Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet (10 October 1717 – 20 July 1807), also 11th of Duntreath, was a Scottish politician. Born at

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, Silver Banks, he was the son of Archibald Edmonstone, 10th of Duntreath, and his wife Anne Campbell (d.

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, 2 November 1785, paternal granddaughter of

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and maternal granddaughter of John Elphinstone, 8th Lord Elphinstone and sister of the

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). He was

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in Ireland from 1763 to 1765. He succeeded his father in 1768. By the time of his inheritance he was member of parliament for the

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, to which seat he was elected in 1761, 1768, and 1774. In 1780 he was chosen for

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but was again Member for Dumbartonshire in 1790, and continued to hold this office until he retired from Parliament in 1799. A staunch

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supporter, he upheld Lord North's government during the

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, and due to his public services, he was created a

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on 20 May 1774. Edmonstone married firstly October 1753, Susanna Mary Harenc (d. 4 July 1776), daughter of Roger Harenc (d. 10 June 1763), a French gentleman from

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who had settled in

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around 1720, and wife Susanna Hays. They had five sons and three daughters. Secondly he married Hester, daughter of Sir John Heathcoate, who died without children in 1797. Edmonstone, having lived to be eighty nine, died in his house in Argyll Street in London in July 1807. His five sons all had distinguished careers; however, since his two eldest sons had predeceased him, he was succeeded by his third son Charles.

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