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568 SIMPSON— SINCLAIR. (4) Louisa Edith, m. 29 Oct. 1872, to Richard Ward, bar.-et- law, and has a son and 2 daus. John Simeon WARD, b. 16 Mar. 1877.— PhiUis Mary.— Ruth Mary. (5) Mary Jane. (6) Cecilia Mary Assunta. SIR JOHN m. 2ndly— 2 Oct. 1861, Hon. Catherine Dorothea Colville, 2nd dau. of late Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Colville G.CB. and sister of the present Lord CoMUe, and had a dau. (7) Catherine Dorothea Mary. Walter Grindlay, of Liverpool; she d. 7 June, 1870, having had with other issue 3 sons and a dau. (1) Sir Walter Grindlay, 2nd and present Baronet. (2) William, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy; b. 15 June, 1850. (3) Alexander Magnus Retzius.M.B.; b. 11 May, 1862. (4) Evelyn Blantyre. SIMPSON, Sir Walter Grindlay, of Stratb- avon, CO. Linlithgow (1866, U.K.), advocate 1873; s. his father as 2nd Baronet in 1870 ; b. 1 Sept. 1843 ; m. 13 Jan. 1881, Anne Fitz- gerald, dau. of late Alex- ander Mackay, architect ; heir presumptive, his brother William. _A.RMS— Or, on a chief vert a gos- hawk between two crescents arg. Crest — A staff erect encircled by a serpent or. Motto (over the crest) — Victo dolore. SEAT— Strathavon, Linlithgow. TOWN House— 52, Queen Street, Edinburgh. Clubs— University (Edinburgh). Saville (London). itmeage. DAVID SIMPSON, of Glenmavis, near Edinburgh (4th son of Alexander Simpson and Isabella Grindlay); b. 12 June, 1760; d. 17 Jan. 1830, having m. 9 Jan. 1792, Mary, dau. of John Jarvey, of Balbardie Mains, near Bathgate ; she d. 5 April, 1820, ha-s-ing had 6 sons and a dau. /I/ Thomas, of Grangemouth, co. Stirling; b. 28 Dec. 1792; d. 29 July 1864, having m. 31 May, 1824,Margaret,dau. of Thomas Robertson, of West Calder, co. Edinburgh; she d. Dec. 1848, leaving issue (male line ext.) /2/ John, of Bathgate; b. 22 Dec. 1794; d. unm. 13 Feb. 1841. /3/ Alexander, of Bathgate; b. 7 Aug. 1797; d. 16 Jan. 1877. having m. 20 Nov. 1832, Janet, dau. of Alexander Russell, of Bathgate ; she d. 12 Feb. 1860, having had 4 sons and a dau. (1) David, of Bathgate, banker, m. 1867, Janet Turn- bull, and has a son and 3 ilaus. (2) Alexander; b. 30 April, 1835; m. 29 Oct. 1872, Margaret, dau. of George F. Barbour, Esq. of Bonskeid, Perths. and has 2 sons James Young, b. 3 Aug. 1873.— George Barbour, b. 21 Sept. 1874. (3) John, of Edinburgh, chemist; d. 22 Sept. 1876, leaving 3 sons and 2 daus. (4) Robert Russell, W.S.; b. 31 Dec. 1840; m. 26 Dec. 1877. Helen Dymock, eldest dau. of Samuel Raleigh, Esq. (5) Janet Finlay.m. 15 April, 1867, to Rev. James Wells, M.A. minister of PoUokshields F.C. and has 2 sons and 3 daus. Alexander Simpson WELLS, b. 3 Sept. 1875.— Robert Tait, b. 24 April, 1878.— Janet Russell.— Helen Tait. — Margaret Barbour. /4/ David, of Hamilton, colony of Victoria; b. 17 Aug. 1804 ; d. 26 Mar. 1866, having m. Helen, dau. of James Young, of Kirkliston, and had with other issue 2 sons, (1) David. (2) James Young (Rev.) /5/ Sir Jamea Young, created a Baronet. /6/ Mary, d. 8 Feb. 1861, having m. 20 Nov. 1832, to John Pearson, of Shadwell Park, and Portland, colony Victoria. SIR JAitES YOL^'G SIMPSON, M.D. one of H.M. physicians in Scotland, created a Baronet 3 Feb. 1866 ; b. 7 June, 1»11; d, 5 .May, 187U, having iii. 26 Dec. 1H39, Jessie, dau. of SINCLAIR, Sir Robert Charles, of Steven- son, CO. Haddington, d.l, and Murkle, co. Caithness (1636, N.s.), capt. late 38th regt. for- merly major East Lothian yeo. lieut.-col. Caithness and Sutherland vols. 1864/80, col. 1881; s.his father as 9th Baronet in 1863; b. 25 Aug. 1820; m. 1st— 1851, Charlotte Anne, dau. of Lieut. John Coote, late 71st regt.; she d. 7 July, 1874. He m. 2ndly — 5 Dec. 1876, Louisa, eldest dau. of Roderick Hugonin, of Kinmylies House, Inverness, formerly capt. 38th regt.; heir presumptive, Grjeme Alex- ander Lockhart, Esq. Arms— Quarterly, 1st, Az. a ship at anchor oars in saltire or, within the royal tressure of Scotland of the last, Orkney. 2nd and 3rd, Or, a Uon rampant gu. SPAR. 4th, Az. a ship under sail or, (CAITHNESS, and over all diWding the four quarters, a cross engrailed quarterly arg. and sa. Sinclair, in the centre of the cross a crescent arg. for difference. Crest — A griffin's head erased ppr. Supporters— Two griffins parted per fess or and gu. Motto — Candide sed caute. SEATS— Stevenson, Haddington, and Murkley, Caithness. Eineafle. MATTHEW SINCLAIR, of Longformacus, Berwickshire (descended from Gregory, son of Sir William Sinclair, of Rosslyn 1271— E. Caithness); m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Swinton, of Swinton, and had with other issue 2 sons, /I/ Robert, of Longformacus, grandfather of Sir Robert Sinclair, of Longformacus, an advocate of the court of session, created a Baronet of Nova Scotia 10 Dec. 1664, with remainder to his issue male. His descendant, Sir John, 6th Baronet, d. 7 Jan. 1798, having m. EUzabeth, dau. of Charles Allen, Esq. and is said to have been suc- ceeded by Sir John Sinclair, Bart, of whom no information can be obtained. /2/ George, d. aliout 1620, leaving a son, via.!—