George Lockhart, Lord Carnwath

In 1644 he purchased from Sir Thomas Hope the mansion of Robert Gourlay on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, very close to the Law Courts.

In 1674, when he was disbarred for alleged disrespect to the Court of Session in advising an appeal to parliament, fifty advocates showed their sympathy for him by withdrawing from practice.

He lived on Mauchine's Close, previously the home of Sir Thomas Hope (and later swept way by the construction of Melbourne Place on George IV Bridge).

[5][6]: p23–24  The assailant made no attempt to escape and confessed at his trial, held before the Lord Provost, Magnus Prince (or Prize), the next day.

[6]: p29–30 He was then taken to the gibbet at the Gallowlee (the junction of Pilrig Street and Leith Walk) where he was then hanged, and the pistol he had used for the murder was placed round his neck.

Robert Gourlay's house bought by Lord Carnwath
Lockhart is buried in the tomb of Sir George Mackenzie, in Greyfriars Kirkyard .
Coat of arms Lockhart of Carnwath: Argent a man’s heart proper within a fetterlock sable, on a chief azure three boar’s heads erased of the first, all within a bordure of the fourth charged with five mullets of the field. [ 1 ]