John Murdoch of Rosebank (1709–1776) was a Scottish tobacco lord and politician who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow three times: 1746–1748, 1750–1752 and 1758–1760, with his brother-in-law Andrew Cochrane serving in the intervening years.
John Murdoch was born on 4 October 1709 the son of Peter Murdoch of Rosehill (1670-1761), a Glasgow merchant and sugar refiner (owner of the King Street Sugar Works)[1] who later served as Lord Provost of Glasgow (1730-1732), and his wife, Mary Luke,[2] daughter of John Luke of Claythorn.
[4] In 1744 he became a Bailie in Glasgow Town Council (under Andrew Cochrane) and two years later succeeded him as Lord Provost.
[7] Rosebank House passed to John Dunlop who himself became Lord Provost in 1794 and in 1801 was purchased by David Dale.
[3] Their only child, Ann Murdoch, who married John Wallace of Cessnock but died before 1754.