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XIV.— ALEXANDER H. UENNISTOUN, ESQ. OF GOLFHILL.
Third son of the preceding Alexander Dennistoun of Golfhill ;
born 1828 ; educated at Cambridge University, of which he is M.A.;
married in 1852 Georgina Helena, daughter of the late Sir Charles
Oakeley, Bart., and has issue two sons and six daughters. Of
the latter the eldest daughter married in 1875, John, only surviving
son of the late John Dennistoun, M.P., and the third married in 1878,
Sir Marteine Lloyd, Bart, of Bronwydd, Cardiganshire. Mr. Den-
nistoun of Golfhill was the first volunteer officer in Dumbartonshire,
having been appointed Captain on 1st October, 1859. He com-
manded the Helensburgh Company (No. 1) for many years, and
became Lieutenant-Colonel of the battalion in 1S76, soon after which
he retired. Mr. Dennistoun is a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice
of Peace for the counties of Dumbarton and Lanark.