Miss Christian Dalrymple of New Hailes (30 December 1765 – 9 January 1839) daughter of Anne Brown and

David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 3rd Baronet of Hailes (28 October 172629 November 1792) was a Scottish advocate, judge and historian, born in Edinburgh. Life His father, Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, near Haddington, was Audi ...

. She inherited the Newhailes estate in

East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ...

, Scotland, in 1792 (where she lived for 46 years). The title of Baronet passed to her cousin, James Dalrymple, who became 4th baronet, of Hailes. However, the feudal title of Baron of Hailes did pass to Miss Dalrymple. Miss Dalrymple did not marry. Her estate of Newhailes and the

Lordship and Barony of Hailes The Lordship and Barony of Hailes is a Scottish feudal lordship (a feudal barony of higher degree). Hailes is traditionally believed to have been founded by an Englishman, taken prisoner in the reign of David II of Scotland, who was rewarded with ...

descended to her nephew Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson. As a possible explanation for why she never married, the 1868 edition of Robert Chambers's ''Traditions of Edinburgh'' (originally published in 1824 when Christian Dalrymple was still alive) includes the following: "1868 - Now that the grave has for thirty years closed over Miss Dalrymple, it may be allowable to tell that she was of dwarfish and deformed figure, while amiable and judicious above the average of her sex. Taking into view her beautiful place of residence ewhailes Houseand her large wealth, she remarked to a friend one day: 'I can say, for the honour of man, that I never got an offer in my life.' " Newhailes - geograph

References

External links

Historic Scotland Website

Burkes Peerage Website

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalrymple, Christian 1765 births 1839 deaths Daughters of baronets