Andrew McDowall (or Douall), Lord Bankton (1685–1760) was a Scottish lawyer and

Senator of the College of Justice The senators of the College of Justice are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of senator: Lords of Session (judges of the Court of Session); ...

Life

He was born the second son of Robert McDowall of Logan,

East Ayrshire East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...

and his wife, Sarah Shaw daughter of John Shaw of

Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

. Andrew trained in Law at

Edinburgh University The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1582 ...

and passed the Scottish bar as an advocate around 1705. He became a successful advocate in

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

. In 1745 he purchased

Bankton House Bankton House is a late 17th-century house situated south of Prestonpans in East Lothian, Scotland. The house is located between the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road and the East Coast Main Line railway at . Pre-Reformation In the 12th century, ...

Prestonpans Prestonpans ( gd, Baile an t-Sagairt, Scots: ''The Pans'') is a small mining town, situated approximately eight miles east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the Council area of East Lothian. The population as of is. It is near the site of the 1745 ...

, east of Edinburgh, from the estate of the late Col.Gardiner who had been killed in the

Battle of Prestonpans The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Jacobite forces, led by the Stuart exile C ...

. On 5 July 1755 he was elected a

in place of the late

John Sinclair, Lord Murkle John Sinclair, Lord Murkle (died 5 June 1755) was a Scottish judge. A son of John Sinclair, 8th Earl of Caithness and Janet Carmichael of the Hyndford family, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates on 7 February 1713. On 18 January 1721 he w ...

. He died at Bankton House on 22 October 1760. His position as Senator was filled by

James Veitch, Lord Elliock James Veitch, Lord Elliock FRSE (25 September 1712 – 1 July 1793) was a Scottish advocate, judge, politician and landowner who became a Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born in Edinburgh in September 1712, the son of Christian T ...

Publications

*''An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights'' (4 vols) 1751 to 1758 which compares the differences between Scottish and English Laws and continues in use as a reference book.

Family

In 1743 (aged 58) he was married to Helen Grant. They had no children.

Artistic Recognition

He was portrayed around 1756 by William Millar and the

Scottish National Portrait Gallery The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. The gallery holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. It also holds the Scottish National Photography Co ...

hold an etching of Lord Bankton by

Thomas Worlidge Thomas Worlidge (1700−1766) was an English painter and etcher. Life He was born in Peterborough of Roman Catholic parents, and studied art in London as a pupil of the Genoese refugee Alessandro Maria Grimaldi (1659−1732). He painted portrait ...

.https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/101185/andrew-mcdouall-lord-bankton1685-1760-judge-lord-court-session-scotland

References

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