Person Clerk; Sir; John (1676 - 1755) Clerk John Sir 1676 - 1755 British Male 08 November 1676 04 October 1755

Barrister Career: Practised at the Scottish Bar; MP for Whithorn in the Scottish Parliament (1702-1707), then in the British Parliament; Member of the Commission for the Union of Scotland and England (1707); Judge of the Scottish Court of Exchequer (1708); made a collection of antiquities; friend of Roger Gale (FRS 1717) Memberships: FSA (1725) Son of Sir John Clerk, Bart, of Penicuik and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Henderson of Elvington; succeeded his father as 2nd Bart (1722) Married: 1) Margaret, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 3rd Earl of Galloway; 2) Janet, daughter of Sir John Inglis of Cramond, Bart; grandfather of Sir George Clerk (FRS 1819); great-grandfather of Henry Clerk (FRS 1848) and of James Clerk Maxwell (FRS 1861) Fellow 16/10/1729 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1755), p.476. Notes: Proposed by Roger Gale; James Theobald; Sir Hans Sloane. DNB gives year of birth as 1684. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 8 Nov 1676 - 4 Oct 1755 NA7073 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 6ebda597-73df-4891-8a5d-ce9ae79b0d47