Biographical Summary

"b. c.1685, yr. s. of Lawrence Craigie of Kilgraston, Perth by Margaret Scrimgeour. educ. adv. 1710. m. Barbara, da. and h. of Charles Stewart of Carie, at least 2s. 1da...

...Ld. adv. 1742-6; ld. pres. of the court of session 1754-d.; commr. of fisheries and manufactures, Scotland 1755...

...He died 10 Mar. 1760."

SOURCE: The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970