(as several members of the Company of Scotland were) as a commissioner representing Edinburgh alongside Sir Patrick Johnston, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, they were responsible for setting up the terms for the Act of Union, including their personal "compensation" (Johnston was also in the company and was signatory to the Act). Colinton Castle remained in the hands of the Foulis family until 1800 when it was bought by William Forbes of Pitsligo as his Edinburgh residence. The site became Merchiston Castle School in the 20th century. The name Redford (a second house in the grounds of Colinton Castle) is preserved in the names Redford Road and Redford Barracks. Family Foulis married Margaret, daughter of John Boyd, Dean of Guild, Edinburgh, by whom he had several children. On his death, in 1711, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son James, with whom he is sometimes confounded—e.g. by Anderson. Foulis was engaged in a complex lawsuit with Dame Margaret Erskine, Lady Castlehaven, his stepmother, as to her interest in his father's estates. The chief papers were published, with notes by him, or compiled under his direction, and exhibit some details as to Scotch aristocratic life and customs of the period ('An Exact and Faithful relation of the Process pursued by Dame Margaret Areskine, Lady Castlehaven, against Sir James Foulis, now of Collingtoun,' Edinburgh, 1690). Among the Lauderdale MSS. are various official reports and addresses to Charles II and the Duke of Lauderdale, to which the signature of Foulis is appended. References 1645 births 1711 deaths 17th-century Scottish people Senators of the College of Justice Members of the Privy Council of Scotland Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702 Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia