, Roxburghshire, on the 5th instant, Eliza Charles Fyfe, wife of George William Hay, Esq., of Whiterigg.
On the 3d ultimo, Elizabeth Keturah, widow of James Boresford Esq., and grand-daughter of the Hon. JO Bruce of Gartlet, county of Clackmannan.
On the 3d instant, after a short illness, aged 57, Thomas Haviland Burke Esq., great-nephew and nearest relative of the distinguished statesman and orator, Edmund Burke.
At Jersey, on the 19th ultimo, John Turnbull Esq., her Majesty’s Consul at Granville.
At Jelacg(?), Mauritius, on the 26th December last, Robert Frazer Robb, MD., a native of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Assistant-Surgeon, 5th Fusiliers.
10th April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 11 Alva Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs Hardie, of a daughter.
At 4 Sylvan Place, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Christie, of a son.
At 2 Dean Terrace, on the 7th instant, the wife to James Marr Esq., MD., of a daughter.
At 1 Trinity Crescent, Trinity, on the 6th instant, the lady of Lieutenant Richard Risk, RN., HMSV Tartarus, of a son.
At Cherry Bank, Newhaven, on the 8th instant, Mrs Finlay, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Edinburgh, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. RH Stevenson of St George’s, Sir William Liston Foulis, Bart., of Colinton, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late Robert Cadell Esq., of Ratho.
At 30 Clarence Street, Edinburgh, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. James T Haldane of Sauchie, Alloa, Mr David Grieve Stobie, writer. Haddington, to Catherine, daughter of Mr John Vert, merchant, Haddington.
At 2 St Cuthbert Street, Edinburgh, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. JL Aikman, of the UP Church, Mr Hugh McLean, draper, Dunoon, to Euphemia Robison, eldest daughter of Mr John Cockburn.
At 31 South Clerk Street, on the 8th instant, Andrew Richardson, to Mary Lucretia Rogers, youngest daughter of the late Philip Fay, of New York, and relict of the late Charles Rogers, of Philadelphia.
At Dumfries, on the 6th instant, George William Reoch Esq., agent, Leith, to Mary Caird, eldest daughter of the late John Bryden Esq., wine-merchant, Dumfries.
At St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, London, on the 5th instant, the Rev. Robert Wallace, minister of Dalrymple, Ayrshire, to Marion, daughter of John Tennant Esq., Glasgow.
At Edgbaston Church, on the 7th instant by the Rev. Isaac Spooner, Richard Redman Esq., of Birmingham, third son of George Clavering Rodman Esq., of Limehouse, London, to Mary Murray, fifth daughter of Moffat Peters Esq., of Edinburgh, late of the Excise.
At Boston, United States, on the 16th ultimo, James Lawrence Esq., eldest son of the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, Minister at this court, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the historian, WH Prescott Esq.
DEATHS [01]
At the Government House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 22d ultimo, his Excellency Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province.
At 3 London Street, on the 7th instant, Robert Spittal, MD., FRCP.
At 39 Heriot Row, on the 3d instant, Miss Rachel Jane Aytoun, eldest daughter of the late Major-General Roger Aytoun of Inchdairnie.
At 50 Broughton Street, on the 7th instant, Mr Alexander Robertson, much regretted. The deceased was one of the founders and for thirty-five years a visitor of the Edinburgh Benevolent and Strangers’ Friend Society.
At 18 Leopold Place, on the 6th instant, Miss Fraser.
At 29 Calton Hill, on the 6th instant, Margaret Steell, wife of Mr John Mackenzie, accountant.
Near London, on the 6th instant, George Bairnsfather, Assistant-Surgeon HEICS. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Drowned, i attempting to cross the Wimmera River, Melbourne, on the 5th August last, George Lawson Leckie, son of the late Rev. Thomas Leckie, Peebles. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At sea, on the 30th January, on board the Lord Ellenborough, on his way from Calcutta, Patrick Stewart Esq., fifth son of the late Rev. Dr. Alexander Stewart of the Canongate Church, Edinburgh.
14th April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 110 Princes’ Street, on the 12th instant, the Lady Anne Home Drummond, of a son.
