- Andrew Lauder
Sir Andrew Lauder of Fountainhall, 5th Baronet (8 May 1702 – 6 March 1769) was a Burgess of the Royal Burgh of
Lauder (August 1, 1737), and also ofMusselburgh (June 8, 1739). [National Archives of Scotland , Dick-Lauder Muniments, GD41/466-7]He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1730 upon the death of his elder brother
Sir Alexander Lauder, 4th Baronet .During the Jacobite disturbances in Scotland, notably 1730 and 1745, Sir Andrew was noted as a "government man". Notwithstanding that, during the latter uprising a "Warrant" was issued at
Holyroodhouse dated October 18, 1745, in the name of Charles, Prince of Wales, "Regent of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland" to George Gordon of Beldorny, to proceed to Sir Andrew Lauder's manor at Fountainhall requisitioning his horses ("including his own bay gelding") and pistols and any other arms. Full descriptions of the estate and buildings are given in the "Warrant". [ Stewart-Smith, J., "The Grange of St. Giles", Edinburgh, 1898: 78 & 303-4] Prince Charles had already included Sir Andrew in his land-tax levies, for which he personally signed Sir Andrew's receipt, dated September 29, 1745. [ Stewart-Smith, J., "The Grange of St. Giles", Edinburgh, 1898: 80]In 1731 he married a future heiress, Isabel (1716-1758) daughter of Sir William Leslie Dick (d.1757) 3rd feudal baron of
Grange, Edinburgh , who was in a direct descent from the Royal House ofPlantagenet .By his wife, Isabel, Sir Andrew Lauder had eighteen children: 11 boys and 7 girls. Of his sons, William (1739-1763) was an officer in the
Honourable East India Company 'sBengal Army, dying inCalcutta . Another son, John (1741-1757) was in the navy and died in Spain.Sir Andrew is interred in the Lauder vault within
Greyfriars Kirk [ Brown, James, "Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard", Edinburgh, 1864: 301-2] and was succeeded by his son,Sir Andrew Dick-Lauder, 6th Baronet .References
* Burke, John & John Bernard, "The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants", London, 1851, vol.2, pedigree CLXXIII.
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* Hodson, Major V C P, "List of the Officers of the Bengal Army 1758 - 1834", 1945, vol.3.
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