John McTaggart (MP)

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Sir John McTaggart, 1st Baronet (15 March 1789 – 13 August 1867) was a Scottish Whig MP in the United Kingdom parliament. He was created a baronet in 1841. The title became extinct upon his death.[1]

He represented Wigtown Burghs 1835–1857.[2]

McTaggart was the eldest son of John McTaggart of Ardwell (died 1810), whose estate he inherited. He married, in 1811, Susannah Kymer, eldest daughter of John Kymer, of Streatham, Surrey.[3] They had three children:[1]

  • John Bell McTaggart (who died before his father in 1849)
  • Susanna McTaggart (ca. 1812 – 25 September 1902), her father's heiress, who married in 1839 John Orde Ommanney (died 1846), son of Sir Francis Molyneux Ommanney.[4] They left an only daughter born Marianne Susanna Ommanney (d. 23 April 1914)[5] who married in 1866 Mark John Stewart , who was created a baronet in 1892 and took the additional surname of MacTaggart in 1905.[6]
  • Sarah McTaggart, who married in 1853 James Church, of Calcutta.

His sister, Susan McTaggart, married Thomas Flower Ellis.[7][8] And their grandson, the philosopher John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart was (twice) named after Sir John McTaggart.[9]

References

  1. Burke, Bernard (1869). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 733.
  2. Craig, Fred W. S. (1989). British parliamentary election results, 1832-1885. Aldershot, Hants, England : Parliamentary Research Services : Dartmouth; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Gower Pub. Co. p. 583. ISBN 978-0-900178-26-9 – via Internet Archive.
  3. Walford, Edward (1864). The County Families of the United Kingdom, Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland; Containing a Brief Notice of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of Each Person, His Heir ... Together with His Town Address and Country Residence. Hardwicke. p. 659. McTAGGART, Sir John, Bart., of Ardwell, Wigtownshire (cr. 1841). Eldest son of the late John McTaggart, Esq., of Ardwell. by Susannah, dau. of John Deane Esq., of St. Alban's, Herts; b. 1789; m. 1811 Susannah, dau. of John Kymer, Esq.. of Streatham. Surrey. Is a J.P. and D.L. for co. Wigtown: formerly a Merchant in London; was M.P. for Wigtown, &c., 1835–57.—Ardwell House. near Stranraer. Wigtownshire, N.B.; Reform ChM, S.W.; 60, Albany Street, Regent's Park, N.W.
  4. "Obituary – Mrs. Ommanney MacTaggart". The Times. No. 36886. London. 30 September 1902. col. e, p. 3. MRS. OMMANNEY MACTAGGART, of Ardwell, died at Ardwell on 25 September, in her 90th year. She was the daughter and heiress of Sir John MacTaggart, of Ardwell, and married in 1839 John Orde Ommanney, son of Sir Francis Molyneus Ommanney, who died in 1846. She leaves one daughter and heiress, Lady MacTaggart Stewart, of Southwick.
  5. (Obituary) "Lady MacTaggart Stewart" The Times. 24 April 1914, Issue 40506, p10 "The death of Lady MacTaggart Stewart, of Ardwell, Wigtownshire, took place yesterday at Ardwell. She was the only child of John Orde Ommanney (son of Sir Francis Ommanney) and Susanna, daughter and heiress of Sir John MacTaggart, of Ardwell. Lady Stewart’s health-had been causing anxiety for some time. Sir Mark Stewart and Miss Stewart, the Countess of Cassillis, and Mrs. Dalrymple are at Ardwell. Lady Borthwick left London yesterday for Ardwell. The funeral will be at Kirkmadrine, the burial-place of the MacTaggart family."
  6. Anon. (28 September 1923). "A Notable Scottish Laird. : Sir Mark Mactaggart-Stewart". The Times. p. 12. Retrieved 31 March 2022. In 1892 he was created a baronet. Sir Mark married, in 1866, Marianne Susanna, only child of John Orde Ommanney by his wife Susanna, daughter and heiress of Sir John MacTaggart, the last baronet of Ardwell, in accordance with whose will he took the additional surname of MacTaggart in 1905. Lady MacTaggart-Stewart died in April, 1914...
  7. Thomas, William (24 March 2021). The Journals of Thomas Babington Macaulay Vol 4. Routledge. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-000-41915-3. Sir John Mactaggart (1789–1867) of Ardwell, Wigtownshire; MP for Wigton, 1835–57. His sister married T. F. Ellis. He lived at 69 Albany Street, Regents Park.
  8. Lobban, Michael (2004). "Ellis, Thomas Flower (1796–1861), law reporter". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8713. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 29 March 2022. Ellis, Thomas Flower [...] graduated MA in 1821, and relinquished his fellowship in the same year on his marriage, at Leyton, Essex, on 5 September 1821, to Susan (1796/1797–1839), daughter of John McTaggart of Ardwal. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  9. Geach, Peter (1995). "Cambridge Philosophers III: McTaggart". Philosophy. 70 (274): 567–579. doi:10.1017/S0031819100065815. ISSN 1469-817X. S2CID 170442690. McTaggart's grandfather, Thomas Flower Ellis, Q.C. [...] married Susan McTaggart, sister of a Scottish baronet, Sir John McTaggart. Sir John had no son; to win his favour Francis Ellis, son of Thomas Flower Ellis, gave his own son the forenames John McTaggart. This ploy [...] proved successful. Sir John left money to Francis Ellis conditionally upon a change of surname from Ellis to Ellis McTaggart. This was the way that at an early age Francis Ellis's son, the future philosopher, became John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart; this remarkable style appears in full on the title-page of every book McTaggart published