CRICHTON, James 1st Viscount Frendraught, Sir 1 3
- Born: About 1620
- Marriage (1): LESLIE, Janet after 1 October 1639 1
- Marriage (2): IRVINE, Marion on 8 November 1642 in Drumoak parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2
- Died: by 17 August 1665 1
User ID: Y322.
General Notes:
"James Crichton (born about 1620) was created (1642) Viscount of Frendraught and Lord Crichton. He was
captured fighting with Montrose at Invercharron, 1650, and is said to have committed suicide 'to prevent public
vengeance '."
from House of Gordon 3
James married Janet LESLIE, daughter of General Sir Alexander LESLIE Earl of Leven and Agnes RENTON 'of Billy', after 1 October 1639.1 (Janet LESLIE was born about 1623 and died on 24 November 1640 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (James Crichton) married, first, Janet Leslie, third daughter of Alexander, first Earl of Leven. She is mentioned as future wife 1 October 1639, died 24 November 1640, and had issue a daughter."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1
James next married Marion IRVINE, daughter of Alexander IRVINE 10th of Drum, Sheriff Principal of Aberdeen and Magdalene SCRIMGEOUR, on 8 November 1642 in Drumoak parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 (Marion IRVINE was born about 1625.)
Marriage Notes:
"On the 8th November (1642), James Crichton, who had just been created Viscount Frendraught and Lord Crichton, was married to Marion Irvine, daughter of Sir Alexander, in the church of Drumoak. This nobleman is described by a contemporary as courteous and mild, majestic, grave, and wise, an unalterable friend, a dangerous
enemy, one whose word of promise was as good security as the strictest bond. He supported the cause of the Covenant with sincerity, and spared neither his fortune nor his personal exertions in advancing that cause, until he perceived that the destruction of the monarchy was contemplated. He then left his country and joined Montrose, with whom he returned to Scotland to share in the last desperate venture of that enthusiastic leader. In the disastrous rout of Montrose's levies at Carbisdale, on the 27th April, 1650, Viscount Frendraught generously remounted his commander when his horse was shot, and thus enabled him to escape from the field. Frendraught, who was severely wounded and taken prisoner, is said to have put a period to his own life."
from Irvines of Drum
"He (James Crichton) married, secondly, at the church of Drumoak 8 November 1642, Marion, daughter of Sir Alexander Irving of Drum, and had issue."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2
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