George Haliburton, Lord Fodderance

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Sir George Haliburton, Lord Fodderance (c. 1580–1649), was a Scottish judge in the 17th century. He came from the Haliburton family of Pitcur near Coupar Angus, and his father owned the nearby Fotherance (Fodderance) estate. He studied law, probably at St Andrews, and became a Burgess of Dundee in 1625. In November 1627 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice, taking the title Lord Fodderance. In 1632 he bought the Lauton estate in Cargill, Perthshire, and Strabrok House near Linlithgow. He was knighted by King Charles I in 1633 at Holyrood Palace and joined the Parliamentary Commission for Surveying of the Laws. In November 1642 he became President of the Court of Session, and in 1643 he presided over a dispute between Viscount Dudhope and the City of Dundee. In 1646 he witnessed the baptism of his wife’s niece, Helen Wedderburn, who later married John Dickson, Lord Hartree. He died on 15 March 1649 and was replaced as Senator later that year by John Dickson, Lord Hartree. The Fodderdance estate later became a Victorian mansion called Lintrose House. He first married the daughter of Sir Thomas Blair of Balthayock, and in March 1625 he married Magdalene Wedderburn, a widow and cousin of William Wedderburn, daughter of Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie and also his second cousin. After George’s death she married her third husband, John Ogilvy of Lownan.