Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet

The Rae family grave, Inveresk

Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet (14 April 1769 – 19 October 1842),^[1] was a Scottish politician and lawyer, a son of Sir David Rae, Lord Eskgrove.

He studied at Edinburgh University. He was Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs, in Fife, from 1819 to 1826, Harwich, Essex, England, from 1827 to 1830, Buteshire in 1830 and from 1833 to 1842, and for Portarlington, Queen's County, Ireland, from 1831 to 1832.

He served as Lord Advocate from 1819 to 1830 and from 1834 to 1835. He was made a Privy Councillor on 19 July 1830.^[1]

Grant's Old and New Edinburgh tells us that he was present at the Great Edinburgh Fire of 1824, actively trying to extinguish the flames of the building on the Royal Mile at the head of Old Assembly Close as it was "the house of his birth".^[2]

He is buried with his father and mother on the south-west corner of St. Michael's church in Inveresk. The stone is surprisingly modest.

Sources

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Rae, William (1769-1842)". Dictionary of National Biography. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

References

1 2 "Privy Councillors". Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
↑ Grants Old and New Edinburgh

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir William Rae

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alexander Maconochie	Member for Anstruther Burghs 1819–1826	Succeeded by James Balfour
Preceded by Nicholas Conyngham Tindal John Charles Herries	Member for Harwich 1827–1830 With: John Charles Herries	Succeeded by George Robert Dawson John Charles Herries
Vacant alternating constituency (with Caithness) Title last held by Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart to 1826	Member for Buteshire 1830–1831	Vacant alternating constituency Title next held by Charles Stuart from 1832
Preceded by Sir Charles Ogle, Bt	Member for Portarlington 1831–1832	Succeeded by Thomas Gladstone
Preceded by Charles Stuart	Member for Buteshire 1833–1842	Succeeded by James Stuart-Wortley
Legal offices
Preceded by Alexander Maconochie	Lord Advocate 1819–1830	Succeeded by Francis Jeffrey
Preceded by John Murray	Lord Advocate 1834–1835	Succeeded by John Murray
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David Rae	Baronet (of Esk Grove) 1815–1842	extinct

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