Talk:Robert Nisbet-Hamilton

Sixth son of Robert Dundas of Arniston and the dubious tag
Currently the article says:

He may well have been the six son of a Robert Dundas of Arniston but there are a lot to choose from! The Family section of Robert Dundas of Arniston explains:

So it is likely that this man was the son of Robert Dundas (died 1838) the son Robert Dundas of Arniston (1758–1819). Ie this man was the grandson of the subject of the biography article Robert Dundas of Arniston (1758–1819).

Comments? -- PBS (talk) 11:01, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

OK I've found an alternative

Robert Dundas of Arniston, the elder had the two sons mentioned above Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger and Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville so from the above text Philip Dubbar was the 4th son of Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger.

This is not contradicted by the Dictionary of National Biography that says that by his first wife he had four daughters, ... and by his second four sons. But the DNB only mentions the names of three of them Robert (of course!) Francis and William. So the fourth and youngest son could have been Philip.

In which case this gives source us his fathers name and his mothers relationship to a baronetcy but not her name "by the sister of Sir David Wedderburn, Bart. Born 1804" (see Ogilvy-Wedderburn_Baronets)

This source: Gives further details:

So this man was the son of Philip Dundas (d. 1807) and Margte daughter of Sir John Wedderburn (and sister of Sir David, the present baronet in 1815). Which by [[Ogilvy-Wedderburn Baronets article these were Sir John Wedderburn, 6th Baronet (1729-1803) and Sir David Wedderburn, 7th Baronet (1775-1858) (created a Baronet of Balindean, in 1803)

There for I propose to replace the current text with: --PBS (talk) 13:12, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Born Robert Dundas, he was the sixth son of Robert Dundas of Arniston.
 * Robert Dundas was the son of Philip Dundas (fourth son of Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger), and Margaret daughter of Sir John Wedderburn, 6th Baronet (1729-1803) (and brother of Sir David Wedderburn, 7th Baronet (1775-1858)./Sources here/