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Jenny Blaikie was born 22 November 1879 in 12 Blackford Rd, Newington district, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom to Walter Biggar Blaikie (1847-1928) and Janet Marshall Macfie (1852-1942) and died 29 April 1972 Barham, Kent, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. She married Reginald William Henry Crawford-Leslie (1873-1916) 2 July 1902 . She married Alexander Gordon Duff (1884-1978) 24 July 1917 .

Daughter of :

Walter Biggar Blaikie. Born 23rd November 1847. Died 3rd May 1928. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University; Hon Doctor of Laws of Edinburgh University (LLD, DL). Civil engineer who worked in India 1870-1874, building a palace, a post-office, a clock-tower, a church, a hospital and a gaol, also cutting roads and drawing plans for the harbour in the Runn of Clutch; he made the cosmosphere in her great grand daughter, Katherine's, possession. He became a distinguished printer. The deep purple endpapers in books were his speciality and they are known as Blaikie endpapers. A leading figure in the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an astronomer and an expert on Bonnie Prince Charlie. Married, 31st July 1873, Janet Marshall Macfie (born 18th June 1852; died 30th June 1942).

Married first 2nd July 1902 Reginald William Henry Crawford-Leslie (born 21st June 1873; dvu of cancer at Fyvie 3rd April 1916). Married second, at St Peter's, Cranley Gardens, London SW7, 24th July 1917, (Alexander) Gordon Duff.

Children


Offspring of Alexander Gordon Duff (1884-1978) and Jenny Blaikie
Name Birth Death Joined with
(Margaret) Jean Duff (1919) 29 September 1919 Granville Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom John Sinclair-Wemyss Arbuthnot (1912-1992)


 






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Arbuthnot, Robin Patterson


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