Dempster, George

Education

Student United College 1747-? (Secondar).

Won silver arrow competition in 1750.

LL.D. 13.11.1784.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 27.11.1732 eldest son of John Dempster, Dundee and Isobel Ogilvie.

Career

Advocate 1755. [Lawyer]

M.P. Perth burghs 1761 - 1768, 1769 - 1790.

F.R.S.E. 1788. Of Dunnichen. Provost of St Andrews.

Agriculturalist.

Death

Died at Dunnichen 13.2.1818.

Sources

  • UYUY674
  • DNB
  • Letters to Sir Adam Fergusson, London, 1934
  • Gentleman's Magazine 1818 I 566
  • Hist. Parl.
  • Annual biography and obituary. 1819 141 - 173