Captain Gabriel Hamilton Dundas of Duddingston

GABRIEL HAMILTON DUNDAS OF DUDDINGSTON

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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24 January 1824: Letters from the Hamilton Dundas family at 8 St Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh, and Duddingstoun by Queensferry, to Miss Innes at Picardy Place, Edinburgh. Concern the family's misfortune and the trial of leaving Duddingston. 24 January 1834 (at Duddingstoun by Queensferry): Gabriel Hamilton Dundas lays before Miss Innes the deplorable state of affairs left by his father, and he is sorry to say his own imprudence and the villainy of an agent have added to his difficulties. He has been forced to sell his original patrimonial estate of Westburn and a considerable part of his wife's property and now finds that to pay off his debt which still amounts to nearly £50,000, and enable him at his death to leave anything to his numerous younger family he is obliged to advertise the estate of Duddingstoun. The remaining part of his property to which he is strongly attached is valued at £70,000. Asks Miss Innes if she would purchase the estate at value as he is afraid it may remain long on the market. For the sake of his Mother and his Wife's Mother he hopes this will remain private. National Records of Scotland : Papers of the Innes family of Stow, Peeblesshire, reference GD113/5/100

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12 and 24 Jan 1834: Letters from the Hamilton Dundas family at 8 St Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh, and Duddingstoun by Queensferry, to Miss Innes at Picardy Place, Edinburgh. Concern the family's misfortune and the trial of leaving Duddingston by Queensferry: Gabriel Hamilton Dundas lays before Miss Innes the deplorable state of affairs left by his father, and he is sorry to say his own imprudence and the villainy of an agent have added to his difficulties. He has been forced to sell his original patrimonial estate of Westburn and a considerable part of his wife's property and now finds that to pay off his debt which still amounts to nearly £50,000, and enable him at his death to leave anything to his numerous younger family he is obliged to advertise the estate of Duddingstoun. The remaining part of his property to which he is strongly attached is valued at £70,000. Asks Miss Innes if she would purchase the estate at value as he is afraid it may remain long on the market. For the sake of his Mother and his Wife's Mother he hopes this will remain private. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Innes family of Stow, Peeblesshire, reference GD113/5/100

The Armorial Ensigns of Gabriel Hamilton of Westburn

In 1787 the Arms of Gabiel Hamilton of Westburn were: "Gules, three cinquefoils ermine, within a bordure potent-counter-potent of the first and second" G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Hamiltons etc (Edinburgh, MCMIX), page 90 See also Ibidem, Plate V, page 144

For a number of other references to Gabriel Hamilton Dundas see National Records of Scotland

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 30 September 1804 marriage or banns of Isabella Bryson Dennistoun to Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, in the parish of Cardross

From British Newspaper Archive: York Herald Saturday, 20 October 1804 Page 3 Marriages

Marriages: On Wednesday, 3 October 1804 [inst.] at Camis Eskin, in Dumbartonshire, Captain Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, the younger, of Duddingstown, to Miss Isabella Bryson Dennistown, daughter of James Dennistown, Esq. of Colgrain. Camis Eskan House, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, G84 7JZ 55.99667, -4.69389

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms NOTE can only find 4 births in Scotland

Possible (incomplete) list of children of Gabriel Hamilton Dundas and Isabella Bryson Dennistoun from first: 28 September 1805 John Hamilton Dundas to last: 27 August 1818 Robert Hamilton Hamilton Dundas

• 28 September 1805 birth or baptism of John Hamilton Dundas, son of Gabriel Hamilton Dundas and Isabella Bryson Dennistoun [child 1], in the parish of Cardross
• 16 September 1806 birth or baptism of James Hamilton Dundas, son of Gabriel Hamilton Dundas and Isabella Bryson Dennston [child 2], in the parish of Cardross
• 4 August 1814 birth or baptism of Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, son of Gabriel Hamilton Dundas and Isabella Denniston [child 7], in the parish of Abercorn
• 27 August 1818 birth or baptism of Robert Hamilton Hamilton Dundas, son of Gabriel Hamilton Dundas and Isabella Denniston [child 9], in the parish of Abercorn

From London Gazette Issue 16283 Saturday, 5 August 1809 Page 1239

Royal Linlithgowshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, Esq.; to be Major Commandant, vice Ferrier, appointed to the Local Militia. Dated Tuesday, 8 November 1808.