At Blackett Place, Newington, on the 13th instant, Mrs William grieve, of a daughter.
At East Morningside, on the 10th instant, Mrs Alexander M Bell, of a son.
At Allison’s Place, Leith Walk, on the 10th instant, Mrs Baillie, of a son, still-born.
At Crichness, East Lothian, on the 8th instant, Mrs Caverhill, of a son.
At Dundas Street, Kingston, Glasgow, on the 8th instant, Mrs William Johnstone, of a son.
At Pietermaritzburgh, Port Natal, on the 28th January, Mrs JB Cole, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 86(?) George Street, Edinburgh, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. James Fairbairn, Newhaven, the Rev. Peter Ferguson, Free Church, Inch, Wigtonshire, to Margaret, daughter of the late William Douglas, writer, Stranraer.
At Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, Robert Macnab Esq., of Curnong, Port Philip, to Grace, eldest daughter of Gilbert L Finlay Esq., writer to the Signet.
At Comely Bank, Selkirk, on the 13th instant, William Brydone Esq., Paymaster and Purser RN., to Margaret, second daughter of Henry Brown Esq., manufacturer, Selkirk.
At St George-the-Martyr, Bloomsbury, London, on the 7th instant, William Baumann Esq., of Glasgow, to Ann Louisa, eldest daughter of C Turk Esq., of Queen Square, Bloomsbury.
At the British Consulate, Egypt, on the 15th ultimo, Robert Air Esq., of Berwick-on-Tweed, to Sarah Justice, fourth daughter of the late Thomas Musgrove Esq., of Liverpool.
DEATHS [01]
At Barrington Park, Burford, on the 9th instant, the Right Hon. Lord Dynevor, aged 86 years.
At his brother’s house, 5 Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, Mr Hugh Moncrieff, aged 28 years.
At 26 Buccleuch Place, on the 9th instant, Jane Robertson, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Ross, Edinburgh.
At 16 Rankeillor Street, on the 12th instant, John, infant son of Mr John Weir.
At Biggar, on the 5th instant, Mary Linton, wife of George Kella(?), surgeon.
At Highfield, Dirleton, East Lothian, on the 9th instant, Miss Jean Howden.
At Aberlady, East Lothian, on the 11th instant, Mr George Hay, late of Haddington.
At Milton Cottage, Glencorse, on the 6th instant, Mr John Smith.
At Glencarradale, Kintyre, on the 4th instant, Catharine Cook, wife of Mr Gilbert MacCallum.
At 147 George Street, Aberdeen, on the 29th ultimo, Catherine, wife of Thomas Ewen esq., advocate and youngest daughter of the late Mr Alexander Soutter, Methill, county of Fife.
At Collin, on the 3d instant, Elizabeth, widow of the late James Douglas Esq., of Orchardton, aged 100.
At Kingston, Jamaica, on the 11th ultimo, Hugh Dick Esq., of Mount St George, eldest son of the late Alexander Dick Esq., accountant, Edinburgh.
Perished, in the wreck of HMS Birkenhead, in Simon’s Bay, on the 26th February, John Robertson, MD., Staff Assistant Surgeon, aged 28 years, younger son of the late John Robertson Esq., banker in Elgin.
17th April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 89 George Square, Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Mrs Dunn, of a daughter.
At 7 Elder Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs Robertson, of a daughter.
At Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, Mrs Douglas Baird of Closeburn, of twin daughters.
At 3 Alva Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs Shield, of a son.
At 24 Buccleuch Place, on the 11th instant, Mrs PB Junor, of a son.
At Tiptree Hall, near Kelvedon, Essex, on the 14th instant, the wife of Mr IJ Mechi, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Trinity Church, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. R Payne Smith, MA., Aeneas Macbean, jun., Esq., WS., to Marianne, second daughter of the late harry Gordon Esq., of Liverpool.
At St George’s Chapel, York Place, Edinburgh, on the 14th instant, Duncan Forbes Esq., late of China, to Sarah, second daughter of the late Sir John Forbes of Craigievar, Bart.
At 18 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Robert Nisbet of West St Giles’ Church, Mr David Alexander Walker, Agency Office, Edinburgh, to Alison, eldest daughter of Mr Robert Selater, die cutter.
