Patrick Hunter (22nd Laird)

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Patrick Hunter
22nd laird of Hunterston.jpg
Birth Date
1689
Birth Place
Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride
Death Date
9 November 1738(1738-11-09) (aged 48–49)
Burial Place
Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride
Burial Coordinates
55°41′44″N 4°51′19″W / 55.6954555°N 4.855319°W / 55.6954555; -4.855319
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Title
22nd Laird of Hunterston
Term
1729-1732
Death Place
Hunterston_Castle, West Kilbride
Successor
Robert Hunter
Spouse
Marion Craufurd
(m. 1705)
Children
10
Mother
Marian Cunninghame
Father
Patrick Hunter


Patrick Hunter (b. 1689) was a chief of Clan Hunter. Born in 1689, he eventually became the 22nd Chief.

He married Marion Crawford, in West Greenock in 1705, and had 10 children.

Childs Name Birth Death Spouse
Patrick Hunter March 1705 ?
Rebecca Hunter 12 December 1706 9 April 1738
Elizabeth Hunter June 1709 1792
Robert Hunter 6 September 1710 28 April 1796
Janet Aitcheson
(m. 1762)
Thomas Hunter 1711 1738
Marion Hunter 1712 ?
Henry Clay Hunter April 1715 1738
David Hunter 1716 ?
Dorothea Hunter 27 March 1720 ?
Margaret Hunter 2 December 1723 ?



Patrick alienated a considerable portion of the Estate. It is thought to have been caused by gambling debts and from the family records that Patrick was forced by his sons to hand over the remains of the estate to them before his death in 1738.

His eldest son, Patrick, was legally conveyed the income from the lands on 3 January 1729, and on his premature death, in 1732, his brother, Robert, succeeded to become the 23rd Laird.