Dempster, George [Soper] ♂

Education

Student United College 1817-1818 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. Jun. 1818-1819 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Log.; Math. Prov. 1819-1820 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Ethics 1820-1821 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Chem. 1821-1822 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Physics. (Secondar).

LL.D. 16.1.1863.

Birth/childhood

Born 26.2.1804 son of Harriet Dempster and William Soper, who assumed name Dempster.

Career

Also at Cambridge University - matriculated 1822 and Edinburgh University - law student 1823-1825.

Advocate 1826. [Lawyer]

Succeeded to Skibo in 1818. Sold it in 1866. [Landowner]

Death

Died 6.2.1889 in Edinburgh.

Sources

• UYUC516:1822
• UYUY674
• Burke, Landed Gentry
• C. L. Hawkins Dempster, Manners of my time.