John Alexander Inglis of Auchendinny and Redhall

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KC LLB (1873–1941) was a Scottish landowner, advocate and historian. He specialised in family histories of Scotland’s gentry.

Life

He was born at Montpelier Lawn in

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in England on 3 February 1873 into a Scottish family. He was the eldest son of Alexander Inglis (1830-1899) of Auchendinny and Redhall: two large estates on the south-west of

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. His mother was Florence Feeney, daughter of the newspaper proprietor, John Frederick Feeney. His younger brother was Charles Edward Inglis FRS the noted civil engineer. He was the great grandson of both Vice Admiral John Inglis RN and Dr

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. He was educated at

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and won a scholarship to study Law at Christ’s College in

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graduating MA. He qualified as an advocate in Edinburgh in 1898 and was raised to Kings Counsel in 1926. In 1927 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Scotland. His proposers were James Haig Ferguson,

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(Lord Salvesen), and Andrew Constable, Lord Constable. He served as the Society’s Vice President 1939 to 1942. He was a Brigadier in the

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(the King’s Bodyguard). In the

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he was Assistant Food Commissioner for

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in charge of food control. He was also a Trustee of the

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and was involved in its relocation to George IV Bridge. He died in Edinburgh on 13 August 1941. He is buried with his wife in

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in western Edinburgh. The grave lies midway along the main north-south path, facing west.

Family

In 1903 he was married to Margaret Isabella Fraser (1877 – 1932).

Family tree

Publications

*''The Monros of Auchinbowie and Cognate Families'' (1911) *''The Scotts of Harperrig'' (1914) *''The Nisbets of

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'' (1916) *''The Family of Inglis of Auchindinny and Redhall'' (1935) *''Sir Adam Otterburn, King’s Advocate'' (1935) *''Sir John Hay, “The Incendiary” (1578-1654) Clerk Register of Scotland, Provost of Edinburgh'' (1937)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglis, John Alexander 1873 births 1941 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish lawyers 20th-century Scottish landowners 20th-century Scottish historians