SOMERVILLE, William Baron of Carnwath, Master of Somerville 1 2 3
- Born: About 1453 1
- Marriage (1): MONTGOMERY, Marjory on 13 June 1476 1 2
- Marriage (2): DOUGLAS, Janet after 12 October 1478 1 3
- Died: by 14 November 1491 1
- Buried: 1491, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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General Notes:
"William, Baron of Carnwath, born 1453 or 1456. On 2 May 1477 he had a charter of the baronies of Carnwath and Linton and the superiority of Gilmerton, on the resignation of and subject to the liferent of his father. He died vita patris between 18 May and 14 November 1491, and was buried at Carnwath."
from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1
William married Marjory MONTGOMERY, daughter of Alexander MONTGOMERIE 'second Lord Montgomerie' and Katherine KENNEDY, on 13 June 1476.1 2 (Marjory MONTGOMERY was born about 1461.)
Marriage Notes:
"Marjory, said to have been married to William, Master of Somerville, on 13 June 1476."
from Scots Peerage (vol 3)
"He (William Somerville) is said to have married, first, on 13 June 1476, Marjory Montgomery, sister of Hugh, first Earl of Eglinton ..."
from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2
William next married Janet DOUGLAS, daughter of Sir William DOUGLAS 4th of Drumlanrig and Elizabeth CRICHTON, after 12 October 1478.1 3 (Janet DOUGLAS was born about 1465.)
Marriage Notes:
"Secondly, he (Sir Alexander Gordon of Lochinvar) married, by Papal dispensation on account of consanguinity, Janet, daughter of Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, and widow of William, Master of Somerville."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5)
He (William Somerville) is said to have married .... secondly, Janet, daughter of William Douglas of Drumlanrig, to whom he had been affianced as early as 12 October 1478. She was afterwards married to Sir Alexander Gordon, younger of Lochinvar. He had issue:
(1) John, third Lord,
(2) Hugh, fourth Lord.
(3) Mary, married to James Lockhart of Lee, and had issue."
from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 3
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