John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall
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John Lauder of Fountainhall, Lord Fountainhall, was baptised 2 August 1646 and died 20 September 1722, both at Edinburgh, the eldest son by his second marriage of Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded after much acrimony. Lord Fountainhall was one of Scotland's leading jurists who remains to this day an oft consulted authority. He was knighted in 1680, and matriculated his Arms with the Lyon Court on 15 June 1699.
Sir John Lauder was educated at The High School and University of Edinburgh, graduating M.A., on 18 July 1664. He then went to the continent, partly with a the view of studying law there. After some time spent travelling he resided at Poitiers from 28 July 1665 till 24 April 1666, following which he proceeded to Paris, Brussels, Antwerp and Leyden, Holland, where he matriculated into Leyden University on 27 September 1666. [Index to Leyden Students, p.59]. An advocate, (admitted 5th June 1668) he was called to the Bench on 1 November 1689 as a Lord of Session Ordinary with the title Lord Fountainhall. He was counsel for the Earl of Argyll at his trial in 1691, and a Lord of Justiciary 1690-1707, but declined the post of Lord Advocate in 1692.
Sir John was a Justice of the Peace for Haddingtonshire in 1683, a Burgess of Edinburgh (2 November 1687) and Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire (1685-6, 1690-1707). He opposed the Union with England and voted against it.
He married twice: (1) 21 January 1669, at the Tron Church, Edinburgh, Janet (1652-1686), daughter of Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall, 1st Baronet, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Senator of the College of Justice,(d.1688), by his wife Janet née Craw. They had six sons and four daughters. He married (2) 26 March 1687, at Edinburgh, Marion, daughter of the Reverend John Anderson, of Balram, Minister of Dysart. They had three sons and three daughters.
Lord Fountainhall died at Edinburgh and was interred in the Lauder vault within Greyfriars Kirk. His Testament dated 2 december 1706 was not Proved until more than sixteen years later. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Sir John Lauder, 3rd Baronet.
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- Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, by James Brown, Edinburgh, 1864, pps: 301 - 302 gives the burial vault within the church of the family of Lauder of Lauder, and all who are contained therein, including his Sir John Lauder, 2nd Bt.,and his first wife Janet Ramsay.
- Historical Notes of Scottish Affairs; Selected from the Manuscripts of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, Bart., by Dr. David Laing.
- The Scottish Nation, by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1870, volume 2, p.631.
- J.Stewart Smith (1898). The Grange of St.Giles., notably Appendix XIII Holograph Notes by Sir John Lauder - his Legal memorandum on the 1688 Baronetcy Patent and the 1690 Libel Case against his step-mother. Appendix XIV contains his further Holograph Notes on his ancestry.
- Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, 1665-1676, edited by Donald Crawford, Scottish History Society publication, Edinburgh, 1900.
- The Complete Baronetage, by G.E.Cockayne, Exeter, 1904, vol.IV, p.361.
- The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Third Series, edited by P.Hume Brown, M.A.,LL.D., volume VIII, Edinburgh, 1915, p.279.
- Dictionary of National Biography, pps.637/638.
| Baronetage of Nova Scotia | ||
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| Preceded by Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet |
Baronet (of Fountainhall) 1692–1722 |
Succeeded by Sir John Lauder, 3rd Baronet |
