Colin Lauder (c. 1750 – 25 October 1831), Worlds End Close,

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FRCSEd, and a

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. His

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was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn.

Life

The son of George Lauder (c.1712–1752), a surgeon and fellow of the

, by his spouse Rosina Preston (died 1786), Colin Lauder was the great-great-grandson of Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, of Fountainhall and the grandson of Surgeon John Lauder (surgeon) (1683–1737) deacon of the

. Lauder trained at Glasgow University alongside Handyside Edgar becoming a lifelong friend of his brother Alexander Edgar through this link. He served as a

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in the

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from 14 October 1770 until 1772. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on 31 August 1772 and was made a burgess of Edinburgh on 23 September 1772 in right of his father. In 1773 Lauder was a founding member of the Aesculapian Club. and in 1782 was one of the founding members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh. Dr Colin Lauder was the surgeon to the Scottish philosopher

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(as recorded by The Private Papers of James Boswell 1776). His Edinburgh home stood on Carrubbers Close off the

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.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1790-92 A Sasine registered on 12 August 1785 records that George, Rosina, John and Lucinda Johnstone Lauder, children of Colin Lauder, surgeon, Edinburgh, were seised in part of a tenement of land in George Street, Edinburgh, on Disposition by Andrew Neil, mason, Edinburgh. Another Sasine, registered 8 July 1793, mentions "Colin Lauder late surgeon in Edinburgh, now at

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House, Midlothian." He was married four times: * (1) on 1 June 1772 at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, to Margaret Milne (born 20 November 1754, Died 30 July 1788), daughter of John Milne, founder and burgess of Edinburgh by spouse Elizabeth née Edgar, by whom he had issue – 10 children * (2) Janet Law (marriage date unknown); she died 6 September 1810 at FalaHouse Midlothian). Very little known about her; there is unsubstantiated rumor of a portrait that existed, and there is a grandchild Janet Law Guild born to Colin's daughter Elizabeth Edgar Lauder. * (3) Agnes Donaldson on 12 December 1810 (died 24 January 1822, no issue) * (4) Margaret Ross on 21 May 1822 (died 11 September 1857, no issue) Of his children: * Dr William Preston Lauder

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(died 1 April 1852,

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, Fellow of

, Fellow of the

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FRCPE, without issue. * Francis Lauder (c. 1765 – 10 May 1803), a

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, married 25 March 1784 McLeish Rutherford (8 August 1762 – 22 February 1829), daughter of Lewis Rutherford in

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, with issue. * George Lauder (24 May 1774 – 25 November 1801), captain in the

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* John Lauder, Naval

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(died July 1794 at sea en route from Jamaica to London), of Penicuik, and who also owned a farm at Easter Teary, Dyke, Elginshire. * Rosina Preston Lauder (1776–1843) married, in 1803, Robert Sibbald, farmer of Humbie Mains, with issue. * Elizabeth Edgar Lauder,(born 1783) married, in 1805, George Guild, farmer of Demple Mains, with issue, one of whom, Janet, married Nathaniel Spens of Craigsanquhar,

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. Another, Elizabeth, married Rear-Admiral John Macpherson Ferguson (1783–1855), Royal Navy.

References

* ''Indexes to the Inventories of the Personal Estate of Defuncts'', Edinburgh, 1827–1845, ref: C587. * ''The Post Office Annual Directory for 1826–27'', Edinburgh, 1826, p102, has Dr Colin Lauder at 8 Windmill Street, Edinburgh. * ''Genealogical Collections concerning the Scottish House of Edgar'', by The Grampian Club London, 1873, p. 9. * ''Biographical Index of former RSE Fellows 1783–2002 Part 2. (K-Z)'', www.rse.org.uk * ''The Scottish Register Or General View of History, Politics & ... – Page 3'' Deaths Apr 1794 * ''The Scots Magazine & .'' Deaths 01 Aug 1788 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauder, Colin 1750 births 1831 deaths Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers 18th-century Scottish medical doctors Medical doctors from Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Paintings by Henry Raeburn Alumni of the University of Glasgow