Person:James MacCunn (2)

James MACCUNN was b. 22mar1868 (IGI). James was 2nd twin son; he became the composer Hamish MacCunn (d. 2aug1916). James married Alison Quiller Pettie, daughter of John Pettie, RA (Who’s Who). He was influenced by his mother Barbara, who had studied with William Sterndale Bennett (Dictionary Nat Biog).

Will of Hamish MacCunn (d. 2aug1916) of 6 Abbey Ct., Abbey Rd., St. Johns Wood, Middx; probate 22dec1916, 140 gbp to Alison Quiller MacCunn widow (National Probate Calendar). Hamish MacCunn (1868) d. 3rd qtr 1916 at Marylebone (bmd). James (d. London) married Alison Quiller PETTIE (8feb1867 Camden, London-9jul1951 Edinburgh), daughter of John Pettie (17mar1839 Edinburgh-21feb1893 Hastings, Sussex) and Elizabeth Ann Bossom (b. abt 1847 Hastings, Sussex) (ancestry.com tree). John Pettie was b. 17mar1839 at Edinburgh, son of Alexander Pettie and Alison Frier (IGI, M. Jordan); John Pettie (1840) d. 1st qtr 1893, Hastings (bmd). Elizabeth Ann Bossom was chr 23aug1846 at Hastings, daughter of Benjamin Bossom and Susanna (IGI, M. Jordan); Elizabeth A. Pettie (1846) d. 4th qtr 1916, Hampstead (bmd). John Pettie (1839, son of Alexander) married Elizabeth Ann Bossom (1847, daughter of Benjamin) 24aug1865 at Hastings (IGI).

Hamish MacCunn married Alison Quiller Pettie 2nd qtr 1889 at Marylebone (bmd). Alison Quiller Pettie was b. 10jan1867, chr 8feb1867 at Camden, daughter of John Pettie, artist A.R.A., and Elizabeth, 37 Gloucester Rd. (ancestry.com record). In 1871 John Pettie (1849 Edinburgh, artist painter ARA), wife Elizabeth A. (1847 Hastings, Sussex), daughter Allison Q. (1867 London), were at Marylebone (census).

James and Alison had a son (M. Jordan). Fergus MacCunn (19apr1890 Hampstead-18may1941 Malvern, Worcestershire) married (2nd qtr 1918, Marylebone) Maude A. Scott (S. Durlac). A Fergus MacCunn was b. 2nd qtr 1890, Hampstead (bmd) and maybe d. 1941, Worcs (bmd). In 1911 Hamish Maccunn (1868 Greenock), Alison I. (1867 Willesden London), Fergus (1891 Hampstead), were at St. Marylebone, London (census).

James MACCUNN was b. 22mar1868 (IGI). James was 2nd twin son; he became the composer Hamish MacCunn (d. 2aug1916). James married Alison Quiller Pettie, daughter of John Pettie, RA (Who’s Who). He was influenced by his mother Barbara, who had studied with William Sterndale Bennett (Dictionary Nat Biog). James (d. London) married Alison Quiller PETTIE (8feb1867 Camden, London-9jul1951 Edinburgh), daughter of John Pettie (17mar1839 Edinburgh-21feb1893) and Elizabeth Ann Bossom (1847 Hastings, Sussex) (ancestry.com tree). Hamish MacCunn married Alison Quiller Pettie 2nd qtr 1889 at Marylebone (bmd). Alison Quiller Pettie was b. 10jan1867, chr 8feb1867 at Camden, daughter of John Pettie, artist A.R.A., and Elizabeth, 37 Gloucester Rd. (ancestry.com record). In 1871 John Pettie (1849 Edinburgh, artist painter ARA), wife Elizabeth A. (1847 Hastings, Sussex), daughter Allison Q. (1867 London), were at Marylebone (census).

1.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
2.   England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)).