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George Binning, of Softlaw

George Binning, of Softlaw

Male 1804 - 1884  (79 years)

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  • Name George Binning  [1
    Suffix of Softlaw 
    Born 28 May 1804 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Jan 1884  Argaty Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I31801  Munro
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2009 

    Father David Monro Binning, of Softlaw,   b. 1775,   d. 24 Jan 1842  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Sophia Home,   b. Abt 1777,   d. 28 May 1806  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married 6 Aug 1803  St Andrews Church Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Burnett,   b. Abt 1806, Of, Godfirth, Ago Co. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Feb 1839 
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F10966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1. George Home-Monro-Binning-Home, who was born on the 28th of May, 1804, and succeeded his father in the estate of Softlaw. He married, first, Catherine Burnett of Godfirth, Co. Ago, without surviving issue. He married, secondly, Isabella Blair, with issue--...

      George Home died on the 10th of January, 1884, when he was succeeded in the estate of Softlaw in terms of the entail by his brother Alexander Binning Monro of Auchenbowie, his widow succeeding in life-rent to the Argaty estate. Upon her death, on the 14th of August, 1895, the latter passed to its present owner, George Home-Monro-Home, now of Argaty.

      Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
      324

      1, George Home-Monro-Binning-Home. Born on the 28th of May, 1804, he succeeded his father in the property of Softlaw, and his mother in that of Argaty, and married in February, 1839, Catherine, daughter of Colonel Joseph Burnett of Gadgirth, Ayrshire, with issue--two sons and three daughters, all of whom predeceased their parents. George died at Argaty on the 10th of January, 1884.

      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  • Sources 
    1. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 292 (Reliability: 3).