At Albert Cottage, Lasswade, on the 13th instant, Archibald Ferguson Esq., typefounder, Edinburgh, to Ellen, elder daughter of the late Andrew Mallach Esq., Dunblane.
At Balwearie, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. William Reid, minister of Kettle, George Russell Esq., of Golfhill, Victoria, to Euphemia Leslie, daughter of Mr Robert Carstairs.
At Hawick, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. JA Wallace, JR Grahamsley, Esq., MD., Resident-Physician of the County and City Lunatic Asylum, Worcester, to Jemima, youngest daughter of the late David Laing Esq., manufacturer, Hawick.
At Jordon Vale, near Glasgow, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. John Macdowall, minister of Old Luce, Andrew Gibb, Esq., merchant, Stranraer, to Jessie, second daughter of R Kirkpatrick Esq.
At Ford Cottage, Greenock, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. James Smith, David Ramsay Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of George Blair Esq.
At Parkhall House, Stirlingshire, on the 14th instant, George Read Adam Esq., to Margaret Euphemia, daughter of the late E Lockhart Esq., WS., Edinburgh.
At Craigmore, Bute, on the 14th instant, Robert Bartholomew Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Susan Jane, daughter of the late William C Cunninghame Graham Esq., of Gartmore and Finlaystone.
At St Mary’s Church, Bryanston Square, London, on the 15th instant, William Scott Esq., late Captain Carabineers, to Solina, daughter of Alexander Erskine Esq., of Bryanston Square, and Balhall, Forfarshire.
At St Margaret’s, Westminster, on the 13th instant, Commander TG Drake, RN., son of the late Colonel Thomas Drake, to Ellen Mary Catherine, fourth daughter of the late Right Hon. JW Henley, MP.
DEATHS [01]
At Wilton Crescent, London, on the 13th instant, the Hon. Anne Dundas, youngest daughter of the late Viscount Melville.
At brechin castle, on the 13th instant, the Right Hon. Lord Panmure.
At 5 Atholl Place, Edinburgh, on the 15th ultimo, Isabella Colquhoun, wife of Major Andrew Fraser, HEICS.
At 5 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, on the 14th instant, George Reid Esq., surgeon.
At 9 Manor Place, on the 9th instant, Charles Lockhart Ramsay Esq., of Falla, Lanarkshire.
At 7 Inverleith Row, on the 13th instant, Miss Hastie.
At 168 Rose Street, on the 14th instant, Mr George Trotter, aged 80.
At 6 St John Street, on the 15th instant, in his 29th year, Robert Kidd, only son of Mr John Christie, merchant.
At 128 Nicolson Street, on the 12th instant, Mr Robert Inches, printer, aged 45 years, much regretted.
At 13 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr James Hay, printer.
At 25 Gifford Park, on the 10th instant, Robert Swan, aged 75.
At East Burn Bridge, Salkirk, on the 10th instant, Elizabeth Callander, relict of Robert Melville, timber-merchant, aged 85 years.
At 11 Queen’s Terrace, Glasgow, on the 11th instant, George, youngest son of the late Peter Forbes Esq., Belleville Lodge, Edinburgh.
At 4 Newton Place, Glasgow, on the 14th instant, William Graham, writer there.
At Stewarton, Ayrshire, on the 14th instant, William Muir, infant son of Mr Robert Mackie, manufacturer.
At the house of his son-in-law, Mr Sidey, veterinary-surgeon, Pitcairn Green, Perthshire, on the 9th instant, whilst in the possession of all his faculties, Mr John McNaughton, after six day’s illness, the first by which he was known to have been afflicted, aged 100.
At St Andrews, on the 8th instant, aged nine years, Agnes Lily, eldest daughter of John Foulis Esq., MD., Sydney, and grandchild of the late Sir James Foulis, Bart., of Colinton.
At Ventner, Isle of Wight, on the 9th instant, Eleanor Australia, only surviving child of General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bart, GCB, &c.
At Santa Cruz, West Indies, on the 19th February, Andrew Spier Esq., of Marshyland, &c., Beith.
21st April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 19 Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London, on the 12th instant, the Lady Macdonald, of a daughter.
