William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries
William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair, KT (1699 – 27 July 1768) was a Scottish peer.[1] He inherited the title of Earl of Dumfries in 1742, upon the death of his mother Penelope Crichton, 4th Countess of Dumfries.[1] He also held the heritable position of the Sheriff of Clackmannan from 1742 until heritable sheriffdoms were abolished in 1747.
William Crichton-Dalrymple | |
|---|---|
| Earl of Dumfries (1742–1760)[1] Earl of Dumfries and Stair (1760–1768)[1] | |
| Predecessor | Penelope Crichton, 4th Countess of Dumfries[1] |
| Successor | Patrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries[1] |
| Died | 27 July 1768[1] Dumfries House[1] |
| Issue | William Crichton (1734–1744)[1] |
| Father | William Dalrymple of Glenmure[1] |
| Mother | Penelope Crichton, 4th Countess of Dumfries[1] |
He served in the Army from 1721 to 1747, and was aide-de-Camp to his uncle, John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.[1]
He commissioned Robert Adam, and John Adam to build Dumfries House, which was completed between 1754 and 1759.[2] He inherited the title of Earl of Stair in 1760 on the death of his brother, James Dalrymple, 3rd Earl of Stair.[1]
Family
His father was William Dalrymple of Glenmure and mother was Penelope Crichton, Countess of Dumfries.[1]
He married Lady Anne Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Mary Leslie, on 2 April 1731; they had one son:
- William Crichton, Lord Crichton (12 December 1734 – 9 September 1744)
He married Anne Duff, on 19 June 1762.[1]
At his death the titles separated, the Earldom of Dumfries passing to his nephew Patrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries while the Earldom of Stair passed to his cousin John Dalrymple.
References
- Sir James Balfour Paul, ed. (1906). The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland.
- "Dumfries House History". Dumfries House.