John Cranstoun, 2nd Lord Cranstoun


John Cranstoun, 2nd Lord Cranstoun was a Scottish Lord of Parliament.

Origins

Cranstoun was the son of William Cranstoun, 1st Lord Cranstoun, and Sarah Cranstoun, the daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Cranstoun. The Cranstouns were a prominent Lowland family, whose estates had since at least the 14th century, in Midlothian, and Denholm, in the Borders.

Estates

During his father's life, on 30 June 1619, Cranstoun had a charter of Denholm, Fowlersland, Little Rulwood and other lands to himself and his first wife. On 23 April 1623, an annuity out of Smailholm, Wauchope and other lands was granted to him and his second wife.
Following his father's death in 1627, Cranstoun received charters of Aldingston and Dodes, in Berwickshire, and of Smailholm, Crailing, Cranstondaw, Liggartwood and the barony of Cranstoun, as well as being appointed to the office of coroner for Roxburghshire on 17 January 1638.
He died in or before 1648.

Family

Cranstoun married first Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch, and secondly Helen Lindsay, daughter of James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay. He had no children by either marriage and was succeeded on his death by his nephew William, the son of his brother James.