Sir John Lauder, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, 3rd Baronet was born 3 and baptised 5 December 1669 at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. He died in February 1728 at Fountainhall manor, near Pencaitland, and was interred in the Lauder burial vault within Greyfriars. He succeeded his father John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall in the baronetcy in September 1722.Biography
Sir John was greatly esteemed and made an Honorary Burgess of the following:
He married 10 August 1696, at Edinburgh, his cousin Margaret, daughter of Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmedden, 1st Baronet by his wife Margaret, daughter and heiress of William Lauder, Writer and Clerk of Session. They had seven sons and two daughters. He was succeeded by his son and heir, Sir Alexander Lauder, 4th Baronet.
