Captain William Muirhead of Lauchope

CAPTAIN WILLIAM MUIRHEAD OF LAUCHOPE

William Muirhead: "a young gentleman, who went into the army young, was a proper handsome person, rose soon to a command, but died of his wounds he received at Wynendale." A System of Heraldry II: 264 It is supposed that Wynedale is Wijendale in which case William Muirhead of Lauchope may have died on or soon after 28 September 1708.

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

                   1

8 May 1707: William Muirhead of Laughop. Scottish Record Office Indexes., Number 3, Index to the General Register of Sasines, 1701-1720, Lanark, volume 91, folio 195

                   2

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]

                   3

1 July 1766 x 29 July 1769: Captain William Muirhead of Lauchope. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XVIII/279]

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7 October 1772 x 23 November 1778: Captain William Muirhead of Lauchope. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XX/419]

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