James Rutherford (died 1747) of Bowland, Midlothian was a Scottish politician who sat in the

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from 1730 to 1733. Rutherford was the only son of Robert Rutherford of Bowland and his wife Anne Murray, daughter of Sir John Murray of Philiphaugh. He married Isabella Sharplaw, daughter of John Sharplaw of Roxburgh. Rutherford succeeded his cousin, John Pringle, as Member of Parliament for

Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. It de ...

at a by-election on 13 February 1730. He voted consistently with the Administration. In 1733 he was appointed Commissary of Peebles 1733. He did not stand at the

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. Rutherford died in August 1747, leaving one son.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rutherford, James 1747 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1727–1734