The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . Dormer Window, Coates House. the original structure and belonging to a time when Byres wasbeginning to take a prominent part in municipal initials M. B. are those of his first wife, Margaret Barclay,a daughter of the well-known family of Barclay of Tolly, orTowie Barclay, in Aberdeenshire, one of the scions of which,the descendant of a Riga merchant, was that famous Marshal,Prince Barclay de Tolly, who turned back Napoleon in hisRussian campaign. She had three daughters, two of whommarried merchant burgess
The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . Dormer Window, Coates House. the original structure and belonging to a time when Byres wasbeginning to take a prominent part in municipal initials M. B. are those of his first wife, Margaret Barclay,a daughter of the well-known family of Barclay of Tolly, orTowie Barclay, in Aberdeenshire, one of the scions of which,the descendant of a Riga merchant, was that famous Marshal,Prince Barclay de Tolly, who turned back Napoleon in hisRussian campaign. She had three daughters, two of whommarried merchant burgesses in Edinburgh, while the third, 136 SCULPTURED STONES Rachel, became the wife of Thomas Sydserff, successivelyBishop of Brechin, Galloway, and Orkney, and an activefigure in the ecclesiastical strife of the period. She died in1616, so that she could only have been for a year or two themistress of the new house on which the letters of her name -r»^--^ Inscription over Door in Coates House. In 1617-18, John Byres married Agnes, daughter ofRobert Smyth, merchant burgess, and sister to Sir JohnSmyth of Groithill and Kings Cramond, Member of ParHa-ment, and Lord Provost of Edinburgh. She afterwardsmarried the Rev. James Reid, minister of the West is the A. S. who along with his children set up thetomb in the Greyfriars. By John Byres she had a familyof six sons, most of them men who became closely asso-ciated with the business and social life of the city. One ofthem, Robert, an advocate, married a daughter of LordProvost David Aikenhead; another, James, became a mer-chant in Aberdeen, and is the ancestor of the family of THE WEST-END AND DALRY GROUPS 137 Moir-Byres of Tonley, who now represent in the race of Byres of Coates. The oldest son, Sir John Byres, succeeded to the estate on his fathers death. He graduated at Edinburgh University in 1635, became a devoted Royalist, fought in the civil wars, and was knighted fo
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