BYRES, James of Tonley FRSE FSA(Scot) FSA ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

from The Families of Moir and Byres:

"James Byres, II of Tonley, who was also a zealous Jacobite, and for some time a Captain in Lord Ogilvie's Regiment. Mr. Byres was a gentleman of great learning and culture, eminent as an antiquary, and resided for forty years at Rome. Returning from thence in 1790, he settled at Tonley, where he died unmarried in 1817." ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Settled in, 1758, Rome, Italy. ³

2. Founder member: Royal Society, 1783, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. ³