These men are conventionally referred to, in the Scottish manner, by the names of their estates.
On his death in 1773, the baronetcy of Coltness passed to his cousin, Sir James Steuart, already Baronet of Goodtrees.
He, however, died in 1776, and left Westshield to the same Sir James Steuart, who thereupon took the name of Sir James Steuart Denham for the last four years of his life.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says it was created in 1695 for the Lord Advocate; the Complete Baronetage says it was created for his son, the future Solicitor-General, on the occasion of the son's marriage in 1705.
The Lord Advocate was Sir James Steuart in either case, having been knighted; the chief effect of this is to change the numbering of the Goodtrees baronets.