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 284 HALKETT. 1797; d. 22 May, 1868, having m. 31 July, 1824, Uis coiisin Bar- bara, dau. of Right Hon. Sir John Taughan, justice of court of common pleas; she d. 24 June, 1869, having had 2 sons and a dau. (1) Sir Henry St. John, 3rd and present Baronet. (2) Jolin Frederick, vicar of Wistow and Kilby 1867; b. 16
 * May, 1830; m. 25 Nov. 1856, Ismena, 3rd dau. of J S

Andrewes, Esq. (3) Elizabeth Barbara, m. 1 Sept. 1846, to her cousin Albert Pell, of Willburton, Camb. si.p. S. Leicester since 1868, son of late Sir Albert Pell, d.C.l. [2] Louisa, d. 30 Sept. 1865, having m. 18 Oct. 1819, to Frederick, eldest son of Hon. John Coventry (E. Coventry); he d. 10 Aug. 1859. HALKETT, Sir Peter Arthur, of Pitfen-ane, CO. Fife, D.L. (1697, x.s.), late capt. 3rd light dragoons, served throughout the Crimean War, lieut.-col. com. Fife art. mil., late capt. Fife mounted E.V.; s. his father as 8th Baronet in 1847; b. 1 May. 1834; m. 6 May, 18.56, Eliza Anna, dau. of late Capt. Richard Kirwan Hill, 52nd regt. (Bart.), and has had a son and 5 daus. (1) Wedderbium Conwav, lieut. 79th highlanders, late Fife art. mil.; b. 1 Feb. 1857"; m. 31 Aug. 1881, Jessie Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Col. Lempriere, K.E. (2) Adelaide Frances. (3) Helen llargaret (4) Katherine Margaret, d. 22 July, 1867. (5) MadeUne. (6) Mabel. Abms — Sa. three piles conjoined in base arg. on a chief of the Becond a lion passant guardant gu. Ckest— A falcon's head erased ppr. Over it, " Fides sufficit." SUPPORTEES— Two falcons ppr. beUed and jessed or. Seat— Pitfirrane, Dunfermline. fLinrage. Sir PETER ■VEDDERBURN, of Gosford, co. Haddington, which he acquired from Sir Alexander Auchmutv, Knt. of Gosford, 3 Jan. 1658, 9 (brother of Sir Alexander, of "Black- ness, CO. Forfar, sons of James Wedderbiu-n, of Blackness, co. Forfar, and of Dundee, merchant, youngest son of Alexander Wedderbum, of Kingennie. co. Forfar, see that title), knighted by King Charles II. shortly after the Restoration, sole clerk of privy council, Scotland, keeper of the signet for life, with power to apix)int his own deputy or deputies, 28 Aug. 1660, and was a lord of session 17 June, 1668; d. 11 Xov. 1679, having m. Agnes, dau. of John Dickson, of Hartree, a judge of the court of session, and had 3 sons, /I/ John, of Gosford, p.c. before he was 20 years of age, engaged to furnish the King of Denmark mth a regiment of his own countrj-nien, consisting of twelve companies of 100 men each, &c.; shipwTecked off Calais 26 May, 1688; bur. at Aberlody. /2/ Sir Peter, created a Baronet 30 Dec. 1697. /3/ Alexander, a commissioner of excise for Scotland ; m. Mary, dau. of John Daes, of Coldingknows, co. Berwick, advocate, and had, with 2 daas. an only son, Peter, of Cliester Hall. Haddington, lord of session as Lord ^^ C'hesterhall 1755 ; d. 11 Aug. 1756, haWng m. Janet, dau. of David Ogilvy, capt. of dragoons. She d. June, 1771, having had 2 sons and a dau. (1) Alexander, p.c. sergeant-at-law and solicitor-gen. 1771, attorney-gen. 1778, lord chief justice common pleas 1780, M.P. Rothesay and Inverary, elected for Castle Rising, Norfolk, and Oakhampton, Devon, in 1774, and chose the latter, M.P. Bishops Castle, Salop. 1778, created BAROX Loughborough, of Loughborough, co. Leic. 14 June, 1780, first commissioner for keeping the gi-eat seal 1783, lord high chancellor of Great Britain 1793 180i, created by 2nd patent 31 Oct. 1795, BAROS Loughborough, of Loughborough, Surrey, and 21 April, 1801. Earl of Rosslyn. co. Midlothian, both creations in default of male issue, with remainder severally and suc- cessively, tp his nephews Sir James St. Clair Erskine, Bart, and John Erskine. He b. 13 Feb. 1733 ; d. s. p. 3 Jan. 1805, having m. 1st— 31 Dec. 1767. Betty Ann, dau. of John Dawson, of Morley, Yorks. ; she d. 15 Feb. 1781, s. p. He m. 2ndly— 12 Sept. 1782, Charlotte, dau. of William, 1st Viscount Courtenay (E. Devox). (2) David, brigadier-gen. E.I.C.S. killed at the retaking of Barrock, in India, 1773. (3) Janet, d. June, 1767, having m. 1761, to Lieui.