Sir James Halyburton
Sir James Halyburton or Haliburton of Pitcur was a Scottish landowner and politician.
Biography[]
He was the son of Sir George Halyburton of Pitcur and a great-nephew of James Halyburton, tutor of Pitcur.[1] In 1586 his father granted the lands of Thorngreen to James and his future wife Margaret, daughter of .[2] In 1617, as laird of Pitcur, he represented the barons of Forfarshire in the convention of Estates and the Parliament of Scotland.[3]
His children included James Haliburton of Pitcur, who married Maria, daughter of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe; William Haliburton of Pitcur, who married Marjorie, daughter of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk; George Haliburton of Keilour, who was the grandfather of Margaret Haliburton who married Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, and great-grandfather of James Halyburton who was commissioner for Forfarshire at the time of the Union; Magdalen Haliburton, who married John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk; and Margaret Haliburton, who married James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Coupar.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Halyburton2. stirnet.com. Accessed 21 June 2014.
- ^ Sir James Balfour Paul ed., The Scots Peerage, volume III (1906) p. 313.
- ^ Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland (1882) p. 168.
- Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland
- Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1617
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1617
- Scottish knights
- Scottish landowners
- Haliburton family