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Hew Dalrymple (advocate)

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Hew Dalrymple


Captain Hew Dalrymple, sometimes spelt Hugh (ca. 1740 – 1774) was a Scottish advocate and poet who served as Attorney General of Grenada.

His youngest daughter was the courtesan Grace Elliott.

Dalrymple graduated LLD in 1771. He was involved in the great Douglas case.

Works

  • Dalrymple, Hew (1759). "Woodstock Park: an Elegy".  - an elegy for Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-1758) who commanded the Raid on St Malo in 1758
  • Dalrymple, Hew (1763–70). "Rodondo; or the State Jugglers". Scots Magazine.  - a defence of Scotland during the Bute administration

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