Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet explained

Hugh Paterson
Office:Member of Parliament
for Stirlingshire
Term Start:1710
Term End:1715
Predecessor:Henry Cunningham
Successor:Mungo Haldane
Birth Date:1685
Birth Place:Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Death Date:23 Mar 1777
Death Place:Bannockburn, Scotland
Known For:Baronet of Bannockburn, Jacobite
Occupation:MP
Nationality:Scottish
Spouse:Lady Jean Erskine
Children:Henry Paterson (b. 1712), Mary Paterson (b. 1714)

Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet (circa 1685  - 23 March 1777) was a Scottish Jacobite and Member of the Parliament of Great Britain.[1]

The son of Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet by his wife Barbara, daughter of Sir William Ruthven of Dunglass and Katherine, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, he succeeded his father as second Baronet, of Bannockburn, on 21 December 1701. From 1710 to 1715 he was Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire.

On 21 February 1712, he married Lady Jean Erskine, daughter of Charles Erskine, Earl of Mar. They had a son Henry, who predeceased his father.

In 1716, Paterson was attainted and his baronetcy forfeit, because, as a Jacobite, he had participated in the Jacobite Rising of 1715. His niece, Clementina Walkinshaw, later became the mistress of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PATERSON, Sir Hugh, 3rd Bt. (c.1685-1777), of Bannockburn House, St. Ninians, Stirling. . 17 September 2018 . History of Parliament Trust.