LAUDER, James MP, Bailie and Provost of Haddington, Mr ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for James were LATHER, James, LAUDER, James Sheriff Clerk of Haddington, Provost ³ and LAWDER, James.¹

   User ID: Q709

  General Notes:

"Burghs: Haddington

1 May 1639-29 Dec 1702

1. 1639, May 1
Mr George Gray, town clerk.

2. 1660, Dec. 1
William Seton, provost.

3. 1665, July 24
William Seatoun, provost.

4. 1667, Jan. 5
William Setoun, provost.

5. 1669, Oct. 5
John Hay, sheriff-depute of East Lothian.

6. 1678, June 8
William Lamb, bailie, merchant.

7. 1681, July 14
Mr Harry Cockburne, provost, merchant.

8. 1685, Apr. 1
John Sleich younger, provost, merchant.

9. 1689, Mar. 5
John Sleich, provost.

10. 1690, Mar. 15
Mr James Lauder, bailie (in place of deceased John Sleich).

11. 1696, Aug. 13
Alexander Edgar, provost, merchant (in place of deceased Mr James Lauder, late provost).

12/1. 1702, Dec. 29
William McCall, provost, merchant.

12/2. 1703, Apr. 30
Alexander Edgar, late provost."

from PA7/25/65




"APPENDIX

NO. XXIX.

From ' Collectanea Genealogica,' Foster. London, 1882.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. SCOTLAND.

LAUDER - James - Dunbar 1661-3 (and Thomas Purves, two of the bailies 'conjunctly and severally'); 1665 conv., 1667 conv. (merchant burgess, bailie) 1669-72. Haddington 1690 (Mr., bailie, late provost), until his death s.b. 13th Aug. 1696."


"APPENDIX

NO. XLII.

LAUDER...James, in parliament for Haddington : 1690, 1693, 1695; excused from attendance in parliament : 1695."

from Family of Lauder




"Lauder
James
15 / 9 / 1726
sometime Provost and Sheriff-Clerk of Haddington
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/90"

"Lauder
James
22 / 2 / 1737
Mr, sometime provost and sheriff-clerk of Haddington
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/99"

from Wills and Testaments ^{3 5 6}

James married Issoble PRINGLE on 8 October 1674 in Dunbar parish, East Lothian, Scotland.^{1 2} (Issoble PRINGLE was born about 1649.)

  Marriage Notes:

1
"LAWDER
JAMES
ISSOBLE PRINGLE/FR1900 (FR1900)
12/09/1674
709
60 / 89
Haddington"

2
"LAUDER
JAMES
ISOBEL PRINGEL/FR170 (FR170)
08/10/1674
706
10 / 161
Dunbar"

from Index of Marriages

1
Old Parish Registers
Haddington parish East Lothian
Marriages

"1674
12 Sept
Mr James Lawder in this Parish Issoble Pringle in the Parish of Dunbar Robt Watson (?) cautioner for both"

2
Old Parish Registers
Dunbar parish East Lothian
Marriages

"Thursday 8 October 1674

M^r James Lauder married to Isobel Pringel" ^{1 2}

James next married Helen LAUDER, daughter of Robert LAUDER younger, of Gunsgreen and Anne CONGALTON 'Lady Gunsgreen'.³ (Helen LAUDER was born about 1646.)

  Marriage Notes:

"NO. XXVIII.

From Lord Fountainhall's ' Decisions,' 2 vols. Edin., 1758.

The Lady Gunsgreen v. Helen Lauder, and Mr. James Lauder, Provost of Haddington, her husband. Feb. 1, 1693. Vol. I. 552."




"From ' Inquisitiones Speciales.' Edin., 1811.

Haddingtonshire - No. 371. 1st Feb. 1692. - Helen Lauder, daughter of Robert Lauder of Gunsgreen, wife of James Lauder of Haddington, &c, &c, to certain property in Haddington.

from Family of Lauder ³