At 6 Eaton Place West, London, on the 16th instant, Lady Elizabeth Russell, of a son.
At Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Lady Gibson Maitland, of a son.
At 9 Hailes Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs William Roughead jun., of a son.
At 46 Albany Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs Blackwell, of a son.
At 36 Laurieston Street, Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, Mrs Archibald Fairfowl, of a daughter.
At the Priory, St Andrews, on the 15th instant, Mrs Campbell of Glensaddell, of a son.
At Berryhill, on the 17th instant, the wife of A Walker Buist Esq., of a son, still-born.
At the Manse of Strathmigle, on the 18th instant, Mrs McIntyre, of a son.
At Edinchip, Perthshire, on the 15th instant, the lady of Thomas W Murray Allan Esq., of Havering, of a daughter.
At London, on the 16th instant, the wife of John Gordon Esq., of Charlton, prematurely, of a son, who died a few hours after.
At 36 Hyde Park Square, London, on the 14th instant, the wife of William Longman Esq., of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Richmond, Surrey, on the 17th instant, Lord Clarence Paget, son of the Marquis of Anglesey, to Martha Stuart, youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Robert Walter Otway, of Hyde Park Gardens, Bart., GCB.
At Barry’s Hotel, on the 14th instant, Captain Low, late Royal Artillery, second son of Alexander Low, late of Annfield, Fifeshire, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Major Logan of Edrom, Berwickshire.
At 4 Henderson Row, on the 15th instant, by the Rev Dr. Smart of Leith, Mr William Dickson, preacher United Presbyterian Church, to Marion, eldest daughter of Mr James Watson.
At Atholl Street, Perth, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Thomas Dymock, AM., John Galletly Esq., SSC., Edinburgh, to Ann Brown, and at the same time and place, Edwin H Grasby Esq., merchant, Perth, to Jessie – both daughters of Mr Matthew Gloag, wine-merchant, Perth.
At Muirburn, Peeblesshire, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Isaac Barret, minister of the Free Church, Skirling, Mr John masterton, Broughton Green, to Anna, third daughter of the late Mr James Watson, farmer, Muirburn.
At the Episcopal Church of St Andrews, Aberdeen, on the 15th instant, the Rev. H St John Howard, SCL, of Downing Collage, Cambridge, to Mary, fourth daughter of the late George Forbes of Blelack and Inverernan.
At Elgin, on the 15th instant, Alexander Cooper Esq., solicitor, to Ann Phebe, eldest daughter of William Jenkins, Esq., Maida Cottage, and grand-daughter of the late Major-General Robertson of Strowan.
At Down Church, on the 17th instant, by the Rev John Innes, Mr William Mackenzie, of Tain, to Caroline Mayrose Price, of Down Lodge, in the county of Kent.
At Union Chapel, Calcutta, on the 14th February, by the Rev. Dr. Boag, Captain John M Hamilton, HCS, to Jessie SC Hay, eldest daughter of GC Hay Esq., of Calcutta.
DEATHS [01]
At 106 Lauriston Place, on the 14th instant, Mr Alexander Morton, teller, Western Bank of Scotland.
At 15 New Street, on the 12th instant, George Ireland, builder, Old Physic Gardens. Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At 11 Drummond Street, on the 16th instant, Charlotte, relict of John Shiels, corn-agent, and only surviving daughter of Mr Charles Mackay, comedian.
At 16 Calton Street, on the 20th instant, Mr John Younger, late merchant, Berwick-on-Tweed.
At Primsore Bank, Trinity, on the18th instant, Mrs Mary Ogilvie, relict of the late Rev. Dr. Andrew Brown, Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh.
At Hyvot’s Bank, Liberton, on the 17th instant, William Torrance Esq.
At Loanhead, on the 18th instant, Mr Stephen Lawson, late merchant, Edinburgh. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At his house, Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, on the 13th instant, John Machray, late forrester to the Right Hon. Colonel Douglas, Penryn, North Wales.
At the Commercial Bank, Dunbar, on the 16th instant, Mary Simpson, wife of William Hamilton Ritchie Esq.
At Meikle Pinkerton, East Lothian, on the 14th instant, Robert Anderson Esq.
