James Oliphant, Lord Newton of Newton and

Muirhouse Muirhouse is a housing estate in the north of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Location The housing estate of Muirhouse (Pennywell and Muirhouse) is bounded by Muirhouse Parkway to the North, Pennywell Road to the East, Ferry Road to the So ...

(1571–1648) was a 17th-century Scottish judge and

Senator of the College of Justice The senators of the College of Justice in Scotland are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of senator: Lords of Session (judges of the Court ...

Life

He was born in 1571, the son of

William Oliphant, Lord Newton Sir William Oliphant, Lord Newton (1551–1628) was a Scotland, Scottish judge. Admitted as an Faculty of Advocates, advocate in 1577, he became an Advocate Depute in 1604. He gained favour of James VI by throwing up his brief for the six minist ...

and his wife Katharine Blair. In November 1629 he was elected a

and took the title previously used by his father Lord Newton. He took the place of Alexander Hay, Lord Fosterseat. In 1629 he purchased a heritable baronetcy in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

. He died in 1648.

Family

He married Marjory Graham, daughter of Patrick Graham of Inchbrakie. They had two sons James (later 2nd baronet) and George Oliphant of Muirhouse, and one daughter, Lilias. Following Marjory's death he married Giles Moncrief (sic). They had no more children, and after the death of Oliphant she married Rev James Bennet of

Auchtermuchty Auchtermuchty ( ; , 'upland of the pigs/boar') is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is beside Pitlour Hill and north of Glenrothes. History Until 1975 Auchtermuchty was a royal burgh, established under charter of James V of Scotland, King Jame ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliphant, James 1571 births 1648 deaths Lawyers from Edinburgh Senators of the College of Justice Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia 17th-century Scottish people