While serving in Scotland he was said to have met Margaret Christie while watering his horse at a stream and that they eventually eloped; she with fifty spade guineas sewn into her corsets. On Christmas Day, 1826, they were married. [1]
Margaret was from Mid-Calder in Scotland and her father was a weaver. There is a possibility that she was related to the Christies who started the world renowned London firm of auctioneers of works of art. [1]
