Sir Andrew Lauder of Fountainhall, 5th Baronet (8 May 1702 – 6 March 1769) was a Burgess of the Royal Burgh of

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(1 August 1737), and also of

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(8 June 1739). He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1730 upon the death of his elder brother

Sir Alexander Lauder, 4th Baronet Sir Alexander Lauder of Fountainhall, 4th Baronet (6 November 1698 – 17 May 1730) succeeded to the baronetcy of his father, Sir John Lauder, 3rd Baronet in February 1728. He was made an Honorary Burgess of the City of Glasgow on 16 September of ...

. During the Jacobite disturbances in Scotland, notably 1730 and 1745, Sir Andrew was noted as a "government man". During the latter uprising a ''Warrant'' was issued at

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dated 18 October 1745, in the name of

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, "Regent of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland" to George Gordon of Beldorny, to proceed to Sir Andrew Lauder's manor at Fountainhall requisitioning his horses ("including his own bay gelding") and pistols and any other arms. Full descriptions of the estate and buildings are given in the ''Warrant''. Prince Charles had already included Sir Andrew in his land-tax levies, for which he personally signed Sir Andrew's receipt, dated 29 September 1745. In 1731 he married a future heiress, Isabel (1716–1758) daughter of Sir William Leslie Dick (d.1757) 3rd feudal baron of

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, who was in a direct descent from the Royal House of

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. By his wife, Isabel, Sir Andrew Lauder had eighteen children: 11 boys and 7 girls. Of his sons, William (1739–1763) was an officer in the

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Army, dying in

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. Another son, John (1741–1757) was in the navy and died in Spain. Sir Andrew is interred in the Lauder vault within

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Brown, James, ''Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard'', Edinburgh, 1864: 301–2 and was succeeded by his son, Andrew Dick Lauder, 6th Bt.

References

* Burke, John & John Bernard, ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants'', London, 1851, vol. 2, pedigree CLXXIII. * * Hodson, Major V. C. P., ''List of the Officers of the Bengal Army 1758–1834'', 1945, vol. 3. 1702 births 1769 deaths People from Pencaitland Nobility from East Lothian Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard {{NovaScotia-baronet-stub