Peerage Record – 40252

     Ada Maria Fairbairn was born on 25 February 1856.¹ She was the daughter of William Andrew Fairbairn and Marianne Murray.² She married Sir Thomas Gordon Fairbairn, 4th Bt., son of Sir Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Bt. and Allison Callaway, on 18 July 1877.¹ She died on 2 September 1893 at age 37.¹

     Richard Birley lived at Manchester, Lancashire, England^G.¹

     Helen Birley was the daughter of Richard Birley.² She married William Andrew Fairbairn, son of Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Bt. and Dorothy Mar, on 26 May 1864.¹ She died on 15 February 1928.¹
     From 26 May 1864, her married name became Fairbairn.

     Reverend Francis Richard Fairbairn was born on 13 April 1865.¹ He was the son of William Andrew Fairbairn and Helen Birley.² He married Sophie Ernle Money, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Robert Cotton Money and Selina Mary Douglas, on 19 December 1895.¹ He died on 31 May 1945 at age 80, without issue.¹
     He was the Vicar at Alderminster, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England^G.¹

     Maj.-Gen. Robert Cotton Money was born on 22 April 1835.² He was the son of Robert Cotton Money and Mary Grey.² He married Selina Mary Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, on 13 July 1858.² He died on 23 October 1903 at age 68 at Italy.²

     Sophie Ernle Money was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Robert Cotton Money and Selina Mary Douglas.^2,3 She married, firstly, Reverend Francis Richard Fairbairn, son of William Andrew Fairbairn and Helen Birley, on 19 December 1895.¹ She married, secondly, Ernest George Birch, son of Reverend Henry William Rouse Birch and Lydia Mildred, before 1909.⁴ She died circa 1946.¹
     From 19 December 1895, her married name became Fairbairn. From before 1909, her married name became Birch.⁴

     John Sholto Douglas, 15th of Tilquhillie married Vanda Marie von Poellnitz, daughter of Ernst Baron von Poellnitz and Hon. Isabella Drummond Forbes, on 24 February 1864 at Feldkirch, Voralberg, Austria.² He died on 15 September 1874 at Feldkirch, Voralberg, Austria.²
     He was manager of a cotton mill.² He lived at Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Mary Douglas was born on 21 January 1871.² She was the daughter of John Sholto Douglas, 15th of Tilquhillie and Vanda Marie von Poellnitz.^3,2 She married Edward Percy Fairbairn, son of William Andrew Fairbairn and Helen Birley, on 23 May 1894.¹ She died on 3 June 1903 at age 32.¹
     From 23 May 1894, her married name became Fairbairn.

     Lt.-Cdr. William Douglas Fairbairn was born on 24 February 1895.¹ He was the son of Edward Percy Fairbairn and Mary Douglas.² He died on 6 May 1932 at age 37.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy.¹