Eleanora Shaw

Biography

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Eleanora Nicolson was born in Scotland.

Eleanora was the daughter of Thomas Nicolson[1] and Margaret Livingston.[2]

She married John Shaw of Greenock, 2nd Bt., son of Sir John Shaw of Greenock 1st Bt. and Jean Mure.[1] They had issue:

1. Sir John, his heir.[2]
2. a daughter, elder daughter, m. Sir John Houston of Houston.[2]
3. a daughter, younger daughter.[2]

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Sir John Houston, Baronet [S. 1668], of Houston, s. and h. ; was M.P. for Linlithgowshire (three Paris.), 1708-15 ; Commissary of Glasgow ; suc. to the Baronetcy in Dec. 1717. He m. Margaret, da. of Sir John Shaw, 2d Baronet [S. 1687], of Greenock, by Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Nicolson, 2d Baronet [S. 1637] of Carnock. He d. 11 Feb. 1722, " in the flower of his age," leaving his estate burdened with some 200,000 debt. His widow d. (a year before her son) 29 Jan. 1750."

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nicolson-121
  • 1. Crawfurd, George, "A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew: Including an Account of the Noble and Ancient Families ... To which is Added, a Genealogical History of the Royal House of Stewart, and of the Several Noble and Illustrious Families of that Name, from the Year 1034 to the Year 1710", Paisley: J.Neilson , 1818, Hathitrust, p. 414
  • 2. Burke, John and Burke, John Bernard, "A Visitation of Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland", London: Hurst and Blackett, 1855, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 55
  • The Peerage: Eleanor Nicolson link