James Lockhart of Lee

Sir James Lockhart, Laird of Lee (1596-1674)[1] was a Scottish courtier, politician and judge, and a royalist commander of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

He was son of Sir James Lockhart XI of Lee, of a lairdly family,[3] by his wife, Jean Weir of Stonebyres, Lanarkshire.

[4] Lockhart took part in the engagement for the relief of King Charles in 1648, and under the Marquis of Hamilton commanded a regiment at the battle of Preston.

[4] On his return Lockhart became a member of the committee of estates, was chosen to superintend the levy for the invasion of England under Charles II.

In 1661 was restored to his seat on the bench, was sworn of the privy council in Scotland, and was again appointed a commissioner of the exchequer.

Coat of arms of the Lockharts of Lee: Argent a man’s heart proper within a fetterlock sable, on a chief azure three boar’s heads erased of the first. [ 2 ]