Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness

Scottish Jacobite

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1704

Place of Birth: Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1746

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness, was a Perthshire gentleman who joined the 1745 rebellion of Charles Edward Stuart.
He was captured at the Battle of Culloden, and was afterwards convicted of treason.
He was hanged, his estates were forfeit to the Crown, and his family was attainted.
The Blackness in his title is Blackness House in Dundee rather than Blackness in Lothian.
His son John Wedderburn of Ballendean fled after his father's death to Jamaica, where he re-established the family's fortunes, and eventually regained his father's title.