HALYBURTON, James (d.1765), of Pitcur, Angus, and Firth, Orkney.

Constituency	Dates
Orkney and Shetland	1747

Family and Education

o.s. of James Halyburton of Pitcur. m. 21 Dec. 1735, Anne, da. and h. of Gilbert Burnet, commr. of excise, s.p. suc. fa. 1747.

Offices Held

Ensign 13 Ft. 1735; capt.-lt. 3 Ft. Gds. 1748; capt. and lt.-col. 1750.

Address

Main residences: Pitcur, Angus; Firth, Orkney.

biography text

Halyburton, whose family had been seated at Pitcur since 1433,1A. J. Warden, Angus or Forfarshire, 23. was returned as a government supporter for Orkney and Shetland by his brother-in-law, the 14th Earl of Morton. He died 10 May 1765, entailing his estates on his sister.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. A. J. Warden, Angus or Forfarshire, 23.