Sir John Houstoun of that Ilk, 2nd Baronet (or Houston; died December 1717) was a member of the

Parliament of Scotland The Parliament of Scotland ( sco, Pairlament o Scotland; gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century from the king's council o ...

for Renfrewshire from 1685 to 1686 and 1702 to 1707 and for Stirlingshire in 1689 then from 1689 to 1702. He was the son of

Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet Sir Patrick Houstoun of that Ilk, 1st Baronet (or Houston; died 1696) was a Scottish politician who served as a member of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire in 1661 and Dunbartonshire in 1681–1682 and of the Convention of the Estates ...

of that Ilk, who he succeeded to the baronetcy in 1696. Sir John married Lady Anne (3 March 1671 – April 1738), daughter of

John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, styled Duke of Melfort in the Jacobite peerage (8 August 1650 - 25 January 1715), was a Scottish politician and close advisor to James II. A Catholic convert, Melfort and his brother the Earl of Perth consis ...

and Sophia, daughter of Robert Maitland. She was the heiress of Lundin. Their son and his successor,

Sir John Houston, 3rd Baronet Sir John Houston, 3rd Baronet (or Houstoun; died 1722), of Houstoun, Renfrew, and Glasgow, Lanarkshire, was a Scottish Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1715. He was a Jacobite. Biography Houston was the only son o ...

of that Ilk,

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Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1702–1707 Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Scottish knights 1717 deaths {{NovaScotia-baronet-stub