352 The Swintons of that Ilk, by A. Campbell Swinton. 



by whom he had two sons, and two daughters. Isabella, the 

 elder daughter, died unmarried ; Margaret, the younger, married 

 the Eev. James Smith, minister of Kelso, and died without issue. 



XXVI. John Swinton of Swinton, the eldest son, survived his 

 father nine years, and died unmarried in 1829 ; when the estate 

 of Swinton was, as already mentioned, sold to his cousin, Samuel 

 Swinton. The line of the family was carried on by his brother, 



XXVII. Eobert Hepburne Swinton, the second son of the 

 Sheriff. He purchased the estate of Langside in Peebleshire ; to 

 which he gave the name of SwintonBank ; and died in 1 852, leaving 

 by his wife Julia, daughter of Thomas Harker of Spring Hall, three 

 sons and two daughters, Julia Frances, and Mary Anne Jane. 

 The latter is married to Benjamin Nicholson, Esq. Of the sons, 

 William Murray, the youngest, died in 1862. The second, Eobert 

 Hepburne, Commander in the Eoyal Navy, married first, Eliza, 

 daughter of James Hunter of Hafton, who died in 1863, leaving 

 a son, Eobert Hepburne, and a daughter, Eliza Susan Eccles ; 

 secondly, Caroline Jane Eoss, daughter of Henry Kendall, Esq., 

 by whom he had one daughter who died young ; thirdly, Alexa 

 Hugh Monro, daughter of Colonel Campbell of Ormidale, by 

 whom he has a son John. 



XXVIII. John Edulfus Swinton, eldest son and heir of 

 Eobert Hepburne Swinton of Swinton Bank, was Captain in 

 the Indian army. He married Frances Jane, daughter of Daniel 

 Ainslie of the Grart, and died in 1871, leaving a daughter, Cath- 

 erine Elizabeth Ainslie, and a son, 



XXIX. John Edulf Blagrave, (born 1864) who is now the 

 head of the ancient family of Swinton of that Ilk. 



