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314 THE WEDDERBURN BOOK.
Part in. The daughters were,
Chap. vi. ^ Janet i sa b e u a Wedderburn, born in George Street, Edinburgh, 2 Oct. 1815
(Scots' Mag., 1815, p. 872), J and died of consumption, on her return from Madeira,
in 1852, at Silverknow, near Cramond, co. Midlothian. She was buried at Edin-
burgh. She married at Edinburgh, 10 April 1838, James Hay McKenzie, W.S. 3
(third son of Colin McKenzie of Portmore, co. Peebles), by whom she had issue
two sons and four daughters, viz., Colin, born 1841, died 1882 ; George, born 1851 ;
Isabella Elizabeth, born 1844, married General Kirkland, who died 1896; Louisa
Helen, born 1847; Anne Christina, born 1850, married E. M. Bannerman ; Jean
Charlotte, bom 1852.
2. Jean Wedderburn, born in Edinburgh, 7 Aug. 1818 (Gent. Mag. 1818, pt. ii.,
p. 177 ; Scots' Mag., 1818, p. 293) ; died at Killearn, co. Stirling, 8 May 1897 ;
and is buried there. She married at Edinburgh, 10 April 1835, Peter Blackburn
of Killearn 3 (eldest son of John Blackburn and Rebecca Gillies), then in the second
Life-guards, and later M.P. for Stirling and (1859) a lord of the treasury. He died
20 May 1870, leaving issue, eight sons and five daughters, viz : —
(1) John, b. 1842, living unm. 1898 ; (2) James, b. 1845, formerly in the Royal
Navy, and called to the bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1870, he d. unm. 1892 ; (3) Peter, b.
1847, a Colonel in the Royal Artillery, m. 1883 Charlotte, daughter of Alexander
Whitelaw, M.P., of Gartshore, living (1898) s.p. ; (4) Andrew Cathcart, b. 1851, d.
unm. 1887; (5) Colin George, b. 1853, d. unm. 1888; (6) Hugh, b. 1855, C.E.,
living unm. 1898; (7) Adam Gillies, b. 1858, Capt. 1st Battalion Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders, served with distinction in Egypt 1882, and died unm. 1891 ;
(8) Arthur Octavius, b. 1862, d. unm. 1889 ; and (1) Isabella ; (2) Rebecca Marion,
m. 1872, Capt. John Hope, R.N. (see ante, p. 308, n. 1) ; (3) Jean ; (4) Helen Agnes,
m. 1874, Norman George Lampson (who d. 1894) and has issue ; and (5) Mary.
3. Jemima Wedderburn, born at 31, Heriot Row, Edinburgh, 1 May 1823 Scots'
Mag. 1823, p. 774 ; Blackwood, p. 734). She married at Edinburgh, 12 June 1849
(Gent. Mag. 1849, p. 198), Hugh Blackburn, now of Roshven, Kinlochailort, co.
Inverness (formerly Professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow, and
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge), younger brother of Peter Blackburn of
Killearn (see above).
Mrs. Blackburn's name has long been well known as that of an artist,
especially distinguished for her representation and knowledge of animals, which
early attracted the attention both of Sir Edwin Landseer and of Mr. Ruskin, the
latter of whom wrote an article on her " Illustrations of Scripture," in 1855. 4 An
account of her work is given in English Female Artists, by E. C. Clayton (London,
Tinsleys, 1876, vol. ii., p. 394 seqq ). While ehe has sent but few works to
public exhibitions, she has produced several illustrated books, including The
White Cat, Fortunio, Illustrations of Scripture by an Animal Painter (afterwards
(1886) reproduced as Bible Beasts and Birds), Caw Caw, The Pipits, British Birds,
etc., etc. Her last work is Birds of Moidart (1895). 5 She has also designed
several stained-glass windows, e.g., one of the Nativity for Glasgow Cathedral, and
another for the Episcopal Chapel at Kinloch Moidart. Mrs. Blackburn has
had issue three sons and one daughter, viz : — William, born 1850, called to the
bar at the Inner Temple 1877, m. 1887 Vere Philippa Savile (daughter of the Rev.
the Hon. Arthur Savile) ; Hugh, born 1856, Major in the Buffs, retired 1897 ;
Alan, b, 1865 ; and Margaret.
Andrew Wedderburn [1821 — 1896], afterwards Wedderburn-Maxwell of
Middlebie and Glenlair, youngest but ultimately only surviving son and heir of James
Wedderburn and Isabella Clerk, was bom at 31, Heriot Row, Edinburgh, 16 Dec. 1821
1 This entry, however, wrongly describes her birth as that of " a son."
2 James Hay Mackenzie was born in 1810, and admitted a W.S. 1 March 1831. He married secondly,
4 March 1863, Selina Jane Norton, widow of Donald Hume Macleod, and died at Edinburgh 16 Feb.
1865. See the History of Writers to H.M. Signet, where it is stated that he was Keeper of the Reg.
of Inhibitions 1844-65 and Deputy-Keeper of the Great Se:d 1858-65.
3 The ring of 1580, described in the chapter on the family arms (post, part v.), is at Killearn.
* Reprinted in Ruskin's Arrows of the t'hace, ii., 250-53 (1880). Some letters from Ruskin and also one
from Thackeray to Mrs. Blackburn are given in E. C. Clayton's volume (wt. sup). Her paternal
ancestry, as attempted in this volume, is altogether wrong.
* She exhibited one picture in the R.A. of 1849, and has from time to time contributed to the R.S.A.