GRAHAM, Margaret 1 2
User ID: N922. Margaret married Alexander STEWART Lord Garlies, son of Sir Alexander STEWART 8th of Garlies, Earl of Galloway and Grizel GORDON, in 1633.1 (Alexander STEWART Lord Garlies was born about 1609 3 and died 1638(dvp) 3.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret (Graham), married in 1633, to Alexander Lord Garlies, and had issue. Said to have been married, secondly, in October 1643, to Ludovic, fourteenth Earl of Crawford, who died without succession. Their son Henry Lindsay, alias Andrew Gray or Graym, attended the Scots College at Douay in 1657, but was dismissed on account of illegitimacy." Margaret next married Ludovic LINDSAY 16th Earl of Crawford, son of Henry LINDSAY of Caraldston, 13th Earl of Crawford and Margaret SHAW 'of Sauchie', before 5 October 1643.2 (Ludovic LINDSAY 16th Earl of Crawford was born about 1602 and died in November 1652 in The Hague, Holland 2.) Marriage Notes: "Ludovic (Lindsay), sixteenth Earl of Crawford, styled 'The Loyal Earl,' succeeded his brother, and sat in Parliament 28 August 1639. He was retoured heir to his uncle the eleventh Earl and to Colonel Henry Lindsay 24 August 1639. Having joined the royal army in 1641, he was imprisoned at Edinburgh for a short time, because of the 'Incident,' and after the battle of Lansdowne he was declared an enemy of religion by the Committee of Estates, 12 January 1644, and forfeited 26 July. He joined the Spanish army, and was at Badajos 23 June 1649. He is stated in the diary of Sir Edward Nicholas to have died at the Hague November 1652. He married before 5 October 1643 Margaret Graham, daughter of William, Earl of Airth and Menteith, and widow of Alexander Stewart, Lord Garlies. |
1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).
2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).
3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).
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