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Sir
George Lockhart of Lee, also known as
Lockhart of Carnwath, (
1673 –
17 December 1731) of
Carnwath,
South Lanarkshire, was a
Scottish writer,
spy and
politician.
He was the son of
Sir George Lockhart of Lee.
The Parliament of Scotland and the Treaty of Union
Lockhart, who was member for the city of
Edinburgh in the
Parliament of Scotland, was appointed a commissioner for arranging the
union with England in
1705.
Jacobite Spy and Attempt to Repeal the Union
After the union he continued to represent
Edinburgh, and later the
Wigtown burghs. His sympathies were with the
Jacobites, whom he kept informed of all the negotiations for the union; in
1713 he took part in an abortive movement aiming at the
repeal of the union.
Lockart was the source of intelligence revealing the extensive
bribery of Scottish parliamentarians prior to the Treaty of Union, giving rise to the famous
Robert Burns line:
"bought and sold for English gold". He published a list of bribes paid by the English
Treasury.
He was deeply implicated in the rising of
1715, the preparations for which he assisted at Carnwath and at
Dryden, his Edinburgh residence. He was imprisoned in
Edinburgh Castle, but probably, through the favour of
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, he was released without being brought to trial; but his brother Philip was taken prisoner at the
Battle of Preston and condemned to be shot, the sentence being executed on the 2nd December 1715. After his liberation Lockhart became a
secret agent of the
Pretender; but his correspondence with the prince fell into the hands of the government in
1727, compelling him to go into concealment at
Durham,
England, until he was able to escape furth of
Great Britain. Argyll's influence was again exerted in Lockhart's behalf, and in
1728 he was permitted to return to Scotland, where he lived in retirement till his death in a duel on the
17 December 1731.
Writings
He was the author of
Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, dealing with the reign of
Queen Anne till the union with England, first published in
1714. These
Memoirs, together with Lockhart's correspondence with the Pretender, and one or two papers of minor importance, were published in two volumes in 1817, forming the well-known Lockhart Papers, which are a valuable authority for the history of the
Jacobites.
Lockhart married Eupheme Montgomerie, daughter of
Alexander Montgomerie, 9th
Earl of Eglinton, by whom he'd a large family.
He was member of the
Lockharts of Lee who were active in
Scots law and
politics during the
17th century.
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