'Dunlop02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Dunlop of Garnkirk, Dunlop of Househill, Buchanan-Dunlop of Drumhead

                               
John Dunlop, 1st of Garnkirk (d 1662)
m. (before 10.11.1631) Elizabeth Dunlop (widow of John Mackildune of Glasgow)
1. James Dunlop, 2nd of Garnkirk (b 1633, d 1695)
  m. (05.04.1654) Elizabeth Roberton (dau of James Roberton of Bedlay, Lord Bedlay)
  A. James Dunlop, 3rd of Garnkirk (b 1655, d 1719)
  m1. (1689) Lilias Campbell (b c1675, d 1709, dau of Robert Campbell of North Woodside)
  i. James Dunlop, 4th of Garnkirk (b 1697, d 03.08.1769, 2nd son)
  m1. (1722) Henrietta Maxwell (dau of George Maxwell of Southbar)
  a. James Dunlop of Garnkirk
  m. (1753) Mary Ritchie (dau of John Ritchie of Craigton)
  (1) James Dunlop
  (A) James Dunlop (judge in Maryland, USA)
  (B)+ 11 children
  (2) Henrietta Dunlop
  m. Robert Davidson (captain)
  (3)+ other issue (d unm) - George, Helen, Margaret, Mary, Grace
  b. Grizel Dunlop
  m. Andrew Sym in Glasgow
  (1) James Sym had issue
  m. _ Melville
  (2) Margaret Sym
  m. John Wilson of Paisley
  (3) Henrietta Sym
  m. (1771) Archibald Hamilton of Overtoun
(4) Grace Sym (dsps)
  m. Robert Davidson (captain)
  (5) Agnes Sym
  m. James Robertson in Glasgow
  (6)+ other issue - John, Robert (b 1752, d unm, WS), Andrew (d unm), Catherine (d unm c1844)
  c. Lilias Dunlop
  m. (1750) George Buchanan of Mountvernon (Mount Vernon) (b 1728, d 1762)
  d. Elizabeth Dunlop
  m. Hugh Wylie, Provost of Glasgow (a 1780)
(1) daughter
  m. John Hay of Morton
  (2)+ 2 sons - Hugh (to America), John (d unm)
  e. Jean Dunlop
  m. Robert Marshall
  (1) Agnes Marshall
  m. Campbell Douglas (of the family of Mains)
  (2)+ other issue (d unm) - Robert, Thomas, William (b c1774, d 1864), 2 daughters
f.+ other issue - George (d young), Robert (d young), William (d young), Thomas (d young), Marion (d unm)
  m2. (1749, sp) ? ("Mrs. Jean Campbell", b c1684, d 1759)
  m3. (1761, sp) Margaret Hamilton (dau of ?? Hamilton of Cochna)
  ii. Robert Dunlop of Househill (b 1700, d 1762)
  m1. Jean Baird (dau of _ Baird of Craigton)
  a. daughter
  m. Robert Dinwiddle of Germiston
  m2. Janet Buchanan (b 1726, d 1812, dau of Archibald Buchanan of Drumhead)
  b. James Dunlop of Househill (Colonel)
  m. (mcrt 01.09.1731) Elizabeth Buchanan (d 23.10.1820, dau of John Buchanan of London)
  (1) James Dunlop (d young)
  (2)+ 4 daughters
  c. Robert Dunlop in London, later Buchanan-Dunlop of Drumhead (b 10.03.1756, d 15.01.1837, Lt. Col.)
