PATERSON, Sir Hugh, 3rd Bt. (c.1685-1777), of Bannockburn House, St. Ninians, Stirling.

b. c. 1685, 1st s. of Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Bt., writer to signet [S], of Bannockburn House by Barbara, da. of Sir William Ruthven of Dunglass, Haddington. m. 21 Feb. 1712, Lady Jean Erskine (d. 1763), da. of Charles, 5th Earl of Mar [S] and sis. of John, 6th Earl and Hon. James Erskine†, Ld. Grange SCJ, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 21 Dec. 1701. Genealogists’ Mag. xxiii. 136–8, 140; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, iv. 103; v. 629; Scot. Rec. Soc. xv. 476. Wrongly identified as 2nd Bt. in GEC Baronetage, iv. 342.