Sherriffs, John

Education

Student United College 1775-1778 b, s, t. (Ternar).

Student St Mary’s College 1780-1785.

Birth/childhood

Possibly = John Shirreff born 1759 son of an East Lothian farmer. Spent youth in West Indies as a merchant. Succeeded father as lessee of Captainhead farm, Haddington.

Career

Possibly = John Shirreff. Spent youth in West Indies as a merchant. Succeeded father as lessee of Captainhead farm, Haddington. [Farmer]

Introduced improvements and published on agriculture. Published Surveys of Yorkshire and Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Death

Died 2.11.1818. Buried Prestonkirk.

Sources

  • DNB