Helen married Alan Burns on 27 Nov 1901. Alan (son of John William Burns, JP, DL and Helen Sherer) was born on 28 Feb 1868 in JP, DL; died in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jean Douglas Burns was born on 15 Jun 1903; died in 1991.
2. Lt.-Col. John Alan Burns was born on 4 Oct 1905; died on 16 Sep 1987.
3. Lt.-Cdr. George Burns, RNVR was born on 1 Sep 1909; died on 1 Jul 1989.
4. Charles Hope Burns was born in 1912; died on 25 Oct 1958.

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of St Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright

Among the obituary notices in " The Times" (London) of. March 1st is one concerning the death of Capt. John Hope, R.N., of St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright. Capt. Hope was the eldest son of the late Hon. Charles and Lady Hope, of Government House, Castletown, and he spent his boyhood in the Isle of Man. So attached was he to the Island that he sent his only son, Charles Dunbar Hope (now a captain in the Royal Artillery), to King William's College for his education. During his stay at the College, Capt. C. B. Hope was a boarder in the late Mr H. S. Christopher's house. The late Capt. John Hope, after passing through the Britannia, served on H.M.S. Euryars with H.R.H.. the late Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria. Service on the China station caused his health to break down, and he retired early from the service, succeeding his mother in the large properties which she inherited from her brother, the Earl of Selkirk. The late Capt. Hope leaves one married and one unmarried daughter, and one son. The son, Capt. Charles D. Hope, served with distinction during the South African war, but retired upon marriage. Immediately the war now in progress broke out he rejoined the army, and is at present engaged in transport duty France. He also has one son. Many of the old inhabitants of Castletown district will doubtless recollect Lady Isabella Hope and her family with with affection. Lady Isabella's father, the Earl of Selkirk. founded the Red River Settlement in Canada, and spent vast sums of money upon it. At his death his widow, Lady Selkirk, returned from Canada to St. Mary's Isle, where she lives most quietly while her son, the last Earl of Selkirk, was being educated at Eton. The notorious Scottish-American privateersman, Paul Jones, landed in St. Mary's Isle and attempted to kidnap the infant Earl of Selkirk of his day, but failed, and only succeeded in carrying off the silver then on the breakfast table. Fears afterwards this stolen silver was discovered in the place where it had been hidden. It was intact in the sack in which Paul and his men had placed it for purposes of transport, and the tea leaves were still in the teapot. The whole of the Hope family have the deserved reputation of possessing stern sense of duty. and they are also noted for modesty, never making any display of their many good deeds.

John married Rebecca Marion Blackburn on 13 Aug 1872. Rebecca (daughter of Peter (of Killearn) Blackburn, MP and Jean Wedderburn) died on 20 Jun 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2nd daughter

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a Scottish Conservative Party politician.

Charles married Isabella Helen (of Selkirk) Douglas on 26 Oct 1841. Isabella (daughter of Thomas (5th Earl of Selkirk) Douglas and Jean Colvile) was born on 8 Jan 1811; died on 4 Jul 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Killearn, Stirlingshire
a British Conservative Party politician.

Peter + Jean Wedderburn. Jean (daughter of Rt Hon James Wedderburn and Isabella-Maxwell Clerk) was born about 1811; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He succeeded on the death of his half-brother, James

John + Louisa Dorothea Wedderburn. Louisa (daughter of John (of Ballindean, 6th Baronet of Blackness) Wedderburn and Margaret Ogilvie) died on 16 Jul 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Jean Colvile on 24 Nov 1807. Jean (daughter of James (of Ochiltree) Wedderburn Colvile) died on 10 Jun 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Son of Peter Blackburn [Anthony Cooke gives Hugh] merchant of Glasgow and Helen n?e Crosse. In turn, John Blackburn's son was also called Peter and was the MP for Stirling in 1855.

John Blackburn, son of Peter Blackburn and Helen Crosse, baptised in Glasgow, 14/04/1756. Married Rebecca Leslie Gillies, daughter of Rev. Colin Gillies, 11/03/1811 in Glasgow. She was born 17/04/1788 in Paisley. John's father Peter was the son of John Blackburn of Househill and Marion Cathcart and was born 24/11/1728 in Glasgow. Helen Cross was the daughter of John Cross and Agnes Crawford and was born 07/04/1728 in Glasgow.

Made his fortune in Jamaica, returned by 1810; subsequently a Glasgow merchant. Rebuilt Killearn 1811. Left ?107,109.

Gave evidence to House of Commons Committee on the Commercial State of the West Indies 22/04/1807. His evidence suggests he went to Jamaica 1772 and left in 1805.

Times in 1876 noted that Sir Colin Blackburn was created Baron Blackburn of Killearn, in the county of Stirling, Scotland, the second son of the late Mr John Blackburn of Killearn, who died in 1840. The ODNB entry for Sir Colin Blackburn identifies John Blackburn as 'a Jamaican proprietor'; the ODNB also has an entry for another son, Hugh Blackburn as 'mathematician and college administrator' which describes his father as a 'Glasgow sugar merchant' who 'made a fortune in Jamaica and returned to Glasgow in 1810', and characterises the Wedderburns (Hugh Blackburn later married the painter and illustrator Jemima Wedderburn) as 'one of Scotland's most distinguished families, and distantly related' to the Blackburns.

John married Rebecca Leslie Gillies on 11 Mar 1811 in Glasgow, Scotland. Rebecca (daughter of Rev Colin Gilles and Isabela McAlpine) was born on 17 Apr 1788 in Renfrew, Paisley, Scotland; died on 17 Apr 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or "Rebecca Louise?"
Elsewhere said to be daughter ofColen Gilles.

James married Isabella-Maxwell Clerk on 28 Oct 1813. Isabella-Maxwell (daughter of James Clerk-Maxwell and Janet Irving) died on 2 Nov 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]