Scotland Notables

Dominus Gulliemus (William) de Dunlop, 1260   DOM. GULLIEMUS de DUNLOP, who appears in a notarial copy of an inquest, in the Charter Chest in the borough of Irvine, in 1260, in a cause betwixt the burgh and Dom. Godfredus de Ross. Dom William de Dunlop was of equal rank with close by Barons of the Realm, including Dom de Balliol, Dom de Fleming, Dom de Crawford and Dom de Gray. Dominus was used to designate a Lord, Baron, or Peer of the Realm. He was the first recorded holder of the surname and some say First of That Ilk, All of the Chiefs of the Name can be found on the Royalty and Chief's page Here

Alexander Dunlop, Minister of Paisley Abbey from 1644-1677.  He “used in the pulpit” a kind of groan at the end of some sentences. Mr. Peebles called it a “holy groan,” and one John Knox, a worthy and great Christian, who was related to the Laird of Ranfurly, in Kilbarchan, said of Mr. Dunlop, when he had been hearing him at Paisley, “Many a happy word he groaned over my head this day.” He was the second son of James Dunlop, 13th of that Ilk, and elder brother of John Dunlop of Gankirk. He married firstly Jean Mure, who then died of the plague in 1647. He married Elizabeth Mure in 1652 ,cousin of Jean,  granddaughter of Hans Hamilton, minister of Dunlop. They had three sons and two daughters.

 William Dunlop 1650-1700, Scottish educator,  son of the above Alexander, born in Scotland about 1650; died there in March 1700. He was educated at Glasgow University and was licensed as a minister, but took part in the insurrection of 1679, and subsequently joined the emigrants who colonized Carolina. He founded Stuart's Town, South Carolina. Here he continued preaching at intervals till 1690, when he returned to Scotland, and was appointed by King William principal of Glasgow University, where he remained until his death, supporting its interests with dignity and zeal. 

Alexander Dunlop, 1684-1742, son of the above William, born in 1684; died in Scotland in 1742, became professor of Greek in Glasgow University, and afterward published a grammar of that language (1736) that was long held in esteem. He was professor of Greek at Glasgow University.  Born probably in Glasgow, prior to his father's departure to join the Stuart's Town Colony near Port Royal, SC. , although there are persistent references that state that he was "born in America", presumably Stuart's Town, in 1684. However, there is no evidence that his mother was ever in America, and to the contrary, there is evidence that she stayed behind in Glasgow. This Alexander Dunlap died in Glasgow.

 Colin Dunlop of Carmyle (1706–1777) was an 18th-century Scottish tobacco lord and banker, who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1770 to 1772.

He was born at Garnkirk House on 7 January 1706 the sixth son of James Dunlop of Garnkirk (1655-1719) and his wife, Lillias Campbell (d.1709). His father was a tobacco merchant and one of the Glasgow "Virginia Dons" and was co-founder of the Old Ship Bank.

He became a Baile in Glasgow Town Council in 1747 and Dean of Guild in 1750. In 1750 he and his brother Robert Dunlop were amongst the 26 founders of the Ship Bank in Glasgow. In 1770 he succeeded James Buchanan of Drumpellier as Lord Provost.

As a tobacco merchant with major plantations in Virginia he (as all others from Britain) lost their American estates in the American Revolution of 1776.

His large townhouse stood on the south side of Argyle Street and the adjacent street Dunlop Street was named in his honour.

In 1741 he married a widow, Margaret ("Martha") Bogle (1719-1768). She was born Margaret Bogle at Hamilton Farm. He died on 13 August 1777.

His eldest son was James Dunlop of Tolcross and Garnkirk (1741-1816). James' son was Colin Dunlop of Tolcross (1775-1837) buried in the Glasgow Necropolis

His second son, John Dunlop of Rosebank also served as Lord Provost.

His daughter Janet Dunlop married Thomas Donald of Geilston,also a tobacco lord in Virginia.

