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KEITH, John 4th of Ludquharn, Sir
(About 1483-1513)
GORDON, James of Lesmoir
(About 1480-1558)
STEWART, Margaret
(About 1492-After 1541)
KEITH, Gilbert 5th of Ludquharn
(About 1512-)
GORDON, Margaret
(About 1519-)
KEITH, William apparent of Ludquharn, Sir
(About 1554-Before 1585)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. KEITH, Margaret

KEITH, William apparent of Ludquharn, Sir 1 3

  • Born: About 1554
  • Marriage (1): KEITH, Margaret 1 2
  • Died: Before 8 June 1585 3

   Another name for William was KEITH, William younger, of Ludquharn.2

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  General Notes:

"1576, July 21. - When William Keith of Ludquharn, with the consent of George Gordon of Creichie, his curator, raised an action in the Aberdeen Sheriff Court against Andrew Robertson, it was pleaded that George Gordon of Creichie had 'no place nor persoun to stand in jugement to persew this action, nor yet gif his consent to persew the same, in respect he is denuncit our soueran lords rebell and put to his Grace home'. The pursuer Keith was now of age, so Gordon's name was struck out of the action (Privy Council Register, i., 248)."

"On January 20, 1586-87, Harry Gordon of Tulloch relieves a cautioner, William Keith of Ludquharn for David
Craik (Privy Council Register)."

from House of Gordon


" (George Keith 4th Earl) Marischal had William Keith son of the Laird of Ludquharn killed."

from Politics and Protestant Lordship 1 4


William married Margaret KEITH, daughter of William KEITH Master of Marischal and Elizabeth HAY.1 2 (Margaret KEITH was born about 1558 and died by 1609 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"(5) Margaret (daughter of William Keith, Master of Marischal), married, first, to William Keith, younger of Ludquharn; secondly, to Sir John Carnegie of Kinnaird ; thirdly, to Sir William Graham of Braco."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)




"Sir John married, secondly, Margaret Keith, daughter of William, Master of Marischal, widow of William Keith, younger of Ludquharn ..."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8)< 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, Politics and protestant Lordship in North East Scotland during the reign of James VI: The life of George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal, 1554-1623 by Miles Kerr-Peterson (2016) PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).

4 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907).

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