John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton
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John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton (c. 1609–1687) was a Scottish judge remembered for his prosecution of the Covenanters.
Life[]
He was the son of Sir Patrick Nisbet, Lord Eastbank, a Lord of Session,[1] in turn son of Henry Nisbet of Dean, Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1597.[2]
John was admitted as an advocate in 1633, he was sheriff-depute of Edinburghshire from 1639. He defended James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in 1641. He was appointed Lord Advocate and raised to the bench with the judicial title Lord Dirleton in 1664. He severely persecuted the Covenanters. He was a commissioner for the union of Scotland and England in 1670, and was forced to resign his position as Lord Advocate in 1677. In 1663, he purchased the estate of Dirleton, in East Lothian, which included Dirleton Castle, and constructed Archerfield House not far distant.
His Edinburgh townhouse was on the Canongate at the head of Reid's Close, built in 1624 by his father, and distinguished by a square turret projecting over the pavement.[3]
Publications[]
He was author of the legal work "Law Doubts" also known as "Dirleton's Doubts".
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Nisbet, Alexander, Systems of Heraldry, Edinburgh, 1722, vol.1, p.315.
- ^ https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I71008&tree=CC
- ^ Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh vol.III p.10
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- 1600s births
- 1687 deaths
- 17th-century Scottish judges
- Lord Advocates
- Senators of the College of Justice
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1667
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