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LINDSAY, Patrick 6th Lord Lindsay of the Byres
(About 1521-1589)
DOUGLAS, Euphemia
(About 1530-1580)
LESLIE, Andrew 5th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife
(About 1531-1611)
HAMILTON, Grizel
(About 1530-)
LINDSAY, James 7th Lord Lindsay of the Byres
(1554-1601)
LESLIE, Euphemia
(About 1554-)
LINDSAY, Robert 9th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, Sir
(About 1577-1616)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HAMILTON, Christian

LINDSAY, Robert 9th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, Sir 1 2

  • Born: About 1577
  • Marriage (1): HAMILTON, Christian 26 January 1610(contract) 1
  • Died: 9 July 1616, Bath, Somerset, England 1

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Robert married Christian HAMILTON, daughter of Thomas HAMILTON 1st Earl of Haddington and Margaret BORTHWICK, 26 January 1610(contract).1 (Christian HAMILTON was born about 1594, died in 1646 1 and was buried on 6 February 1646 in Elie, Fife, Scotland 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Robert Lindsay of Orkie, Knight, ninth Lord Lindsay of the Byres, served heir to his brother, and heirgeneral to his father, 8 December 1609, and heir-special to his brother in the lands of Pitcruvy, etc., 15 February 1610. He had a charter of the superiority of the lands of Month, in Fife, on 29 November 1586, of the barony of Finhaven and others in Aberdeen, Fife, and Forfar, 23 July 1611, of part of Craighall 28 January 1613, of Orkie and Kingask 4 March 1616, and of Kilquhis and the patronage of Ceres, all in Fife, on 22 March 1616. He took his oath as a Privy Councillor 16 January 1610, and was again admitted 28 March 1616.... He married (contract dated 26 January 1610 ) Christian Hamilton, eldest daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Haddington, who survived him, and married, secondly (contract dated 9 December 1617), as his second wife, Thomas, Lord Boyd. He had issue :

1. John, tenth Lord.

2. Patrick, died an infant.

3. Helen, married, 3 June 1634, to Sir William Scott of Ardross.

4. Margaret, mentioned in her father's will."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

2 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 vol. 2 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).

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