Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 3rd Baronet (12 March 1795 – 15 March 1871) was a British traveller and writer.

Biography

Edmonstone, the eldest son of Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet, by his first wife Emma, fifth daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle of

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, and sister of

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, was born at 32 Great Russell Street,

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, on 12 March 1795, and entered

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in 1808. He removed in 1812 to

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, where he proceeded

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on 29 November 1816. In 1819 he went to

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, where he visited and explored two of the oases in the great desert, of which he published an account, with views and plans of the ruined temples and tombs. On the death of his father, 1 April 1821, he succeeded to the baronetcy, and fruitlessly contested his father's parliamentary constituency,

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, 24 May 1821. He married, on 10 October 1832, his

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Emma, third daughter of Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall, Cheshire, and had issue three daughters, who all died in their infancy. He died at 34

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, Belgrave Square, London, on 13 March 1871, leaving a personal fortune of £12,000.

Publications

# ''A Journey to Two of the Oases of Upper Egypt'', 1822. # ''Leonora'', a tragedy in five acts and in verse, 1832. # ''Tragedies'', 1837. # ''The Christian Gentleman's Daily Walk'', 1840, 2nd edit. 1843, 3rd edit. 1850. # ''The Progress of Religion'', a poem, 1842. # ''Thoughts on the Observance of Lent'', 1848. # ''A Letter to the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway on the Present Aspect of Church Matters'', 1850. # ''Meditations in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year'', 1853. # ''Devotional Reflections in Verse, arranged in accordance with the Church Calendar'', 1858. # ''Short Readings on the Collects'', 1861. # ''Spiritual Communings'', 1869.

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External links

The Family Edmonstone of Duntreath
website, based upon a history of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath, written by Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 3rd, Bt., completed in 1851 and privately published after his death. {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonstone, Sir Archibald, 3rd Baronet 1795 births 1871 deaths People from Bloomsbury Nobility from Stirling (council area) People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain 19th-century British writers Archibald