LYNASS, Lionel Leonidas ²

   Cause of his death was septic inflammation of the brain, abscess and necrosis of the mastoid bone.

  General Notes:

Lionel Lynass was the 'grandson, present' who gave notice, in a very flourishing handwriting, to the registrar at Govan in 1879 of the death of his grandfather, John.

Lionel's age was recorded as 29 years when he died in 1887. His mother was deceased but his father was still alive. Lionel was unmarried. His occupation was noted as spirit salesman. ³

  Medical Notes:

Patrick A. Smith MB. CM certified the causes of death.

William Lynass, brother of the deceased, who was present where the death occurred, gave notice of the death before John G. McColl, registrar, at Glasgow on 23 August 1887.

Lionel married Mary McGUIRE.¹ (Mary McGUIRE was born about 1810.)

  Marriage Notes:

"by his (Adam Duff's) second wife, Beatrix Cordon, he had a large family."

from Book of the Duffs




"5. Beatrice (Gordon). She does not appear in the Balbithan MS., but is mentioned in the Lyon Register. According to Douglas' Baronage she married Adam Duff in Clunybeg, and thus became the ancestor of the present Duke of Fife."

from Birkenburn

Note:

"Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which has been created twice, in both cases for Alexander, 1st Duke of Fife and 6th Earl Fife, who in 1889 married Louise, Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII."

The 1st Earl Fife was William Duff, Lord Braco,1697-1763, the son of William Duff of Dipple, who in turn was the second son of Alexander Duff of Keithmore, whose parents were Adam Duff of Cluntbeg and Beatrice Gordon. William Duff of Dipple, 1653-1722, married Jean Gordon, the daughter of Sir George Gordon of Edenglassie. ^{1 4}