Dunbar of Baldoon (1664–1686), Later Hope-Dunbar of St. Mary's Isle (1916) Baronets
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Sir David Dunbar of Baldoon, 1st Baronet (1610–1686), son of Archibald Dunbar, was born in Baldoon, in
Wigtownshire. He gained the title of 1st Baronet, of Baldoon (Nova Scotia) on 13 October 1644, with special remainder, as inheritable, to the heirs male 'of his body' and to 'his heirs succeeding him in his lands'. On his death, his baronetcy became dormant, as without surviving male issue. Sir David appears to have been sympathetic to the Presbyterian cause at the time of the
Bothwell Rising in 1679, but by 1685, he was involved, like other moderate Presbyterians, in pressing the November 1664 Abjuration Oath against the Society-People. Through apparent loyalty to the regime, his portfolio of estates, which included the Lands of
the Glenkens, expanded in Galloway. At some point after 1682, he acquired Glengap in
Twynholm Parish, and the lands of Kilsture in
Kirkinner Parish. Mary Dunbar, his granddaughter, and heiress, later carried the estates by marriage, to
Lord Basil Hamilton. • Mary Dunbar of Baldoon (1677–1760), married
Lord Basil Hamilton (1671–1701), son of
the Duke and
Duchess of Hamilton; they were parents of • William Hamilton of Baldoon (died 1703), brother of •
Basil Hamilton of Baldoon (1696–1742), father of •
Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk (1722–1799), father of •
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771–1820), father of •
Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk (1809–1885). His heiress was his sister • Lady Isabella Helen Douglas (1811–1893), married Charles Hope (1808–1893), son of
the 4th Earl of Hopetoun; they were parents of • John Hope of St Mary's Isle (1843–1915). •
Sir Charles Dunbar Hope-Dunbar of St. Mary's Isle, 6th Baronet, (1873–1958), successfully claimed the title in 1916, only son of Captain John Hope of St. Mary's Isle and Rebecca Marion Blackburn, was given the name of Charles Dunbar Hope at birth, and on 1 June 1916 his name was legally changed to Charles Dunbar Hope-Dunbar. Sir Charles was educated at
King William's College, on the Isle of Man, and at the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He fought in the Boer War and in the First World War, gaining the rank of Major in the Royal Field Artillery. •
Sir Basil Douglas Hope-Dunbar of St. Mary's Isle, 7th Baronet (1907–1961), was the son of Sir Charles Dunbar Hope-Dunbar and Edythe Mary Ramsden. He was educated at
Eton College, in Berkshire and then at
Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Sir Basil fought in the Second World War, gaining the rank of Major in the
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, seeing service in India. •
Sir David Hope-Dunbar of St. Mary's Isle, 8th Baronet (born 13 July 1941), is the son of Sir Basil Douglas Hope-Dunbar and Evelyn Diana Fraser. Sir David was also educated at Eton College, and later attended
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, in Gloucestershire. The
heir apparent to the baronetcy is Charles Hope-Dunbar of St. Mary's Isle, younger (born 1975). ==See also==