John Dunlop (1 Dec 1755- 4 sept 1820) A merchant councillor, a popular member of the "Hodge-Podge Club", and a poet of no mean order , John was the son of the above Colin Dunlop of Carmyle. John was elected Bailee (1785-88), Lord Dean of Guild(1792-93), and Lord Provost of Glasgow (1794-95) and afterwards became the Collector of Customs at Port Glasgow. He also was Director of Stirling's Library. John authored two well-known songs: "here's to the year that's awa," and "Dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye," besides other pieces of considerable merit. John was regarded the Poet Laurate of the club...and after the start of the American Revolution went bankrupt, being the owner of a tobacco house: J.Dunlop&Co. He published in 1817 and 1818, a collection of his original poems in two volumes (printed by Donaldson and Macfarlan,Greenock). Sir Walter Scott, a good friend, was given a copy of these rare books. John was very well regarded in Glasgow, moving amongst the highest society. John is interred in the High Church of Glasgow burying Ground. John resided at Rosebank in Glasgow. 

 He was born on 7 June 1799 in Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire the third son of James Dunlop of Linwood (1762–1826) and his wife, Bruce Alice  (1769–1855), daughter of Rev James Alice of Paisley. He joined the family firm of James Miller & Sons (one of the oldest cotton firms in Scotland) around 1813. He was educated at Glasgow High School and spent some time at Glasgow University . In 1829 he purchased the estate of Craigton in south-west Glasgow. He was a leading member of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce from 1830 until death.

He was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1837 aged only 37, one of the city's youngest Lord Provosts. 

In 1854 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

He was later Vice Chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and remained Vice Chairman when it amalgamated to create the far larger North British Railway. 

He died during a visit to Edinburgh on 10 May 1867 from a "painful internal complaint." His widow Alexina moved to Edinburgh where she died on 20 January 1872.

He married twice, firstly in 1826 to Ann Cairnie (1800–1829) by whom he had two children Margaret Ann Dunlop (who died in childhood) and James Dunlop (1828–1898). Secondly in 1831 he married Alexina Rankin from Greenock (1804–1872) by whom he had ten further children.

John Colin Dunlop (circa 1785 - 1842), historian, son of John Dunlop and grandson of Colin Dunlop, Lords Provost of Glasgow, Scotland, where and at Edinburgh he was educated, was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1807, and became Sheriff of Renfrewshire. He wrote a "History of Fiction (1814)", a History of Roman Literature to the Augustan Age (1823-28), and Memoirs of Spain during the Reigns of Philip IV. and Charles II. (1834). He also made translations from the Latin Anthology.  

John Colin was studious and reclusive. He became sheriff of Renfrewshire in 1816 and served this role until his death. He worked with the firm of Dunlop Rowand & Co at 63 St Vincent Street in central Glasgow.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1833 

In later life he lived at 12 India Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.

Bessie Dunlop of Lyne .  Bessie was the wife of Andrew Jack of Lyne, a hamlet and the name of a glen through which the Caaf Water runs, lying in the Barony of Lynn, then owned by Robert, Master of Boyd, eldest son of Lord Boyd. It seems therefore that their farm lay near or at the bottom of the Lynn Glen on the Caaf Water, near Dalry in North Ayrshire, Scotland. She was married to Andrew Jack and her surname suggests an Ayrshire connection as the town of Dunlop in the old Cunninghame district lies in the nearby parish of Dunlop. On November 8th 1576 she was arraigned at the bar of the High Court of Judiciary in Edinburgh, accused of sorcery, witchcraft and incantation, dealing with charms, and abusing the people with devilish craft of sorcery.  She was now accused by person or persons unknown of "the using of sorcerie, witchcraft and incantatione, with invocation of spretis of the devill, continewand in familiarite with thame, at all sic tymes as sche thocht expedient, deling with charmes, and abusing pepill with devillisch craft of sorcerie foirsaid .. usit thie divers yeiris bypast". She was made to confess by sleep deprivation, a torture known as "waking". This was in 1576, thirteen years after Scotland had passed the Witchcraft Act. She was taken to the High Court of Justiciary in Dalkeith 20 September 1576 and on 8 November she was found guilty and sentenced to be strangled and then burnt.  Bessie is believed to have been burned to death on Edinburgh’s Castle Hill. An alternative legend claims she was brought back to Ayrshire and burned at Corsehill Muir, Kilwinning. The court records fail to describe her final fate.

