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Hew Dalrymple

1740s–1774

Born
1740s
Died
1774
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  • Birth1740sProbable1 source
  • Death1774Probable1 source
  • UnionGrisel CrawConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Grace Elliott

    Birth, Edinburgh

  3. Died

    Death

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The world around 1740: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Hew was born the same year as Isabelle de Charrière, Giovanni Paisiello, and Carl Michael Bellman.

Known for

Captain Hew Dalrymple was a Scottish advocate and poet who from 1771 served as Attorney General of Grenada. He was born on 12 July 1727, the eldest surviving son of Robert Dalrymple, Writer to the Signet, and his wife Anne Kennedy. He married Grissel, daughter of Col.

Born the same year

  • Isabelle de Charrière

    Dutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)

  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Italian composer of the Classical era (1740-1816)

  • Carl Michael Bellman

    Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795)

  • Ivan VI of Russia

    The fifth Emperor of Russia (1740–1741)

  • Nicolas Chamfort

    French journalist and moralistic author

  • James Boswell

    Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)

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