Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet
Scottish official and lord of session
Sir Archibald Acheson of Glencairn, Lord Glencairn, 1st Baronet (1583 – 9 September 1634), was a Scottish jurist.
Biography
Acheson was the son of Captain Patrick Acheson and Martha Drummond.
On 31 March 1620, "Archibald Acheson, a Scotchman", was knighted at Theobalds by King James I, and in 1621 he was appointed Master in Chancery of Ireland. Sometime before 25 October 1626 he was appointed a Lord of Session of Scotland as 'Lord Glencairn'. On 21 October 1627, he was appointed by King Charles I as Royal Secretary of State of Scotland. On 1 January 1628, he was made a Baronet of Nova Scotia.
In 1633 he built Acheson House just off the Royal Mile on the Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town. The building survives, standing behind Huntly House Museum.
Lord Glencairn died at Letterkenny, County Donegal, in the west of Ulster in September 1634.
Ireland
In 1610, at the start of the Plantation of Ulster, numerous land grants were made in the precinct of Fewes in County Armagh.
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