HALKETT, Sir Peter, 1st Bt. (c.1660-1746), of Gosford, Haddington and Pitfirrane, Fife.

b. c. 1660, 2nd s. of Sir Peter Wedderburn of Gosford, Ld. Gosford SCJ, by his 2nd w. Agnes, da. of John Dickson of Hartree, Peebles, Ld. Hartree SCJ. educ. St. Andrews Univ. 1675. m. 1694 Janet (d. 1713), da. and event. h. of Sir Charles Halkett, 1st Bt., of Pitfirrane, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.). cr. Bt. 31 Dec. 1697; suc. bro. to Gosford 1688, bro.-in-law to Pitfirrane and assumed name of Halkett 1705. A. Wedderburn, Wedderburn Bk. i. 369, 371, 374–6; NLS, ms 6503, ff. 37–47; Hist. Scot. Parl. 310–11, 723; Retours of Heirs, i. Haddington, 360–1; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxvii. 49.