Difference between revisions of "Robert Hunter (23th Laird)"
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Latest revision as of 08:21, 28 December 2020
| Robert Hunter | |||
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| Birth Date | |||
| 6 September 1710 | |||
| Birth Place | |||
| Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride | |||
| Death Date | |||
| 28 April 1796 (aged 85) | |||
| Burial Place | |||
| Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride | |||
| Burial Coordinates | |||
| 55°41′44″N 4°51′19″W / 55.6954555°N 4.855319°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |||
| Death Place | |||
| Hunterston_Castle, West Kilbride | |||
| Spouse | |||
Janet Aitcheson (m. 1762) | |||
| Children | |||
| 7 | |||
| Mother | |||
| Marion Craufurd | |||
| Father | |||
| Patrick Hunter | |||
Robert Hunter (born 1710)<ref name=":0">"FamilySearch".</ref> was a chief of Clan Hunter.<ref>Shaw, M.S (1925). Some Family Papers of the Hunters of Hunterston. Scottish Records Office. p. 74.</ref> Born on 6 September 1710, he inherited the position of the 23th Chief on 27 December 1732 after the death of his elder brother.
He married Janet Atchison,<ref name=":0" /> the daughter of a merchant, Mathew Atchison, of Glasgow.
They had seven children: Thomas and Patrick, the two sons, both died young, and two of their daughters died unmarried.
- Patrick John Hunter (b. 1763) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
- Eleanora Hunter (b. 1764) (d. 24 December 1851)<ref name=":0" />
- Hellin Hunter (b. 22 October 1764) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
- Elizabeth Hunter (b. 1765) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
- Marrion Hunter (b. 18 October 1765) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
- Thomas Orbie Hunter (b. 21 October 1766) (d. 1769)<ref name=":0" />
- Peter John Hunter (b. 7 Jun 1769) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
Throughout life Robert had certainly been of a spare and active habit of body. His visage was long, the forehead being high and narrow, with singularly hollow temples. His hair was of a sandy fair colour, still pretty full, and perfectly free from greyness. In every feeling and habit of mind. Robert is best described by a noted historian as: "A TRUE SCOTTISH BARON OF THE GENUINE AGE OF BARONAGE"<ref>Paterson, James (1866). History of the counties of Ayr and Wigton. p. 357.</ref>
His daughter Eleanora, succeeded her father who died in 1796<ref name=":0" />, aged 85 to become the 24th Chief of Clan Hunter.<ref>Scottish Clan Family Encyclopedia. Collins. pp. 172–173.</ref>
