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| | The Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Their founder was Sir Thomas Home of Thurston, second son of Sir Thomas Home of Home, who obtained, in 1413, from Archibald, Earl of Douglas, a grant of the barony of Wedderburn, and became the ancestor of the Homes of Polwarth, Kimmerghame, Manderston, Renton, Blackadder, and Broomhouse. |
 | | Henry Home, Lord Kames, the well-known judge and philosopher, belonged to the Homes of Renton, whose ancestor was the second son of Sir Alexander Home of Manderston. |
 | | Sir Everard Home, Bart., the eminent surgeon, was descended from the Homes of Greenlaw Castle. |
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