Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet

Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet
Portrait of Sir John and Lady Clerk of Penicuik by Henry Raeburn
Born1736 Edit this on Wikidata
Midlothian Edit this on Wikidata
Died24 February 1798 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 61–62)
Resting placePenicuik,St Kentigern's Church & Clerk Mausoleum Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Rosemary Appleby Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
FamilyJames Clerk Edit this on Wikidata

Sir John Clerk of Pennycuik, 5th Baronet FRSE (1736–1798) was a Royal Navy officer. Active in the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, he thereby became a founder fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh upon its formation in 1783.

Life

He was born in Midlothian the son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell (1715–84) and his wife, Dorothea. John became a baronet upon the death of his father in 1784.[1]

He became Director of the Highland Society in 1785.[2]

He died on 24 February 1798 and is buried with his wife, Rosemary Dacre Appleby in Penicuik churchyard. They had no children and the baronetcy passed to his nephew George.

Artistic recognition

A famous portrait of Sir John and Lady Clerk, by Sir Henry Raeburn, is held by the National Gallery of Ireland.[3]

References

  1. ^ C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ^ Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF). Vol. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Portrait of Sir John and Lady Clerk of Penicuik (NGI.4530)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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