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Hugh Paterson
John Thomas Seton (c.1735-1806) - Sir Hugh Paterson (1686–1777), Jacobite - PG 634 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg
Portrait by John Thomas Seton, 1776
Member of Parliament
for Stirlingshire
In office
1710–1715
Preceded by Henry Cunningham
Succeeded by Mungo Haldane
Personal details
Born 1685
Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died 23 Mar 1777
Bannockburn, Scotland
Spouse Lady Jean Erskine
Children Henry Paterson (b. 1712), Mary Paterson (b. 1714)
Occupation MP
Known for Baronet of Bannockburn, Jacobite

Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet (circa 1685 – 23 March 1777) was a Scottish Jacobite and Member of the Parliament of Great Britain.

The son of Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet by his wife Barbara, daughter of Sir William Ruthven of Dunglass and Katherine, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, he succeeded his father as second Baronet, of Bannockburn, on 21 December 1701. From 1710 to 1715 he was Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire.

On 21 February 1712, he married Lady Jean Erskine, daughter of Charles Erskine, Earl of Mar. They had a son Henry, who predeceased his father.

In 1716, Paterson was attainted and his baronetcy forfeit, because, as a Jacobite, he had participated in the Jacobite Rising of 1715. His niece, Clementina Walkinshaw, later became the mistress of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

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