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     Robert Watson lived at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.¹

     Sir Richard Broun, 8th Bt. was born on 22 April 1801 at Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Sir James Broun of Mayfield, 7th Bt. and Marion Henderson.¹ He died on 10 December 1858 at age 57 at Sphinx Lodge, Chelsea, London, England, unmarried.¹
     He claimed the right to a knighthood prior to succeeding to his father's baronetcy, but the Lord Chancellor refused to present him to the Queen for this purpose.¹ He succeeded to the title of 8th Baronet Broun, of Coulston, co. Haddington [N.S., 1686] on 30 November 1844.¹ In 1849 he was the projector of 'the London Necropolis' at Woking.¹

     Sir William Broun, 9th Bt. was born on 31 July 1804 at Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.^1,2 He was the son of Sir James Broun of Mayfield, 7th Bt. and Marion Henderson.¹ He married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of John Smith, on 18 July 1843 at Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ He died on 10 June 1882 at age 77 at 7 Irving Street, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ He was buried at Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹
     Sir William Broun, 9th Bt. was a practising solicitor at Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ He succeeded to the title of 9th Baronet Broun, of Coulston, co. Haddington [N.S., 1686] on 10 December 1858.¹

     Elizabeth Smith was the daughter of John Smith.¹ She married Sir William Broun, 9th Bt., son of Sir James Broun of Mayfield, 7th Bt. and Marion Henderson, on 18 July 1843 at Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ She died on 19 August 1899 at Glenshee, Cambridge Park, Twickenham, Middlesex, England.¹ She was buried at Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹
     From 18 July 1843, her married name became Broun.¹

     
     John Smith lived at Drongan, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹

     Sir William Broun, 10th Bt. was born on 18 December 1848 at Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Sir William Broun, 9th Bt. and Elizabeth Smith.¹ He married Alice Jane Peters, daughter of James Cornelius Peters and Elizabeth Chambers, on 12 April 1871 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹
     Sir William Broun, 10th Bt. succeeded to the title of 10th Baronet Broun, of Coulston, co. Haddington [N.S., 1686] on 10 June 1882.¹ He lived in 1903 at Somerton, New South Wales, Australia.¹

     James Broun was born circa 1844.¹ He was the son of Sir William Broun, 9th Bt. and Elizabeth Smith.¹ He died on 31 January 1872, on board H.M.S. Jumna, unmarried.¹
     James Broun gained the rank of officer in the service of the Royal Engineers.¹

     Alice Jane Peters was the daughter of James Cornelius Peters and Elizabeth Chambers.¹ She married Sir William Broun, 10th Bt., son of Sir William Broun, 9th Bt. and Elizabeth Smith, on 12 April 1871 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹ She died in 1920.²
     From 12 April 1871, her married name became Broun.¹

     
     James Cornelius Peters held the office of Under Treasurer of New South Wales.¹ He lived at Manly Beach, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹

     Elizabeth Chambers is the daughter of James Chambers.¹