LIVINGSTON, Alexander of Fildes ^{1 2}

   Cause of his death was execution.^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"Sir Alexander Livingstone of Callendar the celebrated guardian of James II., had two sons, James, 1st Lord Livingstone, and Alexander of Phildes, or Fildes, Perthshire. Alexander of Phildes was executed on 22nd January, 1449-50, and his lands forfeited, one of the crimes with which he was charged being the treasonable imprisonment of the Queen-Mother (Joan Beaufort) in 1439."

from Lands and Lairds




"Alexander of Phildes or Fildes, in the lordship of Methven, Captain of Methven Castle and Constable of Stirling Castle, who was executed 22 January 1450. His forfeited estate of Phildes was granted to Alexander Napier, Comptroller, for his faithful service as servant of the Queen-mother, when she was treasonably imprisoned by Sir Alexander Livingston, his son James, and their accomplices."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ^{1 2}

Alexander married.