Sir William Miller, 2nd Bt of Glenlee, Lord of Session

SIR WILLIAM MILLER OF GLENLEE Baronet

One of the Senators of the College of Justice as Lord Glenlee

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

8 March 1828: Legal papers relating to Miller of Stewartfield. (10 items) Including: Printed particulars of estates of Stewartfield, 1840 and Cowdenknows, 1834. Inventory and valuation of household furniture etc. belonging to late John Miller in 5 West Circus Place, Edinburgh, 13 October 1843. Report and valuation of lands and estate of Stewartfield, 22 December 1840. Antenuptial contract of marriage between John Miller, son of Sir William Miller of Glenlee, bt., one of the senators of the College of Justice, and Mary Sutherland, daughter of Nicholas Sutherland, late of the Forfarshire and Kincardineshire militia, 8 March 1828. National Records of Scotland, Records of Strathern and Blair, WS, solicitors, Edinburgh, reference GD314/55

Genealogy

Stirnet: Miller 01

Biographical Summary

Miller of Glenlee, Lord Glenlee, William, Bart. 12/08/1755-09/05/1846. Ref: 1017. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: 2nd Baronet (1789).
• Place of Death: Barskimming, Ayrshire.
• Place of interment: Family Vault at Stair, Ayrshire.
• Profession: Advocate, Mathematician,Landowner.
• Appointments Held: Advocate 1777; MP 1780-1 Edinburgh; 1783-95 Principal Clerk of Justiciary; 1795-1840 Lord of Session; Lord President of the Court of Session.
• Schools and Tutors: High School, Edinburgh 1764-5.
• Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
• Marital Status: Married (1778) Grizel Chalmers d.1817.
• Mother: Margaret Murdoch.
• Father: Sir Thomas Miller of Glenlee, Lord Glenlee FRSE 1717-89.
• References: DNB 37, 1894, 426; F.J. Grant 1944; Shapin 331; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 2, 1981, 64.
• Memberships: FSA(Scot).
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Service to the RSE: Councillor 1786-90, President (Literary) 1790-c1812, Councillor (Literary) 1814-16, Vice-President 1816-46.
• Edinburgh Philosophical Society: Residential.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 650

Other References

• Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1906; Vol. V; page 260
• The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964