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A name derived from the French, 'jardin’ meaning ‘garden’ or ‘orchard’. The name is first encountered in Scotland prior to 1153, in charters to the Abbeys of Kelso and Arbroath, where Wmfredus de Jardin appears as a witness. Humphrey de Jardin witnessed a charter by Robert Bruce to the Abbey of Arbroath around 1178. The name is also met in the form ‘de Gardinus’. Patrick de Gardinus was chaplain to the Bishop of Glasgow at the beginning of the thirteenth century. In 1245, Sir Humphrey de Gardino witnessed a resignation of lands in Annandale. It is narrated that in 1524, in company with Lord Maxwell, Sir Alexander engaged an English host near Carlisle, routed them and took nearly three hundred prisoners. In 1547, his son, John, •faced English retribution when Lord Wharton, with a force of over five thousand men, overran Annandale. Later that year, with the help of French troops, the Jardines harried the English and exacted a terrible retribution for their humiliation. The Jardines, following the Johnstons, supported Mary, Queen of Scots until her marriage to Bothwell, when they declared allegience to the infant King James VI. The seventh Baronet, yet another Sir William, distinguished himself as an author and editor of works on natural history. Dr William Jardine went to the Far East as a surgeon for the East India Company. In 1827 he went into partnership with James Matheson. The company grew to dominate trade in the Far East and is still a name to be reckoned with today. Another cadet of Applegirth was the Reverend John Jardine, born in 1716. He was an eminent clergyman, but was also one of the intellectual and literary elite of Edinburgh in the mid eighteenth century. The father of the present chief, Sir William Jardine, twelfth Baronet and twentythird chief, was active in promoting clan activities and served on the Committee of the Council of Chiefs. His work has been continued by his heir, Sir Alec, the twenty-fourth chief. |
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