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Dates 1709-34
Location London
Vocation Politician
Place of Birth Gargunnock, Stirlingshire
Marriage Jean Lennox
Issue
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Elected MP for Stirlingshire (1709-10, 1729-34) and Stirling Burghs (1710-27). Identified as a Whig, especially after 1714. Politically connected with the Duke of Argyll and by 1730s had become a trusted instrument in Lord Ilay's system of electoral management. Left Westminster in 1734 and appointed governor of Jamaica. Died there in 1736.