in 1874. Death He died on Monday 29 May 1848, at Grange House, and was buried in a newly created family plot in the then new cemetery at Grange, Edinburgh. The plot lies exactly half way along the eastern path and forms the focal point of the high path over the central vaults. Its small scale however is not dominant in the view. He was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, Sir John Dick-Lauder, 8th Baronet. Lauder tartan The Lauder tartan first appears, it would seem, about this time, in the Vestiarium Scoticum amongst the "bordour clanns". It can be found in The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland by W. & A.K.Johnston, Edinburgh, 1906. Notes Further reading The Peerage & Baronetage of the British Empire, by John Burke, 8th edition, London, 1845, volume 1, pps: 590/1. The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, etc., by Messrs.,John and John Bernard Burke, London, 1851, vol.2, pedigree CLXXIII. The Scottish Nation, by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1870, volume 2, pps: 632-3. The Grange of St.Giles, by J.Stewart Smith, Edinburgh, 1898. 'A Pair of Scottish Hall Chairs' in Furniture History Vol. XXXI, London 1995, pp. 206–209. External links 1784 births 1848 deaths Writers from Edinburgh Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers Scottish novelists Scottish historical novelists Scottish non-fiction writers Scottish travel writers Scottish Liberal Party politicians Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian Deputy Lieutenants of Moray Scottish antiquarians 19th-century Scottish people 19th-century Scottish writers Scottish knights People from East Lothian People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland