Laurence Oliphant (1691–1767) was a Jacobite army officer who belonged to a branch settled at Findo Gask in Perthshire, Scotland. He took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, and both he and his son Laurence (died 1792) were actively concerned in the rising of 1745. Oliphant senior served as Governor of Perth during the advance to Derby and both were present at the battles of Falkirk and Culloden.