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'''Robert Caldwell Hunter''' (b. 1799) was a chief of [[Clan Hunter]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=FamilySearch|url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KD91-RH7|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Shaw|first=M.S|title=Some Family Papers of the Hunters of Hunterston|publisher=Scottish Records Office|year=1925|isbn=|location=|pages=76}}</ref> Robert was the eldest son to Robert Hunter Caldwell, and he continued with the good work started by his father. He enlarged the new mansion house, which had been built in the Georgian style in 1799, and drained large areas of marshland on the estate to create some of the finest arable farming land in the west of Britain<ref>{{Cite book|last=Close, Riches|first=Rob, Anne|title=Ayrshire and Arran. The Buildings Of Scotland|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-300-14170-2|location=|pages=}}</ref>.
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'''Robert Caldwell Hunter''' (b. 1799) was a chief of [[Clan Hunter]]. Robert was the eldest son to Robert Hunter Caldwell, and he continued with the good work started by his father. He enlarged the new mansion house, which had been built in the Georgian style in 1799, and drained large areas of marshland on the estate to create some of the finest arable farming land in the west of Britain
  
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He married Christian Macknight Crawford in 1836,<ref name=":0" /> and was an Advocate and Justice of the Peace and an important local figure. Robert died in 1880,<ref name=":0" /> leaving two daughters, Jane and Eleonora, but no sons.
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He married Christian Macknight Crawford in 1836, and was an Advocate and Justice of the Peace and an important local figure. Robert died in 1880, leaving two daughters, Jane and Eleonora, but no sons.
  
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After his mothers death ([[Eleanora Hunter (clan chief)|Eleonora Hunter]]) in 24 December 1851<ref name=":0" /> he took over as laird of Hunterston and became the new [[Clan Hunter]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Scottish Clan Family Encyclopedia|publisher=Collins|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=172-173}}</ref> 25th Chief in 1852.
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After his mothers death ([[Eleanora Hunter (clan chief)|Eleonora Hunter]]) in 24 December 1851 he took over as laird of Hunterston and became the new [[Clan Hunter]] 25th Chief in 1852.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:11, 28 December 2020

Robert Caldwell Hunter
25th Laird of Hunterston.jpg
Birth Date
(1799-08-29)29 August 1799
Birth Place
Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride
Death Date
14 March 1880(1880-03-14) (aged 80)
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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Death Place
West Kilbride
Spouse
Christian Macknight Craufurd
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(m. 1836⁠–⁠1880)​
Children
2, including Jane Hunter
Mother
Eleanora Hunter
Father
Robert Hunter Caldwell

Robert Caldwell Hunter (b. 1799) was a chief of Clan Hunter. Robert was the eldest son to Robert Hunter Caldwell, and he continued with the good work started by his father. He enlarged the new mansion house, which had been built in the Georgian style in 1799, and drained large areas of marshland on the estate to create some of the finest arable farming land in the west of Britain

He married Christian Macknight Crawford in 1836, and was an Advocate and Justice of the Peace and an important local figure. Robert died in 1880, leaving two daughters, Jane and Eleonora, but no sons.

After his mothers death (Eleonora Hunter) in 24 December 1851 he took over as laird of Hunterston and became the new Clan Hunter 25th Chief in 1852.

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