. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . 55. Ralph, second Baron Dunfermline, married, Septemberthe 18th, 1838, Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Gil-bert, second Earl of Minto, and Mary Brydone his died April the 10th, 1874. The barony became ex-tinct in 1868. They left only one child, Mary CatherineElizabeth, who married, October the 27th, 1876, Lieu-tenant-Colonel John Mowbray Trotter, late Bengal StaffCorps, son of Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn, Mid-Lothian,and now of Colinton House, Colinton. The modern house of Colinton, at present inhabited by
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . 55. Ralph, second Baron Dunfermline, married, Septemberthe 18th, 1838, Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Gil-bert, second Earl of Minto, and Mary Brydone his died April the 10th, 1874. The barony became ex-tinct in 1868. They left only one child, Mary CatherineElizabeth, who married, October the 27th, 1876, Lieu-tenant-Colonel John Mowbray Trotter, late Bengal StaffCorps, son of Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn, Mid-Lothian,and now of Colinton House, Colinton. The modern house of Colinton, at present inhabited byColonel Trotter, stands on a beautiful eminence overhang-ing the village of Colinton, and was built by the first SirWilliam Forbes, who unfortunately died just as it nearedcompletion in 1806. It then became the residence of LordDunfermline, who was some years Speaker in the Houseof Commons. He was son of the famous General SirRalph Abercrombie. An amusing tale is attached to thebeechen avenue that leads to the village. Thither one pleasant Sabbath morning before church-. By Hayter, The Second Countess of Minto,and her Children. DR ROBERTSONS DESCENDANTS. 497 time had sauntered Lord Dunfermline in his smoking-capand dressing-gown, and prone on the path before him laya tipsy Edinburgh tailor, clad in orthodox black, whoraised himself from the gutter upon his elbow, and re-proachfully addressed the statesman: Do ye no thinkshame, desecratin the Sawbath wi sic claes ? x He was succeeded by his son, also Lord Dunfermline,Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of the Netherlands,who was father to the Hon. Mrs Trotter. Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot, daughter of Gilbert,second Earl of Minto, and Mary Brydone, married theRight Hon. Lord John Russell, first Earl Russell, andthird son of John, sixth Duke of Bedford. He was bornon the 19th of August 1792. Lady Frances was hissecond wife; he married her in July 1841; they had threesons: 1, John, Viscount Amberley, who married Louisa,dau
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