Sir John Inglis of Cramond, 2nd Baronet (23 September 1683 – 3 March 1771) was Postmaster General

United Kingdom Postmaster General

The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom is a defunct Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs...

 for Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, the son and heir of Sir James Inglis, 1st Baronet of Cramond, Edinburghshire by his spouse Anne, daughter of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet

Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet

Sir Patrick Houstoun of that Ilk, 1st Baronet, was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia on February 29, 1668, the elder son of Sir Ludovick Houstoun of that Ilk by his spouse Margaret, daughter of Patrick Maxwell of Newark....

 of that Ilk. He succeeded his father in 1688.

Sir John married Anne, daughter of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk

Lord Justice Clerk

The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session.The holder has the title in both the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary and is in charge of the Second Division of Judges in the Court of Session...

, and had issue: four sons (below) and five daughters.

• Sir Adam Inglis, 3rd Baronet (1714–1772), d.s.p.
• Sir John Inglis, 4th Baronet (c.1716–1799)
• Patrick Inglis, a merchant in Edinburgh.
• Rear-Admiral Charles Inglis
  Charles Inglis (c. 1731–1791)
  Charles Inglis was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of rear-admiral....
  
  (1731–1791)