George Auchinleck, Lord Balmanno
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Sir George Auchinleck, Lord Balmanno MP (c.1560–c.1640) was a 16th/17th century Scottish politician, judge and Senator of the College of Justice.
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He was the son of William Auchinleck, Laird of Balmanno Castle, son of George Auchinleck, and his wife, Elizabeth.[1] George senior acquired the estate of Alexander Balmanno and built the castle around 1570.[2] In 1574 he also inherited the estate of Polgony, from a childless uncle.
On the death of his father in 1596, George (as eldest son) inherited both estates.[3]
In 1617 he sat as the Shire Commissioner representing Perthshire in the Parliament of Scotland and sat on the Committee for Revising Laws.[4] He was admitted as an Ordinary Lord in the Scottish courts in the same year.[5]
In February 1626 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice (Lord of Session) in place of Viscount Lauderdale who was forced to stand down following a ban on "noblemen" in this role.[6]
In September 1631 he was elected as a Burgess of Dundee.[7]
He retired due to infirmity in 1638 and died prior to March 1639.