TheEdmonstone Baronetcy, of Duntreath in theCounty of Stirling, is a title in theBaronetage of Great Britain.[1] It was created 20 May 1774 forArchibald Edmonstone, 11th of Duntreath, Member of Parliament forDunbartonshire andAyr Burghs. He was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, the second Baronet. He represented Dunbartonshire andStirlingshire in theHouse of Commons. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the third Baronet. He was a writer and traveller. He died without surviving issue and was succeeded by his half-brother, the fourth Baronet. He was an admiral in theRoyal Navy and Member of Parliament.
The family seat is Duntreath Castle,Blanefield, Stirlingshire; The castle was a gift from Robert III of Scotland. The7th Baronet and his second wife Julie run the Castle as a venue for weddings and garden lectures.[2]
The Edmonstones have ancient links toKings of Scotland. They are descendants ofRobert III of Scotland through his daughterMary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, who married Sir William Edmondstone of Culloden and first of Duntreath (d. 1460), in 1425. She had a son with him, named Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath.[3]Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet was the father ofAlice Keppel (née Alice Frederica Edmonstone), the great-grandmother ofQueen Camilla, wife ofKing Charles III. Elyssa Edmonstone, daughter of the 7th Baronet, married Archduke Sigismund of Austria, (titular)Grand Duke of Tuscany, in 1999.
See also Clan Edmonstone: Edmonstones of Duntreath.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Archibald Edward Charles Edmonstone (born 1961).