JAMES CLERK, esq. became of "Craighall Rattray," and assumed the surname of RATTRAY. This gentleman distinguished himself at the Scottish bar, and was constituted a baron of the Exchequer. He m. in January, 1791, Jane, daughter of Admiral Duff, of Fetteresso, and dying in 1831, left, with one daughter, Jane, a son and successor, the present ROBERT CLERK-RATTRAY, esq. of Craighall Rattray.

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A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland: enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but uninvested with heritable honours

By John Burke

Published by Colburn, 1836

Item notes: v. 3

Original from Oxford University

Digitized 14 Mar 2007

p.188

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Hon. James Clerk-Rattray, of Craighall-Rattray 24th Laird. 1763-1831. Assumed name and Arms of Rattray under terms of Bishop Rattrays will. Sherif Depute of Edinburgh, Baron of Exchequer from 1809.

x Jane d/o Adam Robert Duff of Logie and Fereresso.

• David Kennedy Clerk-Rattray 1792-1807. Midshipman. Drowned
• Jane Clerk-Rattray 1794-1872
• Robert Clerk-Rattray of Craighall-Rattray 1795-1851.25th Laird. Married to Christina d/o James Richardson of Pitfour Dawn Stapylton-Adkins. James Rattray & His Descendants in South Africa 1822-1992, self-published, Cape Town, 1992

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Robert Clerk-Rattray In Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

• Gender: Male
• Birth: Dec 20 1795 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Christening: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1795 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Father: James Clerk-Rattray
• Mother: Jane Duff