2nd s. of John Blackburn, Esq. of Killearn, Stirlingshire. B. 1813; an M.A. of Cambridge. C. to the bar (Inner Temple) 1838; northern circuit. A judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench, 1859, when knighted (Doonholm, Ayr, N.B.)
10. BLACKBURN, Peter, Esq., M.P.
Eldest s. of J. Blackburn, Esq., of Killearn. Of an old Glasgow family, seated there since the 16th century. B. 1811; suc. his father 1840; m. 1838, the 2nd dau. of the Scotch Solicitor General Wedderburn. Formerly in the army (2nd Life Guards) 1830–37; M.P. for Stirlingshire since 1855; a conservative; a magistrate, and dep.-lieut. for Stirlingshire; a lord of the Treasury in 1859; a director of the Caledonian and Dumbarton Railway; chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Carlton, Killearn, near Glasgow).
11. KEATING, Hon. Sir Henry Singer,
3rd s. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. S. Keating, K.C.B. col. 33rd Foot. B. 1804; m. 1843, 3rd dau. of the late Maj. Gen. Evans, R.A. C. to the bar (Inner Templ) 1832; Oxford Circuit; Queen’s Counsel, 1849, when elected a Bencher of his Inn; M.P. for Reading, 1852–59; solicitor general, 1857–58 (when knighted) and again 1859; judge of the Court of Common Pleas since 1859; an L.L.D. (Brooke’s and Athenæum Clubs).
12. ERLE, Right Hon. Sir William,
3rd s. of the late Rev. Christopher Erle, of Gillingham, Dorset. B. 1793; m. 1834, eldest dau. of the Rev. David Williams, D.C.L. Educated at Winchester, and New College, Oxford; c. to the bar (Middle Temple) 1819; western circuit; Queen’s Counsel, 1834; M.P. for Oxford city, 1837–41; puisne judge Common Pleas, 1845 (when knighted); Queen’s Bench 1846; Lord Chief Justice Common Pleas, and a privy councillor, since 1859 (Bramshott Grange, Liphook, Hants).
13. BETHUNE, Dowager Lady Lindesay,
Dau. of John Trotter, Esq., of Dyrham Park, co. Herts; m. 1822, Major Gen. Sir Henry Lindesay Bethune, Bt. (who died 1851) of Kilconquhar, co. Fife, a gen. in the service of the Schah of Persia. Her ladyship is mother of the present bart.