Sir Laurence Scott

LAURENCE SCOTT OF CLERKINGTON

Stirnet: Scott 12

Children

• A. Sir William Scott of Clerkington (Senator of College of Justice) m1. (Catherine) Morrison (dau of (John) Morrison of Preston Grange)
• B. James Scott of Bonnytoun
• C. Laurence Scott ancestor of Scotts of Bavelaw
• D. (Marion) Scott -- m. (Richard) Lauder of Hatton --
• E. daugher m. _ Houstoun

Genealogy

1. Stirnet: Scott 12

Biography

“The Scottish Nation: Or The Surnames, Families, Literature ..., Volume 3.” “Scott, of Malleny.” Page 411. GoogleBooks

The Scotts of Malleny, Mid Lothian, branched off from the house of Mnrdieston, previous to the ancestor of the Buccleuch family exchanging that estate for the half of the barony of Branksome. James Scott of Scotsloch, the first of the family in Mid Lothian, appears to hare settled there in the reign of Queen Mary. His son, Laurence Scott of Harprig, was, in the reign of Charles I., clerk to the privy council, and also one of the clerks of session. He had three sons, Sir William, his successor; James, who received from his father the lands of Bonnytoun, Linlithgowshire; and Laurence, progenitor of the Scotts of Bavelaw. The eldest son, Sir William Scott of Clerkington, was, in November 1641, knighted by Charles I. ...

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Elizabeth Pringle was the daughter of William Pringle and Alison Wallace.

Lawrence Scott of Harprig was the son of James Scott of Scotsloch, Irvine. He married Elizabeth Pringle in 1592.

The Scotts of Malleny, Midlothian, branched off from the house of Murdieston, before the ancestor of the Buccleuchs exchanged that estate for half the barony of Branxholm. Lawrence’s father, James Scott of Scotsloch, and apparently the heir of the Malleny lands, was the first of the family to settle in Midlothian, during the reign of Queen Mary.

William Scott, the son of Lawrence and Elizabeth was knighted by Charles I in November 1641.

Of the children of Lawrence and Elizabeth their younger son Lawrence seems to have inherited Bavelaw and became the ancestor of the Scotts of Bavelaw. William, the eldest and heir, whom I introduced previously, inherited the lands and Barony of Malleny, which passed to his son John and which became the chief title of this branch of the Scott family.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scott,_Lord_Clerkington Sir William Scott, Lord Clerkington (died 1656) was a Scottish politician and judge. He was the eldest son of Laurence Scott of Harprig