WARDLAW, Henry of Wilton, Sir ¹

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  General Notes:

"Wardlaw, the surname of an ancient family, the first of which, of Anglo-Saxon lineage, was amongst those who fled to Scotland at the period of the Conquest, and under King Malcolm Canmore obtained possessions in Galloway, and also in Fifeshire. By the adherence of the family to Baliol they lost their lands, called Wardlaw, in the former district, but retained those of Torry in Fife. Sir Henry Wardlaw of Torry, knight, living in the beginning of the 14th century, married a niece of Walter, lord-high-steward of Scotland, and, with two daughters, had two sons, Sir Andrew, his successor, and Walter, Cardinal Wardlaw, bishop of Glasgow from 1367 to 1387, and ambassador to England in 1368, and to France in 1374."

from Electric Scotland The Scottish Nation, Wardlaw ²

Henry married Mary STEWART, daughter of Sir James STEWART of Durisdeer and Unknown.¹ (Mary STEWART was born about 1310.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Wardlaw lands were in Galloway until they lost them by siding with Baliol. When King Robert the Bruce came into power the Wardlaws went to his side and he bestowed on them half of the Barony of Wilton, and they were of Wilton for over 120 years. The first Laird of Wilton, Henry Wardlaw of Wilton, married Mary Stewart, the niece of Sir Walter the High Stewart of Scotland. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters: Henry Wardlaw 2nd Laird of Wilton; Cardinal Walter Wardlaw; William Wardlaw; Gilbert Wardlaw Lord of Riccarton, was given lands of Spitalton and Sainct Giles Grange from Cardinal Walter Wardlaw that had been granted to him from King David. Gilbert's branch continued down the lands of Riccarton and Warriston, Kilbaberton and the Grange."

from Electric Scotland website, Clan Wardlaw

Note: This Henry Wardlaw is frequently represented as 'of Torry' in Fife. This designation seems to belong to one of his descendants later, who married Christian de Valoniis, heiress of Torry or Torrie, an older spelling, in Fife, and it has beeen retrospectively applied to his ancestor. ¹