| 词条 | Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet |
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Sir John Clerk of Pennycuik, 5th Baronet FRSE (1736-1798) was a Royal Navy officer. Active in the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, he thereby became a founder fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh upon its formation in 1783. LifeHe was born in Midlothian the son of Sir George Clerk Maxwell (1715–84) and his wife, Dorothea. John became a baronet upon the death of his father in 1784.[1] He became Director of the Highland Society in 1785.[2] He died on 24 February 1798 and is buried with his wife, Rosemary Dacre Appleby in Penicuik churchyard. They had no children and the baronetcy passed to his nephew George. Artistic RecognitionA famous portrait of Sir John and Lady Clerk, by Sir Henry Raeburn, is held by the National Gallery of Ireland.[3] References1. ^https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf {{s-start}}{{s-reg|sct-bt}}{{s-bef|before=Sir George Clerk-Maxwell}}{{s-ttl|title=Baronet, of Pennycuik |years=1784–1798}}{{s-aft|after=Sir George Clerk}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clerk, John 5th Baronet}}{{Scotland-bio-stub}}{{UK-navy-bio-stub}}{{baronet-stub}}2. ^{{cite book |last1 = Waterston |first1 = Charles D |last2 = Macmillan Shearer |first2 = A |title = Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index |url = http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp1.pdf |accessdate = 29 September 2010 |volume = I |date = July 2006 |publisher = The Royal Society of Edinburgh |location = Edinburgh |isbn = 978-0-902198-84-5 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061004113545/http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp1.pdf |archivedate = 4 October 2006 |df = dmy-all}} 3. ^http://www.nationalgallery.ie/en/aboutus/Gallery_150/The_Past/Bequests/Beit_Collection/Raeburn.aspx 8 : 1736 births|1798 deaths|Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh|Founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|18th-century Scottish people|Royal Navy officers|People from Midlothian|Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia |
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