At Luffness Mains, on the 18th instant, aged 13 years, Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr James Skirving.
At Callander, on the 14th instant, Miss Isabella Robertson, youngest daughter of the late Dr James Robertson, formerly minister of that parish.
At Glasgow, on the 19th instant, of typhus fever, Alexander. Second son of the late Mr John Livingston, merchant, Edinburgh.
On the 15th instant, James Gordon Esq., of Craig. He held the office of Sheriff-Clerk of Aberdeenshire for nearly half a century, and was much respected.
At Falmouth, on the 14th instant, Mary Henrietta Paterson Banks, only child of the late Dr. WP Banks, RN., and grand-child of Mr Henry Banks, Duke Street.
At Kensington, on the 17th instant, Andrew Melville Esq., eldest son of the late Alexander Melville, MD., Dumfries.
At Gannonoque, Canada West, on the 13th ultimo, Mrs Agnes Fergusson, widow of the late James Scott Fergusson, fifth son of Adam Ferguson Esq., of Woodhill.
24th April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At Edinburgh, on the 21st instant, the wife of William Smythe Esq., of Methven, of a son.
At 4 Daruaway Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Campbell of Skerrington, of a daughter.
At 27 South Clerk Street, Newington, on the 22d last, Mrs John Henderson, of a son.
At Pinkie House, Musselburgh, on the 17th instant, Mrs John George Brown, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01],/b>
At St John’s Chapel, on the 21st instant, by the Very rev. Dean Ramsay, George Clayton Atkinson, of West Denton, Northumberland, Esq., to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late John Carr Esq., of St Petersburgh.
At Denfield, near Arbroath, on the 22d instant, George W Laird Esq., Montrose, to Isabella, youngest daughter of Robert Johnston Esq., of Denfield.
At 124 Douglas Street, Glasgow, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. William Arnot of Free StPeter’s, James C Waters Esq., to Mary Susan, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Shand Esq.
At 16 Apsley Place, Glasgow, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. WD Henderson of Laurieston Church, Mr William John Mathews, HM Customs, to Ann, daughter of the late Mr Alexander Wilson, Loanhead, Aberdeenshire.
At Ayr, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Robert Auld, DD., minister, the Rev. J Lockhart Robertson, minister of Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, to Elizabeth Mary, only daughter of the late Captain Hay, HM, 34th Foot.
At King Street, Perth, on the 13th instant, by the Rev RT Auld, the Rev. WF Burt of Ferry, Port-on-Craig, to Jane Lawrence, Cupar, Fife.
At Cecil Cottage, Camberwell, on the 13th instant, Mr Thomas Bethel, to Miss Catharine Burnet, only surviving daughter of the late Dr John Burnet, of Golden Square, London.
DEATHS [01]
At 8 London Street, on the 20th instant, Agnes Ann, eldest daughter of the late Rev. William Graham, minister of Fossoway and Tullibole.
At 5 Keir Street, on the 19th instant, Mr John Hamilton, aged 84. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 18 Comely Bank, Edinburgh, on the 23d instant, Isabella Elliot, daughter of Mr George Torrance, aged 15.
At 18 Duncan Street, Drummond Place, on the 21st instant, Christina Gourley, aged seven months, youngest daughter of Mr George Todd, Dirleton.
At 38 Ranleillor Street, on the 18th instant, Miss Ann Fraser, youngest daughter of the late Captain Fraser, 78th Regiment, and late Adjutant of the Edinburgh Militia.
At 7 Charles Street, Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, Miss Elizabeth Luke.
At Buccleuch Street, Hawick, on the 17th instant, Thomas Drummond, youngest son of George W Thomson Esq., MD.
At Elie, on the 20th instant, Mrs Margaret Susan Bell, wife of William Galloway Esq.
At Lanark, on the 18th instant, Mary Ann Brand, late of Edinburgh, aged 42.
At Overton, Lanarkshire, on the 20th instant, Sophia, wife of James Coutts Crawford Esq.
At Mauchline, on the 26th ultimo, Janet Armour, relict of Mr William Lees, Mauchline, and sister of the late Jean Armour, wife of the bard, Robert Burns. Mrs Lees was the last of that branch of the Armour family.
