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Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet CB, DL (29 January 1810 – 18 February 1888), also 14th of Duntreath, was a British naval commander, courtier and Conservative politician.

Life

Born at

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, Edmonstone joined the Royal Navy in his teenage years, serving as a midshipman on the frigate HMS ''Sybelle'' and was subsequently promoted Commodore. On return from naval service off West Africa he was made an Aide-de-Camp to

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and appointed a Companion of the

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(CB). He went on to serve with the rank of Captain as Superintendent of

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. He was promoted

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on 3 July 1869, the day before he retired from the Royal Navy, a common practice at that time. He was elected Member of Parliament for

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from 1874 to 1880. During this time he stayed at the family seat Duntreath Castle,

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, Stirlingshire. Sir William Edmonstone died at home, 11 Ainslie Place on the

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on 18 February 1888, and was succeeded in the Edmonstone baronetcy by his only surviving son, Archibald Edmonstone. Lady Edmonstone died at Cramond House north-west of Edinburgh, on 11 August 1902.

Family

Edmonstone married Mary Elizabeth Parsons (

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, 21 June 1823 –

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, 11 August 1902), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Parsons, on 13 July 1841 at

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, who was resident on the island of

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, at a time when the

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were a British

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. Mary Elizabeth and Sir William had eleven children in total, nine of whom survived into adulthood: * Mary Emma Frances (1842–1847), died when she was five * Archibald Edmonstone, died in infancy; their second son (see below) bore the same name. * Jessie Edmondstone ( b.1848, m. 1884 Major Edward John Winnington-Ingram (d.1892). d. 10 June 1937) * Louisa Ann Edmonstone (b. 1844 m.1872 Major General Henry Pipon CB, Governor of the

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d. 1923) * Charlotte Henrietta Edmonstone (d. 21 October 1931), married in 1866 John Francis Kitson. * Frances Euphemia Edmonstone (b. 1850, m.1873 Alexander Robert Duncan of Parkhill, Angus, factor of Duntreath. d. 14 February 1921) * Sophia Edmonstone ( b. 1852, m. 1880 James Edward Hope of Belmont, Midlothian. d. 19 February 1924) * Susanna Emily Edmonstone ( b. 1855, m.1885 Jonathan Bucknill. d. 9 May 1886) * Mary Clementina Edmondstone (b.1857 m 1874 Andrew Graham Murray, Viscount Dunedin. d. 2 December 1922) * Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, 5th Bt. (30 May 1867 – 1 April 1954) * Alice Frederica EdmonstonePortrait in National Portrait Gallery catalogue
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; her great-granddaughter,

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(née Shand, born 17 July 1947), was the mistress of and now second wife of

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stirling constituencies Deputy lieutenants in Scotland

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