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Elizabeth Dalrymple, Countess of Stair (née Dundas; 1650 – 25 May 1731),[1] was a Scottish noblewoman and one-time owner of Lady Stair's House in Edinburgh's Old Town.
Early life
[edit]Elizabeth was born in 1650,[2] the daughter of Sir John Dundas of Newliston and his wife Agnes Gray.[1][3] She was the granddaughter of Sir William Gray of Pittendrum, and his wife Egidia or Geida Smith.[4]
She had one brother, John Dundas, who was born in 1639.[citation needed]
Marriage and later life
[edit]In 1655 Elizabeth inherited the bankrupt estates of her father.[5]
In 1667 she was forcibly abducted. Although this was investigated, no conviction was made.[5]
Around 1668/9[1] she married John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair (1648–1707). Between 1670-1680[2] she had six sons and four daughters, although only three sons and one daughter survived childhood.[1]
Lady Stair's House
[edit]Elizabeth's grandparents, Sir William Gray and Egidia Smith, built the house now known as Lady Stair's House in 1622.
By 1719 Elizabeth was a widow, and she bought her grandparents' house,[3] known then as Lady Gray's House after her grandmother.[1] It was originally left to her mother's younger sister. She lived here until her death in 1731.[6]
In 1765 the house was sold by her grandson, John Dalrymple of Newliston (later 5th Earl of Stair).
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Elizabeth Dundas | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland". womenofscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Elizabeth Dundas". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- 1 2 Berry, Elizabeth. (1990). The writing on the walls. Cockburn Association. Edinburgh: Published by the Cockburn Association in collaboration with the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Saltire Society. ISBN 0950515922. OCLC 24699879.
- ↑ "Elizabeth DUNDAS". www.whobegatwhom.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- 1 2 "dundas of newliston". www.dundasfamily.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ↑ "Edinburgh, 477 Lawnmarket, 2 Lady Stair's Close | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.