Patrick Heron (1736–1803)
Patrick Heron of Kirroughtree (c. 1736 – 9 June 1803) was a Scottish banker and politician. From 1794 to 1803 he was a Whig Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright Stewartry.
He was the grandson [1] of Patrick Heron of Kirroughtrie,[2] who had been MP for the Stewartry from 1727 to 1741.[3] His mother Margaret was the daughter of John Mackie of Palgoun. He was educated at the University of Glasgow.[2]
He married Jean Home, in 1761, daughter of Henry Home, Lord Kames, but the couple were divorced in 1772.[citation needed] In 1775, he married Lady Elizabeth Cochrane, daughter of Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald,[2] and cousin to the diarist James Boswell.
He was a founder of a bank in
Heron was elected unopposed at a by-election in March 1795 as the MP for the Kirkcudbright Stewartry, filling the vacancy caused by the death of
The campaigns are recorded in three works by Robert Burns, now known as the Heron Ballads.[citation needed] Burns was himself a supporter of Heron:[citation needed]
An' there will be trusty Kerroughtree,
- Whose honour was ever his law,
If the virtues were pack'd in a parcel,
- His worth might be sample for a'.
Heron died on 9 June 1803, aged about 68. He was survived by only one child, a daughter Mary. She had married John Maxwell, who changed his name to Heron-Maxwell when they inherited Mary's father's estates.[3][5] The following year he succeeded to his father's baronetcy, becoming Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet.[6]
References
- ^ "Kirroughtree" by A.S. Morton in Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society Series III Vol XX, pp174-184
- ^ a b c d Thorne, R. G. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "HERON, Patrick (c.1735-1803), of Heron, Kirkcudbright". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ a b Watson, Paula (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "HERON, Patrick (c.1672-1761), of Heron, Kirroughtrie, Kirkcudbright". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 3)
- ^ Henry, D. G. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "HERON MAXWELL, Sir John Shaw Stewart, 4th Bt. (1772–1830), of Springkell, Dumfries". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "H" (part 3)
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