| John Guise (1729-1786), professional soldier who settled in Montrose. He was born on 6th August 1729 and married a Mary Forbes (b.1720?-1803) on 28th August 1749 in Aberdeen. They had at least four sons and three daughters. He became a Captain in the 6th Foot Regiment and was stationed for a period in Gibraltar where he first showed signs of a recurring mental illness, described as ‘melancholia religiosa’. A daughter Elizabeth Guise was born in Gibraltar on 15 July 1755, another called Jane (“Jeanâ€) was born there in 1756, and a son, Thomas in 1760, but by the time his daughter Mary Ann was born on 19 Dec 1768 his family were living in Montrose [DS]. He died in Montrose on 6 Aug 1786. His father was Major-General Sir John Guise [MMG]. |
