Sir Robert (of Clerkington) Houston, KCB

1780 - 1862  (81 years)

• Name	Robert (of Clerkington) Houston
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	KCB
  Birth	2 Dec 1780
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Apr 1862	Torquay, Devon, England
  Person ID	I81391	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Andrew (of Jordanhill) Houston,   b. 28 Feb 1748   d. 2 Oct 1800 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Margaret Wallace,   b. Abt 1748   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1799
  Family ID	F29782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Folliot,   b. Bef 1799   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1799
  Children	1. Col. Alexander (of Clerkington) Houstoun,   b. 26 Dec 1806   d. 9 Oct 1874 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F79564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Inherited Belmont estate in Grenada and claimed in a Chancery case for three other estates in Grenada as surviving trustee and executor of his father Andrew Houston (q.v.). Described in the compensation records as 'of Clerkington in Co of Haddington' and 'a Colonel in the service of the East India Company' [Legacies of British Slave-ownership]