Sir James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet

Sir James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet (died 1720), also known as James Naesmith, was a successful Scottish lawyer.[1]

Life

He was the son of John Nasmyth and his wife, Isabella, daughter of Sir James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh. He was admitted advocate in 1684, and became known by the nickname "De'il o’ Dawick" (i.e. Devil of Dawick). 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 died in July 1720.[2]

Family

Nasmyth married three times:[2]

  1. To Jane Stewart, widow of Sir Ludovic Gordon, bart., of Gordonstoun, Elgin;
  2. To Janet, daughter of Sir William Murray of Stanhope, Peeblesshire; and,
  3. 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

  1. 1 2 "Nasmyth, Sir James, 2nd Bt. (c.1704-79), of Dawyck and Posso, Peebles, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. 1 2  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Nasmyth, James (d.1720)". Dictionary of National Biography 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 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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