-G€n. Sir Henry Erskine, of Alva, 5th Baronet, M.P. He (i. 9 Aug. 1765, leaving issue. (E. ROSSLYN.) SIR PETER At:ddeRBURX, of Gosford, capt. of grena- diers, was a member of the parliaments of Scotland from theTRevolution till the Union 1705; 8, was created a BAROXET OF Nova Scotia 30 Dec 1697,"heredibus masculis de ejus cor- pore." He m. Dame Jane Halket, heiress of Pitferrane, the eldest dau. of Sir Charles Halket, Bart, of Pitfenane (ext.), and agreeable to the entail of that barony assumed the name of HALKETT, and d. 20 Mar. 1746, aged 86, having had with other issue 2 sons, [1] Sir Peter, 2nd Baronet. M.P. Stirling burghs 1734/41, col. in the aniiy ; killed near the river Monongahela by the Indians 9 July, 1755, having m. Lady Emilia Stuart, dau. of Francis, Earl of Moray; slie d. 18 May. 1781, having had with other issue a son, — Sir Peter, 3rd Baronet, d. unm. 1792. [2] Charles, of Gosford, d. 1755, having m. his cousin Mary, dau. of Sir Henrj' Wardlaw, Bart, (ext.), of Pitreavie, by Eliza- beth, 2nd dau. of Sir Charles Halkett, of Pitferrane aforesaid, and had with other issue a son, z. SIR JOHN WEDDERBURN, of Gosford, 4tll Baronet (on the death of his 1st cousin. Sir Peter Halkett, in 1792). and assimied the surname of Halkett, and became Sir John Halkett, of Pitferrane, capt. in the armv at the taking of the island of Guadaloxipe 1758 ; b. 6 Aug. l"720; d. 7 Aug. 1793, having m. 1st— Feb. 1758, EUzabeth, dau. of Andrew Fletcher, of Saltoun, Lord Milton of Session 1724, keeper of His Majesty's signet in Scotland ; she d. 18 Dec. 1758, leaving a dau. [1] Elizabeth, d. 6 Feb. 1850, aged 91, having m. to the Marquis Lallv ToUendal, in the peerage of France ; he d. 1830. SIR"J0HN m. 2ndly— Mary, dau. of Hon. John Hamilton (E. Haddixgtox) ; she d. 3 Dec. 1803, having had. with other issue 5 sons, [2] Sir Charles, 5th Baronet, capt. of Dunfermline troop of R. Fifeshire yeo. cav. D.L.; d. s. p. 26 Jan. 1837. [3] Sir Peter, s. as 6tll Baronet. [4] Henry, capt. E.I.C.S.; d. unm. 1818. [5] John, governor of the Bahamas and Tobago ; m. 1st, Anne, dau. of AVilliam Todd. Esq.; she d. s. p. He m. 2ndly — 6 July, 1815, Lady Katharine Douglas, dau. of Dunbar, 4th Earl of Sel- kirk; she d. 31 Mar. 1848, having had with other issue 2 sons, (1) John Thomas Douglas, major 4th light di-agoons; b. 14 April, 1818 ; fell in the Balaclava charge 1854, having m. 10 July, 1849, d'harlotte Mary, dau. of late Charles Heard Beague, of Hollam House, Somerset (she re-m. Aug. 1856, to Arthur George St. John Mildmay — Bart.), and had a dau. (1) Mary Katherine, m. 20 July, 1881, to Francis William Robertson, of Nether Scale Hall, co. Leic. and ChUeo^^e, Derbysh. (2) Dunbar Stewart, rector of Little Bookham, Surrey; b. 30 April, 1817 ; m. 13 April, 1847, Julia Elizabeth, dau. of William Sutherland Ross, of Tain, Ross-shire, Esq. ; she d. 23 April, 1849, leaving a dau. — Katherine Euphemia. [6] Sir Alexander, K.c.H. gen. in the army; b. d. 24 Aug. 1851, having m. G«orgiana, dau. of Sprowel, Esq. and had with 3 sons, a dau. Mary, who m. Aug. 1843, to Alexander Leith, of Glenkindie, Aberdeen, and has an only dau. and lieir — Georgiana. SIR PETER halkett", 6th Baronet, G.c.H. adm. of the blue, served at Camperdo^Ti, &c.; b. d. 7 Oct. 1839, aged 74, having m. 14 Oct. 1802, Elizabeth, dau. of William Todd, Esq. of London, aforesaid ; she d. 1814, having had a son and 2 daus. [1] Sir John, s. as 7th Baronet. [2] Jane Margaret, d. 3 May. 1857, ha%-ing m. to Capt. Richard Kinvan Hill, late 52nd regt. (Bart.) He d. ' [3] ilary Emily Elizabeth, m. 10 July, 1839, to Robert Henry Stuart Jackson, capt. 97th regt. (son. of Lieut.-Gen. Alexander Cosby Jackson), and has had 4 sons and 4 daus. (1) Halket Francis Jack.«ox, bt. major 63rd regt. late capt, h. p. late lieut. and adj. 67th regt. served in Aflfghan campaign 1877,80; b. 23 Oct. 1842; m. 1873, Maude Delamaine, dau. of late Major Harris, Madras army.