KEITH, William 6th Earl Marischal ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"On 6 June 1651, the last day of the Scottish Parliament's session at Stirling, the Earl Marischal, as hereditary keeper of the honours (of Scotland), took measures to have them transferred to Dunottar Castle, and to keep them there until further notice. It is stated in the Dunottar accounts for 1651 that the Earl arrived at Dunottar from Stirling on 12 June. They were there locked up, and the Earl took the key with him when he went to Alyth to attend a meeting of the Committee of Estates on 28 August. Upon that date he and other members of the Committee were taken prisoners there by a party of General Monck's cavalry. He, however, found means of sending the key to his mother, who had become Lady Panmure, and she immediately hastened to Dunottar, which the English forces were by this time rapidly approaching, and committed the regalia (of the Scottish monarchy) to the care of George Ogilvy of Barras, who, by commission dated at Stirling on 8 July had been appointed Governor of the Castle by the Earl Marischal ....

On 10 September 1660, Captain Humphry Mason, the Commonwealth Governor, vacated Dunottar Castle, and it was given into the charge of Robert Keith of Whiteriggs, Deputy-Sheriff of the Mearns, on behalf of Lord Marischal. The Earl arrived at Dunottar from London in October 1660, and on the 8th of that month the regalia were returned to his custody by Mr. Grainger and Ogilvy of Barras. He was made a Privy Councillor, and afterwards Lord Privy Seal, which latter office he held until his death. At the opening of Parliament in Edinburgh in 1661, the Earl Marischal attended in state, and handed over the regalia."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

William married Elizabeth SETON, daughter of George SETON 3rd Earl of Winton and Anne HAY 'Countess of Wintoun', 22 May 1637(contract).¹ (Elizabeth SETON was born about 1622 ¹ and died on 16 June 1650 ¹.). The cause of her death was childbirth.

  Marriage Notes:

"He (William Keith) married, first, in 1637 (contract 22 May 1637), Elizabeth Seton, eldest daughter of George, second Earl of Winton ; she died in childbirth 16 June 1650, aged twenty-eight"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

Elizabeth Seton's father, George, was 3rd Earl of Winton, not the 2nd. ¹

William next married Anne DOUGLAS, daughter of Robert DOUGLAS 8th Earl of Morton and Elizabeth VILLIERS, in April 1654.¹ (Anne DOUGLAS was born about 1630 and died by 29 December 1690 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (William Keith) married, secondly, in April 1654, Anne Douglas, eldest daughter of Robert, Earl of Morton ; she died s.p. about 1689." (page 59)

"Anne (Douglas), married, in April 1654, William, seventh Earl Marischal." (page 378)

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

1]

The numbering used on this site makes William Keith the 6th Earl Marischal.

2]

The Scots Peerage volume 6, page 378, lists Anne as the daughter of Robert, seventh Earl of Morton, when he was, in fact, eighth Earl of Morton.
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