James Halyburton of Pitcur (politician)

James Halyburton of Pitcur (* before 1681 , † before 1755 ) was a Scottish - British politician .

Life

His family was descended from a younger son of the High Treasurer of Scotland Sir Walter Haliburton († 1447) and had belonged to the Pitcur manor near Blairgowrie in what is now Perth and Kinross since 1433 . He was the only son of David Halyburton of Pitcur († 1689) from his marriage to Agnes Wedderburn. His father had fought on the Jacobite side after the Glorious Revolution and died in the Battle of Killicrankie in 1689 , which is why he was ostracized and his lands confiscated from the Crown. In 1700, James Halyburton had the ostracism revoked and the Pitcur estates returned to him, including the Hallyburton House family estate .

From 1702 to 1707 he was MP for Forfarshire in the Scottish Parliament . When the Kingdom of Great Britain was founded, he became a member of the new British House of Commons in 1707 . He did not run for the general election of 1708 and left parliament.

In 1707 he married Catherine Hall, daughter of Sir John Hall, 1st Baronet. His second marriage was in 1709, Mary Drummond, daughter of George Drummond, squire of Blair Drummond . He had a son, James Halyburton († 1765), and a daughter, Agatha Halyburton (1711–1748), who married James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton , from his second marriage .

The year of his death is unclear. According to family records, he died around 1742/43, but his only son James Halyburton did not inherit his estate as lord of Pitcur until July 1755.

Literature and web links

• HALYBURTON (HALIBURTON), James (d. By 1755), of Pitcur, Kettins, Forfar. In: Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley, David W. Hayton (Eds.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1690-1715. Cambridge University Press, 2002 ( online edition ).
• James Halyburton of Pitcur on thepeerage.com