John Rutherfurd

Major John Rutherfurd of Edgerston (12 June 1712 – 8 July 1758) was a Scottish soldier and politician.

Early life Rutherfurd was baptized 12 June 1712. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Rutherfurd of Rutherfurd and Edgerston, and his first wife, Elizabeth Cairncross, who married in 1710. His father was the head of an old Roxburgh family.

His paternal grandparents were Thomas Rutherfurd of Teviotdale and Susannah (née Riddell) Rutherfurd, His maternal grandfather was William Cairncross of West Langlee, Roxburghshire. In 1746, he became a Major of the New York Forces and commanded an attack on the French at Fort Niagara in 1748. He was killed at Fort Ticonderoga on July 8, 1758 during the Battle of Carillon.

Personal life On 27 November 1737, Rutherfurd married Eleanor Elliot (1719–1797) in Edinburgh. including:

John Rutherfurd (1748–1834), who married Mary Ann Leslie, a daughter of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Leslie (younger son of Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven), in 1787. Jane Rutherfurd (1750–1820), who married William Oliver of Dinlabyre in 1771.

Since Rutherfurd died on 8 July 1758,

Descendants Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of Lt.-Col. Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair (1768–1863), which title was confirmed in by the House of Lords in 1782. He sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer.