Sir James Halyburton

For other people named James Halyburton, see James Halyburton (disambiguation).

Sir James Halyburton or Haliburton of Pitcur was a Scottish landowner and politician.

Biography

He was the son of Sir George Halyburton of Pitcur and a great-nephew of James Halyburton, tutor of Pitcur.[1] In 1586 his father granted the lands of Thorngreen to James and his future wife Margaret, daughter of James Scrimgeour of Dudhope.[2] In 1617, as laird of Pitcur, he represented the barons of Forfarshire in the convention of Estates and the Parliament of Scotland.[3]

His children included James Haliburton of Pitcur, who married Maria, daughter of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe; William Haliburton of Pitcur, who married Marjorie, daughter of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk; George Haliburton of Keilour, who was the grandfather of Margaret Haliburton who married Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, and great-grandfather of James Halyburton who was commissioner for Forfarshire at the time of the Union; Magdalen Haliburton, who married John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk; and Margaret Haliburton, who married James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Coupar.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Halyburton2. stirnet.com. Accessed 21 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Sir James Balfour Paul ed., The Scots Peerage, volume III (1906) p. 313.
  3. ↑ Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland (1882) p. 168.