Brief account of the Irvine family, County Fermanagh
(7) Dedication
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TO MY ELDEST SON,
GERRARD IRVINE,
My dear Gerrard.
You were on the 27th 'May, 1828, ten
years old ; and I now sit down to Write for your
future information, when you succeed me in
the Rockfield Estate, if God spares you to
do so, a correct and interesting account of our
ancestors, as handed down in the family, and
taken from various authentic sources, including
a very old Manuscript now lying before me,
which gives a short account of the family
written by Doctor Christopher Irvine, of
Edinburgh, Physician General and Historio-
grapher of Scotland, about the year 1680, and
sent by him to his brother, Sir Gerrard
Irvine, Bart., of Castle Irvine.
The Castle Irvine Estate, as is usual in the
GERRARD IRVINE,
My dear Gerrard.
You were on the 27th 'May, 1828, ten
years old ; and I now sit down to Write for your
future information, when you succeed me in
the Rockfield Estate, if God spares you to
do so, a correct and interesting account of our
ancestors, as handed down in the family, and
taken from various authentic sources, including
a very old Manuscript now lying before me,
which gives a short account of the family
written by Doctor Christopher Irvine, of
Edinburgh, Physician General and Historio-
grapher of Scotland, about the year 1680, and
sent by him to his brother, Sir Gerrard
Irvine, Bart., of Castle Irvine.
The Castle Irvine Estate, as is usual in the
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| Description | With a genealogical table. |
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| Shelfmark | S.120.i |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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