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The Right Honourable
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, predecessor = William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair{{cite book , url=https://archive.org/details/DouglasRScotsPeerageVol31906/page/n251/mode/2up , title=The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland , year=1906 , editor=Sir James Balfour Paul
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John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
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, spouse = Margaret Crauford
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, issue = Elizabeth Penelope Crichton
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, father = John McDouall
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, birth_date = 15 October 1726
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Patrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries (15 October 1726 – 7 April 1803) was a Scottish peer. He was the son of John McDouall of Freugh and Elizabeth Dalrymple-Crichton.
In 1768 he inherited the Earldom of Dumfries from his maternal uncle William Dalrymple-Crichton, and on his death was succeeded by his grandson, John, Lord Mount Stuart, grandson of the 1st Marquess of Bute and later 2nd Marquess of Bute.
The Earl lived in
London
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as well as his estate,
Dumfries House
Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located within a large estate, around west of Cumnock. Noted for being one of the few such houses with much of its original 18th-century furniture still present, including ...
in
Ayrshire
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which lay directly adjacent to the lands of
Auchinleck House
Auchinleck House is an 18th-century mansion in Scotland. It is situated near the town of Auchinleck near Cumnock and Ayr in East Ayrshire. The Auchinleck Estate has been inhabited since the 13th century, and the remains of Auchinleck Castle, East ...
the Boswell home. The Earl is mentioned a few more times in James Boswell's journals, and they appear to have been quite civil to each other, Boswell even visiting the Earl a few times in London in 1787 and 1788.
Family
He married Margaret ("Peggy") Crauford, daughter of Ronald Crauford of
Restalrig
Restalrig ( ) is a small residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (historically, an estate and independent parish).
It is located east of the city centre, west of Craigentinny and to the east of Lochend, Edinburgh, Lochend, both of which it ...
on 12 September 1771 and there was much rejoicing in Restalrig village.Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol. 5 p. 135
They had one child:
* Lady Elizabeth Penelope McDouall-Crichton, later Elizabeth, Lady Mount Stuart (25 November 1772 – 25 July 1797)
James Adolphus Oughton
Lieutenant General Sir James Adolphus Oughton Order of the Bath, KB (1720 – 2 May 1780) was a British officer who was Commander-in-Chief, Scotland, commander of forces in North Britain.
His monument in Westminster Abbey is by Richard Hayward ( ...
, after= The Duke of Atholl , years=1771–1773
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Earl of Dumfries
Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth countess in 1742, at which point ...