m. (21.05.1805) Frances Beachcroft (dau of Samuel Beachcroft of Wickham Court)
  (1) Robert Buchanan-Dunlop of Drumhead and Househill (b 11.10.1807, d 10.08.1882) had issue
  m1. (20.07.1837) Emma Smith (d 16.03.1851, dau of Thomas Smith of Warwick)
  m2. (03.03.1860) Frances Maria Burrow (dsp 06.05.1882, dau of Edward John Burrow, Archdeacon of Gibraltar)
  (2) Charles Buchanan-Dunlop (b 1812, d 04.09.1851, vicar of Henfield) had issue
  m. Fanny Borrer (dau of William Borrer of Henfield)
  (3)+ other issue - James (b 1809, d unm 1859), Elizabeth (b 1806, d unm 1870)
d. Lilias Dunlop (b 1735, dsp)
  m. Robert Muirhead of Croy-Leckie
  e. Dorothea Dunlop (b 1759, d 1828)
  m. (1781) Robert Findlay of Easterhill
  iii. Colin Dunlop of Carmyle, Provost of Glasgow (b 07.01.1706, d 13.08.1777, 4th son, 13th child)
  m. (18.01.1741) Martha Bogle (dau of John Bogle of Hamilton Farm)
a. James Dunlop of Tolcross, later of Garnkirk (b 1741/2, d 1816)
  m. (1774) Marion Buchanan (dau of George Buchanan of Mount Vernon)
  (1) Colin Dunlop of Tolcross (b 1775, d unm 1837)
  (2) George Dunlop of Edinburgh (b 06.02.1777, d 06.12.1852, W.S.) had issue
  m. (02.09.1807) Isobel Simpson (d 27.04.1907, dau of William Simpson of Ogle)
  (3) John Dunlop in London (b 1779, d 1830) had issue
  (4)+ other issue (d unm) - James in London, Lilias (b 1778, d 1818), Martha, Maria of Gogar Mount (b c1785, d 1868)
  b. John Dunlop of Rosebank, Provost of Glasgow (b 1744, d 04.09.1820)
  m. Jessie Miller of Glenlee (dau of Lord Glenlee)
  (1) John Colin Dunlop, Sheriff of Renfrewshire (d unm 26.01.1842)
  c. Janet Dunlop
  m. Thomas Donald of Geilston (d 1798)
  iv. William Dunlop (b 1708)
  m. Mary Boyd (from Ireland)
  a. Robert Dunlop
  m. Catherine Corbet (dau of John Corbet of Tollcross)
  (1) Boyd Dunlop
  (A) Robert Dunlop (to Australia)
  (B) Helen Dunlop
  m. R.A. Morehead
(C) Catherine Dunlop
  (2)+ other issue - Janet (d unm), William (captain, to Ceylon)
  b.+ other issue (d unm) - Martha, Mary
  v. Jean Dunlop (b 1693, d 1729)
  m. Thomas Peter of Crossbasket
  vi. Catherine Dunlop (b 1695, a 1785)
  m. William Douglas of Leith
  a. John Douglas (2nd son)
  m. Cecilia Buchanan (dau of George Buchanan)
  (1) Cecilia Douglas 'of Orbiston' (b c1771, d 1862)
  (2) Thomas Dunlop Douglas, later of Dunlop (b 1775, dsp 1869, 4th son)
  m. Rose Hunter (of Greenock)
  (3)+ 6 sons - William, John, Sir Neil, Archibald, James, Colin
b.+ other issue - Robert, daughter (d unm)
  vii. Elizabeth Dunlop (b 1698)
  m. Robert Rae of Tannochside
  a. Colin Rae of Little Govan, Aitkenhead, Polmadie, etc.
  viii.+ other issue - Robert (b 1690, d young), John (b 1702), Thomas of Candleriggs (b 1704, d unm 1783), Archibald (b 1709, d 1719), daughter (d infant), Elizabeth (b 1692, d infant), Lillias b 1696, d unm), Janet (b 1701, d 1711), Margaret (b 1708, d young)
  m2. (sp) Mary Douglas
  B. Jean Dunlop
  m1. (1680) Robert Campbell of North Woodside (d 06.1694)
  m2. (1697) Patrick Coutts of Edinburgh
  C. Elizabeth Dunlop (b 1664)
  m. (1688) John Rae of Little Govan
  D.+ other issue - John of London (d unm 11.1683), William in Glasgow (b 1662, had issue), Alexander (d abroad), Thomas (surgeon in Edinburgh, had issue), Archibald, Margaret (d unm)

Main source(s):
(1) BLG1952 (Dunlop formerly of Lockerbie House), BLG1886 (Dunlop of Dumhead), BLG1952 (Buchanan-Dunlop of Drumhead)
(2) 'The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry', 2nd edition, published for private circulation by James Maclehose in 1878
(3) 'The Board of Green Cloth', edited by Colin Dunlop Donald, privately printed by James Maclehose & Sons in 1991
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