He died in 1856, and was succeeded
in the lands of Muirton by his eldest son, Alexander, II. of
Muirton, as above.
8. Sutherland, manager of the Scottish Union Insurance Company,
who was born on the 31st of January, 1785, and died unmarried on
the 26th of March, 1853.
9. John, who was born on the 13th of October, 1787, died in 1854,
and is interred in the family burying place at Dingwall. He was
a banker in Inverness and Commissioner for many years for the
Redcastle and Flowerburn estates. He was a man of great ability,
lavish hospitality and generosity, and a keen sportsman. He
exercised very considerable social and political influence, and the
Burgh of Inverness presented him with a valuable service of plate
in recognition of his services during Earl Grey's administration
on the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill in 1833. He was
unanimously elected the first Provost of Inverness after the Act
came into force, and was repeatedly pressed to become a candidate
for Inverness as its representative in Parliament. He was offered
the Governorship of Ceylon and of the Mauritius, but he declined
to accept either. He married, on the 4th December, 1817, Mary
Charlotte, only child of Robert Pierson, a merchant prince in
Riga, son of James Pierson of Balmadies, Forfarshire, a very old
Scottish family of Scandinavian origin, recorded as landowners in
Berwickshire in 1296, and described in 1634 as "very ancient.
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