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Dundas of Kerse, Sir Lawrence, first baronet (1712–1781), army contractor and landowner  

R. P. Fereday

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See Dundas family of Fingask and Kerse

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Johnstone, James Hope-, third earl of Hopetoun and de jure fifth earl of Annandale and Hartfell (1741–1816), landowner and army officer  

M. D. Eddy

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Johnstone, James Hope-, third earl of Hopetoun and de jure fifth earl of Annandale and Hartfell (1741–1816), landowner and army officer, was born James Hope on 23 August 1741 at Hopetoun House, Linlithgowshire, the second son and fourth child of John Hope, second earl of Hopetoun...

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Murray, John George Stewart-, eighth duke of Atholl (1871–1942), army officer and landowner  

Jane Anderson

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Murray, John George Stewart-, eighth duke of Atholl (1871–1942), army officer and landowner, was born on 15 December 1871 at Blair Castle, Perthshire. He was the fifth child and eldest surviving son of John James Stewart-Murray, seventh duke of Atholl (1840–1917), and his wife, ...

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Robertson, Donald (fl. 1636–1662), landowner and soldier  

Edward M. Furgol

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Robertson, Donald (fl. 1636–1662), landowner and soldier, was the second son of Robert Robertson, fourteenth laird of Struan, Perthshire, and chief of clan Donnachaidh, and his wife, Agnes, daughter of MacDonald of Keppoch. When his elder brother, Alexander, died in 1636, he became tutor or guardian to his nephew ...

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Scott, Henry, third duke of Buccleuch and fifth duke of Queensberry (1746–1812), landowner and army officer  

Alexander Murdoch

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Scott, Henry, third duke of Buccleuch and fifth duke of Queensberry (1746–1812), landowner and army officer, was born in London on 13 September 1746, the second but eldest surviving son of Francis Scott, styled earl of Dalkeith (1721–1750), and his wife, Caroline, Baroness Greenwich...

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Scott, Henry, third duke of Buccleuch and fifth duke of Queensberry (1746–1812)  

Maker: Thomas Gainsborough

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Henry Scott, third duke of Buccleuch and fifth duke of Queensberry (1746–1812) by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1770 in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KT; photograph courtesy the Scottish National Portrait Gallery