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Gallery: JCM's Extended Family

Sir John Clerk:  2nd Baronet.
Maxwell's Great Great Grandfather

Courtesy of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik

John Clerk of Eldin:  (1728-1812) Maxwell's great-grand-uncle. Photogravure (circa 1903) of a portrait by James Saxon

Source:
www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/portraits/
artists/images/eldin.html
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Lord Eldin:  John Clerk, FRSE (1757 - 1832)
Son of Maxwell's great-grand-uncle, John Clerk of Eldin. Nephew of the architects Robert and John Adam

Portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn about 1815
Courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Sir George Clerk:  Maxwell's Uncle

Courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Henry Clerk:  Major General. Maxwell's Cousin

Courtesy of Royal Artillery, Greenwich

Jemima Blackburn :  née Wedderburn (1823-1909). Maxwell's Cousin.
Jemima was an accomplished artist and illustrator.  She married Hugh Blackburn (1823-1905) who was Professor of Mathematics at Glasgow from 1849-79 succeeding Lord Kelvin’s father(1786-1849).

Photograph by Alinari of Florence,1852

Isabella Cay:  née Dyce (1811-1852). Mother of William Dyce Cay and Charles Hope Cay.

Isabella Cay - The Artist's Sister
by William Dyce RA HRSA c. 1835 oil on canvas
Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums Collections
Object number: ABDAG011503

William Dyce Cay:  Maxwell's Cousin

Courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

William Dyce Cay:  Maxwell's Cousin

Courtesy of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Charles Hope Cay:  Maxwell's Cousin

Courtesy of Clifton College, Bristol

John Cay & Sons:  John Cay (1790-1865) (seated) Maxwell’s uncle
A member of the Edinburgh Calotype Club. His sons Robert (1822-1888) (right) and Edward (1825-1874) later became sheep farmers near Brisbane, Australia.

Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland

Edward Cay:  (1825-1874) Maxwell’s cousin
Son of John Cay. Later a sheep farmer in Australia.

Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland

Robert Dundas Cay:  (1807-1888) Writer to the Signet, another of Maxwell’s uncles. Brother
of John Cay.

Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland

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