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|Dates=1707-10, 1713-15
|Location=London
|Vocation=Merchant and politician
|Place of Birth=Prestongrange, Haddington
|Marriage=Janet Rocheid (d.1713); 2nd wife
|Issue=5 sons, 3 daughters
|Source=History of Parliament Online
}}
Entered Scottish Parliament as MP for Haddingtonshire (1690-1703) and Peeblesshire (1702-7). Was a hereditary burgess of Peeblesshire and of Edinburgh (1684) and Glasgow (1707). Initially allied with the Opposition, followed the Court from c.1702. Rewarded by the Duke of Queensbury with a place on the union commission (1706) and an elevation to the Scottish privy council (1707).
Well-connected through familial ties when he entered Westminister, first as a representative in the first Parliament of Great Britain, then as MP for Peeblesshire. Classed as a Hanoverian and Whig.
Active Parliamentary member though in later Parliaments (1713, etc.) relatively lackluster - possibly due to financial pressures and death of first wife. Did not stand for re-election. Died 1739.

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