Patrick McDouall-Crichton
Earl of Dumfries (1768-1803)[1]
PredecessorWilliam Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair[1]
SuccessorJohn Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[1]
Born15 October 1726[1]
Died7 April 1803(1803-04-07) (aged 76)[1]
Spouse(s)Margaret Crauford[1]
IssueElizabeth Penelope Crichton[1]
FatherJohn McDouall[1]
MotherElizabeth Crichton Dalrymple[1]

Patrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries (15 October 1726 – 7 April 1803) was a Scottish peer.[1]

In 1768 he inherited the Earldom of Dumfries from his maternal uncle William Dalrymple-Crichton, and on his death was succeeded by his grandson, John, Lord Mount Stuart, grandson of the 1st Marquess of Bute and later 2nd Marquess of Bute.

The Earl lived in London as well as his estate, Dumfries House in Ayrshire which lay directly adjacent to the lands of Auchinleck House the Boswell home. The Earl is mentioned a few more times in James Boswell's journals, and they appear to have been quite civil to each other, Boswell even visiting the Earl a few times in London in 1787 and 1788.[2]

Family

He married Margaret ("Peggy") Crauford, daughter of Ronald Crauford of Restalrig on 12 September 1771 and there was much rejoicing in Restalrig village.[3]

They had one child:

  • Lady Elizabeth Penelope McDouall-Crichton, later Elizabeth, Lady Mount Stuart (25 November 1772 – 25 July 1797)[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sir James Balfour Paul, ed. (1906). The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland.
  2. ↑ "Patrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries". jamesboswell.info.
  3. ↑ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol. 5 p. 135


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.