John Bellenden, 2nd Lord Bellenden

His younger sister, Lady Jean Ker, was married to Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres, a prominent supporter of James II of England.

Harry Ker (from his great-grandfather's second marriage to Jean Drummond, who was also his paternal grandfather's younger sister).

[2] He lived in Golfer's Land on the Canongate (around 500m from the Law Courts in Edinburgh), as immediate successor to its builder, John Paterson.

[5] As the 5th Lord Bellenden died insolvent in 1796, the office of the usher of the Exchequer, which had been hereditary in the family, was sequestered and sold by his creditors.

[5] Through his son James, he was a grandfather of Mary Bellenden, who married Sir Richard Murray, 6th Baronet.