Sir_John_McTaggart,_1st_Baronet
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 (d. 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 (d. 1846), son of Sir Francis Molyneux Ommanney.[4] They left an only daughter Marianne Susanna Ommanney (d. 23 April 1914)[5] who married in 1866 Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart, 1st Baronet, who took the MacTaggart name.[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]