John Ross Macduff [SEP] date of death
John Ross Macduff
John Ross Macduff (23 May 1818 – 30 April 1895) was a Scottish divine and a prolific author of religious essays. He published many practical and devotional works which attained a wide circulation. 
Born on his father's estate of Bonhard, Scone, Perthshire, Macduff was the second of the six sons of Captain Alexander Macduff of Bonhard and Springfield and Margaret Catherine Ross, youngest daughter of John Ross of Balgersho. Macduff was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh, and
Alexander MacDuff
Alexander MacDuff of Bonhard WS FRSE (5 December 1816–21 March 1866) was a Scottish lawyer, landowner and agriculturalist.
Life.
He was born on the family estate at Springfield in the parish of Scone near Perth on 5 December 1816, the son of Margaret Catherine Ross (1795–1873) and her husband, Capt Alexander Macduff, 3rd of Bonhard (1792–1842). His father was a Captain in the Royal Perthshire Militia, and his mother was the youngest daughter of John Ross of Balgersho, and sister