Edmonstone Family

	Edmonstone Family Edmonstone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alice Keppel (née Edmonstone; 1868–1947), British aristocrat and hostess Archibald Edmonstone (other), multiple people * Charles Edmonstone (1764–1821), Scottish politician * George Frederick Edmonstone (1813–1864), British administrator in India * James Edmonstone (c. 1720–1793), Scottish army officer and agriculturalist John Edmonstone, British taxidermist John Edmonstone of that Ilk (died c. 1410), Scottish nobleman * Malcolm Edmonstone (born 1980), British jazz pianist and pop arranger * Neil B. Edmonstone (1765–1841), British civil servant Robert Edmonstone (1794–1834), Scottish artist William Edmonstone (1810–1888), Scottish naval commander, courtier and politician See also Clan Edmonstone Clan Edmonstone is a Scottish clan which does not currently have a chief; therefore, it is considered an armigerous clan. However, Sir Archibald Bruce Charles Edmonstone, 17th of Duntrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Alice Keppel Alice Frederica Keppel (''née'' Edmonstone; 29 April 1868 – 11 September 1947) was an aristocrat, British society hostess and a long-time mistress (lover), mistress of King Edward VII. Keppel grew up at Duntreath Castle, the family seat of the Edmonstone baronets in Scotland. She was the youngest child of Mary Elizabeth, ''née'' Parsons, and William Edmonstone, Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet. In 1891 she married George Keppel (British Army officer, born 1865), George Keppel, an army officer, and they had two daughters. Alice Keppel became one of the most prominent society hostesses of the Edwardian era. Her beauty, charm and discretion impressed London society and brought her to the attention of the future King Edward VII in 1898, when he was still Prince of Wales, and was his mistress until his death. Through her younger daughter, Sonia Rosemary Keppel, Sonia Cubitt, Alice Keppel is the great-grandmother of Queen Camilla, the former mistress and second wife of Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Archibald Edmonstone (other) Archibald Edmonstone may refer to: * Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet (1717–1807), Scottish MP * Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 3rd Baronet, Scottish traveller and writer, grandson of the above Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 5th Baronet, Scottish baronet, nephew of the above (see Edmonstone baronets) Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 7th Baronet, Scottish baronet, grandson of the above (see Edmonstone baronets) {{hndis, name=Edmonstone, Archibald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charles Edmonstone Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet (10 October 1764 – 1 April 1821), also 12th of Duntreath, was a Scottish politician. Edmonstone was the third son of Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and subsequently at Christ Church, Oxford. Having been called to the Bar, he was one of the six clerks in Chancery until the time of his father's death. In 1806, he was elected Member for Dumbartonshire, but he lost his seat in the general election of the following year. In 1812, he became member of parliament for Stirlingshire and held the seat until his death. A Tory like his father, he supported Lord Liverpool's government during the later part of the Napoleonic Wars. Edmonstone married firstly, Emma, daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle of Rode Hall, Cheshire, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He married secondly on 5 December 1804 Louisa Hotham (9 October 1778 – 30 August 1840), daughter of Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham, by whom he had four son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Frederick Edmonstone Sir George Frederick Edmonstone, KCB (11 April 1813 – 24 September 1864) was an administrator in India. Life Edmonstone was born in Calcutta, the fourth son of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone (1765–1841), a member of the supreme council in India and a director of the East India Company. In 1829 Edmonstone went to the East India College at Haileybury, the precursor of Haileybury and Imperial Service College, before proceeding to Bengal in 1831. He held various positions in the Indian civil service before being appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 19 January 1859 to 27 February 1863. Retiring in 1863, Edmonstone was made a knight commander of the Order of the Bath (civil division) in December 1863. He died in Effingham, Surrey on 24 September 1924. There is a plaque dedicated to him in St Lawrence's Church, Effingham.Plaque remains in church, Effingham. See: Photo - Plaque to Edmonstone in St Lawrence's Church, Effingham, Surrey One of the hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Edmonstone James Edmonstone FRSE (1793) was a Scottish army officer and agriculturalist. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. He was a close friend of fellow founder David Hume. Life and career He was born in Old Newton House near Doune but the year is unclear. He was a younger brother of Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet of Duntreath and Newton. As a younger son he was not likely to inherit the baronetcy and followed a military career. It seems possible that he met David Hume at the University of Edinburgh and seems equally likely that he (as Hume) dropped out without graduating due to a lack of respect for the professors. At some point he joined the Perthshire Militia but may have transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards. He served at rank of captain in Brittany. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served variously in Geneva, Siena, Paris and Dublin. Whilst having a military title a large proportion of this travel appears to have been in the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Edmonstone John Edmonstone was a taxidermist and teacher of taxidermy in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was an influential Black Briton. Early life Born into slavery on a wood plantation in Demerara, British Guiana (present-day Guyana, South America), he was given the surname of his slave-owner, Charles Edmonstone, who owned the plantation and also owned the Cardross Park estate at Cardross, near Dumbarton in Scotland. Around 1812 the plantation was visited by the naturalist Charles Waterton, who spent considerable time teaching John Edmonstone taxidermy. Career In 1817, Edmonstone went to Scotland with his master, possibly to become a servant to the Edmonstone family at Cardross Park. Having come there, he was freed, and he took employment in Glasgow, then moved to Edinburgh, where in 1823 he set up shop as a "bird-stuffer" at 37 Lothian Street. From this shop, he taught taxidermy to students attending the nearby University of Edinburgh, including Charles Darwin in 1826, when Darwin wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]