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SIR JOHN, SECOND BARONET OF BALINDEAN. 299
On the death of his half brother, Sir David, without issue him surviving, in ] 858, Sir Part m.
John succeeded him as second baronet of Balindean, but died four years later, 2 July 1862, cnap - vnl -
at 4, Chichester Terrace, Brighton, whither he had gone from a visit to a friend, Mr.
George Ashburner of Tilgate, co. Kent {Gent. Mag., vol. xiii., p. 236) He was buried at
Tibberton, co. Gloucester, in which parish lies the property known as Meredith, which his
wife had inherited from a maternal uncle of that name, and where Sir John and his family
had long been in the habit of spending the spring. His will was proved at Somerset
House, London, 2 April 1863 (L.W. 31). 1
He had married at S. Thomas' Church. Bombay, 7 Sept. 1822 (Bl. 93), Henrietta
Louisa Milburn, daughter and only surviving child of William Milburn of the East India
Company's Service in Bombay, 2 and bj' her, who was born 17 Dec. 1803 and died, set. 77, at
7, Ovington Gardens, London, S.W., 7 April 1881, and is buried at Tibberton, co. Gloucester, 3
had issue four sons and five daughters. The sons were
1. John Wedderburn [1825-57]. - 1 Born in Bombay 9 May 1825, and there baptized
(Bl. 93; J.W. 30; Bombay Bapt., India Off., vii., 144). Educated at Loretto
School, the Edinburgh Academy, and at Haileybury, from which he entered the
Bengal Civil Service.
He married 29 Jan. 1856, at S. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Edinburgh,
Alice Bell, daughter of the late Dandisson Coates Bell of the Bombay Medical
Board {Gent. Mag., vol. 45, p. 417), and by her had issue a son, John James
Wedderburn, born at Edinburgh, 15 Nov. 1856, died 1857. Both parents and
child were killed in the Indian mutiny, 29 May 1857, and were buried at Hissar
with the other victims {Gent. Mag., N.S. vol. 3, p. 565).
The following account of her eldest brother is from the pen of his sister,
Louisa (Mr>. Percival) : —
" Mr. John Wedderburn, one of the early victims of the Indian Mutiny,
entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1844, and while serving in Behar was one of
those selected for an appointment in the Punjaub when first annexed under the
Lawrences in 1849. There he received the thanks of Government for his services
in organizing and settling a newly acquired district near Mooltan, and while subse-
quently filling the important position of Deputy Commissioner of Lahore, his exertions
in constructing roads and other public improvements were again acknowledged.
Mr. Wedderburn came home on furlough after ten years' service, and returned
to India in the spring of 1857, accompanied by his j r oung wife and infant son; and
was immediately appointed Magistrate and Collector of Hissar in the North West
Provinces, which station he had joined only a few weeks when the mutiny at
Meerut and Delhi broke out.
The isolated situation of Hissar now rendered the position of Mr. and Mrs.
AVedderburn one of extreme danger, and he at once realised to its full extent the
peril to the British Empire in India, and to every individual European in it, but
resolved to act with the determination of a man and the faith of a Christain. He
exerted himself with the utmost energy in the adoption of measures for the
security of his district ; removed the Government treasure with his own family
into the fort under the protection of the Hurrianah infantry, assumed the
responsibility of raising a regiment of irregular horse, and procured 1 00 troopers
from the Dadree chief, who gave repeated assurances of fidelity, thus endeavouring
to secure one faithful body of troops, but all proved traitors. His exertions
you, to be silent upon such an occasion. Accept this our sincere and heartfelt thanks for your
valuable co-operation, and may every happiness attend you in your native land. We are, your
sincere friends, etc., etc.
To John Wedderburn, Esq., etc., etc."
1 There is a marble bust of him by Behraes and a water colour drawing of him by Macleay at Meredith.
2 Mr. Milburn was the author of a work entitled Oriental Commerce. A letter from him to his daughter in
1819 is among the Blackness Papers (Bl. 84).
3 Her will was proved at Somerset House, London, 17 Oct. 1881, by her eldest son and sole executor
(L.W. 43). For her marriage, see certificate in Sir William Wedderburn's possession and Bombay
marriages (at the India Office), vi., 157. Her father was born in 1775, and died in 1822, having
married in 1798 Henrietta Meredith (b. 1770, d. 1846). Some letters to her from her father and
her husband's mother, 1823-27, are among the Blackness Papers (Bl. 84-85, 89-90). There are a
crayon drawing and two miniatures of her at Meredith.
1 There is at Meredith a small water colour drawing of him and his three elder sisters as children, and also
a water colour drawing of him as a young man by Macleay.
