William Edmonstone

Who was William Edmonstone?

Admiral Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet CB, DL, also 14th of Duntreath, was a Scottish naval commander, courtier and politician.

Born at Hampton, Edmonstone was Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire from 1874 to 1880, and an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. He married at Zakynthos, Greece, on 13 July 1841, Mary Elizabeth Parsons, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. G. Parsons, who was British Resident on the island of Zante, at a time when the Ionian Islands were a British Protectorate. Mary Elizabeth and Sir William in all had eleven children, nine of whom survived into adulthood:

Mary Emma Frances, died when she was five

Archibald Edmonstone, died in infancy; their second son bore the same name.

Jessie Edmondstone

Louisa Ann Edmonstone

Charlotte Henrietta Edmonstone

Frances Euphemia Edmonstone

Sophia Edmonstone

Susanna Emily Edmonstone

Mary Clementina Edmondstone

Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, 5th Bt.