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ABERNETHY, JOHN SCOTT, brother of Harold William Abernethy (qv); b. 31 May 1860; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (James'); left Aug 1878; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1880; BA 1886; MA 1888; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jan 1883, called to bar 26 Jan 1887; author, The life and works of James Abernethy, C. E., 1897; m. 1st, 20 Apr 1899 Mary Helen, second dau. of Rev. John Richardson, Rector of Sandy, Beds.; m. 2nd, 8 Jun 1915 Madeleine Philippa, widow of Alexander Edmund Coutts Trotter, The Bush and Dryden, Midlothian, and dau. of Richard William Selby-Lowndes, Elmers, Bletchley, Bucks.; still in Law List 1936 (without address), not 1941.

ABERNETHY, HAROLD WILLIAM, third son of James Abernethy FRS (Ed), Delahay Street, Westminster, President Institute of Civil Engineers, and Ann, eldest dau. of John Neill, Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 22 Oct 1858; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (James'); left Dec 1877; civil engineer; MICE; resident engineer on Runcorn section of Manchester Ship Canal 1885-94; d. 9 Jul 1895 on board the Union S. S. Scot, during his voyage home from the Cape of Good Hope.