MEMOIR OP COLONEL DAVID MiLKE HOME 165 



Secondly : in 1726 he married Margaret, the eldest daughter 

 of the attainted laird — that is, the eldest of those sisters. 

 Wedderburn was next occupied by the aforesaid David, who 

 died in 1764, and by Patrick, the third son, who died in 

 1766, both without issue. The estates then passed to Patrick, 

 Ninian's eldest son by the above named Margaret, who, on 

 his father's death, had become the owner, also, of Billie. 

 He died unmarried in 1808, and was succeeded by his brother 

 David, a general, who died in 1809. General David's sister. 

 Miss Jean Home, the last of Ninian's children, became next 

 owner, and she died at Paxton in 1812. Paxton House was 

 built in the latter part of the 18th century by Ninian Home 

 jr., Ninian's grandson, and passed into the hands of his 

 brother, George Home, W.S. The picture gallery, which is 

 so well known a feature at Paxton, was formed by Patrick, 

 who was an M.P. for Berwickshire. 



After Miss Jean's death the united properties of Wedderburn, 

 Billie, and Paxton passed under entail to her nephew and 

 cousin, George Home, second son of Isobel, second daughter 

 of the attainted laird by her husband, Alexander Home of 

 Jardinefield, eldest son of Ninian of Billie by a former marriage. 

 A letter from Sir Walter Scott to George, who was a gentleman 

 of information, taste, and literary attainments, may be seen 

 in our Vol. xvi., p. 291. 



The latter died without issue. The next successor under 

 entail was James, son of the Rev. John Tod of Ladykirk, by 

 Jean his wife, third daughter of the attainted laird. He took 

 the name of Home on his succession. James Tod Home died 

 unmarried in 1820, but he had a sister (daughter of the 

 third daughter of the attainted laird) who had married a 

 Mr John Forman, and their son, as John Forman Home, 

 succeeded to the estates under entail. 



Dying without issue, he in turn was succeeded by his younger 

 brother, William Forman Home (married Jean, daughter of 

 the Rev. Geo. Home, minister of Ay ton), who died in 1847, 

 leaving four daughters, the eldest of whom, Jean, having 

 inherited under entail, married in 1832, as stated at the outset, 

 Mr David Milne, when the estates were resettled by private 

 Act of Parliament (Mr Milne at the same time assuming 

 the name of Home), by which her son David became the heir 



