Account of the Clan-Iver

1 06 Account of the Clan-Iver.
A. The MoIVERS of Liverpool, Elder family.
This family derives its origin from Iver M'lver, believed to have been a
native of Uig, who settled at Dunoon, early in the last century, and
acquired a small property there. His son, John MTver, a merchant in
Greenock, much respected for his integrity and benevolence, died at the
age of 45, leaving three sons : 1, Iver ; 2, Peter ; 3, William.
Iver and Peter settled in Liverpool, and became prosperous merchants
and shipowners, having at one time almost a monopoly of the trade between
Liverpool and Glasgow. They were joined by their brother William, who
after the death of both without issue, became the head of the house. He
was a proprietor and freeholder, and patron of the Church and Parish of
Kilmacolm, in the County of Renfrew, in the early part of this century.
He married Anne Clark, by whom he had (besides a daughter married to
the Rev. Jones Parry, of Madrin Park, Co. Carnarvon, and who d. Oct.
1872), an only son :
The Rev. William M'lver, Rector of Lymm, Cheshire, 1845, who married
Mary Stuart Smith, and died 1863, leaving issue :
1. Iver, late Captain 14th Regiment, d. 1868.
2. Stuart-William, Captain, Madras Army, married 1867, B. Agnes,
daughter of J. Jennings, Esq. of Townhope, Co. Hereford, and has
issue a son and a daughter.
3. William, in Liverpool, m. 19 April, 1870, Eleanor-Charlotte, third
daughter of A. Thomson, Esq. of Liverpool.
4. Kenneth.
5. Colin.
6. John-Donald.
1. Flora-Zoe, married 1863, J. W. Fox, Esq of Girsby Manor, Co.
Lincoln, and Statham Lodge, Cheshire, late Captain 12th Lancers.
She d. without issue in Dec. 1868.
2. Margaret-Cunningham, married 1867, J. D. Dewhurst, Esq., second
son of G. C. Dewhurst, Esq. of Beechwood, Lymm, Cheshire, and
Aberuchill, Perthshire, and has issue a son and a daughter.
3. Annie-Graham.
4. Mary- Stuart, d. unmarried, 9 September, 1871.
5. Agnes.
B. The McIVERS of Liverpool, Younger family.
The progenitor of this family, now for five generations honourably
connected with the maritime enterprise of the country, was Charles
Maclver, apparently a nephew of Iver Mclver of Dunoon above-mentioned.
The son of a sea-captain, he was himself bred to the sea, and commanded
a ship out of the Clyde. He had seven or eight sons, of whom only
three grew up, who all followed him in the same profession. The eldest of
these, John, earned a very high reputation by his skill and gallantry in
command of the " Swallow," a ship of 14 guns, and other armed vessels,
in the Government Service. He died without issue, as also did a younger