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Dates 1720-54
Location London
Vocation Politician
Place of Birth Brodie, Moray
Marriage Mary Sleigh
Issue 1 daughter
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Represented Elginshire without contest for over twenty years (1720-41). Appointed lord lyon king of arms (1727). Voted consistently with the Government. Surrendered Elginshire seat in 1741 but brought in as MP for Caithness (1741-7). MP for Inverness Burghs (1747-54). Died 1754.