John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie
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John Clerk of Middlebie
(1790-1856) was a Scottish advocate
. He bought the Glenlair estate in the parish of Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire, and built its estate house.
He was the brother of Sir George Clerk of Penicuik, brother-in-law of James Wedderburn, and father of the mathematical physicist James Clerk-Maxwell.
Middlebie
Middlebie is a hamlet and parish in Dumfries & Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is approximately east of Ecclefechan, and north-east of Annan, on the banks of the Middlebie Burn....
(1790-1856) was a Scottish advocate
Advocate
An advocate is a term for a professional lawyer used in several different legal systems. These include Scotland, South Africa, India, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man...
. He bought the Glenlair estate in the parish of Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire, and built its estate house.
He was the brother of Sir George Clerk of Penicuik, brother-in-law of James Wedderburn, and father of the mathematical physicist James Clerk-Maxwell.