John Alexander Inglis of

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and Redhall

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KC LLB (1873 – 1941) was a Scottish landowner, advocate and historian. He specialised in family histories of Scotland’s gentry.

Life

The grave of John Alexander Inglis, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

He was born at Montpelier Lawn in

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in England on 3 February 1873 into a Scottish family. He was the eldest son of Alexander Inglis (1830-1899) of Auchendinny and Redhall: two large estates on the south-west of

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. His mother was Florence Feeney, daughter of the newspaper proprietor,

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. His younger brother was Charles Edward Inglis FRS the noted civil engineer. He was the great grandson of both Vice Admiral John Inglis RN and Dr

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. He was educated at

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and won a scholarship to study Law at Christ’s College in

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graduating MA. He qualified as an advocate in Edinburgh in 1898 and was raised to Kings Counsel in 1926. In 1927 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Scotland. His proposers were

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(Lord Salvesen), and

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. He served as the Society’s Vice President 1939 to 1942. He was a Brigadier in the

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(the King’s Bodyguard). In the

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he was Assistant Food Commissioner for

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in charge of food control. He was also a Trustee of the

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and was involved in its relocation to George IV Bridge. He died in Edinburgh on 13 August 1941. He is buried with his wife in

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in western Edinburgh. The grave lies midway along the main north-south path, facing west.

Family

In 1903 he was married to Margaret Isabella Fraser (1877 – 1932).

Family tree

Publications

*''The Monros of Auchinbowie and Cognate Families'' (1911) *''The Scotts of Harperrig'' (1914) *''The Nisbets of

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'' (1916) *''The Family of Inglis of Auchindinny and Redhall'' (1935) *''Sir

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, King’s Advocate'' (1935) *''Sir John Hay, “The Incendiary” (1578-1654) Clerk Register of Scotland, Provost of Edinburgh'' (1937)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglis, John Alexander 1873 births 1941 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish lawyers Scottish landowners 20th-century Scottish historians