Suddenly, at the Free Church Manse of Dalyell, on the 16th instant, the Rev. James Clason, in the 69th year of his age and 44th of his ministry.
At the residence of her son-in-law, Mr Graham of Edgbaston, near Birmingham, on the 21st instant, Mrs Margaret Cruickshank, aged 92 years.
At Bath, on the 17th instant, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Campbell, late of the old 94th Regiment, or Scotch Brigade, in the 61st year of his age.
At Paris, on the 13th instant, Johanna Maria James (nee Perponcher), relict of Major James, late of the Scotch Greys, in her 68th year.
28th April 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 225 Canongate, on the 22d instant, Mrs Thomas Jeffrey, of a daughter.
At Cupar, on the 25th instant, Mrs WA Taylor, of a son.
At Colton, Dunfermline, on the 23d instant, the wife of Walter Brown Esq., WS., of Colton, of a son.
At Balgregie, Fifeshire, on the 19th instant, Mrs Robert Aytoun, of a daughter.
At Silverknowes, on the 23d instant, Mrs JH Mackenzie, of a daughter.
At Dublin, on the 18th instant, Mrs John Gallie, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St John’s Chapel, on the 21st instant, George Robert Mackenzie Esq., eldest son of the late Lieutenant Mackenzie, to Mary, only daughter of the late Rev. David Thomson, AM.
At 4 Hermitage Place, Edinburgh, on the 27th instant, by the Rev. John Robin of Burntisland, Robert Mure Esq., Bellevue Crescent, to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr James Mitchell.
At St George’s, Hanover Square, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. JC Haden, Charles Key Dods Esq., of Glasgow, fourth son of the late Colonel George Dods, of the First Royal Regiment, to Catherine, second daughter of the late Robert Knox, Esq., of Glasgow.
At St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Francis G Rawlins, Robert Vans Agnew Esq., of Barnbarroch, Wigtonshire, to Mary Elizabeth Hunter Blair, second daughter of Sir David Hunter Blair, Bart.
At St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Francis G Rawlins, John Hunter Blair Esq., third son of Sir David Hunter Blair, Bart., to Emily Williams, youngest daughter of the late Edward Grant, Esq.
DEATHS [01]
At Mansion House Road, Grange, on the 25th instant, George, only son of Mr Walter Mercer, lace-maker. Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 4 Inverleith Terrace, on the 24th instant, Miss Marion Nicol, aged 80. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At 116 George Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs Christian Ker, relict of Captain Ker, of the East India Company’s Service, and eldest surviving daughter of the late Colonel Moncrieff of Myers Castle.
At 21 Castle Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs Almond.
At the house of her son-in-law, 18 Great King Street, on the 25th instant, Alison Kinnaird, widow of Mr John Erskine, South Leith.
At 9 Montague Street, on the 24th instant, Annie, aged one year and nine months, only child of Mr James Millar, ironmonger.
At 10 Cassells Place, Leith Walk, on the 23d instant, Mr William Leslie, Inspector to the parochial Board of South Leith.
At 6 Bank Place, Ferry Road, North Leith, on the 25th instant, Mrs John Tod.
At Constitution Street, Leith, on the 26th instant, of typhus fever, William Finlayson, MD. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At Hermitage Hill, Leith, on the 24th instant, William Waddell Esq., in his 84th year.
At Jedburgh, on the 17th instant, Mr George White, draper, aged 41.
At the Bridge of Allan, on the 22d instant, John Babington Esq., late of the Hon. East India Company’s Civil Service.
At Arbroath, on the 21st instant, Charles Binny, MD, aged 56 years.
At Tonley, Aberdeenshire, on the 17th instant, Miss Byres, sister of Lieutenant-General Byers of Tonley.
At Harcus, on the 24th instant, Mrs Elizabeth Mackenzie, widow of Colin Mackenzie Esq., of Portmore.
At Morpeth, on the 18th instant, Ralph Robinson Esq., late of the Excise.
At Toulouse, on the 20th instant, George Stuart Esq., late High Sheriff of Penang, Malacca and Singapore, eldest son of the late Dr. Stuart, surgeon, 73d(?) Highlanders.
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