MCDOWALL, Sir James (d. 1661), of Garthland, Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.

sheriff, Galloway 1642. 31 Dec. 1655Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 451. Commr. assessment, Wigtownshire and Kircudbright, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 841; A. and O.

elder, presbytery of Stranraer, gen. assembly, 1642.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 451.

col. of horse, Scottish army, 1643, 1648.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 451.

commr. Wigtownshire, convention of estates, 1643; loan and tax, 1643. Member, cttee. of war, 1643 – 48, 1651; cttee. of estates, 1644 – 48, 1651. Commr. Wigtownshire, Scottish Parl. 1644 – 47, 1648; plantation of kirks, 1644. Member, cttee. for peace propositions with king, 1644. Negotiator with king, 1646–7. Agent in Ulster, Feb. 1646, May 1648.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 450; Government of Scot. under the Covenanters ed. D. Stevenson (Edinburgh, 1982), 38n, 58, 82. Dep. Wigtownshire, tender of union, Feb. 1652, Oct. 1653.Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, pp. xxxv, xliv, 38; R. Landrum, ‘Recs. Anglo-Scottish Union Negotiations, 1652–3‘, Scot. Hist. Soc. Misc. xv. 197. Commr. claims, ordinance of grace and pardon, 12 Apr. 1654, 16 Apr. 1656;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 279. excise, customs and sequestrations, Sept. 1655;TSP iv. 48. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

burgess and guildbrother, Edinburgh 31 Oct. 1655.Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, ed. C.B.B. Watson (Edinburgh, 1929), 325.