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'''Sir John Dick Lauder of Fountainhall, 8th Baronet''' (21 April 1813 – 23 March 1867) was a [[deputy lieutenant]] and [[magistrate]] for [[Midlothian]], and [[justice of the peace]] for [[Wigtownshire]].<ref>Hodson, Major V.C.P., ''List of the Officers of the [[Bengal Army]], 1758 - 1834'', London, 1945, part III: 20</ref> He succeeded his father, Sir [[Thomas Dick Lauder]], 7th Baronet, in 1848.

Dick-Lauder was born at Relugas on 21 April 1813. In his early years Lauder served for two years in the [[Portugal|Portuguese Army]] during that country's Civil War, which ended in 1834. He joined, that year, the [[Honourable East India Company]]'s Bengal Army as a Cadet and was raised to an Ensign in June the following year in the North India Regiment. He arrived in India on 28 July 1835 and was promoted to lieutenant on 15 December 1838. On 14 February 1839 he was appointed [[adjutant]] to the HEIC's [[Jalaun|Jalaun Corps]] (which later became the Bundelkhand Legion), and served in disturbances in [[Bundelkhand]] (1840-1), [[Jigni]], and [[Chirgaon]], and became Acting Captain-Commandant of [[cavalry]], Bundelkhand Legion, on 24 January 1842. He was in [[Singapore]] and China for 10 months in 1843–4, returning to India and the Legion the latter year. He retired from that army on 19 May 1847<ref>Hodson, Major V.C.P., ''List of the Officers of the [[Bengal]] Army, 1758 - 1834'', London, 1945, part III: 20</ref> returning to civilian life in Scotland.

Dick-Lauder was later a Knight of Justice of the [[Order of St. John of Jerusalem]], and had two seats: Fountainhall Manor, near [[Pencaitland]], [[The Grange, Edinburgh|Grange House]], near [[Edinburgh]], and a residence in Edinburgh at 13 Grosvernor Crescent.

On 22 May 1845, Lauder married Lady Anne (1820–1919), daughter of [[North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair]] at [[St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh|St Cuthbert's]], Edinburgh. They had three daughters and four sons. He was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, [[Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder, 9th Baronet|Sir Thomas North Dick-Lauder, 9th Baronet]].

Lauder died in [[Bournemouth]], Hampshire on 23 March 1867. His death was reported in the ''[[Illustrated London News]]'', 6 April 1867, (p347).

==References==
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* ''The Peerage & Baronetage of the British Empire'', by John Burke, 8th edition, London, 1845, volume 1, pps: 590/1.
* ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants'', etc., by Messrs, John and John Bernard Burke, London, 1851, vol.2, pedigree CLXXIII.
* ''The Peerage of the British Empire'', by Edmund Lodge, [[Norroy King of Arms]], 27th edition, London, 1858, pps: 526 and 659.

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