John Scrymgeour or Scrimgeour, 1st Viscount of Dudhope (died 7 March 1642 or 1643) was a Scottish politician. He succeeded his father

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as hereditary Constable of

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and Standard Bearer of Scotland in 1612. He represented

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in 1612, 1617 and 1621, and

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from 1628 to 1633. On 15 November 1641 he was created Viscount of Dudhope and Lord Scrymgeour, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever.

Marriage and children

He married Margaret Seton, a daughter of

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. Their children included: * James Scrymgeour, who succeeded in his titles * Magdalen Scrymgeour who married Alexnder Irvine of

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* Mary Scrymgeour, who married Peter Hay of Megginch Margaret Seton, Lady Dudhope, was a friend of Jean Drummond, Countess of Roxburghe, whose step-daughter Isobel Ker was married to their son, James Scrimgeour, later 2nd Viscount Dudhope. The Countess of Roxburghe visited them at

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in 1619. John Scrimgeour ordered a pair of pistols as a gift for her husband Lord Roxburghe from a gunsmith in Dundee.''HMC 14th Report: Roxburghe'' (London, 1914), p. 46
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The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant
1640s deaths Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland Politics of Angus, Scotland Politics of Argyll and Bute Year of birth unknown Peers of Scotland created by Charles I Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1612 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1617 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1621 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1628–1633 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1643–44 {{Scotland-pre1707-MP-stub