Sir George Warrender, 1st Baronet

Sir George Warrender of Lochend, 1st Baronet (c. 1658 – 4 March 1722)[1] was a Scottish merchant and politician.

He was the son of George Warrender and Margaret Cunninghame.[2] Warrender was a dealer of foreign trade at Edinburgh[3] and its Lord Provost in 1707 and 1714[4] As a supporter of the House of Hanover,[3] he was created a Baronet, of Lochend, in the County of Haddington by King George I of Great Britain on 2 June 1715.[5] Subsequently he represented Edinburgh as Member of Parliament (MP) until his death in 1722.[6]

Warrender married firstly Margaret Lawrie and after her death, secondly Grizel Blair, daughter of Hugh Blair.[2] He had a son and daughter by his first wife, and three sons and five daughters by his second wife.[2] Warrender died at London and was buried at Bunhill Fields.[4] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsW1.htm. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 416. 
  3. ^ a b Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson. ed. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 49–50. 
  4. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Sir George Warrender of Lochend, 1st Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p15924.htm#i159234. Retrieved 10 February 2009. 
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 5330. p. 1. 17 May 1715. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Edinburgh". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons1.htm. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
  7. ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 589. 
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir James Stewart		 Member of Parliament for Edinburgh
1715 – 1722		 Succeeded by
John Campbell
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
 (of Lochend)
1715 – 1722		 Succeeded by
John Warrender