Sir James Inglis of Cramond, 1st Baronet

Biographical Summary

"James Inglis of Cramond, co Edinburgh, 2nd but only surviving son and heir, of John Inglis of Cramond (buried 1 April 1686, of Greyfriars, Edinburgh, aged 74), by Janet (married 12 June 1632), daughter of John Ellis, of Southside, was born 17 May 1660 ('28 years after his parents marriage') and was, within a year after his father's death, created a Baronet [S], 22 March 1686/87, with rem. to heirs male whatsoever. He married 31 October 1682, Anne, 2nd daughter of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet [S 1668], of Houstoun, by Anne, daughter of John (Hamilton), 1st Lord Bargeny [S]. He was buried 6 December 1688 at Greyfriars, aged 28. His widow married, 30 September 1700, Sir William Hamilton, of Whitelaw, a Lord of Session, under the style of Lord Whitelaw and (1704) Lord Justice-Clerk, who died 14 December 1704. She married (as her 3rd husband and his 2nd wife) Adam Cockburn, of Ormistoun, a Lord of Session under the style of Lord Ormistoun and Lord Justice-Clerk, who died 16 April 1735. She died at Cramond, 18 January 1721, and was buried here."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. IV; page 349-350