Capt. Benjamin Moodie, 8th Laird of Melsetter

1723 - 1769  (46 years)

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• Name	Benjamin Moodie
  Prefix	Capt.
  Suffix	8th Laird of Melsetter
  Birth	17 Feb 1723	Aikerness,,,,Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Sep 1769  [2]
  Person ID	I2062	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2020 | Edit

  
  

  Family	Henrietta St. Clair
  Marriage	Abt 1755  [3]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Children	1. Maj. James Moodie, 9th Laird of Melsetter,   b. 12 Feb 1757, Melsetter,,,,Scotland d. 28 Jun 1820, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2020 | Edit

  
  

• Notes

  As a Captain of the 46th (Colonel Murray's) Regiment he fought at Culloden. He captured the murderer of his father (Sir James Stewart) in Orkney in 1746. Stewart was sent to the Tower of London but killed himself before he could stand trial

  
  

• Sources

  [S1355] The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Moodie Book, (Privately Printed 1906. Retrieved from https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9560/95604496.23.pdf), page 45 (Reliability: 3). [S1355] The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Moodie Book, (Privately Printed 1906. Retrieved from https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9560/95604496.23.pdf), page 53 (Reliability: 3). [S1355] The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Moodie Book, (Privately Printed 1906. Retrieved from https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9560/95604496.23.pdf), page 49 (Reliability: 3).