List of Famous people with last name Wedderburn

John Wedderburn

First Name John
Last Name Wedderburn
Born on February 21, 1729
Died on June 13, 1803 (aged 74)

Sir John Wedderburn of Ballindean, 6th Baronet of Blackness (1729–1803) was a Scottish landowner who made a fortune in slave sugar in the West Indies. Born into a family of impoverished Perthshire gentry, his father Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness, was executed for treason following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, and the young Wedderburn was forced to flee to the West Indies, where he eventually became the largest landowner in Jamaica, making his money in slave sugar. In 1769 he returned to Scotland with a slave, one Joseph Knight, who was inspired by Somersett's Case, a judgement in London determining that slavery did not exist under English law. Wedderburn was sued by Knight in a freedom suit, and lost his case, establishing the principle that Scots law would not uphold the institution of slavery either. Wedderburn ended his days as a wealthy country gentleman, having restored his family fortune and recovered the title Baronet of Blackness.

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Sir David Home, 3rd of Wedderburn

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Died on September 9, 1513
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Louisa Dorothea Wedderburn

First Name Louisa
Born on June 8, 1786
Died on July 16, 1836 (aged 50)
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Anne Wedderburn

First Name Anne
Last Name Wedderburn
Born on February 14, 1788
Died on March 17, 1867 (aged 79)
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James Wedderburn

First Name James
Last Name Wedderburn
Born on August 28, 1739
Died on December 14, 1807 (aged 68)
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Sir David Home, 5th of Wedderburn

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Robert Wedderburn

First Name Robert
Last Name Wedderburn
Born on January 1, 1708
Died on January 1, 1786 (aged 78)
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Harry George Wedderburn

First Name Harry
Last Name Wedderburn
Born on November 18, 1850
Died on July 5, 1933 (aged 82)
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Elizabeth Jane Wedderburn

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Wedderburn
Born on December 29, 1926
Died on April 30, 2014 (aged 87)
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John Wedderburn

First Name John
Last Name Wedderburn
Born on August 19, 1743
Died on January 1, 1820 (aged 76)
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