STRACHAN, Alexander Baronet of Thornton, Sir 1
User ID: F624. General Notes: "...Sir Alexander Strachan, of Thornton, bart., of Kincardineshire, was created and raised to the dignity of Baronet by King Charles I. on the 28 May 1625, by royal patent of that date." Noted events in his life were: 1. Laird: Thornton, 1601-1648, Kincardineshire, Scotland. 3 Alexander married Margaret LINDSAY, daughter of John LINDSAY Lord Menmuir and Marion GUTHRIE, 19 January 1605(contract).1 (Margaret LINDSAY was born about 1585.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret, married (contract dated 19 January 1605) to Sir Alexander Strachan of Thornton." Alexander next married Margaret OGILVY, daughter of James OGILVY 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie and Jean FORBES, by 1624.2 (Margaret OGILVY was born about 1585.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret, married .... secondly, before 1626, to Alexander Strachan of Thornton. In 1624 she with her own son Keith of Benholm, was accused of removing ' goods, silver workr and tapestry ' belonging to her stepson the Earl Marischal. King James wrote, 22 August 1624, instructing the Council to show her no favour. She and her husband obtained a remission 13 January 1625." |
1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).
2 e-books, Memorials of the Scottish Families of Strachan and Wise by Charles Rogers (1877).
3 Strachan, James Andrew, FSA Scot., A History of Clan Strachan.
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