COLVILLE, Robert of Hilton, Clackmannanshire ¹

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  General Notes:

"Robert Colville of Hiltoun, who is directly represented by the present Viscount Colville, has not been clearly ascertained to be the half-brother of Sir William Colville, as has been asserted. He and his son of the same name are confused and merged into one by Wood in his edition of Douglas's Peerage. It was the son who acquired part of Ochiltree and other lands belonging to the main line of the family, but the son was certainly not the nearest heir-male, as Wood states, for brothers-german of Sir William were then alive."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Received: life-rents, 1464-1483, of Hilton, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ¹

2. Chamberlain: of King James III of Scots, 1471, Scotland. ¹ "Robert Colville is first found on record as the King's Chamberlain, rendering the accounts of Stirling- shire in 1171, and as he must then have been a man of some experience..."

3. Held: lease, 1480-1481, of Hilton, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ¹ "He had a lease of Hiltoun about 1480 and 1481, but latterly held it in feu."

4. Steward: to Queen Margaret, 1483 and before, of Denmark. ¹ "In that year (1483), and no doubt for some time previously, he was Steward to- Queen Margaret of Denmark, wife of King James III. He was her house-steward and comptroller, and dealt with her expenses between 1484 and 1486."

5. Received: charter, 10 October 1483, of the lands of Hilton, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ¹

Robert married Margaret LOGAN.¹ (Margaret LOGAN was born about 1440.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He married Margaret Logan, and had issue, so far as recorded, one son, Robert."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ¹