execution is sometimes reported to have taken three blows, though "the first certainly took away all sensation". Like Kilmarnock, he was buried in the Church of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London: reportedly, at his request, alongside William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine. His home, Balmerino House in Leith, was confiscated by the Crown, which also took over his patronage of South Leith Parish Church. The Crown sold Balmerino House to James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray in 1755. He sold it on to Lady Baird of Newbyth, and in 1762, on her death, it passed to her brother, General St. Clair of St. Clair. After being purchased by William Sibbald, a Leith merchant, it was sold to the Catholic Church in 1848 for £1800 to build a convent and Roman Catholic church in its extensive grounds. Family He was married to Margaret Chalmers daughter of Captain Chalmers of Leith but they had no children. Notes References 1688 births 1746 deaths Lords of Parliament Jacobite military personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 Scottish Jacobites People of the Jacobite rising of 1715 People executed by the Kingdom of Great Britain Executions at the Tower of London Scottish politicians convicted of crimes