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John Bell (of Warrambeen and Bell Park) married Margaret Chirnside. They had no children. Presumably she was related, to the Chirnside brothers, Andrew and Thomas, who became influential Victorian pastoralists. The owners of Werribee Park Estate, they donated land and finance to the Werribee District for the building of schools, churches and the railway station. Thomas Chirnside was born at Berwick in 1815. He was an overlander, arrived in Port Phillip in 1839 and died in 1887. Andrew Chirnside was born at Berwick in 1818, arrived in Port Phillip in 1840 and died in 1890. George and John Percy Chirnside were Andrew's sons. "Werribee Park" was to become their family home. (Links to Australian Dictionary of Biography) Notes: Overlanders were men who purchased sheep in Sydney and travelled overland to South Australia or Victoria to either sell the stock or establish a pastoral run. There is a town Chirnside in Berwick, Scotland. Land Leases held by the brothers included:
George Chirnside was the son of Andrew Chirnside. He inherited the Werribee Park Estate After the deaths of his father and uncle, the Werribee Park Estate was divided; George inherited the Homestead and his brother, John Percy Chirnside built "The Manor" on other Werribee land. The Manor was destroyed by fire in 1966. In the early 1900's, George leased the St. George's Rd, Toorak mansion "Illawarra" from Mrs. James, the wife of Charles James. Mr. James was one of the early land speculators of the 1870's and 1880's, deriving a huge fortune from land subdivisions. The wealthy financier and land owner was disgraced during the bank closures of the late 1880's. Today, "Illawarra" is maintained by the National Trust. In 1921, George Chirnside purchased the Mooroolbark Park homestead and grazing property (near Lilydale, east of Melbourne). The homestead was built in 1845. The family sold Werribee Park, the headquarters of its empire, and transferred the stud herds and the Werribee mansion contents to Mooroolbark Park. George Chirnside died in 1941. John Calvert, son of John
Calvert and Jane Murray, married Maggie Fair Chirnside.
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