1697196A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Dunlop, HughWilliam Richard O'Byrne

DUNLOP. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 9; h-p., 17.)

Hugh Dunlop is second son of General Jas. Dunlop,[1] M.P. (who died in 1832), by Julia, daughter of Hugh Baillie, Esq., youngest son of Baillie of Monckton. He is brother of the late Sir John Dunlop, Bart., M.P., an officer in the Grenadier Guards; and uncle of the present Sir Jas. Dunlop, Bart.

This officer entered the Navy 5 April, 1821; passed his examination in 1827; and obtained his first commission 8 Feb. 1828. From 1 May to 23 Dec. in the latter year he served on the Jamaica station on board the Druid 46, Capt. Williams Sandom, and also in the Aurora 46. He was next appointed, 7 April, 1841, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Shearwater steam-vessel, Capt. John Washington, employed on the Home station. Since his last promotion, which took place 12 Aug. 1842, Commander Dunlop has been on shore.

He married, in 1831, Ellen Clementina, only daughter of Robt. Cockburn, Esq. Agent – J. Chippendale.


  1. General Dunlop served thirteen years in India, where he was severely wounded in command of one of the assaulting columns at the storming of Seringapatam; as Major-General, he was afterwards, in 1810, appointed to the command of a brigade in the 5th division of Lord Wellington’s army, a post which he continued to fill throughout the campaign of 1811.