Memoirs of the life of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, baronet, baron of the Exchequer, extracted by himself from his own journals, 1676-1755 . EDINBURGH Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constablefor the Scottish History Society1892 5A , $25v. 13 BOSTON COLLEGE LIBRARY^ OCT 20 I97| • . J ? *: 465006 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction, . . . ix-xxxi MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE, .... 1-231 Appendix—Improvements at Penicuik, Loanhead, Mavis-bank, and Cammo, ..... 232-234 Additional Notes, ..... 235-260 Index, .... 261-278 ILLUSTRATIONS i. Baron Sir John Clerk, second Baronet of Penicuik,by William Aikman


Memoirs of the life of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, baronet, baron of the Exchequer, extracted by himself from his own journals, 1676-1755 . EDINBURGH Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constablefor the Scottish History Society1892 5A , $25v. 13 BOSTON COLLEGE LIBRARY^ OCT 20 I97| • . J ? *: 465006 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction, . . . ix-xxxi MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE, .... 1-231 Appendix—Improvements at Penicuik, Loanhead, Mavis-bank, and Cammo, ..... 232-234 Additional Notes, ..... 235-260 Index, .... 261-278 ILLUSTRATIONS i. Baron Sir John Clerk, second Baronet of Penicuik,by William Aikman (Frontispiece). it. John Clerk, grandfather of Baron Sir John Clerk, at page 4 hi. Mary Gray, grandmother of Baron Sir John Clerk, ,, 4 iv. Old Penicuik House, from a drawing by John Clerk ofEldin, ..... 6 v. Baron Sir John Clerk, cetatis 19, from a drawing done in Leyden by William Mieris, . ,,16 vi. Lady Margaret Stuart, first wife of Baron Sir John Clerk, by William Aikman, . ,,38 vii. John Clerk, eldest son of Baron Sir John Clerk, by William Aikman, . . „ 42 viii. Janet Inglis, second wife of Baron Sir Jo


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