Family of Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy, Ratho, County of Edinburgh

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[Service. — 17 April, 1694, "quod quondam Alexander Dalma-
hoy, frater immediate j unions magistri Jacobi Dalmahoy, &c,
quod dictus Magister Jacobus Dalmahoy, est legitimus et pro-
pinquior hasres conquestus ejusd : quondam Alexandri Dalmahoy
sui fratris immediate junioris."]
[Service. — 2 February, 1708, " quod quondam magister
Jacobus Dalmahoy, frater germanus Domini Joannis Dalmahoy,
de eodem, pater Alexandri Dalmahoy latoris presentium, &c, et
quod diet : Alexander Dalmahoy, est legitimus et propinquior
hseres diet : quondam Magist : Jacobi Dalmahoy sui patris."]
15. SIB ALEXANDER DALMAHOY, of Dalmahoy,
second baronet. He married Alicia, daughter of the Most Reverend
John Paterson, the last Archbishop of Glasgow [who died 9th No-
vember, 1703], aud of his wife Margaret Wemyss [daughter of Henry
Wemyss, of Contine, and of Isabel, daughter of Sir John Kirkaldy,
of Grange. — 14 February, 1741, " qui jurati dicunt quod quondam
Domina Alicia Paterson, relicta Domini Alexandri Dalmahoy, de eodem
mater Domini Alexandri Dalmahoy, nunc de eodem, &c]. They had
1. Sir Alexander Dalmahoy (3rd baronet).
2. William Dalmahoy, who married . They had
issue, Alexander Dalmahoy, chemist, of Ludgate
Hill, London,* who married Elizabeth, second daughter
of John Board, Esq., of Paxhill Park, Lmdfield, Sussex.
He died at Higham Hill, Essex, and his widow died at
Lindfield, 13 July, 1788. They left issue :
A. John Hay Dalmahoy (5th baronet).
* This gentleman was a man of courage and of kindly feelings. He habitually
wore an aucient costume, and was, in consequence, tile subject of some printed jokes.
His family ruined their estates and fortune through their adherence to what they
believed to be a public duty towards the Stuart family.