Dr. Colin LAUDER 1
- Christened: 29 Sep 1710, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Marriage (1): Mary FORBES
- Died: 19 Nov 1783, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England aged 73
General Notes:
of Berwick-On-Tweed, England
Lauder of Fountainhall, http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/htol/lauder8.htm
(a) Colin, baptised 29th September 1710 at Edinburgh and died 19th November 1783 at Berwick-upon-Tweed. A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), he served in Handaside's 16th Foot Regiment between 1734 and 1744(*) as a military surgeon and was later personal physician to the philosopher David Hume and through him was introduced to Dr.Samuel Johnson, the diarist. By his wife Mary Forbes he left an only child, Hester, who married Captain William Skinner, with issue.
(*) See http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/history/16thfoothistory.html
Colin married Mary FORBES. (Mary FORBES died after 1741.)
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