George Fairholme

George Fairholme (1789–1846) was a land owner, banker, traveller, naturalist and scriptural geologist, born in Lugate, Midlothian, Scotland on 15 January 1789.[1] His father, William Fairholme (mother Elizabeth) made his living from banking and was a serious art collector.[3] They lived in Perth; Greenknowe; Berne, Switzerland; Brussels; Ramsgate, Kent; and many other locations in Europe.[4] They had five children, William, James (a naval officer lost on the Franklin Expedition), George, Charles and Elizabeth Marjory.George died in November 1846 in Royal Leamington Spa, willing homes, paintings and nearly 3000 pounds to each child.
scriptural geologistMidlothianGreenknoweGordonBerwickshireeighteenth Lord Forbessixth Duke of AthollFranklin ExpeditionRoyal Leamington SpaSir John Bernard BurkeBurke's Landed GentryGeological Society of LondonLivingstone, DavidOxford University Press