Colonel William Rickart Hepburn (died 1807) was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 noble and politician

Politician

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 who lived in Kincardineshire

Kincardineshire

The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns was a local government county on the coast of northeast Scotland...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rickart Hepburn MP

Robert Hepburn

Robert Rickart Hepburn of Keith was Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire 1768–1774.Son of James Hepburn of Keith and Katherine Rickart.- Notes :...

 and Magdalene Murray. He was responsible for the construction of the historic Rickarton House

Rickarton House

Rickarton House is an historic home in Aberdeenshire, Scotland approximately six kilometres northwest of Stonehaven. Other notable historic structures in the vicinity are Ury House, Fetteresso Castle and Muchalls Castle...

 west of Stonehaven

Stonehaven

Stonehaven is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies on Scotland's northeast coast and had a population of 9,577 in 2001 census.Stonehaven, county town of Kincardineshire, grew around an Iron Age fishing village, now the "Auld Toon" , and expanded inland from the seaside...

 at the eastern edge of Fetteresso Forest

Fetteresso Forest

The Fetteresso Forest is a woodland that is principally coniferous situated in the Mounth range of the Grampian Mountains in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The forest has a number of prominent mountain peaks including the Hill of Blacklodge and Craiginour peak...

. He married Janet Paul of Rathlodge, Fetteresso and died in London

London

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, leaving issue two sons and a daughter. His great-great-grandsons were Canadian politicians, Brigadier-General Bernard Rickart Hepburn

Bernard Rickart Hepburn

Bernard Rickart Hepburn was born in Picton, Ontario.The son of A.W. Hepburn and the former Miss McCuaig, he was educated in Picton and Port Hope. In 1901, he married Bertha E. Wright....

 and James de Congalton Hepburn

James de Congalton Hepburn

James Hepburn was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario in 1947-1948 and served as Progressive Conservative MLA for Prince Edward-Lennox....

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