Lt.-col. King’s Own R. Horse [S] 1684 – 88; col. Scots Life Gds. 1688 – 95.
Commr. borders [S] 1684, exchequer [S] 1684 – 88, 1690 – 96, treasury [S] 1692 – 1702, 1705 – 08, auditing accts. of treasury [S] 1696, vis. univs. [S] 1697, trade [S] 1698, Union with England 1702 – 03, 1706; PC [S] 1684 – 88, 1689 – 1708; gent. of bedchamber 1689 – 1702; ld. treasurer [S] 1693; ld. privy seal [S] 1696 – 1702, 1705 – 09; extraordinary ld. of session [S] 1696 – d.; ld. high commr. to parl. [S] 1700, 1702, 1703, 1706; sec. of state [S] (jt.) 1702 – 04, 1705 – 08, (sole) 1709 – d.; PC 1707 – d.; jt. kpr. of signet [S] 1709–d.
Burgess, Glasgow 1680, Edinburgh 1684; provost, Dumfries 1683; commr. supply, Dumfriess. 1696, 1698; steward, Kirkcudbright stewartry, 1698–1707.
oil on canvas, by G. Kneller, c. 1703–5, Govt. Art. Coll.; oil on canvas, attrib. J. B. de Medina, c. 1685, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 2045; marble effigy by J. Van Nost, 1711 (Durrisdeer ch. Dumfriess.); oil on canvas, by unknown artist, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 1171.