Hew Dalrymple of Drummore

HEW DALRYMPLE OF DRUMMORE

Heugh Dalrimple (1690) Mr. Hew Dalrymple (1725) Hew Dalrymple of Drummore (1727) Hugh Dalrymple of Drummore, Senator of the College of Justice (1742) Hew Dalrymple (1753)

Advocate; Member of the Faculty of Advocates; Senator of the College of Justice; Lord of Session as Lord Drummore

Hew Dalrymple of Drummore. here treated, is the son of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of North Berwick NRS: GD110/484 and his wife Dame Marion Hamilton He was born before 30 November 1690, the date upon which his baptism was registered at Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Baptisms, reference OPR.685/1/11]

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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30 May 1707 - 13 August 1728: Bonds of provision by Sir Hew Dalrymple of Northberwick, lord president of session, to Hew, John, William, Elizabeth, James and Helenor Dalrymple, his younger children, dame Marion Hamilton, his spouse, Marion and Joanna Dalrymple, his daughters by his second marriage, Marion Dalrymple, his grandchild, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Dalrymple of Casteltoun, Hew and Marion Dalrymple, children of Mr. Hew Dalrymple, son of said Sir Hew, and related papers/ National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Hamilton-Dalrymple Family of North Berwick, reference GD110/484

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1725: Memorandum for Mr. Hew Dalrymple [of Drummore], relating to succession to estate of James Horn of Westhall, his father-in-law, and maintenance of his children. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Hamilton-Dalrymple Family of North Berwick, reference GD110/387

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20 August 1727: Letter from Hew Dalrymple of Drummore, Westhal, to Sir Hew, his father, on Aberdeenshire elections. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Hamilton-Dalrymple Family of North Berwick, reference GD110/905

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21 April 1742: Extract Registered Disposition and Retrocession by Hugh Dalrymple of Drummore, Senator of the College of Justice, to John, Earl of Cassillis, of disposition and translation - GD25/8/1070c. (Regd. B. of C. & S., 1747, August 13). Lands and Barony of Cassillis, sheriffdoms of Ayr and Wigtown. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Kennedy Family, Earls of Cassillis (Ailsa Muniments), reference GD25/8/1098a

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23 February 1753: Signature of the lands of Drummore etc granted to Hew Dalrymple. National Records of Scotland, Register of Signatures, boxed series, reference SIG1/47/2

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage VIII: 132
2. Stirnet: Dalrymple 03

Biographical Summary

"Hew, of Drummore, baptized 30 November 1690; admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates 21 November 1710; appointed a Lord of Session, 29 December 1726, and of Justiciary, 13 June 1745. He is described as having been an acute and sound lawyer, and possessed a ready and forcible, though not a polished education. He died at Drummore, East Lothian, 18 June 1755, and was buried, 24 June, at North Berwick. He married, 26 February 1711, Anne, daughter and heiress of John Horn of Horn, advocate and by her, who died 13 February 1731, had issue."

SOURCE: The Scots Peerage, Vol. VIII, page 132