Bethune Horsburgh was born in 1817. He was the son of Boyd Horsburgh of Lochmalony and his wife Jean Hay Scott.[1] He attended Edinburgh Academy from 1826 to 1831 and then studied medicine, being licensed to practice from 1839. In 1840 he married Eleanor Elizabeth Robinson,[2] and they had eight children. In 1868, on the death of his elder brother James without children, he inherited the estate of Lochmalony, consisting of about 400 acres (160 hectares) yielding 880 pounds a year. He passed away in 1892.[3][4]
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↑ Name: Bethune Horsbrugh
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 19 Feb 1817
Event Place: Kilmany, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Kilmany, Fife, Scotland
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1817
Father's Name: Boyd Horsbrugh
Mother's Name: Jean Hay Scot
GS Film Number: 1040166
Digital Folder Number: 007907857
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11437-4
System Origin: ODM
Citing this Record
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYVR-MJ1 : 11 February 2020), Jean Hay Scot in entry for Bethune Horsbrugh, 1817.
↑ Name: Bethune Horsbrugh
Event Type: Marriage
Event Place: Hackney, London, England
Registration District: Hackney
County: London
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1840
Volume: 3
Page: 85
Affiliate Line Number: 148
Possible Spouse: Mary Ann Amelia Cowell
Possible Spouse: Joseph Henry Lawe
Possible Spouse: Lydia Long
Possible Spouse: Samuel Long
Possible Spouse: Eleanor Elizabeth Robinson
Possible Spouse: Ann Sanford
Possible Spouse: William Treelow
Citing this Record
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DHJ-WZL : 13 December 2014), Bethune Horsbrugh, 1840; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1840, quarter 2, vol. 3, p. 85, Hackney, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ Name: Bethune Horsbrugh
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 31 Dec 1892
Event Place: Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Event Place Note: 142-9145
Gender: Male
Death Date: 29 Dec 1892
Father's Name: Boyd Horsbrugh, Major
Newspaper: Dundee Courier and Daily Argus
Page Number: 8
Publication Date: 31 Dec 1892
Digital Folder Number: 102117773
Image Number: 00625
Citing this Record
"British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCN-KK8Q : 17 April 2019), Boyd Horsbrugh, Major in entry for Bethune Horsbrugh, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 31 Dec 1892, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm
↑ Name: Bethune Horsbrugh
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1892
Registration District: Paddington
County: London
Event Place: Paddington, London, England
Age: 75
Birth Year (Estimated): 1817
Volume: 1A
Page: 32
Affiliate Line Number: 268
Citing this Record
"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JVD-826 : 31 December 2014), Bethune Horsbrugh, 1892; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Paddington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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