The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Hugh Maxwell, Lord Dalswinton (1636 - Jul 1704)
Sibbald's reference to a "Laird Dausinton" is probably to Hugh Maxwell of Dalswinton who, in 1670, married Marion Maxwell, eldest daughter and heir of John Maxwell from whom she inherited the estate of Dalswinton. In 1658, Maxwell was "apprentice to John Semphill of Balgone, Writer to the Signet, for three years":Mr. Hugh Maxwell, like his immediate ancestors, and his cousin, Lord Pollok, was a strict Presbyterian. For refusing to take the test under the special commission, held by the Marquis of Queensberry and John Graham of Claverhouse at Dumfries in 1684, he was imprisoned in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, where he continued for many months. He was afterwards fined. (Fraser, 451-52)Relevant locations: Residence at Dalswinton (Old) House and estate, Dumfriesshire
Relationships: Hugh Maxwell was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Sir Robert Sibbald (15 Apr 1641-1722)
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok.
as Mentioned or referenced by - The Estate of Dalswinton.
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