Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond ( Hugh Dalrymple) (1695 – 23 December 1741), was a Scottish landowner, lawyer and journalist.

Early life

He was a younger son of

Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes (1665 – 3 December 1721) was a Scottish advocate and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1698 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1721. He served as Lord Advo ...

and Janet ( Rochead) Murray Dalrymple. At the time of his parent's marriage, his mother was the widow of Alexander Murray of Melgund (eldest son of Sir Robert Murray,

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, and brother to Robert Murray). From his mother's first marriage, he had an elder half-brother, Sir Alexander Murray, 1st Baronet. Among his siblings of his parents marriage were Andrew Dalrymple (who immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony giving up his right to the family title), Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (who married Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington), and Janet Dalrymple (who married Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet and, after his death, Gen.

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). His father was the fifth and youngest son of

James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May 1619 – 29 November 1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman, and a key influence on the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a leading figure of Scottish law, “and also one of the greatest thinkers on law ...

and Margaret Ross (daughter of James Ross of Balneil,

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). His paternal uncles were

John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair PC (10 November 1648 – 8 January 1707) was a Scottish politician and lawyer. As Joint Secretary of State in Scotland 1691–1695, he played a key role in suppressing the 1689-1692 Jacobite Rising and was for ...

, Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, Sir Hew Dalrymple, and Thomas Dalrymple (who became physician to Queen Anne). His maternal grandfather was Sir James Rochead, 1st Baronet of

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and his aunt, Mary Rochead, was the wife of

Sir Francis Kinloch, 3rd Baronet Sir Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton, 3rd Baronet (23 June 1676 – 2 March 1747) was a Scottish landowner. Early life Kinloch was the son and heir of Sir Francis Kinloch, 2nd Baronet, of Gilmerton, and Mary Leslie, daughter of David Leslie, 1st Lord ...

Career

In 1709, his father became

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of Scotland and purchased Whitehills House as a family seat, renaming it

Newhailes Newhailes House is a Palladian style country house which stands in 80 acres of parkland on the edge of the small town of Musselburgh in East Lothian, Scotland. Originally named Whitehills, it is a Category A listed building which is now occupie ...

after the Dalrymple's

Hailes Castle Hailes Castle is a mainly 14th century castle about a mile and a half south-west of East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. This castle, which has a fine riverside setting, belonged to the Hepburn family during the most important centuries of it ...

.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3713. Hugh became an advocate, and journalist and lived at Kynynmound in Fife. Upon the death of his nephew,

Sir Alexander Murray, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

, in March 1736, the Murray baronetcy passed to

Sir Joseph Murray, 3rd Baronet Sir Joseph Murray, 3rd Baronet and 1st Count Murray (6 August 1718 – 5 June 1802) was a soldier of Scottish descent. He was born at Tournai, the son of Robert Murray, a general in the Dutch States Army. He served as colonel of the Los Rios ...

(the son of Robert Murray), while the estate, including

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, passed to him. In recognition, he assumed these names on succeeding to the estates of the Murrays of Melgund in Forfarshire, and Kynnynmond in Fife. McKean, Charles, ''The Scottish Château'' (Sutton, 2001), chapter 2

Personal life

Hugh married Isobel Sommerville (b. –1760), the daughter of Hugh Sommerville of Invertiel (later absorbed in to Kirkcaldy). Together, they were the parents of:G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 334. * Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound (1734–1778), who married

Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, of Minto Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, (of Minto) (September 172211 February 1777) was born at Minto, Roxburghshire, and was a Scottish statesman, philosopher and poet. Early life Elliot was born in September 1722 in Minto, Roxburghshire. He was on ...

, in 1747. Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond died on 23 December 1741.

was inherited by his daughter and passing by marriage to his grandson, the 1st

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, who was granted the title

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, presently used by the heir to the earldom. It remained in the family until it was sold in 1990.

Descendants

Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond was posthumously a grandfather to eight, including

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, (; 23 April 175121 June 1814), known as Sir Gilbert Elliott, 4th Baronet until 1797, and The Lord Minto from 1797 to 1814, was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Comm ...

, Hugh Elliot, Alexander Kynymound Elliot, Robert Elliot, and Eleanor Elliot (wife of

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, PC (Ire), FRS (3 April 174528 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1793. Early life A member of the influential Eden family, Auckland was a younger son ...

References

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