Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet Stanhope, FRSE was a Scottish advocate, judge, country landowner, agriculturalist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1775. In 1783 he was a j
portrait by John Smart
Queensberry House, Canongate Edinburgh
Stobo Castle, Scottish Borders
Sir James Montgomery's gravestone at Stobo Kirk
Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee
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Sir Thomas Miller, 1st Baronet FRSE, known as Lord Barskimming and Lord Glenlee during his judicial service, was a Scottish advocate, judge, politician and landowner. He was a founder member of the Ro
Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet
…under the new system. On 30 April 1760, thanks to the influence of his friend Robert Dundas, then newly appointed lord president, he succeeded Sir Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee as Solicitor General for Scotland jointly with Francis Garden (1721–1793). In 1763 he purchased the Whim experimental farm (south of Penicuik) from the…
Cameo of Sir Thomas Miller, 1789, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Lady Anne Miller of Glenlee, painting by Henry Raeburn, c. 1788-89.