Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder, 9th Baronet

Sir Thomas North Dick Lauder of Fountainhall, 9th Baronet (28 April 1846, Grange House, Grange, Edinburgh – 19 June 1919, Villa Lauder, 16 via St.Leonardo Florence, Italy) was a Scottish aristocrat and a Knight of Justice in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem

Thomas North Dick-Lauder was the eldest son of Sir John Dick-Lauder, 8th Baronet and Lady Anne Dalrymple, the second daughter of North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair. ["Walford's county families of the United Kingdom", 1909] He was baptised 12 June at St.Cuthbert's, Edinburgh. On 27 September 1867 Sir Thomas North Dick Lauder was served heir to his father Sir John Dick-Lauder, 8th Baronet. ["Services of Heirs"]

Prior to 1875 Sir Thomas had served as a lieutenant in the 60th Rifle Regiment and was also a lieutenant in the Edinburgh militia.

His principal residences were Fountainhall, Pencaitland in Haddingtonshire, and Grange House, Edinburgh. He was a member of the Army and Navy Club, the Junior Carlton Club (both in London) and the New Club in Edinburgh.

He died unmarried and was succeeded in the baronetcy and family estates by his younger brother, Sir George Dick-Lauder, 10th Baronet.

References

* "The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants", etc., by Messrs, John and John Bernard Burke, London, 1851, vol.2, pedigree CLXXIII.
* "Kelly's Titled, Landed, and Official Classes Handbook", London, 1903.
* "Who was Who 1916-1928", A & C Black, London.