URQUHART, Robert (d. 1741), of Burdsyards, Forres, Elgin.

Family and Education

o. s. of Thomas Urquhart of Burdsyards, minister of Dallas, Elgin 1688–99 by Finnella, da. of Sir Robert Dunbar, MP [S], of Grangehill, Elgin. m. contract 2 June 1698 (tocher 6,000 merks), Marie, da. of Duncan Forbes, MP [S], of Culloden, Inverness, sis. of Duncan Forbes† and John Forbes*, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. c.1706. H. Tayler, Hist. Fam. Urquhart, 224–33; SRO Indexes, liii. 3; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 287; NLS, Gordon Cumming mss Dep. 175, box 190, bdle. 38, marriage contracts.

Offices Held

Lt. 21 Ft. (R. Scots Fusiliers) 1701–c.1702, capt. Mar. 1709–aft. 1717, capt. Ld. Strathnaver’s (William Sutherland*) ft. c.1702– Mar. 1709; commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701–aft. 1702; collector of bishops’ rents [S] 1726–d. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 375; 1702–3, pp. 339, 354; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1731–4, p. 595; 1742–5, p. 212.

Provost, Forres; sheriff, Elgin by 1736–?d. HMC Laing, ii. 242; W. Fraser, Chiefs of Grant, ii. 126–7.

Parlimentarian

URQUHART, Robert (d. 1741), of Burdsyards, Forres, Elgin.

Main residence: Burdsyards, Forres, Elgin.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

URQUHART, Robert (d. 1741)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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