On the death of his half brother, Sir David, without issue him surviving, in ] 858, Sir Part m.
John succeeded him as second baronet of Balindean, but died four years later, 2 July 1862, cnap - vnl -
at 4, Chichester Terrace, Brighton, whither he had gone from a visit to a friend, Mr.
George Ashburner of Tilgate, co. Kent {Gent. Mag., vol. xiii., p. 236) He was buried at
Tibberton, co. Gloucester, in which parish lies the property known as Meredith, which his
wife had inherited from a maternal uncle of that name, and where Sir John and his family
had long been in the habit of spending the spring. His will was proved at Somerset
House, London, 2 April 1863 (L.W. 31). 1
He had married at S. Thomas' Church. Bombay, 7 Sept. 1822 (Bl. 93), Henrietta
Louisa Milburn, daughter and only surviving child of William Milburn of the East India
Company's Service in Bombay, 2 and bj' her, who was born 17 Dec. 1803 and died, set. 77, at
7, Ovington Gardens, London, S.W., 7 April 1881, and is buried at Tibberton, co. Gloucester, 3
had issue four sons and five daughters. The sons were
1. John Wedderburn [1825-57]. - 1 Born in Bombay 9 May 1825, and there baptized
(Bl. 93; J.W. 30; Bombay Bapt., India Off., vii., 144). Educated at Loretto
School, the Edinburgh Academy, and at Haileybury, from which he entered the
Bengal Civil Service.
He married 29 Jan. 1856, at S. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Edinburgh,
Alice Bell, daughter of the late Dandisson Coates Bell of the Bombay Medical
Board {Gent. Mag., vol. 45, p. 417), and by her had issue a son, John James
Wedderburn, born at Edinburgh, 15 Nov. 1856, died 1857. Both parents and
child were killed in the Indian mutiny, 29 May 1857, and were buried at Hissar
with the other victims {Gent. Mag., N.S. vol. 3, p. 565).
The following account of her eldest brother is from the pen of his sister,
Louisa (Mr>. Percival) : —
" Mr. John Wedderburn, one of the early victims of the Indian Mutiny,
entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1844, and while serving in Behar was one of
those selected for an appointment in the Punjaub when first annexed under the
Lawrences in 1849. There he received the thanks of Government for his services
in organizing and settling a newly acquired district near Mooltan, and while subse-
quently filling the important position of Deputy Commissioner of Lahore, his exertions
in constructing roads and other public improvements were again acknowledged.
Mr. Wedderburn came home on furlough after ten years' service, and returned
to India in the spring of 1857, accompanied by his j r oung wife and infant son; and
was immediately appointed Magistrate and Collector of Hissar in the North West
Provinces, which station he had joined only a few weeks when the mutiny at
Meerut and Delhi broke out.
The isolated situation of Hissar now rendered the position of Mr. and Mrs.
AVedderburn one of extreme danger, and he at once realised to its full extent the
peril to the British Empire in India, and to every individual European in it, but
resolved to act with the determination of a man and the faith of a Christain. He
exerted himself with the utmost energy in the adoption of measures for the
security of his district ; removed the Government treasure with his own family
into the fort under the protection of the Hurrianah infantry, assumed the
responsibility of raising a regiment of irregular horse, and procured 1 00 troopers
from the Dadree chief, who gave repeated assurances of fidelity, thus endeavouring
to secure one faithful body of troops, but all proved traitors. His exertions
you, to be silent upon such an occasion. Accept this our sincere and heartfelt thanks for your
valuable co-operation, and may every happiness attend you in your native land. We are, your
sincere friends, etc., etc.
To John Wedderburn, Esq., etc., etc."
1 There is a marble bust of him by Behraes and a water colour drawing of him by Macleay at Meredith.
2 Mr. Milburn was the author of a work entitled Oriental Commerce. A letter from him to his daughter in
1819 is among the Blackness Papers (Bl. 84).
3 Her will was proved at Somerset House, London, 17 Oct. 1881, by her eldest son and sole executor
(L.W. 43). For her marriage, see certificate in Sir William Wedderburn's possession and Bombay
marriages (at the India Office), vi., 157. Her father was born in 1775, and died in 1822, having
married in 1798 Henrietta Meredith (b. 1770, d. 1846). Some letters to her from her father and
her husband's mother, 1823-27, are among the Blackness Papers (Bl. 84-85, 89-90). There are a
crayon drawing and two miniatures of her at Meredith.
1 There is at Meredith a small water colour drawing of him and his three elder sisters as children, and also
a water colour drawing of him as a young man by Macleay.
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