FORBES, Arthur 8th of Echt ^{1 2}

   Another name for Arthur was FORBES, Alexander.¹

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Arthur married Elizabeth LYON, daughter of John LYON 6th Lord Glamis and Janet DOUGLAS.¹ (Elizabeth LYON was born about 1520 and died before 24 September 1609 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

VIII. Arthur (Forbes), who married (i) Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of Lord Glamis and relict of John, Master of Forbes, beheaded in 1537 - he married (2) Margaret, daughter of John Burnett of Leys, by whom he had a son, Robert"

from House of Forbes




(referring to 'Forbes, Lord Forbes' in The Scots Peerage, volume 4)

"p. 54, 1. 8 from foot, after '1565,' insert ' It is also stated (History of the Family of Burnett of Leys, New Spalding Club, p. 29 ; Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., ii. 244) that she (Elizabeth Lyon) was ultimately married to Alexander or Arthur Forbes of Echt, who survived her.' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) ^{1 3}

Arthur next married Margaret BURNET, daughter of John BURNET 10th of Leys and Elizabeth LUMSDEN, 24 September 1569(contract).² (Margaret BURNET was born about 1560.)

  Marriage Notes:

"By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Lumsden of Cushnie, he (John Burnet, 10th of Leys) had a son Alexander, who succeeded him, and a daughter Margaret, who married (by contract dated 24th September, 1509) Alexander Forbes, son of the laird of Echt (who had formerly been married s.p. to Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of the laird of Glammis, and widow of John, Master of Forbes). George Forbes is mentioned in a contract of date 16th Nov., 1580, in the Leys charter room. Her son by her first husband was Robert Forbes of Echt."

from Family of Burnett of Leys

Note

The year of the marriage contract - '1509' - is a typographical error, probably for 1569. 'Alexander' must also be a typo - since the 8th laird was by other accounts named Arthur. ²