Text source: Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald

 She was born Frances Anna Wallace,1730-1815, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie — who claimed descent from Sir Richard, cousin to the great Sir William Wallace — and Dame Eleanora Agnew. In 1748, Frances Anna Wallace married John Dunlop of Dunlop (1707 — 85); according to a tradition quoted by Wallace, she made a run away match from Dunskey House. She seems to have lived happily with her elderly husband, bearing him 7 sons and 6 daughters.  On 5th June 1785 Mrs Dunlop's husband died.  Then Miss Betty M'Adam gave her 'The Cotter's Saturday Night' to read. It led Mrs Dunlop to communicate with its author, and resulted in a friendship, which, except for a break towards the end of the poet's life, gave her a new and absorbing interest.'

As Gilbert Burns recorded: 'Mrs Dunlop sent off a person express to Mossgiel, distant 15 or 16 miles, with a very obliging letter to my brother, desiring him to send her half a dozen copies of his Poems, if he had them to spare, and begging he would do her the pleasure of calling at Dunlop House as soon as convenient". This was the beginning of a correspondence which ended only with the poet's life (nearly); the last use he made of his pen was writing a short letter to this lady a few days before his death.'  Frances Wallace Dunlop of Dunlop House was a frequent correspondent of Robert Burns, more than any other. Burns visited Mrs Dunlop at least five times — June 1787; February 1788, when he stayed for 2 days; May 1789, another 2 day visit; 21st June 1791, a call on the occasion of Gilbert's marriage; and December 1792, when, with Dr Adair, he stayed 4 days. His last writing was to her 4 days before his death, and the last thing he read was her answer. from "Robert Burns and Mrs. Dunlop" by William Wallace.

Robert John Wallace Dunlop, Captain of the packet Brig "HMS Star"(6 guns), 2nd Division West African Station, which he commanded off Sierra Leone and Gallinas in 1838-45...In these actions he seized the following ships: On Feb. 3, 1844 , the Nova Christina, freeing 70 slaves. On 1 Apr 1844 the  schooner Maria. On 30 Aug 1844, a brigantine; on 30 Jan 1845 the Cazuza; on 8 Feb 1845 the schooner Diligencia; on 11 Feb 1845 the Vivo; on 6 Mar 1845 the Virginia; on 26 Mar 1845 the schooner Audaz; on 27 Mar 1845 the Rafael; 17 Apr 1845 the Schooner Minerva; 28 Jun 1845 the schooner Mariquinha; 16 Jul 1845 the Brig Fantasma; in the next four days three more brigs with unknown names; on Dec 24 1845 another Brig;  and on 17 Feb 1846 the Brig Paquete de Rio. These Brigs held over 500 slaves each.  Captain Dunlop’s actions freed over 5,000 slaves on their way to the West Indies! Robert John Wallace Dunlop was son of Robert Wallace Dunlop,(b 1774), son of Robert Dunlop of Rotterdam and Magdalene Dunlop, daughter of Francis Dunlop, 18th of that Ilk and Magdalene Kinloch. 

Thomas Dunlop Shipowner, Businessman. In 1851, at the age of twenty, Thomas commenced business on his own account as a provision merchant at 231 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow. The business seems to have done well, and within a few years he had progressed to being a grain merchant, and was operating from larger premises at 249 Argyle Street. That business grew too, and he began importing flour as well as buying and selling grain in the domestic market. That led, in 1868, to the acquisition in partnership with a friend, of his first ship, the wooden baroque Wye, of 334 tons. The partners initially lost money on the Wye, but gained valuable experience and, by the time she was sold in 1872, they had three other baroques, and Thomas was firmly established as a ship owner and manager. His sailing ships became the Clan Line of sailing ships; the first vessel to be launched with the Clan name being the Clan Macleod, in 1874. That vessel is today (September 2001) owned by the Sydney Heritage Fleet of Australia, and is still sailing in great majesty, but as the James Craig, the name given her in 1905 after being sold to J.J. Craig of New Zealand in 1900 and entering the trans-Tasman trade in 1901. His son Sir Thomas Dunlop of Glasgow was created a baronet in 1916. Sir Thomas was Lord Provost and Lord Lieutenant of Glasgow from 1914-1917, and was decorated by several countries. His grandson, Sir Thomas (1881-1957)(2nd Bt) and Great-Grandson Sir Thomas (1912-1990)(3rd Bt) carried on in the shipbuilding business until the early 1980's, according to the company's centenary publication. (submitted by Geoffrey Winter)  Sir Thomas Dunlop (4th Bt) still lives near Glasgow today, and holds these Arms.

