John Scrymgeour or Scrimgeour, 1st Viscount of Dudhope (died 7 March 1642 or 1643) was a Scottish politician.
He succeeded his father James Scrimgeour as hereditary Constable of Dundee and Standard Bearer of Scotland in 1612. He represented Forfarshire in Parliament in 1612, 1617 and 1621, and Argyllshire from 1628 to 1633. On 15 November 1641 he was created Viscount of Dudhope and Lord Scrymgeour, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever.[1]
Marriage and children
editHe married Margaret Seton, a daughter of David Seton of Parbroath. Their children included:
- James Scrymgeour, who succeeded in his titles
- Magdalen Scrymgeour who married Alexnder Irvine of Drum
- Mary Scrymgeour, who married Peter Hay of Megginch
Margaret Seton, Lady Dudhope, was a friend of Jean Drummond, Countess of Roxburghe, whose stepdaughter Isobel Ker was married to their son, James Scrimgeour, later 2nd Viscount Dudhope. The Countess of Roxburghe visited them at Dudhope Castle in 1619. John Scrimgeour ordered a pair of pistols as a gift for her husband Lord Roxburghe from a gunsmith in Dundee.[2]
References
edit- ^ Paul, James Balfour (1 August 1904). "The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom". Edinburgh : D. Douglas – via Internet Archive.
- ^ HMC 14th Report: Roxburghe (London, 1914), p. 46
Externanal links
edit- Dudhope, Viscount of (S, 1641)
- The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant
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