James Sandilands (-10 August 1753), 7. Lord Torphichen

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Parents
Father:1Walter Sandilands (1629-May 1696), 6. Lord Torphichen
Mother:2Christian Primrose (-)
Spouses and relationship events
Married:31703Jean Hume (22 March 1683-10 December 1751)
Children
Children with Jean Hume:
James Sandilands (-20 April 1749)4
Walter Sandilands (-9 November 1765), 8. Lord Torphichen5
Andrew Sandilands (-27 June 1776), major6
Robert Sandilands (-18 May 1791)7
Grizel Sandilands (-)8
Christian Sandilands (-5 October 1762)9
Wilhelmina Caroline Sandilands (-)10
Patrick Sandilands (1 November 1708-), naval commander in the East India Company's service11
Alexander Sandilands (1711-)12
George Sandilands (9 March 1717-)13
Charles Sandilands (1720-1741), lieutenant in the Royal Navy14
Attributes
Occupation:157. Lord Torphichen
Events
Died:1610 August 1753
He died at Calder House.
Personal Info
He was served heir of his father 13 May 1698, and took his seat in the Scottish Parliament 6 July 1704. He was lieut.-colonel of the 7th Dragoon Guards and served abroad in the wars of Queen Anne. On the occurrence of the Rebellion of 1715 he hastened down from London to Scotland, and commanded a party of 500 horse and foot that marched from Edinburgh on 17 October to Seton House. He fought at Sheriffmuir 13 November 1715, but quitted the Army in 1722, and was appointed by George I one of the Lords of Police. Upon the abolition of heritable jurisdiction in 1747 Lord Torphichen was allowed a sum of £134, 12s. 6d. for the regality of Torphichen.17
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1 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume VIII: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911), Torphichen, p. 393-94, VI Walter Sandilands.
2 Ibid
3 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume VIII: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911), Torphichen, p. 394-95, VII James Sandilands.
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