Peerage Record – 9461

     Catherine Margaret Whyte-Melville was the daughter of John Whyte-Melville and Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne. She married Sir David Barnett Dundas, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Bt. and Matilda Cockburn, on 29 November 1841 at Bennochy, Fife, Scotland^G.² She died on 23 April 1856.²
     Her married name became Dundas.

     John Whyte-Melville was born on 21 June 1797 at Bennochy, Fife, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of John Whyte-Melville and Elizabeth McGilchrist. He married Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne, daughter of Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds and Catherine Anguish, on 1 June 1819 at Straithkineses, Fife, Scotland^G, or in Strathkainer.¹ He died on 16 July 1883 at age 86.¹
     He lived at Bennochy, Fife, Scotland^G.¹ He lived at Strathkinness, Fife, Scotland^G.

     Robert Dundas was born on 21 March 1844 at Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of Sir David Barnett Dundas, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Margaret Whyte-Melville.¹ He was baptised on 20 April 1844 at Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland^G.¹ He died on 19 September 1865 at age 21 at Quebec, Canada^G.¹

     David Pelham Dundas was born on 5 April 1845 at Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of Sir David Barnett Dundas, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Margaret Whyte-Melville.¹ He died on 23 April 1856 at age 11.¹

     Sir Sydney James Dundas, 3rd Bt. was born on 3 June 1849 at Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland^G.² He was the son of Sir David Barnett Dundas, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Margaret Whyte-Melville.² He died on 24 September 1904 at age 55 at Brighton, Sussex, England^G, unmarried.²
     He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Dundas, of Beechwood, co. Midlothian [U.K., 1821] on 22 March 1877.¹

     Sir Charles Henry Dundas, 4th Bt. was born on 1 January 1851 at Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of Sir David Barnett Dundas, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Margaret Whyte-Melville.¹ He was baptised on 1 February 1851 at Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland^G.¹ He died on 22 November 1908 at age 57 at Dunira, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland^G, unmarried.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Midlothian.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Perthshire.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1904 in the 3rd Battalion, Black Watch.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Dundas, of Beechwood, co. Midlothian [U.K., 1821] on 24 September 1904.²

     Sir George Whyte Melville Dundas, 5th Bt. was born on 16 April 1856 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of Sir David Barnett Dundas, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Margaret Whyte-Melville.¹ He married Matilda Louisa Mary Wilson, daughter of Minden J. Wilson, on 15 April 1879.¹ He died on 23 October 1934 at age 78 at Comrie House, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was buried on 26 October 1934 at Dunira, Perthshire, Scotland^G.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Bengal Staff Corps.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Perthshire.² He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Dundas, of Beechwood, co. Midlothian [U.K., 1821] on 22 November 1908.²

     Isabel Marion Gurney was the daughter of Sir Hugh Gurney and Mariota Susan Carnegie.¹ She married Lord John Andrew Christopher Kerr, son of Captain Andrew William Kerr and Marie Constance Annabel Kerr, on 12 July 1949.¹ She died in 2015.²
     Her married name became Kerr.

     William Walter Raleigh Kerr was born on 17 August 1950.¹ He is the son of Lord John Andrew Christopher Kerr and Isabel Marion Gurney.¹ He married Griselda Mary Hamilton-Baillie, daughter of Brigadier John Robert Edward Hamilton-Baillie and Lettice Mary Pumphrey, on 3 August 1983.¹
     He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He lived in 2003 at The Dower House, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England^G.¹

     David John Kerr was born on 25 September 1952.¹ He is the son of Lord John Andrew Christopher Kerr and Isabel Marion Gurney.¹ He married Carol Prior in 1980.¹
     He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England^G.¹