Thomas Nicholson of Carnock, 4th Lord Napier (14 January 1669 - 9 June 1688) was a Scottish peer

Peerage of Scotland

The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...

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Family

Thomas Nicholson of Carnock was the son of Jean Napier (sister to Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier

Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier

-Family:Archibald Napier was a member of the Napier family of Merchiston, Scotland, and was the great-grandson of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms....

 and her husband Sir Thomas Nicolson, 3rd Baronet of Carnock (1649–1670). The Nicolson Baronetage, of Carnock, passed to him at the death of his father in 1670. He also received the title Lord Napier

Lord Napier

Lord Napier, of Merchistoun, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for Sir Archibald Napier, 1st Baronet. Earlier that year, he already held the Napier Baronetcy, of Merchistoun in the County of Midlothian, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The titles remained united...

 through his mother, upon the death of his uncle the 3rd Lord Napier in 1683. He died in 1688, unmarried and childless. Upon his death, the Lordship passed to his aunt Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier

Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier

-Family:Margaret Brisbane was a member of the Napier family of Merchiston, Scotland, and was the great-granddaughter of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms....

, and the Carnock estate and the baronetcy passed to his paternal aunts.
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