Bef 1676 - 1731 (~ 54 years)
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Name |
John (Laird of Barrowfield) Walkinshaw |
Prefix |
Lt Col |
Suffix |
JP |
Birth |
Bef 26 Aug 1676 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1731 |
Person ID |
I72175 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
29 Dec 2014 |
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Notes |
- Probably the most outstanding of the Glasgow Jacobites was John Walkinshaw of Barrowfield and Camlachie. His family was a branch of the Walkinshaws of that ilk in Renfrewshire, and there were in direct succession three John Walkinshaws, lairds of Barrowfield. Of these, the first was Dean of Guild in 1669 and 1672, and is commended by McUre for his benevolence in leaving ?100 to the poor of the Merchants' House. He was one of the owners of the privateer frigate George which served effectively in the Dutch war. When he married his third wife, Janet, daughter of William Anderson, merchant in Glasgow and laird of Kenniehill and of Easter Craigs, now Dennistoun, he undertook to invest a certain sum for behoof of "the aires and bairns" of the marriage. For this purpose in 1669 he purchased for 3500 merks the lands of Wester Camlachie, about 25 acres in extent, between his father-inlaw's property and his own. Janet Anderson, however, had no children, and both Camlachie and Barrowfield were inherited by Walkinshaw's son by his second wife, "Agnes Faulles." This second John Walkinshaw, who was one of the great "Sea Adventurers" mentioned by McUre, married a daughter of Principal Baillie of Glasgow University, and it was the eldest son of that union who was the noted Jacobite.
One of Mr. Walkinshaw's sisters was the mother of Lord Kames. Another was grandmother of Sir Hay Campbell of Garscube, Lord President.
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