ABSTRACT
The Steuart family2 owned two estates, Goodtrees, which is near Edinburgh, and Coltness on the outskirts of Glasgow. Goodtrees was the seat of Sir James Steuart, the second baronet, Solicitor General and a member of the Union Parliament. Sir James married Anne Dalrymple, the eldest daughter of the Lord President of the Court of Session, by whom he had five children, of whom James was the only son. James was born on 10 October 1713, presumably at Goodtrees.
