Sir David Falconer

1639 - 1685  (46 years)

• Name	David Falconer  [1]
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1639
  Gender	Male
  Title Suffix	of Newton
  Occupation	1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Privy Councillor
  Occupation	5 Jun 1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Judge - President of the Court of Session, date appointed
  Occupation	May 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Member of the Secret Committee dealing with the Argyll Rebellion and Covenanter dissidents (a subset of the Privy Council)
  Death	15 Dec 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Burial	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Greyfriars Kirkyard
  Person ID	I45656	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir David Falconer   d. Bef 1682
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Hepburn,   b. Daughter of Sir Robert Hepburn of Bearford
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Privy Councillor - 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Judge - President of the Court of Session, date appointed - 5 Jun 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Member of the Secret Committee dealing with the Argyll Rebellion and Covenanter dissidents (a subset of the Privy Council) - May 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 15 Dec 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Burial - - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3626] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: Oxford;), Falconer, Sir David, by Stuart Handley, 2004. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VII, p vi. [S3792] Brunton, George, An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice, p405. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/39/137/17; GD112/39/137/20; GD112/39/137/25; GD112/39/137/27.