John Edward Baxter^1,2

Parents:

• Birth*: John Edward Baxter was born in 1829 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .¹
• He was the son of John Boyd Baxter Writer & PF Dundee and Margaret E Edward.¹
• Marriage*: John Edward Baxter married Mary Elizabeth Hardy say November 1859 at Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, ; First name(s)     JOHN EDWARD
  Last name     BAXTER
  Marriage quarter     3
  Marriage year     1859
  Registration month     -
  
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  Mary Elizabeth Hardy
  District     Grantham
  District number     -
  County     Lincolnshire
  Country     England
  Volume     7A
  Volume as transcribed     7A
  Page number     631
  Record set     England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
  Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory     Civil Marriage & Divorce
  Collections from     Great Britain, England.³
• (Headstone) Memorial Inscription*: John Edward Baxter was erected on 14 March 1867 at Roodyards Burial Ground, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads In affectionate remembrance of JOHN Edward BAXTER who died 14/3/1867 aged 38y and of his parents JOHN BOYD BAXTER L.L.B. Solicitor and for nearly 53 years Procurator Fiscal in Dundee who was born 19/2/1798 and died at Craigtay 4/8/1882 and Margaret Edward of BAXTER who was born 4/2/1807 and died at Craigtay 13/10/1882.⁴
  
• (Deceased) Death*: He died on 14 March 1867 at Clifton, Bristol, Engkland, , At Clifton, near Bristol, on the 14th instant, John Edward Baxter, Esq., merchant, Dundee. Friends will please accept of this intimation.^4,5,6

• Will*: He left a will on 28 March 1867; ASSOCIATION FOR THE BETTER ENDOWMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. BEQUEST BY MR JOHN EDWARD BAXTER.
  The object of this association, which was institutet in 1864, is to establish Fellowships and Scholarships in Classics, Philosophy, Natural Science, and other branches of learning, and to augment, if necessary, the incomes of Professors, and to establish new Professorships or Lectureships, and otherwise to promote the efficiency of the University in a seat of learning. Meanwhile, all the efforts of the Association are directed to the foundation of Scholarshipa or Fellowships. Two Followships of the value of £100 each, to be held for three years have already been founded by this Association - one in Philosophy, and the other in Classics. The first of these in permanently endowed, and the second is sustained in the meantime by annual subscriptions.
  Mr John Edward Baxter, whose lamented death at an early age we recently recorded, and who received his education at the University of Edinburgh, has bequeathed the reversion of his whole property, at his wife's death, to this Association, unfettered by any conditions, and at the absolute disposal of the Association for such purposes as they may deem proper.
  In his lifetime, Mr Baxter, from the state of his health and from his retiring habits, shrank from any active share public matters. The institution of this Association, however, afforded him great pleasure: and he rejoiced in its progress. The taste and culture which he had received at College were quietly indulged, and his practical knowledge of the benefits of a University education, impressed on his mind the importance of raising our seats of learning to a position much more becoming the advancement of our country in wealth and trade.
  As Mr Baxter's widow will receive the interent of his estate, Mr Baxter's bequest does not intertere with the comfort of well-being of any who were dependent on him, or who had a claim upon his forethought.⁷

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

30 March 1851

He was listed as a member of the household of John Boyd Baxter Writer & PF Dundee and Margaret E Edward in the 1851 census at Carolina Port House, Ferry Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; John B     Baxter     Head     Married     Male     54     1797     Procurator Fiscal     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland Margaret     Baxter     Wife     Married     Female     50     1801     -     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland John E     Baxter     Son     Unmarried     Male     22     1829     Merchant     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland Janett     Jackson     Servant     Unmarried     Female     36     1815     Servant     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland Elisth     Weighton     Servant     Unmarried     Female     26     1825     Servant     Perthshire, Scotland Ann     Bower     Servant     Unmarried     Female     28     1823     Servant     Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland.1