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About David Dalrymple of Westhall
DAVID DALRYMPLE OF WESTHALL
Advocate; Procurator of the Church of Scotland' Senator of the College of Justice under the title of Lord Westhall
DALRYMPLE DAVID
HEW DALRYMPLE/ANNE HORN FR4487 (FR4487)
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27/08/1719
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Evidence from the National Records of Scotland
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23 February 1753: Signature of the lands of West Halls granted to David Dalrymple. National Records of Scotland, Register of Signatures, boxed series, reference SIG1/46/58
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1767: Rev. David Dickson (Dicksone, Dixon, Dixson) Minister of Newlands v David Dalrymple, Procurator of the Church of Scotland and others. National Records of Scotland, Court of Session: Bill Chamber Processes, Old Series, reference CS271/64009
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1781: Production in process: 1. Disposition by Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto Baronet in favour of David Dalrymple of Westhall one of the senators of the College of Justice, in liferent of parts and provisions of the lands and Barony of Minto, all lying within the parish of Minto and shire of Roxburgh dated 29 Sep 1779. 2. Instrument of sasine on crown charter and said disposition containing assignation thereto in favour of the said Simon Haliburton, dated 29 Sep 1779 and recorded in the General Register of Sasines the 1 Oct 1779. National Records of Scotland, Court of Session: Unextracted processes, 1st arrangement, Currie-Dalrymple office, reference CS230/S/6/2
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1768-89: Progress of writs (6) of subjects in Prestonpans, barony of Preston, constabulary of Haddington, shire of Edinburgh, belonging successively to Mr David Dalrymple, advocate; Robert Dalrymple, eldest son and heir of deceased David Dalrymple of Westhall, SCJ; Thomas Smith, writer in Edinburgh; George Warrock, Customs, Prestonpans. National Records of Scotland, Schaw's Hospital, Prestonpans, and Schaw's Bequest, reference GD1/699/6
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13 December 1779 and 1 January 1780: David Dalrymple of Westhall, senator of college of justice, of bond, 13 December 1779 and 1 January 1780, to deceased George Innes of Stow for £300 stg; National Records of Scotland, Papers of the family of Dalrymple-Hamilton of Bargany, Ayrshire, reference GD109/2502
Genealogy
Biographical Summary by Stephen R Johnson
David Dalrymple was born on 27th August 1719 in Edinburgh the son of Sir Hugh Dalrymple, Lord Drummore and Ann Horn of Westhall. His father was a Senator of the Sessions Court in Edinburgh and he was the great grandson of Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair.
David studied law and by 1748 was apppointed Deputy-Sheriff of the City of Aberdeen. It was there that he met Jean Aberdein, the daughter of Alexander Aberdein of Cairbulg. David married Jean at quite a late stage in his life on 21st March 1761.
David became Procurator to the Church of Scotland - The Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the principal legal advisor to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland a post which he held for several years. he was appointed Senator of the Court of Sessions on 10th July 1777. He took the title Lord Westhall a tribute to his mother Ann.
David's wife Jean died on 23rd April 1780 at the tragically young age of 40. David died on 26th April 1784 in his 65th year. As you can see they had many children. The family was plunged into crisis after David's death which meant his surviving children were now orphans.
My 4 x great grandfather John Dalrymple was 18 months old when his mother Jean died. He was 5 1/2 when his father died. A letter from his father's brother General Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone of Horn and Westhall - in support of John's application for a British Army commission in 1793 to Lord Amhurst spoke of the crisis that the family had been left in a reference to Lord Westhall's death. John 16 years old and was living at the time with his cousin Earl Stair at his residence in Sussex Gardens, London near Hyde Park.
Children:
i) Hew Dalrymple, b. 2 Mar 1762, d. 16 Jul 1783 at Edinburgh. ii) Alexander Dalrymple, b. 7 May 1765, d. 29 Dec 1780.
iii)David Dalrymple, b. 24 Jun 1769, d. 23 Mar 1770.
iv)Robert Dalrymple, b. 10 Sep 1771, d. 27 May 1808 at Barbados. v)William Dalrymple, b. 26 Aug 1774, d. 4 November 1791 at Sheerness aboard the Iphigenia frigate.
vi)Charles Dalrymple, b. 22 Mar 1776, regimental surgeon, d. 27 Apr 1807 at Warrington.
vii) John Dalrymple, b. 11 Nov 1778, Second Lieutenant-Colonel, H.M. 30th Foot Regiment. Died 9.1829 at Wallajahbad,Madras. My 4 times great grandfather. Wife: Katherine. (Children: Jean and Joseph Dalrymple. Joseph is my 3 x great grandfather who died in May 1850 in Madras.)
viii) Jean Dalrymple, b. 12 Mar 1763, d. 9 Dec 1831 at Portobello,Midlothian married. 13 Mar 1783 at Edinburgh to John Anderson of Winterfield.
ix) Ann Dalrymple, b. 17 May 1766.
x) Marion Dalrymple, b. 15 Oct 1772, d. 23 Aug 1802.
This list is taken from The Scots Peerage (by Balfour) Volume 8
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David Dalrymple of Westhall's Timeline
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August 27, 1719
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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August 27, 1719
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1748
Age 28
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March 2, 1762
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Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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March 12, 1763
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Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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May 7, 1765
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Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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May 17, 1766
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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June 24, 1769
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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September 10, 1771
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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