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Name:
Robert Laurie
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Birth:
BEF 26 JUL 1745
Father:
Robert Laurie
Mother:
Christian Erskine
Christening:
26 JUL 1745
Married:
Elizabeth Maria Ruthven JUL 1763
Children:
Robert Laurie
Born: 25 MAY 1764 Maxwelton House, Dumfriesshire
Died: 7 JAN 1848 Maxwelton House, Dumfriesshire
Anne Laurie
Born: 13 JUN 1769
Death:
10 SEP 1804 aged 59
Remarks:
Sir Robert Laurie was the gentleman in Burns' Poem of the Whistle.

MP for Dumfriesshire from 1774

He joined the army in 1762 and was captain in the 71st Foot. In 1765 he was a captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards and in 1771 a major.

Geni: https://www.geni.com/people/General-Sir-Robert-Laurie-of-Maxwelton-5th-Baronet/6000000001395997170?through=6000000001396499805

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Laurie,_5th_Baronet

Morethannelson: https://morethannelson.com/officer/sir-robert-laurie/

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