Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet ( – 4 February 1779), also known as Naesmyth, of Dawyck and Posso, Peebleshire, was a Scottish botanist and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1732 and 1741.
Early life.
Nasmyth was the eldest son of Sir James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet, lawyer of Dawyck and Posso and his wife Barbara Pringle, daughter of Andrew Pringle of Clifton, Roxburgh.
He succeeded to the baronetcy when his father died in 1720
Nasmyth
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- Robert Noble, (1857–1917), painter specialising in landscapes, first President of the Society of Scottish Artists
- Emily Murray Paterson (1855–1934), painter
- James Paterson (1854–1932), landscape and portrait painter, associated with The Glasgow Boys movement
- Viola Paterson (1899–1981), painter, wood engraver
- Sir Joseph Noel Paton (1821–1901),