Sir William Calderwood, Lord Polton (1660?–1733) was a Scottish

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Life

He was the son of Alexander Calderwood, baillie of

Dalkeith Dalkeith ( ; gd, Dail Cheith, IPA: �t̪alˈçe is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1540. The settlement of Dalkeith grew southwestwards from its 12th-cent ...

, and was admitted advocate at the Scottish bar in July 1687. After the

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he was made deputy-sheriff of the

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, and some time before 1707 received the honour of knighthood. He was appointed to succeed Sir William Anstruther of Anstruther as an ordinary lord in 1711, under the title of Lord Polton. He was at the same time nominated a

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. Calderwood died on 7 August 1733, in his seventy-third year. He is buried in the Old Kirkyard of

Lasswade Lasswade is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River North Esk, nine miles (14.5 kilometres) south of Edinburgh city centre, contiguous with Bonnyrigg and between Dalkeith to the east and Loanhead to the west. Melville C ...

on the outer south side of the Dundas Vault. In 1723 Rev Robert Stark (1697-1766) began a period as chaplain to Calderwood's family prior to being ordained at

Torryburn Torryburn (previously called Torry/ Torrie) is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline. It ...

in 1725.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Calderwood, William 1660 births 1733 deaths Members of the Faculty of Advocates

Polton Polton is a village located in Lasswade parish, Midlothian, Scotland, anciently a superiority of the Ramsay family, cadets of Dalhousie. In 1618 David Ramsay of Polton was in possession. (See: ''Analecta Scotica'', Edinburgh, 1834). Notable res ...

People from Dalkeith Scottish knights