Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet (c. 1704 – 4 February 1779), also known as Naesmyth, of Dawyck and Posso, Peebleshire, was a Scottish botanist and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1732 and 1741.
[3] He lodged a petition after he was defeated by the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) John Douglas, claiming that the Sheriff of Peebles had been biased.
[3] When Douglas died in 1731, Nasmyth contested the seat again at the resulting by-election on 28 April 1732, against the former MP Sir Alexander Murray, Bt.
He discovered the upright beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck') and funded several plant-collecting expeditions to Asia and North America.
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