Sir George Lockhart | |
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![]() Portrait by Sir John Baptiste de Medina | |
Member of Parliament for Midlothian | |
In office 1708–1715 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | John Baird |
Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs | |
In office 1708–1708 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | William Cochrane |
Commissioner for Edinburghshire | |
In office 12 November 1702 – 25 March 1707 | |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 1673 |
Died | 17 December 1731 (aged 58) |
Political party | Tory |
Other political affiliations | Squadrone Volante |
Profession | Politician |
Sir George Lockhart of Lee (1673 – 17 December 1731), of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, also known as Lockhart of Carnwath, was a Scottish writer and Jacobite politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and as a Tory in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1715. He was a member of the Commission on the Union before 1707 but acted as an informant to his Jacobite colleagues and later wrote an anonymous memoir of its dealings. He supported the Stuart cause in the Jacobite rising of 1715.