Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness
Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness
Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness, was a Perthshire gentleman who joined the 1745 rebellion of Charles Edward Stuart. He was captured at the Battle of Culloden, taken to London, and convicted of treason. He was hanged, his estates were forfeit to the Crown, and his family was attainted. The Blackness in his title is Blackness House in Dundee rather than Blackness in Lothian just west of Edinburgh. His son John Wedderburn of Ballendean fled after his father's death to Jamaica, where he re-established the family's fortunes via slave sugar, and eventually regained his father's title.
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Date of Birth
August 4th, 1704
Age
320
Birth Place
United Kingdom
Date of Death
November 28th, 1746
Died Aged
42
Star Sign
Leo
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John Wedderburn
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Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness, 4th Bt.
Father
James Wedderburn
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Katharine Scott
Mother
Jean Fullarton
Wife
Margaret Wedderburn
Daughter
Agatha Wedderburn
Daughter
Alexander Wedderburn
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