CARNEGIE, Robert 5th of Kinnaird, Sir ¹

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Appointed: Lord of Session, 4 July 1547. ¹ "On 4 July 1547 he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice by the Regent the Earl of Arran, with the title of Lord Kinnaird, and became a Privy Councillor at about the same time."

2. Sent: as envoy, 1548, England. ¹ "In 1548 the Regent sent Robert Carnegie to England as his special ambassador to treat for the ransom of the Earl of Huntly, who had been taken prisoner at the battle of Pinkie. In this mission he was entirely successful, and on his return Huntly, to show his gratitude, entrusted him with the custody of the Great Seal ; and when, in 1550, Robert went to Prance, Huntly granted him a discharge of all sums he had received for the Seal, and also assigned to him the profits and duties of the Great Seal until his return."

3. Sent: as envoy, 1550, France. ¹ "In 1550 the Earl of Arran sent Robert Carnegie as Ambassador- Extraordinary to the French Court to thank the King, Henri II., for rendering assistance to Scotland in the war against the English. He received for his travelling expenses £500 Scots.
Before going to Paris he had been one of the Commissioners for Scotland to conclude the peace with England."

Robert married Margaret GUTHRIE, daughter of Sir William GUTHRIE of Lunan and Unknown, before 12 June 1527.¹ (Margaret GUTHRIE was born about 1513 and died in April 1571 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Robert Carnegie) left his widow 'Executrix and onely intromissetrix with all his guddis and gair.' Sir Robert, who was buried in the church of Leuchars, was survived by his widow, who lived till April 1571, leaving a will, dated 10 of that month, in which she nominated her eldest son, Sir John, and her second son, David, as her executors. Sir Robert had married Margaret, a daughter of Guthrie of Lunan, prior to 12 June 1527, when he resigned the lands of Cookstoun for new infeftment in favour of himself and Margaret Guthrie conjunctly. Of this marriage there were eight sons and eight daughters"

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹

Robert next married.