Login
Login

Sir John Lauder, 3rd Baronet

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, 3rd Baronet was born 3 and baptised 5 December 1669 at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. He died in February 1728 at Fountainhall manor, near Pencaitland, and was interred in the Lauder burial vault within Greyfriars. He succeeded his father John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall in the baronetcy in September 1722.

Biography

Sir John was greatly esteemed and made an Honorary Burgess of the following:

  • the burgh of Aberdeen to John Lauder younger of Fountainhall, 28 October 1701;
  • the City of Edinburgh, 18 February 1702;
  • the burgh of North Berwick to John Lauder younger of Fountainhall, 21 October 1702;
  • the burgh of Haddington to John Lauder younger of Fountainhall, 17 April 1703;
  • the City of Elgin to John Lauder younger of Fountainhall, 5 October 1714;
  • the burgh of Forres to Sir John Lawther [sic] younger of Fountainhall, 26 July 1715.

He married 10 August 1696, at Edinburgh, his cousin Margaret, daughter of Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmedden, 1st Baronet by his wife Margaret, daughter and heiress of William Lauder, Writer (solicitor) and Clerk of Session. They had seven sons and two daughters. He was succeeded by his son and heir, Sir Alexander Lauder, 4th Baronet.

References

  • {{cite book|title=The Baronage of Scotland|author=Sir Robert Douglas|author-link=Sir Robert Douglas|location=Edinburgh|year=1798|page=184|display-authors=etal}}[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/baronage/page184.html]
  • {{cite book|title=Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard|author=James Brown|location=Edinburgh|year=1864|pages=301–302}}, has the burial vault within the church of the family of Lauder of Lauder, and all who are contained therein.
  • {{cite book|title=The Complete Baronetage|author=G. E. Cokayne|location=Exeter|year=1904|page=361}}

{{S-start}}

{{s-reg|sct-bt}}

{{succession box | title=Baronet
(of Fountainhall) | before=John Lauder | after=Alexander Lauder | years=1722–1728}}

{{S-end}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lauder, Sir John, 3rd Baronet}}

Category:1669 births

Category:1728 deaths

Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

Category:Nobility from Edinburgh

Category:Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard

{{NovaScotia-baronet-stub}}