Francis Wallace Burns was the second son of the poet Robert Burns, born when the poet was 30 and his wife Jean Armour was 24. Francis was born at Ellisland Farm in Dunscore parish, Nithsdale on the 18
Francis Burns's birthplace, Ellisland Farm
Frances Anna Dunlop, nee Wallace. Francis Wallace's namesake
Burns House in Millhole Brae (Burns Street) where Francis died in 1803.
The Burns Mausoleum where Francis was interred in 1815
Robert Burns Junior or Robert Burns ll was the first son and one of the first pair of twins born to the poet Robert Burns and his wife Jean Armour. He was born on the 3 September 1786 and baptised on
Francis Wallace Burns
…Dumfries on 11 November 1791. In late spring 1793 the family made the move to a larger house in Millhole Brae, now Burns Street. Francis's siblings were Robert Burns Junior (b. 3 March 1788); Jean (b. 3 March 1788); William Nicol (b. 9 April 1791); Elizabeth Riddell (b. 21 November 1792); James Glencairn (b. 12 August 1794…
Mauchline in Robert Burns Junior's day
Somerset House in the Strand, 1809, London.
Burns Memorial, Alloway in 1903.