Jean Nisbet
- Bef 17151. Jean Nisbet died before 1715. Jean married Sir Walter (3rd Bt of Maxwelton) Laurie on 29 Apr 1708. Walter (son of Sir Robert (1st Bart of Maxwelton) Laurie and Jean Riddell) was born on 3 May 1684; died on 23 Nov 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. (4th Bt of Maxwelton) Laurie
was born about 1710; died on 28 Apr 1779. - 3. Agnes Laurie was born about 1710; and died.
- 2. (4th Bt of Maxwelton) Laurie
Generation: 2
2. (4th Bt of Maxwelton) Laurie (1.Jean1) was born about 1710; died on 28 Apr 1779. Notes:
He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Dumfries Burghs between 1738 and 1741
Family/Spouse: Christian Erskine. Christian (daughter of Charles (of Alva, Lord Tinwald) Erskine and Grizel Grierson) was born on 20 Dec 1715; died on 21 Aug 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Grizzel Laurie and died.
- 5. Christian Laurie and died.
- 6. General Sir Robert Laurie (5th Bt.) Laurie was born before 1763; died on 10 Sep 1804.
- 4. Grizzel Laurie
3. Agnes Laurie (1.Jean1) was born about 1710; and died.
Generation: 3
4. Grizzel Laurie (2.(4th2, 1.Jean1) and died. 5. Christian Laurie (2.(4th2, 1.Jean1) and died. 6. General Sir Robert Laurie (5th Bt.) Laurie (2.(4th2, 1.Jean1) was born before 1763; died on 10 Sep 1804. Notes:
He wasf Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Dumfries Burghs between 1774 and 1804.2 He served in the 16th Light Dragoons. He held the office of Knight Marshal of Scotland between 1785 and 1804.
Robert married Elizabeth Maria Ruthven on 18 Jul 1763 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of James 5th Lord (of Freeland) Ruthven and Anne (of Bute) Stuart) was born before 1763; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Anne Wortley Montague Laurie was born on 25 Apr 1764; died on 29 Mar 1848 in Regent's Park, London.
- 8. Admiral Sir Robert Laurie (6th Bt.) Laurie was born on 25 May 1764; died on 7 Jan 1848 in Maxwelton House, Maxwelton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
- 7. Anne Wortley Montague Laurie
Generation: 4
7. Anne Wortley Montague Laurie (6.Robert3, 2.(4th2, 1.Jean1) was born on 25 Apr 1764; died on 29 Mar 1848 in Regent's Park, London. Notes:
Died:
Died aged 77Anne married John Minet Fector on 18 Feb 1794. John (son of Peter Fector) was born about 1765; died in 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. John Minet (later Laurie) Fector was born in 1812; died on 24 Feb 1868 in St. George's Place, Hyde Park, London.
- 9. John Minet (later Laurie) Fector
8. Admiral Sir Robert Laurie (6th Bt.) Laurie (6.Robert3, 2.(4th2, 1.Jean1) was born on 25 May 1764; died on 7 Jan 1848 in Maxwelton House, Maxwelton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Notes:
Admiral Sir Robert Laurie, 6th Bt. gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Navy, in the H.M.S. Queen. He fought in the Glorious First of June on 1 June 1794, where he distinguished himself. He fought in the action with the Ville de Milan in 1805. He gained the rank of Admiral in 1821. He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 13 September 1831.
He was unmarried, and on his death his baronetcy became extiinct.
Through his sister, Mrs. Fector, who married into a Hugenot family living in the south of England, the line was continued. The Reverend Sir Emilius Bayley, Bt., who succeeded to the estate, but not the baronetcy, in 1887, assumed the name Laurie by Royal licence. Major-General Sir John Laurie Bt. CBE. DSO. Late Seaforth Highlanders, succeeded in 1936, and he and Lady Laurie lived there until 1966.