page_title: Ned Barnie
section_title: Family Life
hierarchical_section_title: Ned Barnie / Family Life
caption_attribution_description: English: The plaque is attached to a bench in Portobello High Street, Edinburgh, recognising Barnie's cross-Channel and other long-distance swims
context_page_description: Ned Barnie was the first Scot and oldest person ever to swim the English Channel in 1950, a record unequalled for 28 years.
context_section_description: He married Catherine Stewart in 1924 and they had 3 children; he died in 1983.
caption: Memoriial Bench Plaque for Ned Barnie, Portobello Town Hall
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