ianmal
26-12-2004, 9:44 PM
My grandfather, Frederick Hope Pattison STIRLING was named after Lieutenant Frederick Hope PATTISON, a veteran of Waterloo and Quatre Bras. The veteran lived the later part of his life in the ‘old’ DUNN house called Mountblow near Old Kilpatrick and wrote his recollections of the battle of Waterloo in a series of letters to his grandchildren, first published in 1873, just two years before he died in Mountblow.
My grandfather’s mother was Martha HART who’s parents originated from Old or New Kilpatrick but I do not know of any connection between the HART and PATTISON families. My grandfather’s father, Robert STIRLING was adopted. His adopted parents had Old Kilpatrick connections. I believe his adopted mother, Mary ABERCROMBIE may have been a servant at Mountblow (see separate posting for more details of my direct family’s Dunbartonshire connections).
In order to try and establish why my Grandfather should be named after this person I have researched the PATTISON family. This has turned out to be an interesting family. Frederick’s father, John was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1747 and married Hope Margaret MONCRIEFF in Paisley in 1781. John became a successful merchant and owned Kelvingrove House in Glasgow between 1792 & 1806. John’s brother, Alexander, attained modest renown as a friend of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, whom he housed when Burns came to Paisley. He also helped promote his ‘1st Edition’ in Edinburgh.
John & Hope Margaret had at least 9 children, one of them being my grandfather’s namesake. Frederick Hope PATTISON married Janet PARK in Glasgow in 1826. They had at least 5 children. Janet’s parents were George PARK & Sarah DUNN (possibly connected to the DUNNs of Mountblow?). Most of the PATTISONs achieved notoriety in one way or another. Frederick’s brother, Granville Sharp PATTISON, was an Anatomist in Glasgow, London and the USA (Philadelphia). He was never far from controversy, as described in his biography, “Granville Sharp Pattison – Anatomist and Antagonist 1791-1851” by a descendant, F.L.M. Pattison, published by Canongate.
Please contact me if you have any more information on this infamous PATTISON family. Maybe one day I will discover why my Grandfather should be so named.
Ian Stirling Malcolmson
My grandfather’s mother was Martha HART who’s parents originated from Old or New Kilpatrick but I do not know of any connection between the HART and PATTISON families. My grandfather’s father, Robert STIRLING was adopted. His adopted parents had Old Kilpatrick connections. I believe his adopted mother, Mary ABERCROMBIE may have been a servant at Mountblow (see separate posting for more details of my direct family’s Dunbartonshire connections).
In order to try and establish why my Grandfather should be named after this person I have researched the PATTISON family. This has turned out to be an interesting family. Frederick’s father, John was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1747 and married Hope Margaret MONCRIEFF in Paisley in 1781. John became a successful merchant and owned Kelvingrove House in Glasgow between 1792 & 1806. John’s brother, Alexander, attained modest renown as a friend of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, whom he housed when Burns came to Paisley. He also helped promote his ‘1st Edition’ in Edinburgh.
John & Hope Margaret had at least 9 children, one of them being my grandfather’s namesake. Frederick Hope PATTISON married Janet PARK in Glasgow in 1826. They had at least 5 children. Janet’s parents were George PARK & Sarah DUNN (possibly connected to the DUNNs of Mountblow?). Most of the PATTISONs achieved notoriety in one way or another. Frederick’s brother, Granville Sharp PATTISON, was an Anatomist in Glasgow, London and the USA (Philadelphia). He was never far from controversy, as described in his biography, “Granville Sharp Pattison – Anatomist and Antagonist 1791-1851” by a descendant, F.L.M. Pattison, published by Canongate.
Please contact me if you have any more information on this infamous PATTISON family. Maybe one day I will discover why my Grandfather should be so named.
Ian Stirling Malcolmson