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Dates 1755-61
Location London
Vocation Politician and lawyer
Place of Birth Elliock, Dumfries
Marriage
Issue
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Called to the bar (1738). Popular among Edinburgh's legal and literati circles. Connected in county politics with the Duke of Queensbury who brought Veitch into parliament as MP for Dumfriesshire (1755-61). Appointed to Scottish Bench as Lord Elliock (1761). Died 1793.