Patrick Heron (c. 1672 – 22 October 1761)[1] was a Scottish politician.

Patrick Heron
Born1672
Died22 October 1761
OccupationPolitician

Career

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcudbright Stewartry from 1727 to 1741.[2]

Patrick Heron was the heritor of the estate of Kirroughtree. As a landowner during the 1724 uprising of the Galloway Levellers he was instrumental in defusing a tense confrontation between Levellers and landowners.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
  2. ↑ Watson, Paula (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "HERON, Patrick (c.1672-1761), of Heron, Kirroughtrie, Kirkcudbright". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ↑ A. S. Morton, "Kirroughtree", DUMFRlESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY & ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS AND JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 1935-36, THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XX, p181,


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