Colin Lauder, was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and advancement in surgical practice, through its interest in education, training and examinations, its liaison with external medical bodies and representation of the modern surgical workforce...

, and a Burgess of Edinburgh. His portrait

Portrait

thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...

 was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn

Henry Raeburn

Sir Henry Raeburn was a Scottish portrait painter, the first significant Scottish portraitist since the Act of Union 1707 to remain based in Scotland.-Biography:...

.

The son of George Lauder (1712 - 1752) and also a Burgess of Edinburgh, by his spouse Rosina Preston (d.1786), Colin Lauder was also a great-great-grandson of Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet

Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet

Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, of Newington and Fountainhall was a notable Scottish baillie and Treasurer of the City of Edinburgh, who was raised to a Nova Scotia baronetcy in 1688.-Antecedents:...

, of Fountainhall.

He served as a surgeon

Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

 in the 17th Regiment of Foot from October 14, 1770 until 1772. He was made a Burgess of Edinburgh on September 23, 1772 in right of his father.

A Sasine registered on August 12, 1785, records that George, Rosina, John and Lucinda Johnstone Lauder, children of Colin Lauder, surgeon, Edinburgh, were seised in part of a tenement of land in George Street, Edinburgh

George Street, Edinburgh

Situated to the north of Princes Street, George Street is a major street in the centre of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Laid out from 1767 as part of James Craig's plan for the New Town, George Street was named in honour of King George III.-Geography:...

, on Disposition by Andrew Neil, mason, Edinburgh. Another Sasine, registered July 8, 1793, mentions "Colin Lauder late surgeon in Edinburgh, now at Fala

Fala, Midlothian

Fala, is a parish and hamlet in the south-eastern corner of Midlothian, Scotland, and about 15 miles from Edinburgh.-Location:The parish is about five miles long from east to west, and one mile broad from north to south, and contains about...

 House, Midlothian."

He was married four times: (1) to Janet Law (no issue), (2) Agnes Donaldson (no issue) (3) on June 1, 1772 at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, to Margaret (d. January 1822) daughter of John Milne, founder & Burgess of Edinburgh by spouse Elizabeth née Edgar, by whom he had his only issue - 10 children, (4)on May 21, 1822, to Margaret Ross (d. 1857).

Of his children:

• Dr William Preston Lauder (d. April 1, 1852, Chelsea, London
  Chelsea, London
  Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...
  
  , Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
  Royal College of Surgeons of England
  The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales...
  
  .
• Francis Lauder, a solicitor
  Solicitor
  Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
  
  , married 1784 McLeish, daughter of Lewis Rutherford in Dunbar
  Dunbar
  Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English Border at Berwick-upon-Tweed....
  
  , with issue.
• John Lauder, Naval Physician
  Physician
  A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
  
   (d. before October 1814), later at Penicuik
  Penicuik
  Penicuik is a burgh and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. The town was developed as a planned village in 1770 by Sir James Clerk of Penicuik. It became a burgh in 1867. The town was well known for its paper mills, the last of which closed in 2005....
  
   and who also owned a farm at Easter Teary, Dyke, Elginshire.
• Rosina Preston Lauder married, in 1803, Robert Sibbald, farmer of Humbie
  Humbie
  Humbie is a hamlet and rural parish in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies in the south-west of the county, approximately 10 miles south-west of Haddington and 15 miles south-east of Edinburgh. Humbie as we know it today was formed as the result of the union between Keith Marischal and Keith Hundeby in...
  
   Mains, with issue.
• Elizabeth Edgar Lauder, married, in 1805, George Guild, farmer of Demple Mains, with issue, one of whom, Janet, married Nathaniel Spens of Craigsanquhar, Writer to the Signet. Another, Elizabeth, married Rear-Admiral John Macpherson Ferguson (1783 - 1855), Royal Navy.