GRAHAM, Robert of Strathcarron, then of Fintry, Sir ¹

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  General Notes:

"Sir Robert Graham, variously designed of Old Montrose, of Ewisdale, of Strathcarron, and of Fintry, was fiar or first substitute in a charter by Robert, Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland, in favour of William, Lord Graham and Mariota Stewart, his spouse, sister of the King, in conjunct fee and liferent, of the lands of Old Montrose, Charlton, and Kynnaber in the shire of Forfar dated 4 August 1420. He afterwards resigned the lands contained in this charter to his nephew, Patrick, Lord Graham, in exchange for the lands of Craigton or Fintry in Stirlingshire. He acquired from his nephew George, Earl of Angus, the lands of Earl's Strathdichty (which came to be called Fintry, when the Stirlingshire Fintry reverted to the main line of the family in the seventeenth century) and Ballargus in Forfarshire."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

Robert married Janet LOVEL 'of Ballumbie'.¹ (Janet LOVEL 'of Ballumbie' was born about 1420.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Sir Robert Graham) married, first, Janet Lovel, daughter of Sir Richard Lovel of Ballumbie"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

Robert next married Matilda SCRIMGEOUR, daughter of Sir James SCRIMGEOUR of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee and Margaret MAITLAND.^{1 2} (Matilda SCRIMGEOUR was born about 1447.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Matilda, married, as his second wife, to Robert Graham of Fintry, and had issue. From them descended the Grahams of Claverhouse"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)



"He (Sir Robert Graham) married ... secondly Matilda, daughter of Sir James Scrimgeour of Dudhope. From him are descended the Grahams of Fintry,with their cadets of Ballargus, Claverhouse (afterwards Viscounts Dundee) and Duntrune. He was also the father of Patrick Graham, Bishop of Brechin in 1463, and Archbishop of St. Andrews 1471-78."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ^{1 2}