Adam Livingston (c. 1723 – 1795) was a Scottish soldier and politician who enjoyed a distinguished military career before entering Parliament. Serving in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, he fought under General Wolfe in Canada and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel before retiring in 1766. In 1772, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Argyllshire with the backing of the Duke of Argyll, holding the seat until 1780; his vague conversation famously prompted writer Samuel Johnson to call him “a mighty misty man, the Colonel.” After inheriting the Bantaskine estate, he witnessed the Forth and Clyde canal being built through his land, leading him to sell off parts of the estate and eventually sell Bantaskine itself in 1791. He later served as Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Scottish Exchequer from 1785 and died unmarried on 16 June 1795.