Sir James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet (1656 - 1720), also known as James Naesmith, was a successful Scottish lawyer.[1]
Life edit
He was the son of John Nasmyth and his wife, Isabella, daughter of Sir James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh. He was admitted advocate in 1684. He acquired the estate of Dawick from the last of the Veitch family. He had a crown charter of the barony of Dawick in 1703, ratified in parliament in 1705, and was created a baronet of Scotland on 31 July 1706. He undertook a new phase of planting on the Dawyck estate, including the introduction of European larch (Larix decidua).[2]
He died in July 1720.[3]
Family edit
Nasmyth married three times:[3]
- To Jane Stewart, widow of Sir Ludovic Gordon, bart., of Gordonstoun, Elgin;
- To Janet, daughter of Sir William Murray of Stanhope, Peeblesshire; and,
- To Barbara (d. 1768), daughter of Andrew Pringle of Clifton, Roxburghshire.
Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet was the eldest son by the third marriage.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b "Nasmyth, Sir James, 2nd Bt. (c.1704-79), of Dawyck and Posso, Peebles, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Young, Alice (2017), Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh at Dawyck Guidebook, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, p. 3, ISBN 978-1-910877-18-0,
- ^ a b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Nasmyth, James (d.1720)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.