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Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound

Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound

Scottish landowner, lawyer, and journalist (1695–1741)

Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond (né Hugh Dalrymple) (1695 – 23 December 1741), was a Scottish landowner, lawyer and journalist.

Early life

He was a younger son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet and Janet (née Rochead) Murray Dalrymple.[1] At the time of his parents' marriage, his mother was the widow of Alexander Murray of Melgund (eldest son of Sir Robert Murray, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and brother to Robert Murray). From his mother's first marriage, he had an elder half-brother, Sir Alexander Murray, 1st Baronet. Among his siblings of his parents marriage were Andrew Dalrymple (who immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony giving up his right to the family title), Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (who married Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington), and Janet Dalrymple (who married Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet and, after his death, Gen. James St Clair).[2]

His father was the fifth and youngest son of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair and Margaret Ross (daughter of James Ross of Balneil, Wigtown).[3] His paternal uncles were John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, Sir Hew Dalrymple, and Thomas Dalrymple (who became physician to Queen Anne). His maternal grandfather was Sir James Rochead, 1st Baronet of Inverleith and his aunt, Mary Rochead, was the wife of Sir Francis Kinloch, 3rd Baronet.[4]

Career

In 1709, his father became Lord Advocate of Scotland and purchased Whitehills House as a family seat, renaming it Newhailes after the Dalrymple's Hailes Castle.[1] Hugh became an advocate,[5] and journalist and lived at Kynynmound in Fife.[6]

Upon the death of his nephew, Sir Alexander Murray, 2nd Baronet, in March 1736, the Murray baronetcy passed to Sir Joseph Murray, 3rd Baronet (the son of Robert Murray), while the estate, including Melgund Castle, passed to him.[7] In recognition, he assumed these names on succeeding to the estates of the Murrays of Melgund in Forfarshire, and Kynnynmond in Fife.[8][9][10]

Personal life

Hugh married Isobel Sommerville (b. c. 1699–1760), the daughter of Hugh Sommerville of Invertiel (later absorbed in to Kirkcaldy). Together, they were the parents of:[11]

Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond died on 23 December 1741. Melgund Castle was inherited by his daughter and passing by marriage to his grandson, the 1st Earl of Minto, who was granted the title Viscount Melgund, presently used by the heir to the earldom. It remained in the family until it was sold in 1990.[8][13]

Descendants

Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond was posthumously a grandfather to eight, including Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, Hugh Elliot, Alexander Kynymound Elliot, Robert Elliot, and Eleanor Elliot (wife of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland).[1]

References

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    Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3713.
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    Cokayne, George Edward (1904). Complete Baronetage: English, Irish and Scottish, 1665-1707. W. Pollard & Company, Limited. p. 427. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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    Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1904. p. 428. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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    Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665-1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 396, retrieved 5 July 2019
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    Dalrymple, Sir James (1739). Mr. Hugh Murray Kynnynmound, of Melgund and Kynnynmound, Advocate, the Only Acting Trustee Under the Last Settlement of Sir James Rochead, of Innerleith, Baronet, Deceased, ... and James Dalrymple, an Infant, ... by Mr. Hugh Sommervell, ... His Tutor Ad Lites, - - - - - - Appellants. Sir James Dalrymple, Baronet, Hugh Dalrymple, Charles Dalrymple and John Dalrymple, ... Sir Francis Kinloch, Baronet, and Dame Mary His Wife, Francis Kinloch, David Kinloch and Alexander Kinloch, ... James Cathcart, Esq; and Mrs. Elizabeth Rochead, Spinster, Alexander Hamilton, of Pancaitland, Esq; Thomas Dundas of Lethem, and John Rochead, Merchant in Edinburgh, - - - - - Respondents. And the Said Mr. Francis Kinloch, Advocate, - - - Appellant. The Said Sir Francis Kinloch, Baronet, and Dame Mary His Wife, and All the Other Persons Above-named, ... Respondents. The Case of the Respondents Sir James Dalrymple, and of the Respondents Sir Francis Kinloch, and Dame Mary His Wife. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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    Archives, The National. "Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound, Hugh, (d 1741), lawyer and journalist". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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    Session, Scotland Court of; Morison, William Maxwell (1803). The Decisions of the Court of Session: From Its First Institution to the Present Time : Digested Under Proper Heads, in the Form of a Dictionary. Bell. p. 9881. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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    "Melgund Castle | The Castles of Scotland, Coventry | Goblinshead". www.thecastlesofscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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    McKean, Charles, The Scottish Château (Sutton, 2001), chapter 2
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    "Melgund Castle | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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    G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 334.
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    Minto, Gilbert Elliot Earl of (1874). Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751 to 1806, when His Public Life in Europe was Closed by His Appointment to the Vice-royalty of India. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 30. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  13. [13]
    Scott, Walter (1894). A True History of Several Honourable Families of the Right Honourable Name of Scott: In the Shires of Roxburgh and Selkirk, and Others Adjacent Gathering Out of Ancient Chronicles, Histories, and Traditions of Our Fathers. Heritage Books. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-58549-517-7. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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