CLERK, John of Penicuik, 2nd Baronet, Sir ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for John were CLARK, , Baron,³ CLARK, John, Sir,³ CLARK, John,³ CLERK, of Cammo, Baron,³ CLERK, John Baron of Exchequer, Sir ⁴ and CLERK, John Baronet.³

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  General Notes:

"CLERK
JOHN BARONET
JOHN BARONET/CLERK ELIZABETH HENDERSON FR2293 (FR2293)
M
26/02/1676
685/1 80 41
Edinburgh"

from Births and Baptisms




"Clerk
John
7/4/1758
Sir, of Penicuik, Baron of Exchequer
TD
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/117"

from Wills and Testaments




"Sir John Clerk of Penicuik was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Leiden before embarking on the Grand Tour. Between 1697 and 1699 he visited the courts of Germany and the cities of Vienna, Venice, Rome, Naples, Florence and Paris. While in Rome he came under the tutelage of the composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli and became highly proficient at violin and harpsichord. He went on to compose five cantatas. In 1700 he was called to the Bar and acted as one of the commissioners for the Treaty of Union seven years later. His appointment as Baron of the Exchequer ensured that he had the freedom to pursue other interests such as collecting Roman antiquities from Scottish excavations, landscape gardening, improvement of his landed estates, poetry and writing. He encouraged the architect William Adam, who built his fashionable house at Mavisbank. He was popular in Scottish society for his largesse and impeccable taste."

from National Records of Scotland< ^{3 5 6}

John married Margaret STEWART, daughter of Alexander STEWART 3rd Earl of Galloway and Mary DOUGLAS, on 23 February 1701 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.¹ (Margaret STEWART was born about 1680.)

  Marriage Notes:

"CLERK
JOHN BARONET
MARGARET STEWART/FR1344 (FR1344)
23/02/1701
685/1 450 92
Edinburgh"

from Index of Marriages ¹

John next married Janet INGLES, daughter of Sir James INGLIS of Cramond, Baronet and Anne HOUSTON, on 5 February 1709 in Penicuik parish, Midlothian, Scotland.¹ (Janet INGLES was baptised on 1 July 1689 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"CLERK
JOHN
JANET INGLES/FR649 (FR649)
05/02/1709
697/ 30 80
Penicuik"

from Index of Marriages ¹