Sir Patrick Hepburn of Waughton and

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(d. Bef. November 1649) was a

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and notable

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from

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. In 1639-1641 Sir Patrick was a member for

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in the Scottish Parliament.

Landed proprietor

His father, also Patrich Hepburn, had supported the

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in 1559. In 1567 he helped hold

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for his kinsman

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. Patrick Hepburn of Waughton and Lufness was retoured heir to his father on 3 April 1605. Hepburn sold the lands of Brethertoun rothertonto

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, and his wife Margaret Ogilvie for £20,500 Scots on 8 December 1613. On 10 January 1639, George Lauder of The Bass, and his mother (Hepburn's sister) Isobel Hepburn, Lady Bass, being both Royalists and having spent much time at Court with

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and fearing forfeiture, assigned the barony of

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and a string of other properties to Hepburn. In a Supplication dated 15 September 1641, by Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchtoun addressed to the King and the Estates of Parliament, he mentions that he has lately acquired the right of the lands of Popill and Auld Haddington from the Laird of The Bass. On 15 November 1641 Hepburn was confirmed in several properties including lands in

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and Garvald previously owned by Lauder. Between 1644 until his death, Hepburn was engaged in a dispute with the Earl of Home over possession of Fast Castle, and the rents of Auldcambus.

Covenant

Sir Patrick was a Lieutenant-Colonel who raised a 400 strong infantry regiment in

, which served in General Leslie's army of the Covenant, entering England on 20 August 1640. Sir Patrick was one of the commissioners to the negotiations at

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. The regiment served at the sieges of

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and

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and at the

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. "Wauchtoun's regiment" with Sir Patrick Hepburn as commander is recorded as being quartered and then in skirmishes with the Royalists at Todcaster and York in April 1644. From late 1644 until January 1647 it remained in England doing garrison duty, its strength being between 631 and 651 infantrymen. In 1646 Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie, the army treasurer and commissary general, became the colonel, and the numbers increased to 893 and reached a maximum of 1030 foot soldiers in September. The regiment disbanded in February 1647.

Marriage and death

Sir Patrick married after 16 February 1607 (when a charter mentions them as future spouses) Jean, fifth and youngest daughter of

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Sir Patrick was, according to a charter dated 24 June 1646, still alive then, but is thought to have died before 9 November 1649, when his son John was retoured his heir. That was followed on the same day by a Precept from Chancery for infefting John Hepburne, now of Wauchtoun, as heir to his father, Sir Patrick Hepburne of Wauchtoun in the lands and baronies of Wauchtoun and The Bass, and other lands in the sheriffdoms of Edinburgh and Berwick. Of at least seven children, the following are noted: * John Hepburn of Waughton (d. Bef. 27 August 1669), an Episcopalian Minister deposed by the Presbyterians who held

against

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, surrendering to Major-General Deane in 1652. * George Hepburn of

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, and

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, (alive July 1655). * Isobel, married in 1589,

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(he died in 1611). * Elizabeth, 3rd daughter, married by contract in 1601, Alexander Drummond of Carnock, grandson of the master of work

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. * Anne, married by contract in 1623, Sir James Hamilton of Priestfield, Commendator of the Priory of Haddington. He was Gentleman of The Bedchamber to King Charles the First in 1638.Fraser, Sir William, ''Memorials of the Earls of Haddington'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1889), p. 378

References

* Hepburn, Edward, ''Genealogical Notes of the Hepburn Family'', 1925, p. 35. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hepburn of Waughton, Patrick Hepburn, Sir Patrick, of Waughton Hepburn, Sir Patrick, of Waughton Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1639–1641 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1643–44 Hepburn, Sir Patrick, of Waughton Hepburn, Sir Patrick, of Waughton Year of birth unknown