[3] Laurence was the eldest son (of seven children) of Ebenezer Oliphant, 7th of Condie, and Mary, third daughter of Sir William Stirling of Ardoch.
[5] Laurence was christened at Forgandenny, 22 June 1791 married 1stly, on 22 April 1814, to Eliza, 2nd daughter of Hercules Ross, of Rossie Castle, co. Forfar.
Of the three surviving siblings, Oliphant was a Member of Parliament, elected both before and then again after the change in the electoral system introduced by the Reform Act 1832.
His election manifesto was equally controversial and included opposition to people receiving places, pensions or sinecures (the abolition of patronage, protectionism and privilege); hostility to slavery; opposition to monopolies and the injustices of the Corn Laws; demands for reform of government Burghs, such that they should be elected by all citizens (and not just by the elite).
So hostile were the sentiments of some members of Perth Burgh that Robert Smyth of Methven tried to block the use of the City Hall for a dinner organised for Oliphant in November 1833.
[4] In 1848 Laurence Oliphant of Condie obtained a decree of service in absence as heir male to the estate.
[4] The case was continued on behalf of his only son and heir (Laurence James Oliphant, 9th of Condie) who was a minor.