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William Duddingston

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to patrol the waters to prevent smuggling of contraband goods in evasion of taxation. In these seizures the crew were awarded a percentage of the value of the goods seized, which was a strong incentive. Seizures were therefore often a little overenthusiastic and included some ships where the correct
421: 95:, the third son of 14 children to James Duddingston (1695-1768) and his wife Margaret Gillespie. The family lived at St Ford (or Sandford) just south-west of Kilconquhar. 19: 252:; one son who died unnamed within hours of birth in 1804; William Montague Duddingston (1806–1824); and Susan Stirling Duddingston (1807–1890) died in 411: 416: 233:
Earlsferry House was demolished around 1958, mainly due to the burdens of inheritance tax, but Heriot Row survives in its entirety.
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and took Duddingston and his crew prisoner before setting fire to the ship. The captured men were held at
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in August 1772. In February 1773 he received a pension of £91 per annum for his wounds received in the
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Landings along with 140 other British ships. In March 1777 he was given command of the newly complete
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and given charge of a 28 gun ship captured from the Americans in 1776, provocatively re-named
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When Duddingston retired around 1805, he was wealthy enough to buy two substantial houses:
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From 1752 to 1755 he served as a merchant seaman on the Fife coast. He appears as a
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They had two sons and two daughters: Elizabeth Hay Duddingston (1803–1866) died in
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into the shallows, where she ran aground on a sandbar. Lindsey continued to
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Details of his release are unclear, but he reappears as commander of
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in Fife. He is thought to be buried nearby in Elie Churchyard.
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Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War
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Royal Navy
Gaspee Affair
American War of Independence
Kilconquhar
East Neuk
Fife
Royal Navy
lieutenant
midshipman
HMS Gaspee
Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode island
Pawtuxet Village
HMS Bonetta
Gaspee Affair
HMS Senegal
Staten Island
HMS Cameleon
captain
HMS Boston
Earlsferry House
Fife
Heriot Row
Edinburgh
Earlsferry
Elie

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