Tour Scotland video of the Raeburn memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St James's Episcopal Church in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Sir William Hannay Raeburn, 1st Baronet, born 11th August 1850, died 12th of February 1934, was a Scottish shipping businessman and Unionist Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament between 1918 and 1923. He married Sarah Manifold, the daughter of John Thorburrow Manifold, on 28th September 1876. She died on 18 January 1882.
The Raeburn surname first appears in records in the early 14th Century, while Andrew de Raburn, burgess of Glasgow, and John of Raburn, a witness there, appear in Glasgow records in 1430 and 1454, respectively. Thomas Raburn was vicar in the choir of Glasgow in 1468, according to Glasgow Episcopal Registers.
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