 BAILIE DUNLOP is the elder son of the late Thomas Dunlop, grain merchant and shipowner, Glasgow, and was born in the city in 1855. He was educated at Glasgow Academy. The first business of the firm of Thomas Dunlop & Sons was that of grain merchants, but the firm now carries on in addition, that of shipowners and marine insurance brokers and Lloyd's agents. Their fleet is the Queen Line of steamers and the Clan Line of sailing ships. Bailie Dunlop and his younger brother were the heads of the firm. He was Consul for the Republic of Paraguay, while his brother holds the same office for that of Hayti. He was on the Commission of the Peace for Renfrewshire, having a house at Wemyss Bay. He was Vice-Commodore of the Royal Gourock Yacht Club, and is on the Committees of the Royal Clyde and Royal Northern Clubs.

He was a Director of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine arts (see Arms in Picture), and was Vice-President of Glasgow Art Club for the two years ending in 1908. He possessed a representative collection of pictures of the Glasgow school.

In 1879 he married Miss Mitchell, and had a family of three sons and three daughters.

 Marion Wallace-Dunlop, the daughter of Robert Henry Wallace-Dunlop, of the Bengal civil service, was born at Leys Castle, Inverness, on 22nd December 1864.

Marion Wallace-Dunlop studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and in 1899 illustrated in art nouveau style two books, Fairies, Elves, and Flower Babies and The Magic Fruit Garden. She also exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1903, 1905 and 1906.  Wallace-Dunlop was a supporter of women's suffrage and in 1900 she joined the Central Society for Women's Suffrage.   

On 25th June 1909 Wallace-Dunlop was charged "with wilfully damaging the stone work of St. Stephen's Hall, House of Commons, by stamping it with an indelible rubber stamp, doing damage to the value of 10s." Wallace-Dunlop was found guilty of wilful damage and when she refused to pay a fine she was sent to prison for a month. On 5th July, 1909 she petitioned the governor of Holloway Prison: “I claim the right recognized by all civilized nations that a person imprisoned for a political offence should have first-division treatment; and as a matter of principle, not only for my own sake but for the sake of others who may come after me, I am now refusing all food until this matter is settled to my satisfaction.”

In her book, Unshackled (1959) Christabel Pankhurst claimed: "Miss Wallace Dunlop, taking counsel with no one and acting entirely on her own initiative, sent to the Home Secretary, Mr. Gladstone, as soon as she entered Holloway Prison, an application to be placed in the first division as befitted one charged with a political offence. She announced that she would eat no food until this right was conceded." Wallace-Dunlop refused to eat for several days. Afraid that she might die and become a martyr, it was decided to release her after fasting for 91 hours.   Marion Wallace-Dunlop died on 12th September 1942 at the Mount Alvernia Nursing Home, Guildford. 

Baron Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, descended from  great-grandparents William Brodie Galbraith and Annie Jack Dunlop, daughter of Thomas Dunlop and Robina Miller Jack of Glasgow and the sister of Sir Thomas Dunlop (contributed to by Alexander P Scott of Texas); 2nd (current) Baron Strathclyde of Ayrshire, Under-Secretary of Employment, Minister of Tourism 1989-1990; Minister of Scottish Office (agriculture) 1990-1992; Minister of Environment 1992-1993; Minister of Department of Trade and Industry 1993-1994; Governor Chief Whip House of Lords 1994-1997; Conservative Chief Whip 1997-1998; Conservative Leader House of Lords from 1998. Captain HM Bodyguard of Honorable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Born 22 February 1960, succeeding his grandfather, married to Jane Skinner of Herts.

James Stuart Wallace Dunlop, Dunlop of Dunlop. 30th Chief of the Name  2006-today; only son of Keith Stuart Wallace Dunlop. James is now living near Richmond in London with his wife Lise. The future heir of the Name is first son Henry James Alexander Wallace-Dunlop