Robert Craigie, Lord Glendoick (1688–1760) was a

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politician and judge. He was baptised on 4 March 1688 and died on 10 March 1760. On 2 April 1742 he was elected member of parliament for the

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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

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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 Glendoick from his estate of Glendoick House to the east of Perth.

Family

His great nephew was

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Craigie, Robert 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