of Scotland and Scotch law during the seventeenth century. Edinburgh, 1873 Sir James Balfour Paul: The Scots' Peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Edinburgh, 9 vols., 1904–1914 References External links The Stair Society - founded in 1934 "to encourage the study and to advance the knowledge of Scots law." 1619 births 1695 deaths People from South Ayrshire Stair Scottish lawyers Scottish politicians Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland Peers of Scotland created by William II Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland People of the Rye House Plot Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish legal writers Lords President of the Court of Session 17th-century Scottish peers Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1669–1674 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1678 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1681–1682