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Dates 1732-47
Location London
Vocation Politician
Place of Birth Craigievar, Aberdeen
Marriage Christian Ross; Margaret Strachan
Issue 4 sons, 5 daughters
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Educated at Marischal College. MP for Aberdeenshire, elected unopposed (1732). Friend of the Administration in 1730s, he switched sides and began voting against the Government in 1739. Re-elected 1738 and 1741. Voted against the Hanoverians in 1742 and 1744. Retired in 1747.