Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet (2 March 1812 – 17 December 1889) was a Scottish

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in the

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Life

He was born on 2 March 1812 the son of James Dunbar and his wife, Anna Catharina van Reed d'Oudtshoorn. 43 to 47 Heriot Row, Edinburgh

He was educated at the

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. He became a member of the

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in 1835, but did not practise law. He became the 7th

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on 22 June 1841 on the death of his paternal uncle, who died without a male heir. In 1850 he was living at 47

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in central

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.edinburgh Post Office Directory 1850 He was appointed a

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in 1859. He became Keeper of the Privy Seal to the

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. Dunbar left Parliament in 1865 to become Commissioner for Auditing Public Accounts. He was

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1867–1888. He represented Wigtown Burghs 1857–1865.

Family

In 1842 he married Catherine Hay Paterson (d.1890). His eldest son Uthred James Hay Dunbar became 8th baronet and on his death in 1904, being childless, the baronetcy passed to the second son, William Cospatrick Dunbar (1844–1931).

References

* * *''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885'', edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)

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* 1812 births 1889 deaths Dunbar, William, 7th Baronet Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Members of the Faculty of Advocates Civil servants in the Audit Office (United Kingdom) {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub