Family and Education
b. c. 1655, o. surv. s. of Alexander Vans of Barnbarroch by Margaret, da. of William Maxwell of Monreith, Wigtown. m. (1) bef. 1702, Margaret da. of Sir James Campbell of Lawers, Perth, 1s. 1da. (2) 28 Feb. 1715, Barbara (d. by 1746), da. of Patrick McDowall of Freugh, Wigtown, 2s. 3da. P. H. McKerlie, Hist. Lands and Owners in Galloway, ii. 378–81; W. Balbirnie, Account of Fam. of Vance . . . Vaus . . . Vaux, 21–22; R. V. Agnew, Sketch of . . . Fam. of Vaux, Vans, or De Vallibus, 33–34; A. Nisbet, System of Heraldry (1804), app. 249–50; Cromartie Corresp. i. 170; Scot. Rec. Soc. xxiv. 12; xxxi. 56.
Offices Held
In the French service c.1673–89; capt. Enniskillen regt. c.1690–92; ?capt. Col. George McGill’s Ft. 1696–7; lieut. Col. Roger Townshend’s Ft. 1706; capt. Ld. Mark Kerr’s Ft. bef. Apr. 1707; lt.-col. by 1710–12; half-pay by 1714.
Burgess, Glasgow, 1714, Ayr 1714.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Barnbarroch, Wigtown.
VANSE
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
VANS, Patrick (c.1655-1733)
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Oxford 1644
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