Page 565 – Hugh, thirteenth Lord Sempill, the eldest son, born 1 July 1758, had a commission as ensign in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards 24 December 1777, of lieutenant in the same 26 February 1781, and continued in that regiment till 30 November 1792, when His Majesty, apparently for political reasons, dispensed with his services, and refused him a court-martial. He died 25 January 1830, at Boulogne. He married, at St. Marylebone, London, 24 January 1787, Maria, daughter of Charles Mellis of Ragnal, in the county of Nottingham, and by her, who died 16 September 1806, had five children:-
1. Selkirk, fourteenth Lord Sempill
2. Francis, who died at Calcutta, unmarried, 2 January 1823.
3. ----, a son, who died in infancy
4. Maria Janet, Baroness Sempill.
5. Sarah, who died unmarried 18, and was buried at Holyrood 27, November 1866.
