William Edmonstone

"Chorus". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1879

Admiral Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet CB, DL (29 January 1810 – 18 February 1888), also 14th of Duntreath, was a Scottish naval commander, courtier and Conservative politician.

Born at Hampton, Edmonstone was Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire from 1874 to 1880, and an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. He married at Zakynthos, Greece, on 13 July 1841, Mary Elizabeth Parsons (Newburn, Fife, 21 June 1823 Cramond House, Midlothian, 11 August 1902), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. G. Parsons, who was British Resident on the island of Zante, at a time when the Ionian Islands were a British Protectorate. Mary Elizabeth and Sir William in all had eleven children, nine of whom survived into adulthood:

Edmonstone died at Edinburgh.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Elphinstone Erskine
Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire
1874 1880
Succeeded by
Joseph Cheney Bolton
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Archibald Edmonstone
Baronet
(of Duntreath)
1871 1888
Succeeded by
Archibald Edmonstone
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