Peerage Record – 40246

     Robina Fairbairn was born in 1834.² She was the daughter of Sir Peter Fairbairn and Margaret Kennedy.³ She married Frederick Wordsworth Haydon in December 1868.¹ She died on 9 January 1873.¹
     From December 1868, her married name became Haydon.

     Frederick Wordsworth Haydon was born in 1827.² He married Robina Fairbairn, daughter of Sir Peter Fairbairn and Margaret Kennedy, in December 1868.¹ He died in 1886.²
     He was an author.²

     Sir Peter Fairbairn was born on 11 September 1799.¹ He was the son of Andrew Fairbairn and Margaret Henderson.² He married, firstly, Margaret Kennedy, daughter of Robert Kennedy.¹ He married, secondly, Rachel Anne Brandling, daughter of Robert William Brandling.¹ He died on 4 January 1861 at age 61.¹
     He was an engineer and inventor, especially of machines for spinning silk waste and rope yarn.¹ He held the office of Mayor of Leeds between 1857 and 1859.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1858 on the occasion of HM Queen Victoria’s visit.¹

     Robert William Brandling lived at Low Gosforth, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Rachel Anne Brandling was the daughter of Robert William Brandling.² She married, secondly, Sir Peter Fairbairn, son of Andrew Fairbairn and Margaret Henderson.¹ She married, firstly, Captain Charles Bell.¹ She died on 25 June 1886.¹
     Her married name became Bell.¹ Her married name became Fairbairn.

     Peter Fairbairn was the son of John Fairbairn and Helen Anderson.² He died in 1823 at West Indies^G.¹
     He was Secretary to the Governor of Barbados and Berbice.¹

     Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Bt. was born on 19 February 1789.¹ He was the son of Andrew Fairbairn and Margaret Henderson.² He married Dorothy Mar, daughter of John Mar, on 16 June 1816.¹ He died on 18 August 1874 at age 85.¹
     He was an apprentice in a colliery in 1803 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England^G.¹ After 1811 he manufactured sausage-machines, nail-machines and cotton-mill machinery and built bridges.¹ He was a millwright between March 1811 and December 1811.¹ He was a partner in Fairbairn & Lillie between 1817 and 1835.¹ Circa 1830 he pioneered the construction of iron canal boats, riveting machines and devices to prevent boilers from exploding.¹ He was registered as a Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.) in 1830.¹ He was friend of George Stephenson, who consulted him when designing the Menai Bridge between Anglesey and the Wesh mainland.¹ He was a judge for London Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862.¹ He was a judge for the Paris Exhibition in 1855.¹ He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur in 1855.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.)¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G, in 1860.¹ He was awarded the Royal Society gold medal in 1860.¹ He held the office of President of the British Academy in 1861.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1862.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Fairbairn, of Ardwick, Lancashire [U.K.] on 20 November 1869.¹ He lived at The Polygon, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, England^G.¹

     John Mar held the office of Burgess of Kelso.¹

     Dorothy Mar was born circa 1789.¹ She was the daughter of John Mar.² She married Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Bt., son of Andrew Fairbairn and Margaret Henderson, on 16 June 1816.¹ She died on 11 January 1882.¹
     From 16 June 1816, her married name became Fairbairn.

     Sir Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Bt. was born on 18 January 1823.² He was the son of Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Bt. and Dorothy Mar.² He married Allison Callaway, daughter of Thomas Callaway, on 23 March 1848.² He died on 12 August 1891 at age 68.²
     He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Fairbairn, of Ardwick, Lancashire [U.K., 1869] on 18 August 1874.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)²