George Dempster of Dunnichen

George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo FRSE FSA was a Scottish advocate, landowner, agricultural improver and politician. Dempster served as Member of Parliament for the Perth Burghs , founded the bank George Dempster amp Co. in 1763, was a Director of the East India Company from 1769, and served as Provost of St Andrews and a Director of the Highland Society of Scotland .

George Dempster was born in 1732 in Dundee, the son of John Dempster 2nd Laird of Dunnichen, a Dundee merchant, and Isabel Ogilvie. Georges date of birth is unclear, and has alternatively been given asFebruary orDecember. He was educated at Dundee Grammar School and possibly also at the small parish school at Leuchars, Fife. OnFebruary 1748 he entered the University of St Andrews and studied there until about 1750, when he left without taking a degree and moved on to study law at the University of Edinburgh. He also studied at the Acadmie Royale in Brussels.

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