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James Ferrier

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: January 18, 1829 (85)
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of John Ferrier of Kirkland and Grizel Ferrier
Husband of Helen Ferrier and Helen (Coutts) Ferrier
Father of Jane Ferrier; Susan Edmonton Ferrier; John Ferrier; Archibald Campbell Ferrier; Susan Edmonstone Ferrier and 1 other
Brother of Otho Ferrier; Major General Islay Ferrier, of Belsyd; Joan Ferrier; Tomina Ferrier; Major Wiliam Ferrier Hamilton and 7 others

Occupation: Writer to the "Signet", Writer to the Signet. Principal Clerk of the Court of Session.
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About James Ferrier

Biographical Summary

"Ferrier, James — Apprentice to Archibald Campbell of Succoth. — Third son of John Ferrier of Kirkland, Renfrewshire, and his wife Grizel, daughter and heiress of Sir William Sandilands Hamilton, Bart., of Westport and Belsyde, Linlithgowshire. Born 1744. Died 18th January 1829. Mar. February 1767, Helen, daughter of Robert Coutts, Montrose. Principal Clerk of Session, 25th May 1802 to 22d June 1826. Father of Susan Edmonstone Farrier, novelist."

SOURCE: The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; 1890; page 68


Biographical Summary

Ferrier, James — Apprentice to Archibald Campbell of Succoth. — Third son of John Ferrier of Kirkland, Renfrewshire, and his wife Grizel, daughter and heiress of Sir William Sandilands Hamilton, Bart., of Westport and Belsyde, Linlithgowshire. Born 1744. Died 18th January 1829. 3Iar. February 1767, Helen, daughter of Robert Coutts, Montrose. Principal Clerk of Session, 25th May 1802 to 22d June 1826. Father of Susan Edmonstone Farrier, novelist.

SOURCE: The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; 1890; page 68

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James Ferrier's Timeline

1744
January 4, 1744
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1767
1767
1771
October 25, 1771
1773
August 15, 1773
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1782
September 7, 1782
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
September 7, 1782
1784
March 24, 1784
1829
January 18, 1829
Age 85
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom