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b. 22 Mar. 1610, 1st s. of James Wedderburn of Dundee and Margaret, da. of James Goldman of Dundee. educ. St Andrews Univ. 1625, graduated 1628; adm. notary, Edinburgh 1 Mar. 1633. m. 1638, Matilda (1620-1703/4), da. of James Fletcher of Dundee, 10s.(5 d.v.p.), 6da. suc. fa. 1627. Kntd. ?1646. d. 18 Nov. 1675.A. Wedderburn, The Wedderburn Bk. (2 vols. privately printed, 1898), i. pp. liv, lx-lxii, 201, 204n, 210.
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Civic: burgess, Dundee 13 Sept. 1631;Wedderburn Bk. i. 201. town clerk, 11 Apr. 1633 – 19 Dec. 1648, 14 Jan. 1651–1671; conjunct town clerk, Apr. 1671–d.Wedderburn Bk. i. 201, 204–5, 207; Charters of Dundee (Dundee, 1880), 92. Burgess, Edinburgh 24 Apr. 1646.Recs. Burgh Edinburgh, 1642–55, 89.

Scottish: member, cttee. of estates, 1640 – 41, 1646 – 48, 1651. Commr. articles of treaty of Ripon, 1640. Member, cttee. of war, 1645 – 47, 1651. Commr. Dundee, Scottish Parl. 1645 – 47, 1648 – 51, 1661 – 63; to treat with Westminster Parl. 1645, 1647; plantation of kirks, 1647, 1661;Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 722. commr. Dundee, convention of burghs, 12 Aug. 1652–3 July 1666.Recs. Convention of Royal Burghs, 1615–75, 358–586. Dep. Dundee, tender of union, Aug. 1652-June 1653.Wedderburn Bk. i. 206; Wariston Diary, ii. 190; Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 184. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: collector, assessment, Forfar and Kincardineshire July 1653–?60.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIII, f. 12. Commr. assessment, Dundee burgh, Forfarshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 840; A. and O. J.p. Forfarshire 1663–?d.Wedderburn Bk. i. 206.

: Forfarshire.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WEDDERBURN, Sir Alexander (1610-75), of Blackness, Forfarshire.

Will
testament registered 7 Nov. 1676.Commisariot Rec. Brechin ed. F.J. Grant (Sc. Rec. Soc. 1902), 139.
Estates
inherited properties in Dundee from fa. and uncle (Peter Wedderburn), 1627-9;Wedderburn Bk. i. 201. granted £100 p.a. from Dundee customs by Charles I, 1642-?51 (regranted by Charles II, 12 Feb. 1664).Wedderburn Bk. i. 203, 206. Acquired lands in Blackness, 1642-54, erected into barony by charter, July 1662.Wedderburn Bk. i. 207-8. Annualrent from Lord Dudhope’s estates in Dudhope, in repayment of loans (under agreements of 1650 and 1654), becoming possession of these estates 1658-9 and 1663-4.Wedderburn Bk. i. 208; ii. 42; Reg. Gt Seal Scot. 1652-9, p. 131.
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