James Sandilands (c. 1511 – c. 1579 or c. 1596)[1] was a Scottish nobleman. He was the second son of Sir James Sandilands, 7th Baron of Calder. The Barony of Calder had belonged to the Sandilands family since 1348.
- ^ According to the Scots Peerage 1911, Burke's Peerage 1999/2004, and current editions of Debrett's Peerage. However some publications have given his death at a later date. The Spottiswoode Miscellany, ed., James Maidment (1845), has "Sandilands died on 29 Nov 1596." The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage; by Edmund Lodge, Esq; (1838), has "James, … d. without issue in 1596, and was succeeded by his great nephew." References to his 1579 death: "Sir James Sandilands, first Lord Torphichen, had married Janet, daughter of William Murray of Polmaise,.. dying without issue at Hallyards, 29th September 1579.." (quoted from Scots Peerage, vol. 8, edition 1911, page 387; Burke's Peerage (1999 edition, p. 2831) as well as confirming his date of death as 29 Sept 1579 also mentions the date of death of his wife Janet, being 29 November 1596, which some historical books have given as an alternative date of his own death.