From London Gazette Issue 18236 Saturday, 8 April 1826 Page 816

Captain Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, half-pay 26th Foot. Dated Saturday, 8 April 1826.

From Scottish Indexes: Gabriel Hamilton Dundas

• 1827 High Court - Crown Office Precognitions: Gabriel Hamilton Dundas esquire, Abercorn, West Lothian; Victim
• 1843 Sheriff Court Paternity Cases - Extracted Decrees
  • Pursuer: Catherine Campbell or Veitch, wife of Mathew Veitch, Gardener, Cumberland Lane, Edinburgh
  • Defender: Gabriel Hamilton Dundas Esquire, 15 St. Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh
  • Child born: 1843
• 1845 High Court - Crown Office Precognitions: Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, St. Bernards Crescent, Stockbridge, Edinburgh; Victim
• 1845 High Court of Justiciary Trial Papers: Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, St. Bernards Crescent, Stockbridge, Edinburgh; Victim

From National Records of Scotland

• 1845: Precognition against Benjamin Sutherland for the crime of theft at Drummond Place, Edinburgh
• Victims: ... Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, St. Bernards Crescent, Stockbridge, Edinburgh

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Deaths and Burials

27 June 1854 death or burial of Gabriel Dundas, aged 73 [born about 1781], in the parish of Abercorn Abercorn, West Lothian 55.993, -3.473

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Chronicle Thursday, 6 July 1854 Page 8 Deaths

Deaths: On Tuesday, 27 June 1854 [ult.], at Ardencaple Inn, Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, Esq., aged 73. Ardencaple Hotel, Gareloch Road, Rhu, Argyll and Bute G84 8LA 56.01333, -4.76444

From Dundas of Duddingstoun

• Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, son of John Hamilton Dundas and Grizel Hamilton
• born: About 1780 at Abercorn
• occupation: Captain, 26th Regiment of Foot
• died: Tuesday, 27 June 1854 at Ardincaple Inn. (Morning Chronicle Thursday, 6 July 1854).
• buried: Tuesday, 4 July 1854 at Ardincaple in the parish of Rowe, Abercorn

Gabriel Hamilton Dundas was forced to sell both estates at Duddingstoun and Westburn (sold 1826) due to debts left by his father. Ruchill House in Glasgow which came to Gabriel Hamilton Dundas through his marriage with Isabella Dennistoun was also sold in 1835.

Scotland's Archives, GD113/5/100; "Letters from the Hamilton Dundas family at [8 St Bernard's Crescent, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH4 1NP 55.9573972, -3.2119313], and Duddingstoun by Queensferry, to Miss Innes at Picardy Place, Edinburgh. Concern the family's misfortune and the trial of leaving Duddingston; Friday, 24 January 1834, Duddingstoun by Queensferry: Gabriel Hamilton Dundas lays before Miss Innes the deplorable state of affairs left by his father, and he is sorry to say his own imprudence and the villainy of an agent have added to his difficulties. He has been forced to sell his original patrimonial estate of Westburn and a considerable part of his wife's property and now finds that to pay off his debt which still amounts to nearly £50,000, and enable him at his death to leave anything to his numerous younger family he is obliged to advertise the estate of Duddingstoun. The remaining part of his property to which he is strongly attached is valued at £70,000. Asks Miss Innes if she would purchase the estate at value as he is afraid it may remain long on the market. For the sake of his Mother and his Wife's Mother he hopes this will remain private".

Marriage: on Wednesday, 3 October 1804 to Isabella Dennistoun daughter of James Dennistoun of Colgrain and Margaret Dreghorn. (died Sunday, 23 July 1854 at Ardincaple Inn (Caledonian Mercury Wednesday, 27 July 1853), buried Saturday, 29 July 1854 at Ardincaple, Rowe, Abercorn)

Issue: (12 children)

In the 1841 census, Gabriel Hamilton Dundas is shown as living at [15 St Bernard's Crescent, Stockbridge, Edinburgh 55.9576346, -3.2129554]
In the 1851 census the only possible entry is for Gabriel Dandas. He is shown as an ex military officer and is a patient at the [Crichton Royal Institute for Lunatics, currently Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries DG1 4TG 55.0534408, -3.5965423]