William Rickart Hepburn (died 13 January 1807) was a Scottish politician and soldier who lived in

Kincardineshire Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and ...

and was responsible for the construction of

Rickarton House Rickarton House is a 19th-century country house in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It lies approximately three-and-a-half miles northwest of Stonehaven in the former county of Kincardineshire. The house is situated on the north banks of the Cowie W ...

. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rickart Hepburn of

, MP for Kincardineshire, and Magdalene Murray, and was born in Scotland during the latter part of the 19th century. He joined the British army and served with the

31st Regiment of Foot The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot to form the East Surrey Regiment in 1881. History Origins ...

during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and commanded the regiment during its time in the West Indies, 17974-97. In 1796 he married Janet Paul of Rathlodge, Fetteresso. The couple had two sons, Robert and William, and a daughter, Madeline. His great-great-grandsons were Canadian politicians, Brigadier-General Bernard Rickart Hepburn and James de Congalton Hepburn. He died in London on 13 January 1807.''The Scots Magazine,'' Volume 6

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