The Edmonstone Baronetcy, of Duntreath in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created 20 May 1774 for Archibald Edmonstone, 11th of Duntreath, Member of Parliament for

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and

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. He was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, the second Baronet. He represented Dunbartonshire and

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in the

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. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the third Baronet. He was a writer and traveller. He died without surviving issue and was succeeded by his half-brother, the fourth Baronet. He was an admiral in the

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and Member of Parliament. The family seat is Duntreath Castle,

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, Stirlingshire; The castle was a gift from Robert III of Scotland. The 7th Baronet and his second wife Julie run the Castle as a venue for weddings and garden lectures. The Edmonstones have ancient links to

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. They are descendants of

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through his daughter Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, who married Sir William Edmondstone of Culloden and first of Duntreath (d. 1460), in 1425. She had a son with him, named Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath.

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was the father of

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 ...

(née Alice Frederica Edmonstone), the great-grandmother of

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, wife of

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. Elyssa Edmonstone, daughter of the 7th Baronet, married Archduke Sigismund of Austria, (titular)

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, in 1999.

Edmonstone of Duntreath

See also Clan Edmonstone: Edmonstones of Duntreath. *Sir William Edmondstone of Culloden and 1st of Duntreath (d. 1460) *Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath, 2nd of Duntreath, son *Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, 3rd of Duntreath *Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath, 4th of Duntreath, m. Sibylla Baillie *Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath, 5th of Duntreath, m. Margaret Campbell *Sir James Edmonstone, 6th of Duntreath (1544-1618), m. Helen Stirling *William Edmonstone, 7th of Duntreath, m. Isobel Haldane *Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, 8th of Duntreath, m. Jean Hamilton *Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, 9th of Duntreath (d. 1689), m. Anna Helena Scott *Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, 10th of Duntreath (d. 1768), m2. Anne Campbell (1695-1785) * Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 11th of Duntreath (1717–1807), son

Edmonstone baronets, of Duntreath (1774)

Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 1st Baronet (10 October 1717 – 20 July 1807), also 11th of Duntreath, was a Scottish politician. Born at Dumbarton, Silver Banks, he was the son of Archibald Edmonstone, 10th of Duntreath, and his wife Anne Campbell ( ...

(1717–1807) * Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet (1764–1821) *

Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 3rd Baronet Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 3rd Baronet (12 March 1795 – 15 March 1871) was a British traveller and writer. Biography Edmonstone, the eldest son of Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet, by his first wife Emma, fifth daughter of Richard Wilbraham ...

(1795–1871) *

(1810–1888) *Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 5th Baronet (1867–1954) *Sir Archibald Charles Edmonstone, 6th Baronet (1894–1954) *Sir Archibald Bruce Charles Edmonstone, 7th Baronet (born 1934) The

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is the present holder's eldest son Archibald Edward Charles Edmonstone (born 1961).

Notes

External links

More information about the family
Accessed 7 October 2007.
Family site
created by Dru Edmonstone, youngest son of the baronet, with Lady McGrigor's history of the family online. Accessed 7 October 2007.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed , date=February 2013 Edmonstone 1774 establishments in Great Britain *