David Falconer - Wikipedia David Falconer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For the nobles, see David Falconer, 3rd Lord Falconer of Halkerton and David Falconer, 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton. For those of a similar name, see David Faulkner (disambiguation). Sir David Falconer, of Newton, (1640 – 15 December 1685) was a Scottish judge. The second son of Sir David Falconer of Glenfarquhar, one of the commissaries of Edinburgh, and younger brother of Sir Alexander Falconer of Glenfarquhar. He studied the law under his father, and having passed advocate on 3 July 1661, was afterwards appointed one of the commissaries of Edinburgh, and was knighted. On 24 May 1676, he was nominated a Lord of Session, and on 2 March 1678, was admitted a Lord of Justiciary. On 5 June 1682, he was appointed Lord President of the Court of Session, and in the parliament of 1685 he represented the county of Forfar. He was elected a Lord of the Articles, and a member of three commissions then appointed; one for trade, another for the plantation of kirks, and a third for the regulation of inferior judicatories. Falconer collected the decisions of the Court of Session from November 1681 to 9 December 1685, when he ceased to sit in court. They were published in 1705 by John Spottiswood. He died at Edinburgh, after a short illness, on 15 December 1685, and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard,[1] where a monument was erected to his memory. The monument stands on the outer north-east corner of the church. His eldest son, David, became fifth Lord Falconer of Halkerton, and his third daughter, Catherine, married Joseph Hume of Chirnside in the county of Berwick, and was the mother of David Hume the philosopher and historian. References[edit] ^ Monuments and monumental inscriptions in Scotland: The Grampian Society, 1871 "Falconer, David" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. The Scottish Nation, or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours and Biographical History of The People of Scotland, William Anderson, 1863 Preceded by George Gordon Lord President of the Court of Session 1682–1685 Succeeded by George Lockhart Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Falconer&oldid=952950313" Categories: 1640 births 1685 deaths Senators of the College of Justice Lords President of the Court of Session Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686 Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from February 2018 Use British English from February 2018 Articles incorporating Cite DNB template AC with 0 elements Place of birth missing Date of birth unknown Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Add links This page was last edited on 24 April 2020, at 22:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Mobile view Developers Statistics Cookie statement