| 词条 | James Clerk-Rattray |
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The Hon James Clerk-Rattray FRSE FSAScot (1763–1831) was an 18th/19th century Scottish landowner and lawyer who rose to be Baron of the Exchequer.[1] LifeHe was born John Clerk on 3 December 1763 in the South Side of Edinburgh on 3 December 1763 the son of Dr David Clerk (1724-1768)[2] and his wife, Helen Duff, of Craigston near Aberdeen.[3] His mother was sister to Admiral Robert Duff. His father was a physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary nearby. The Clerk family were long-standing landowners in the south of Edinburgh and give their name to Clerk Street. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh then studied Law at Edinburgh University. He passed the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1785. In 1793 he became Sheriff Depute of Edinburghshire. In 1809 he became Baron of the Exchequer.[4] When he inherited the estate of Craighall Rattray he changed the family name to Clerk-Rattray and became the 24th Laird of Rattray.[5] In 1817 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Miller, Lord Glenlee, Thomas Charles Hope, and James Russell.[4] His Edinburgh residence in late life was 105 Princes Street, facing onto Edinburgh Castle.[6] He died on 29 August 1831. FamilyIn 1791 he married his cousin, Jane (Jean) Duff (1765-1839) only daughter of Admiral Duff of Fetteresso.[7] Their children included Jane and Robert Clerk-Rattray.[3] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F62217|title=The Discovery Service|first=The National|last=Archives|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clerk-Rattray, James}}{{Scotland-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/donmac?lang=en&n=clerk&nz=mcarthur&ocz=0&p=david&pz=nicholas|title=Family tree of David Clerk|website=Geneanet}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/James-Clerk-Rattray-of-Craighall/6000000004163002770|title=James Clerk-Rattray of Craighall|website=geni_family_tree}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p55592.htm|title=Person Page|website=www.thepeerage.com}} 6. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1830 7. ^Burke's Landed Gentry: Clerk-Rattray 6 : 1763 births|1831 deaths|People from Edinburgh|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Members of the Faculty of Advocates|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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