Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie
Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie (1565–1637) was a Scottish courtier and administrator. He was the son of Cuthbert Wardlaw of Balmule and Katherine Dalgleish, and a grandson of Henry Wardlaw of Torrie. Wardlaw was administrator of the Dunfermline estates of Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI. His predecessor as the queen's chamberlain was William Schaw. The queen's property (as settled in 1593) included the Lordship of Dunfermline, the Earldom of Ross, and Lordships of Ardmannoch and Etrrick Forest, and Wardlaw compiled accounts of the queen's revenue. In 1596, the financial administrators known as the Octavians appointed Wardlaw as Receiver General, responsible for the income of the Comptrollery and the New Augmentations (duties paid from former church lands) and mint. Wardlaw complained to the Privy Council of Scotland in June 1602 about non-paying tenants of the queen in Ettrick Forest. In 1609 he advanced £200 Sterling in recompense for jewels taken from Anne of Denmark by Margaret Hartsyde. In 1612 Anne of Denmark sent instructions to Henry Wardlaw for the baptism of Anne Home, a daughter of Mary (Dudley) Sutton, Countess of Home and the Earl of Home. The queen as sponsor or godmother wanted presents of money distributed at the