Patrick Heron

Patrick Heron of Kirroughtree ( – 9 June 1803) was a Scottish banker and politician. From 1794 to 1803 he was a Whig Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright Stewartry.

He was the grandson of Patrick Heron of Kirroughtrie,

The campaigns are recorded in three works by Robert Burns, now known as the Heron Ballads. Burns was himself a supporter of Heron:

An' there will be trusty Kerroughtree, Whose honour was ever his law, If the virtues were pack'd in a parcel, His worth might be sample for a'.

Heron died on 9 June 1803, aged about 68. He was survived by only one child, a daughter Mary. She had married John Maxwell, who changed his name to Heron-Maxwell when they inherited Mary's father's estates.