1749 - 1813 (63 years)
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Name |
Charles KIRKPATRICK |
Suffix |
,later Sharpe,Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire. |
Born |
25 Nov 1749 |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
9 Mar 1813 |
Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
- Ref:The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 75, Part 1,page 319,1813
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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 .
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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 (Age 72 years) |
Mother |
Jean ERSKINE, b. 15 Apr 1726, Edinburgh, Scotland , d. 23 Sep 1752, Dumfries, Dumfrieshire, Scotland (Age 26 years) |
Married |
21 Dec 1746 |
Parish of Edinburgh, Scotland |
Family ID |
F2029 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Eleonora RENTON, b. 1748, d. 8 Aug 1836, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (Age 88 years) |
Married |
22 Aug 1770 |
Drummond Lodge, Edinburgh |
- 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)
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Children |
| 1. Susan Kirkpatrick SHARPE, b. 19 Nov 1771, Edinburgh, Scotland , d. 8 Feb 1827, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England (Age 55 years) |
| 2. Jane Kirkpatrick SHARPE, b. 12 Mar 1773, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 27 Nov 1818, Capenoch, Thornhill. County, Dumfries, Scotland (Age 45 years) |
| 3. Lt-General Matthew Kirkpatrick SHARPE, ,M.P. For The Dumfries Burghs, b. 30 Mar 1774, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 12 Feb 1845, Lamberton , Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 70 years) |
| 4. Eleanora SHARPE, b. 19 Dec 1775, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 5 Jul 1858, Knockhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (Age 82 years) |
| 5. Isabella SHARPE, b. 30 Aug 1777, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 1781, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (Age 3 years) |
| 6. William John SHARPE, b. 4 Feb 1779, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 1784, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (Age 4 years) |
| 7. Charles Kirkpatrick SHARPE, ,Antiquary, b. 15 May 1781, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 17 Mar 1851, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 69 years) |
| 8. Vice Admiral. Alexander Renton Kirkpatrick SHARPE, ,Royal Navy . C.B., b. 11 Jan 1785, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 1 May 1860, Stockwell, Surrey, England (Age 75 years) |
| 9. Isabella SHARPE, b. 10 Jun 1786, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 2 Jun 1855 (Age 68 years) |
| 10. Elizabeth Cecilia SHARPE, b. 23 May 1789, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 24 Aug 1813, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (Age 24 years) |
| 11. Grace Campbell Kirkpatrick SHARPE, b. 31 May 1791, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 1875 (Age 83 years) |
| 12. William John SHARPE, ,of Hoddom,Dumfries,and Knockhill ,Ecclefechan, b. 27 Aug 1793, Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , d. 18 Dec 1875, Knockhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (Age 82 years) |
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Last Modified |
5 Aug 2014 |
Family ID |
F2155 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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