Sir Andrew Myreton of Gogar, 1st Baronet

SIR ANDREW MYRETON OF GOGAR

Biographical Summary

"Andrew Myreton [or Myrton], of Gogar, co. Edinburgh, sometime a merchant of Edinburgh, said to be descended from the family of Myrton, of Cambo, oo. Fife, matrio. Arms at the Lyon Office, 15 Feb. 1686, purchased the estate of Gogar in 1699, and was cr. a Baronet [S.], as above, 28 June 1701, with " rem. to heirs male of his own body only." On 10 Nov. 1701, his arms were altered. He was cited before Parl. for having received £12,000 interest on a loan of £36,000, but was exonerated. He entailed the Gogar estate 6 Aug. 1720. He m. before 1699, Jean, da. of Sir Richard Murray, of Priestfield and Melgund. He d. in or shortly after Aug. 1720."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1904; Vol. IV; page 398

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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16 July 1699: Instrument of Resignation of Andrew Myretoun of Gogar in favour of John Carstairs who was infeft upon an Apprising. National Records of Scotland, Lindsay Papers, reference GD203/1/19

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26 March 1701: Signature of the lands of Gogar granted to Andrew Myreton (Myretoun, Myrtoune). National Records of Scotland, Register of Signatures, boxed series, reference SIG1/111/20

Genealogy

Stirnet: Myrton 01

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 10 children of Andrew Mertoun and Jean Murray from first: 5 January 1693 Edward Mertoun to last: 31 May 1707 William Myreton

• 5 January 1693 birth or baptism of Edward Mertoun, son of Andrew Mertoun and Jean Murray [child 1], in the parish of Edinburgh
• 13 November 1693 birth or baptism of Agnes Mortoun, daughter of Andrew Mortoun and Jean Murray [child 2], in the parish of Edinburgh
• 6 May 1695 birth or baptism of Andrew Mortoun, son of Andrew Mortoun and Jean Murray [child 3], in the parish of St Cuthbert's
• 11 December 1696 birth or baptism of Jean Mortoun, daughter of Andrew Mortoun and Jean Murray [child 4], in the parish of Edinburgh
• 28 January 1698 birth or baptism of Anna Mortoun, daughter of Andrew Mortoun and Jean Murray [child 5], in the parish of Edinburgh
• 19 August 1699 birth or baptism of Euphan Mortoun, daughter of Andreu Mortoun and Jean Murray [child 6], in the parish of Corstorphine
• 19 May 1702 birth or baptism of Elizabeth Myreton, daughter of Andrew Myreton, Baronet, and Jean Murray [child 7], in the parish of Corstorphine
• 9 July 1704 birth or baptism of Robert Myreton, Baronet/, son of Andrew Myreton, Baronet, and Jean Murray [child 8], in the parish of Corstorphine
• 26 January 1706 birth or baptism of John Myreton, son of Andrew Myreton, Baronet, and Jean Murray [child 9], in the parish of Corstorphine
• 31 May 1707 birth or baptism of William Myreton, son of Andrew Myreton, Baronet, and Jean Murray [child 10], in the parish of Corstorphine

From National Records of Scotland

3 December 1697: Signature of the lands of Rosline [Roslin] granted to Andrew Myreton (Myretoun, Myrtoune).

Signatures were the original drafts in English of the Latin charters found under the same dates in the Register of the Privy Seal and the Great Seal Register: they were in effect the warrants for issuing these charters.

From National Records of Scotland

1697: Rental and value of estate of Gogar, Corstorphine, Midlothian

Previous numbers: Ex extracted process, Decreet of sale in favour of Andrew Myreton, Durie 3 January 1699

From National Records of Scotland

16 July 1699: Instrument of Resignation of Andrew Myretoun of Gogar in favour of John Carstairs who was infeft upon an Apprising

From National Records of Scotland

26 March 1701: Signature of the lands of Gogar granted to Andrew Myreton (Myretoun, Myrtoune). Castle Gogar, 180 Glasgow Road, Ingliston, Edinburgh EH12 9BQ 55.94306, -3.33833

Signatures were the original drafts in English of the Latin charters found under the same dates in the Register of the Privy Seal and the Great Seal Register: they were in effect the warrants for issuing these charters.

From National Records of Scotland

3 December 1701: Sir Andrew Morton of Gogar vs Parties unstated: Act in favour of

From A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies

Sir Andrew Myrton, of Gogar, co Edinburgh, was created a baronet in 1701. His eldest daughter, Euphame, born in 1699, married in 1720 William, Earl of Dumfries and Stair, and died Monday, 8 July 1771, leaving issue.

From National Records of Scotland

1716-1718: Letters on legal, estate and financial matters. Writers are: Charles Gray, advocate; William Gilchrist; James Marshall, factor to Bavelaw; James Nimmo; William Mosman [Mossman]; Archibald Douglas of Cavers; Charles Hamilton, factor to the Duke of Hamilton; Sir Andrew Myrton [Morton] of Gogar; John Fraser; John Brisbane; William Montgomery of Mcbehill [MacBie Hill]; John Gibson; Henry Bothwell; and Richard Condie

From National Records of Scotland

1716-1723: Papers regarding the lands of Cammo

5. Copy Discharge by Sir Andrew Myrton of Gogar to John Clerk, proprietor of Cammo, of the duties and public burdens of that part of the barony of Leny [Lenny Mains] lying contagious to the lands of Cammo, undated.

From National Records of Scotland

1716-1723: Papers regarding the lands of Cammo

5. Copy Discharge by Sir Andrew Myrton of Gogar to John Clerk, proprietor of Cammo, of the duties and public burdens of that part of the barony of Leny [Lenny Mains] lying contagious to the lands of Cammo, undated.

From Civil History and The new statistical account of Scotland 1845 Page 214

The estate [of the lands of Gogar] was sold at a judicial sale in 1699, to Andrew Myreton, a wealthy merchant, who had previously acquired the adjoining lands of Leny, in Cramond parish, and afterwards purchased East and West Craigs, and Meadowfield, part of the barony of Corstorphine, and erected the whole into the barony of Gogar in 1701. In the same year he was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. He died in 1717, and left the barony to his son, Sir Robert Myreton, by whom it was enclosed and considerably improved. Sir Robert Myreton died at Gogar in December 1774, and was buried within the old church there. His only surviving daughter, Frances, was married to Sir William Augustus Cunningham of Livingston, Bart., and their son David Cunningham, after his grandfather's death, succeeded to the estate, and in 1790 sold it for £37,000 to William Ramsay, Esq. of Barnton; whose grandson is now proprietor.

Worth checking Scotland's People - Old Parish Records - Deaths and Burials

• 12 July 1715 death or burial of Jean Myreton, [spouse of] Andw Myreton, in the parish of Corstorphine
• 27 August 1720 death or burial of Andrew Myreton, in the parish of Corstorphine NOTE: conflicts with current death 1717]

From Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical ..., Volume 8, By Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges