Patrick Heron (died 1761)

Patrick Heron ( – 22 October 1761) was a Scottish politician.

Career He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcudbright Stewartry from 1727 to 1741.

Patrick Heron was the heritor of the estate of Kirroughtree. As a landowner during the 1724 uprising of the Galloway Levellers he was instrumental in defusing a tense confrontation between Levellers and landowners.A. S. Morton, "Kirroughtree", DUMFRlESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY & ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS AND JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 1935-36, THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XX, p181,

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