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David Douglas, Lord Reston

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34: 90:, where he studied under Millar. It is set down in the History of the Speculative Society that he read a paper there on 30 November 1790 on "The Effects of Taxation on the Necessaries of Life." He qualified as an Advocate in 1791, and became 134:
He died at the Glendoick estate near Perth on 23 April 1819 while visiting his father-in-law, Major John Craigie, just prior to a planned trip to visit Lord Kinnaird in his recently completed house,
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as Lord of Justiciary, at which point he adopted the title Lord Reston. He was also a Senator of the Royal College of Justice.
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2. Cecilia Margaret Douglas (1813–98), who married the Rev. William Bruce Cunningham; amongst their children were
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He operated what was called the Northern Circuit (of Scottish courts) in conjunction with Lord Gillies.
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He was born on 24 July 1769, in Strathendry, the fifth and youngest son of Cecilia Craigie, daughter of
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In 1805 he married Elizabeth Craigie, his first cousin, and they had four children:
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, vol 83 (1819)
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Adam Smith: Critical Assessments by John Cunningham Wood
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Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, home to Lord Reston
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Robert Scott Moncrieff

FRSE
Scottish
judge
Adam Smith
Robert Craigie
Adam Smith
Edinburgh High School
Sir Walter Scott
University of Edinburgh
Sheriff-Depute of Berwickshire
William Craig, Lord Craig
Lord Meadowbank
Adam Smith
Royal Society of Edinburgh
David Hume
Thomas Charles Hope
New Town
Rossie Priory
Adam Smith
Canongate Kirkyard
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
Robert Oliver Cunningham
David Douglas Cunningham
Rev James Bannerman
"David Douglas, Lord Reston"
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002

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