Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, second baronet

(1676-1755)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Clerk, John, Sir, 1676-1755 DNB: Clerk, Sir John, of Penicuik, second baronet (1676-1755), politician and antiquary LBT ID: JoClerk1755 VIAF ID: 60021 LOC ID: n85273766	B/BAP: 1676-02-08 DIED: 1755-10-04
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The son of the first baronet (d. 1722); he was an antiquary, virtuoso, and president of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society.
REFERENCES TO Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, second baronet: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1786-90 Found 1: ¶ 26