Sir James Dalrymple

1650 - 1719  (69 years)

• Name	James Dalrymple
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1650	Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	25 Jun 1675	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty
  Legal	Abt 1700	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Factor for the Dundas family in dealing with the estate of James Dundas, including debts owed by Lord Neill Campbell
  Title Suffix	of Borthwick, later of Killoch, later Baronet of Borthwick, Killoch and Cousland
  Property	14 Oct 1704	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Discharge to William Ged, goldsmith of lands in East Jersey contained in a decreet of adjudication re bond for £570 Scots by Lord Neil Campbell to James Dundas [his brother-in-law] and James Armour
  Death	1719
  Person ID	I45290	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Lord Stair, later 1st Viscount Stair James Dalrymple,   b. May 1619, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 25 Nov 1695, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Ross,   b. Abt 1625, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1692 (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Sep 1643  [1]
  Family ID	F31336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Dundas,   b. 1660, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1689 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage Contract	2 Jan 1678/79
  	Witnesses included Katherine's parents, Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh and David Dunbar, younger of Baldoon
  Marriage	3 Jan 1678/79	Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F31337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Ester Cunningham,   b. Daughter of John Cunningham of Enterkin, WS   d. 1700
  Marriage	4 Sep 1691
  	Ester was widow of William Fletcher of New Cranstoun
  Family ID	F31971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Jane Halket
  Marriage	7 Sep 1701  [1]
  Family ID	F31972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1650 - Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty - 25 Jun 1675 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 3 Jan 1678/79 - Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Factor for the Dundas family in dealing with the estate of James Dundas, including debts owed by Lord Neill Campbell - Abt 1700 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Discharge to William Ged, goldsmith of lands in East Jersey contained in a decreet of adjudication re bond for £570 Scots by Lord Neil Campbell to James Dundas [his brother-in-law] and James Armour - 14 Oct 1704 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3761] Grant, Francis J., The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943. p50 [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/23/77 and GD112/23/80.3 Papers of the Campbell Family, Earls of Breadalbane. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/23/80.3.