Doctor Robert Baikie of Tankerness

DOCTOR ROBERT BAIKIE OF TANKERNESS

Doctor Robert Baikie of Tankerness is the son of Robert Baikie of Tankerness and his wife Mary Balfour. Burke's Landed Gentry, p. 63 He was born on 30 October 1799 and his baptism was registered on 16 November 1799, at Kirkwall in Orkney, Scotland. [Orkney Family History Society: Citing Kirkwall Baptisms, 1783-1819, reference OPR.21/3]

Death

Doctor Robert Baikie of Tankerness died on 5 August 1889, at 55 Melville Street in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. He was 89 years of age. [National Records of Scotland, Statutory Register of Death for 1889, registration district number 685/1 (Edinburgh St. George), entry number 707] Image of his Death Registration A death notice was published in the September 1889 edition of the Orkney and Shetland American

Memorial Inscription

(Set into inside wall of the kirk.) In memory of Robert Baikie M.D., H.E.I.C.S. of Tankerness who died 5th August 1890 aged 89 and of Helen Elizabeth Davidson his wife who died 5th January 1886 aged 72. [Orkney Family History Society: Monumental Inscriptions ar Egilsay, inscription number 0/76] Rousay Roots: Egilsay Kirkyard

Genealogical Account

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 63