his death in 1807. Patrick Heron of Heron, Member of Parliament for
Kirkcudbright, married Lady Elizabeth Cochrane, daughter of the eighth
Earl of Dundonald. Their daughter, Mary, who was to become her fathers
heiress, married Lieutenant General Sir John Maxwell of Springkell,
Baronet. On the death of his father-in-law, Sir John assumed the additional
surname, and quartered the arms, of Heron. Sir Nigel Heron-Maxwell,
tenth Baronet, is the present representer of the line.
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