Captain James Muirhead of Lauchope

CAPTAIN JAMES MUIRHEAD OF LAUCHOPE

Captain James Muirhead of Lauchope: "the second son, parted with any small remainder of the estate, and going also into the army, came to be a captain in the Earl of Orkney's regiment, in which he continued, after it was, on the Earl's demise, given to Colonel Sinclair; in which station he died in the end of the 1738 in Ireland, leaving no issue, save two daughters." A System of Heraldry II: 254

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

4 January 1721 x 25 June 1729: Captain William Muirhead of Lauchope. Captain James Muirhead, brother of Captain William Muirhead of Lauchope. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIII/114]

Genealogy

1. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. By Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. In Two parts - Part II. (Harrison, London, 1863) pp. 1050-51 for Muirhead of Bredisholm
2. A System of Heraldry etc. By Alexander Nisbet. The Second Edition. Volume II (Alex Lawrie and Company, Edinburgh, 1904), pp. 256-66 for Muirhead of Lauchop
3. Stirnet: Muirhead 1