George Lockhart of Tarbrax

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George Lockhart of Tarbrax was a son of Sir Allan Lockhart of Cleghorn. He married Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax daughter of Sir James Lockhart of Lee. They lived at Tarbrax Castle and had a son William Lockhart of Tarbrax and a daughter Anne, who became Countess of Aberdeen. [1]

From 1647 he was Commissary of Glasgow, according to the Lockhart papers in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS GD 33 & GD 118); or from May 1646 to October 1658. [2]

Died October 1658.

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Notes

  1. historyofparliamentonline.org, Gordon, William, Lord Haddo (1679-1745).
  2. John M'Ure (1830). The History of Glasgow: A New Ed., with Notes and Illustrations, and an Appendix. Hutchison & Brookman. p. 352.