Arthur Balfour of Ferny (-February 1746)


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Father:1
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John Balfour of Ferny (-8 September 1725), lieutenant-colonel in the army
Mother:2Barbara Ross (-)
Spouses and relationship events
Married:3around 1736Dorothy Sandfoord (-)
Marriage-contract dated 21 February 1736.
Married:4before 31 July 1740Janet Paterson (-)
Post-nuptial contract 31 July 1740.
Children
Children with :
Sandfoord Balfour (-1769)5
John Balfour (-1795)6
Francis Balfour (-7 May 1818), doctor of medicine7
Elizabeth Balfour (-)8
Barbara Balfour (-)9
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Died:10February 1746
Personal Info
He got from the King, on 19 July 1720, a grant of the lands of Ferny for the use and behoof of himself and his brothers and sisters, and afterwards in 1738, with their consent, a grant to himself alone.11
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1 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume I: (: David Douglas, 1904), Balfour of Burleigh, p. 544-46, III John Balfour.
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