James Veitch, Lord ElliockFRSE (25 September 1712 – 1 July 1793) was a Scottish advocate, judge, politician and landowner who became a Senator of the College of Justice.
Life
He was born in Edinburgh in September 1712, the son of Christian Thomson, daughter of Gavin Thomson, Provost of Peebles,[1] and William Veitch of Elliock House near Dumfries, a Writer to the Signet (WS) who died in 1747.
In Novemberv 1763 he is noted as living in the Jock's Lodge area of Edinburgh and was the first point of contact after the post-boy was mugged and robbed of his horse and mailbags.[3]
In 1775 he is listed as living at Jock's Lodge to the east of Edinburgh.[4] He moved to St Andrew Square in the 1780s, as soon as the houses were built.[5]