James Wedderburn (judge)

Both brothers spent decades buying and managing sugar plantations in the Caribbean, re-establishing the family fortune following the execution and attainder of their father the 5th baronet after the Jacobite uprising of 1745.

In 1804 he undertook further study at Lincoln's Inn in London the aim at the English bar.

[4] In 1810 Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank appointed him Advocate Depute to Scotland.

[7] He died on 7 November 1822, aged 39, during a visit to his sister Lady Selkirk at St Mary's Isle in Kirkcudbrightshire.

[9] They had three daughters and four sons:[10] His wife Isabella was portrayed by Sir Henry Raeburn around the time of their marriage.

Portrait of the Hon. James Wedderburn (Studio of Sir Henry Raeburn)
Isabella Clerk - Mrs. James Wedderburn, by Sir Henry Raeburn
31 Heriot Row, Edinburgh (right)
His birthplace, Inveresk Lodge