1. | Lt.-Col. Henry Walter Trefusis was born on 8 Dec 1864 (son of Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis (later Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis), 20th Baron Clinton and Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes); died on 2 Jun 1948. Notes: The Hon. Henry-Walter is a Captain in the Scots Guards, and has lately been appointed aide-de-camp to General Gascoigne, Commander of the Forces in Hong Kong. |
2. | Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis (later Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis), 20th Baron Clinton was born on 2 Mar 1834 in Roma, Lazio, Italy; died on 29 Mar 1904 in Cairo, Egypt; was buried on 4 May 1904 in Heaton Satchville, Devon, England. Notes: Charles Henry Rolle Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton ( 2 March 1834 - 29 March 1904 ), was a British Conservative politician. Charles married Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes on 29 Jul 1858 in Fasque, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Harriet (daughter of Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, of Pitsligo, 8th Baronet and Harriet Louise Anne Kerr) was born on 17 May 1835; died on 4 Jul 1869 in Heanton-Satchville, North Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes was born on 17 May 1835 (daughter of Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, of Pitsligo, 8th Baronet and Harriet Louise Anne Kerr); died on 4 Jul 1869 in Heanton-Satchville, North Devon, England. Notes: The only child and daughter, Harriet-Williamina, married, in July, 1858, her cousin, Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis, now twentieth Baron Clinton. At her father's death, then Lady Clinton, she was duly served heiress by the Sheriff of Chancery, under the deed of entail made in 1811 by Baron Sir John Stuart, and, in accordance therewith, she entered into possession. Shortly afterwards her cousin, now Sir William Forbes, Bart., in New Zealand, as the eldest son of Charles Hay Forbes, deceased, raised in the Court of Session an action in which he sought to have Lady Clinton's title set aside, on the ground that, under the destination of the entail, he was entitled to succeed to the estates in preference to her ladyship. The Court of Session, and afterwards the House of Lords, decided that the title of Lady Clinton, under the deed of entail, was unchallengeable. This amiable lady, who had endeared herself to the people of Fettercairn, died at the family mansion of Heanton-Satchville, North Devon, in July, 1869, leaving a family of two sons, Charles-John-Robert and Henry-Walter; and three daughters, Ada-Harriet, Mary-Elizabeth and Margaret-Adela. The Hon. Charles-Forbes-Trefusis attained his majority in January, 1884, and has since taken an active part in county and local affairs. The Hon. Henry-Walter is a Captain in the Scots Guards, and has lately been appointed aide-de-camp to General Gascoigne, Commander of the Forces in Hong Kong. The Hon. Margaret-Adela, in 1897, married the Rev. Leonard White-Thomson, second son of Colonel White-Thomson of Broomford, County Devon. During the years of Mr Trefusis's minority, his father, Lord Clinton, as administrator at law, ably and efficiently managed and improved the property. Mr Trefusis married, in 1886, Lady Jane-Grey McDonnell, fourth daughter of Mark fifth Earl of Antrim, and they have two daughters, Harriet and Fenella.
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6. | Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, of Pitsligo, 8th Baronet was born on 25 Sep 1804 (son of Sir William Forbes, of Pitsligo, 7th Baronet and Williamina Stuart [Stewart]); died on 27 May 1866 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Greyfriars Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland. Notes: 1 - Sir William Stuart Forbes died in 1828, and John, his eldest surviving son, succeeded to the estates and titles. On the death of his cousin, Alexander Hepburn-Murray Belsches of Invermay and Balmanno, he succeeded, in 1864, as heir of entail to these estates, and assumed the additional surname and arms of Hepburn. He had been educated for the bar, and that training served him in good stead throughout his career, in the conduct of affairs, as a public-spirited and philanthropic county gentleman. It may be truly said that upon him fell the mantle of his grandfather, and that, by those who knew him, his like may not again be seen. He spared neither time, trouble, nor expense in promoting the welfare of his fellow-creatures; and in many instances, known to the writer of these pages, he worked late and early, both in and out, regardless of bodily case and comfort, for the sake of doing good. He held a prominent place among agriculturists, and in their councils he was regarded as an authority. He was long an active and leading member of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, a patron and promoter of the Fettercairn Farmers' Club, taking, in connection with these bodies, a deep and humane interest in the state of the agricultural labourer, and making praiseworthy efforts to elevate his condition. As an enlightened and advanced educationist he had few equals. The schools on his extensive estates, and the parochial schools with which he had to do as an heritor, were the objects of his constant care; with a hand ever open to supply their wants, and with wise counsels ever ready to guide the teachers. In 1857 the evening entertainments known as Penny Readings, and which for a time became so common all over the country, were begun by him in Fettercairn, as the first of the kind in Scotland. In 1856, along with the Marquis of Tweedale, he founded the Scottish Meteorological Society; and continued to use his influence and lend his aid for the promotion of its objects. As a deputy-lieutenant and the convener of Kincardineshire, he took a leading part in the business of the county. In 1834 he married Lady Harriet Kerr, third daughter of William sixth Marquis of Lothian, who survived him. She died at London in 1884, truly and sincerely regretted by all, and specially by the people of Fettercairn, who had so long experienced her kindly acts of benevolence and charity. John married Harriet Louise Anne Kerr on 13 Jun 1834. Harriet was born on 19 Oct 1808; died on 24 Apr 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Harriet Louise Anne Kerr was born on 19 Oct 1808; died on 24 Apr 1884. Notes: Lady Harriet Kerr, third daughter of William sixth Marquis of Lothian, who survived her husband. She died at London in 1884, truly and sincerely regretted by all, and specially by the people of Fettercairn, who had so long experienced her kindy acts of benevolence and charity.
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12. | Sir William Forbes, of Pitsligo, 7th Baronet was born on 21 Dec 1773; died on 24 Oct 1828. Notes: William, the seventh baronet, had, by his wife Williamina Stewart, four sons: William, the eldest, who predeceased his father ; John, the eighth baronet; Charles, who became a partner in, and manager of the bank; and James-David, a highly-distinguished son of science, who became Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Edinburgh University, and afterwards Principal of the United College of St. Salvator and St. Leonard of St. Andrews. William married Williamina Stuart [Stewart] in 1797. Williamina (daughter of Sir John Belsches-Wishart, only son and Jane Leslie, eldest daughter) was born in Oct 1776; died on 5 Dec 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Williamina Stuart [Stewart] was born in Oct 1776 (daughter of Sir John Belsches-Wishart, only son and Jane Leslie, eldest daughter); died on 5 Dec 1810. Notes: 1 - The issue of her parents marriage was an only child, a daughter Williamina, born in October, 1776. Her hand was sought by men of rank, and notably Sir Walter Scott, who narrates, in the introduction of the Antiquary, the intended journey by coach of a young man - no other than himself - on a love expedition to the Mearns. In canto iv. of Rokeby, Miss Stuart, it is believed, stands in beauty and grace as the prototype of Matilda, and here a line or two of sect. 5 may be quoted : -
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