P129 Lineage of Dunbar of Hempriggs RECORDS’ IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference number: P129

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Title: Lineage of Dunbar of Hempriggs

Dates of creation: c.1960

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: 1 sheet

Format: Paper

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Administrative history: Sir James Dunbar, 1st Baronet (d. 1724) a younger son of James Sutherland, 2nd Lord Duffus and his wife Lady Margaret Mackenzie. He married Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter and heiress of Sir William Dunbar, 1st Baronet, and had issue, the male line in remainder to the Lords Duffus until succeeding in 1827 and falling extinct in 1875. Sir William Dunbar, 2nd Baronet (d. 1793). He married three times. By his third wife Henrietta Rose, daughter of Hugh Rose, 16th of Kilvarock, he had a son and heir: Sir Benjamin Dunbar, 3rd Baronet (1761– 1843) also claimed to be 6th Lord Duffus from 1827 although his rights were not established by the House of Lords despite his petition 1838;.[2] He married Janet Mackay, and was succeeded by his son Sir George Sutherland Dunbar, 4th Baronet (1799–1875), also claimed to be 7th and last Lord Duffus.[3] The title then passed to a cousin Sir Benjamin Duff, 5th Baronet (1808– 1897) Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet (1878–1962) Sir George Cospatrick Duff-Sutherland- Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives 1 Dunbar, 7th Baronet (1906–1963) Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar, 8th Baronetess (1906–1997) Sir Richard Francis Dunbar, 9th Baronet (b. 1945) heiress presumptive: Sir Richard's daughter Emma Katherine Dunbar (b. 1977)

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Description: Notes on lineage of Dunbar of Hempriggs

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Date of catalogue: October 2011

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P129 Lineage of Dunbar of Hempriggs c.1960

P129/1 Notes on lineage of Dunbar of Hempriggs [1 sheet] c.1960

Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives 2