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Charles KIRKPATRICK, ,later Sharpe,Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire.

Male 1749 - 1813  (63 years)


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  • Name Charles KIRKPATRICK 
    Suffix ,later Sharpe,Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire. 
    Born 25 Nov 1749  Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Mar 1813  Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref:The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 75, Part 1,page 319,1813
    Notes 
    • Ref:The Sharpes of Hoddom (1690-1877) John Sharpe was the son of George Sharpe, burgess of Dumfries. The family had been burgesses in Dumfries and active in burgh affairs for generations. John Sharpe, Sheriff and Commissary Clerk, Dumfries, purchased Hoddam Castle and the barony of Hoddam from Charles Carnegie, 4th Earl of Southesk, in 1690. He was succeeded by his son, George Sharpe, Advocate, adm.1712 [d.1740]. Matthew Sharpe of Hoddam [c.1695-1769] fought on the Jacobite side at the Battle of Preston, 1715. His nephew, Charles Kirkpatrick, assumed the name Sharpe when he succeeded in 1769. He then set to work on the castle, 'which he has repaired, and much improved, by adding several rooms to it.

      Charles Kirkpatrick took the name of Sharpe, according to the will(recorded on 6th December 1769) of Matthew Sharpe, of Hoddam, his mothers Grand uncle,who died without heirs ,and bequeathed him all his estates.The conditions required that heirs should bear the Arms and name of Sharpe of Hoddam .
    Person ID I6863  Kirkpatrick Family Archives
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2014 

    Father Professor. William KIRKPATRICK, ,of Alisland & Shaws,1st Sheriff of Dumfrieshire,   b. 1705,   d. 17 Oct 1777, Shaws, Dumfrieshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Jean ERSKINE,   b. 15 Apr 1726, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1752, Dumfries, Dumfrieshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 21 Dec 1746  Parish of Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleonora RENTON,   b. 1748,   d. 8 Aug 1836, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 22 Aug 1770  Drummond Lodge, Edinburgh Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref:Letters to and from Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe,Esq, Volume I,with a Memoir by REV. W. K. R. Bedford,nephew.(Lists all the children names and birth dates)
    Children 
     1. Susan Kirkpatrick SHARPE,   b. 19 Nov 1771, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1827, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     2. Jane Kirkpatrick SHARPE,   b. 12 Mar 1773, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1818, Capenoch, Thornhill. County, Dumfries, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     3. Lt-General Matthew Kirkpatrick SHARPE, ,M.P. For The Dumfries Burghs,   b. 30 Mar 1774, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1845, Lamberton , Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Eleanora SHARPE,   b. 19 Dec 1775, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1858, Knockhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     5. Isabella SHARPE,   b. 30 Aug 1777, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1781, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     6. William John SHARPE,   b. 4 Feb 1779, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1784, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     7. Charles Kirkpatrick SHARPE, ,Antiquary,   b. 15 May 1781, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1851, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     8. Vice Admiral. Alexander Renton Kirkpatrick SHARPE, ,Royal Navy . C.B.,   b. 11 Jan 1785, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1860, Stockwell, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     9. Isabella SHARPE,   b. 10 Jun 1786, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1855  (Age 68 years)
     10. Elizabeth Cecilia SHARPE,   b. 23 May 1789, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1813, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     11. Grace Campbell Kirkpatrick SHARPE,   b. 31 May 1791, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1875  (Age 83 years)
     12. William John SHARPE, ,of Hoddom,Dumfries,and Knockhill ,Ecclefechan,   b. 27 Aug 1793, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1875, Knockhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2014 
    Family ID F2155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart



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