Thomas Nicolson of Carnock

Sir Thomas Nicolson of Carnock, 1st Baronet (Before 1605 – 8 January 1646) was a Scottish lawyer, landowner, commissioner for Stirlingshire, and postmaster.

[1] An advocate from 1612, in 1623 Nicolson was rewarded with the office of postmaster of Cockburnspath for his assistance to John Murray, 1st Earl of Annandale.

[4] Historic Environment Scotland has some plasterwork from a ceiling from the house including the Nova Scotia arms of Nicolson of Carnock.

A number of Nicolson's letters and charters are held by the National Archives of Scotland.

[9] Through his eldest son Sir Thomas, he was a grandfather of Margaret Nicolson (mother of Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff, MP for Linlithgowshire and Margaret Nicolson, wife of William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian) and Thomas Nicolson (1649–1670), who married Jean Napier and succeeded Sir Thomas as the 3rd Baronet in 1664.