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Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine       1900-1969
Sir John, 3rd Bt., was born on 7 March 1900, the son of Sir Robert William Buchanan Jardine and Ethel Mary Piercy. He was educated at Eton, RMC Sandhurst, and Trinity College Cambridge. Sir John was first married to Jean Barbara Hamilton, the youngest daughter of Lord Ernest William Hamilton. That marriage was dissolved on 8 Dec 1944, whereupon Sir John married Prudence Audrey Haggie on 12 Dec 1944, in London. Sir John was a racehorse owner, a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards, and head of Jardine Matheson Co., one of the largest British firms in China. He died in 1969.
Jean Barbara Hamilton                         1898-                          (1st Wife)
Jean Barbara was born on 6 September 1898, the daughter of Lord Ernest William Hamilton and Pamela Campbell.
I have found the following children.
Andrew Rupert John Born 2 Feb 1923   Castle Milk, Dumfries Married Jane Fiona Edmonstone

Birth of Parents
Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine b: 7 Mar 1900
son of Sir Robert William Buchanan-Jardine and Ethel Mary Piercy

Jean Barbara Hamilton b: 6 Sep 1898       London, Middlesex
daughter of Lord Ernest William Hamilton and Pamela Campbell
Marriage
8 Jun 1921
Sir John WilliamBuchanan-Jardine
Jean Barbara Hamilton
Father: Sir Robert William Buchanan-Jardine, Castle Milk, Lockerbie
Father: Lord Ernest William Hamilton

The Times, Thursday, Jun 9, 1921   MARRIAGES

Mr. J. W. Buchanan-Jardine and
Miss Jean Hamilton

    The marriage took place yesterday at St. Margaret's, Westminster, of Mr. J. W. Buchanan-Jardine, only son of Sir R. W. and Lady Buchanon-Jardine, of Castle Milk, Lockerbie, and Jean, younger daughter of Lord and Lady Ernest Hamilton, of 87, Elm Park Gardens, S.W. The Rev. William Colville-Wallis, vicar of St. Agnes, Newmarket, officiated, assisted by the Rev. F. Long. Mr. Sowerby was best man.
    The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a draped gown of white georgette, caught by a spray of Madonna Lilies, with a full train of silver tissue, also ornamented  with  Madonna  lilies,   the   same   flower 		being used for the bouquet. A fillet of orange-blossem fastened the tulle veil. Her nine bridesmaids - Miss Brenda Hamilton (her elder sister), Miss Joan Lloyd (daughter of Sir Marteine and Lady Lloyd), Miss Pamela Campbell, Miss Ursula Chamberlain (daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Chamberlain), Miss Sylvia Portman, Miss Pamela Peel, Miss Dilkusha Wrench, Miss Lorna Baldwin, and Miss Vera Piercy - carried sheaves of red roses, with which the church was also decorated, and wore gowns of white and silver brocade belted with silver tissue, and hair-wreaths of silver leaves. Her page was Viscount Chelsea, son of Earl and Countess Cadogan, who wore a Kate Greenaway suit.
    A reception was held at 9 Chesterfield Gardens, lent by Lord and Lady Leconfield.

Children
Andrew Rupert John Buchanan-Jardine b: 2 Feb 1923  Castle Milk, Dumfries
son of Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine and Jean Barbara Hamilton


Marriage ends in Divorce on 8 Dec 1944

Prudence Audrey Haggie                     1919-2001                  (2nd Wife)
Prudence was born abt 1919, the daughter of William Haggie and Sybil Clark Thompson. She married Sir John Buchanan-Jardine on 12 December 1944.
I have found the following children.
  Charles James Born 30 Apr 1946   Married Lady Susan Ankaret Howard
Caroline Anne Born abt 1952  

Birth
Prudence Audrey Haggie b: abt 1919  c: 8 Aug 1919          Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth
daughter of William Haggie and Sybil Clark Thompson
  Newspapers

BEST-DRESSED MAN
TO RE-MARRY

Sir John Buchanan-Jardine

  Captain Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, once chosen as the
Miss Haggie
"worlds best dressed man" by Savile-row tailors, is to marry Miss Prudence Haggie in London tomorrow.
  His first marriage, to the youngest daughter of the late Lord Ernest Hamilton, was dissolved on Friday.
  Sir John is head of Jardine Matheson and Co., one of the biggest British Firms in China.

FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES

Captain Sir J. W. Buchanan-Jardine, Bt., and Miss P. A. Haggie   The marriage will take place quietly in London tomorrow (Tuesday, December 12) between Captain Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, Bt., Royal Horse Guards, of Castle Milk, Lockerbie, and Miss Prudence Haggie, of 166 Sloane Street, S.W.1, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Haggie, of Knayton, Thirsk, Yorkshire.

Marriage
12 Dec 1944
Sir John Buchanan-Jardine
Prudence Audrey Haggie		 St. Colomba's Church, London
Royal Horse Guards, Castle Milk, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Scotland
Father: William Haggie, Knayton, Thirsk, Yorkshire

The Times, Wednesday, Dec 13, 1944   MARRIAGES

Captain Sir John Buchanan-Jardine,
and Miss Haggie

  The marriage of Captain Sir John W. Buchanan-Jardine, Royal Horse Guards, and Miss Prudence A. Haggie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Haggie, of Knayton, Thirsk, Yorkshire, took place yesterday at St. Colomba's Church, House Chapel, Lennox Gardens, S.W.. The Rev. A. Mowat officiated.
  The bride was given away by her father. Mr. John Drummond (brother-in-law of the bridegroom) was best man.

Children
Charles James
Buchanan-Jardine 		b: 30 Apr 1946       11946 2Q Marylebone 1a 717
son of Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine and Prudence Haggie
Caroline Anne
Buchanan-Jardine 		b: abt 1952
son of Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine and Prudence Haggie


Death
Sir John W. Buchanan-Jardine Died 5 Nov 1969, Age 69,

The Times, Friday, Nov 7, 1969   OBITUARY

Sir J. Buchanan-Jardine

Captain Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, Bt. died in Cannes on Wednesday at the age of 69.
The second son of the second baronet he was educated at Eton, R. M. C., Sandhurst, and Trinity College, Cambridge, and saw service in the Royal Horse Guards in the Second World War. He had been Master of the Dumfriesshire Hounds and Joint Master of the New Forest Buckhounds. He was a member of the Royal Company of Archers.
He was twice married and is succeeded by the son of his first marriage, Major Andrew Buchanan-Jardine, M.C.

Death
Prudence A. (Haggie) Buchanan-Jardine Died 30 Oct 2001

The Times, Thursday, Nov 1, 2001   OBITUARY
  Buchanan-Jardine - Prudence, Lady. Died peacefully at home on Tuesday, 30th October. She was well loved and will be missed by many. Funeral at 3 pm on Saturday, 3rd November at Holy Trinity Church, Rue de Canada, Cannes, Alpes Maritimes. Flowers welcome.