Robert Craigie, Lord Craigie (1688–1760) was a Scottish politician and judge. He was baptised on 4 March 1688 and died on 10 March 1760. On 2 April 1742 he was elected

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for the Tain Burghs constituency in northern

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. He continued to represent this seat until the general election of 1747, when he did not seek re-election. Admitted as an advocate in 1710, he was appointed

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in 1742 and

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in 1754. He took the judicial title of Lord Craigie and lived in Glendoick House to the east of Perth.

Family

His great nephew was

Robert Craigie, Lord Craigie Robert Craigie, Lord Craigie (1754–1834) was an 18th/19th century Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Lord of Session and Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born in Dunbarney House the second son of Anne Craigie and her husband a ...

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* * 1685 births 1760 deaths Lord Advocates Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies Glendoick British MPs 1741–1747 Members of the Faculty of Advocates Glendoick 18th-century Scottish judges {{Scotland-law-bio-stub