John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie

John Clerk (later Clerk-Maxwell) of Middlebie[1] FRSE (1790-1856) was a Scottish advocate. He bought the Glenlair estate in the parish of Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire, and built its estate house.[2]

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.

References

  1. ^ Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 9780902198845. http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf. Retrieved 22 March, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Maxwell of Middlebie". Scottish Archive Network. Edinburgh: The National Archives of Scotland. http://195.153.34.9/catalogue/person.aspx?code=NA24209&st=1&. Retrieved 20 May 2011.