Lords President of the Court of Session - George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Lord President of the Court of Session, Henry Sinclair, David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin, Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay, John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross, John Sinclair, James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino, Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, James Robertson, Baron Robertson, Wilfrid Normand, Baron Normand, Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, John Gilmour of Craigmillar, Charles Hope, Lord Granton, Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth, Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee, George Emslie, Baron Emslie, James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, Robert Reid, Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder, Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the younger, David Falconer, Robert Craigie, David Boyle, Lord Boyle, Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden, George Lockhart, Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick, Robert Blair, Lord Avontoun. Excerpt: James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (May 1619 - 29 November 1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman, was born at Drummurchie, Barr, South Ayrshire. James Dalrymple descended several generations of a family inclined to the principles of the Reformation. He had ancestors both on the father's and the mother's side among the Lollards of Kyle. His father, James Dalrymple, laird of the small estate of Stair in the District of Kyle, Ayrshire, died when he was an infant. His mother, Janet Kennedy of Knockdaw, is described as "a woman of excellent spirit," who took care to have him well-educated. From the grammar school at Mauchline he went, in 1633, to the Univ...