KEITH
Earls Marischal and Earls of Kintore
FALCONER & KEITH-FALCONER
Earls of Kintore and Lords Falconer of Halkerton
BAIRD of Ury, Viscounts Stonehaven
Part 1
Sir William Keith, descended from a long line of Keiths, hereditary Great Marischals
of Scotland; per Cokayne, he died probably in Oct 1444; he m. Mary ___, said to
be dau of Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow; note that
Scots Peerage calls him 1st Earl Marischal, and says he d. before 16
Mar 1464; this page will follow Cokayne and call his son William the 1st
Earl Marischal; however, note that Cokayne, sub Forbes, says that Gille (3a below) was dau of 1st Earl Marischal
and his wife, Mary Hamilton
1a) Robert, dvp ca 1446; m.Janet Seton
1b) Janet; m.Andrew Gray, 2nd
Lord Gray (d.Feb 1514)
2a) Sir William Keith; he was probably cr before 1451
Lord Keith, and was cr 1458 Earl Marischal; he d.by 1483; m.Mary [Mariot, Muriel] said to be dau of 2nd Lord
Erskine; the Scots Peerage article on the Erskines
also lists that marriage though it says there is no clear proof that she was
dau of Lord Erskine
1b) William, 2nd Earl
Marischal, d.1526/7; m.1482
1c) Robert, Lord Keith,
d.before 22 Apr 1525; m.shortly before 8 Jan 1506
Elizabeth, dau of John Douglas, Earl of Morton
1d) William, 3rd
Earl Marischal, d.7 Oct 1581; m.by Jun 1538 Margaret Keith
1e) William, Lord Keith, d.Dunottar 9/10 Aug 1580; m.1543 Elizabeth, dau of George
Hay, Earl of Erroll
1f) George, 4th Earl
Marischal (1553-Dunottar Castle 2 Apr 1623); m.1st 1581 Margaret
(d.May 1598), du of Lord Home; m.2nd Margaret, dau of James Ogilvy,
Lord Ogilvy of Airlie
[by 1st
m.]:
1g) William, 5th
Earl Marischal, cr Baronet [S] 1625 (ca 1585-Dunottar Castle
1h) William, 6th
Earl Marischal (1614-Inverugie Mar 1671); m.1st 1637 Lady Elizabeth
Seton (
1i) William, Lord Keith (Tranent
2i) Mary; m.1st
3i) Elizabeth, d.Feb 1664;
m.1658 Robert Arbuthnott, 2nd Viscount Arbuthnott (d.16 Jun 1682)
4i) Jean; m.1669 George Ogilvy,
3rd Lord Banff (bap
5i) Isabel, d.1690; m.Sir
Edward Turnor (ca 1646-3 Dec 1721)
6i) Margaret (
2h) George, 7th Earl
Marischal, d.Mar 1694; m.6 Feb 1662 Lady Mary Hay (d.Fetteresso
1i) William, 8th Earl
Marischal (ca 1664-London
1j) George, 9th Earl
Marischal, attainted 1716 (
2j) Mary (May 1695-1721);
m.1711 John Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigton (ca 1673-10 Feb 1744)
3j) James, attainted 1716 (Inverugie
4j) Anne, d.1728; m.1718/9 Alexander
Stewart, 6th Earl of
3h) Sir Robert; some sources
suggest that he married and had issue, who, if true, would be heirs male of the
Keiths
4h) Alexander, d.by 1654
5h) John, cr 1677 Earl of
Kintore, Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall, d.12
Apr 1715; m.Tyninghame 24 Apr 1662 Lady Margaret
Hamilton (15 Jan 1641- ); the original
peerage had a remainder to heirs male of his body; in 1694 he resigned his
titles and received a re-grant extending the remainder to his brother George
and heirs male of George’s body, and then to heirs general of
John’s own body
1i) William, 2nd
Earl of Kintore, d.5 Dec 1718; m.1687 Hon. Catherine Murray (d.Kintore Jan 1726)
1j) Catherine Margaret (bap
2j) John, 3rd Earl
of Kintore (bap
3j) William, 4th
Earl of Kintore (bap 5 Jan 1702-Keith Hall 22 Nov 1761); on his death the right
to the earldom of Kintore devolved on 9th Earl Marischal (above),
and then later to the descendants of the 4th Earl’s sister
4j) Jean
2i) a son
3i) George
4i) Charles
5i) Jean; m.Sir William Forbes,
of Monymusk, 5th Bt. (d.ca 1720)
6i) Margaret; m.Gavin
6h) Mary; m.1632 John Graham,
Lord Kinpont (ca 1613-murdered
7h) Jean; m.Alexander Forbes,
Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (d.26 Oct 1636)
8h) Anne
2g) Anne, d.Kirkwall
3g) Margaret; m.ca 1615 Sir
Robert Arbuthnott of Arbuthnott (d.15 Mar 1633)
[by 2nd
m.]:
4g) James; m.Margaret Lindsay
1h) Margaret; m.by 1650 Sir
John Elphinstone of Elphinstone
2h)
3h) Anne; m.1652 Patrick Smith
of Braco
5g) Alexander (bap
6g) John
1h) Margaret; m.David Barclay
of Mathers
2h)
[illegitimate] Gilbert, legitimized 1587
2f) William, k. in
3f) Robert, dspl; m.NN
4f) John
5f) Christian [or Mary];
m.Robert Arbuthnott of Arbuthnott
6f) Barbara; m.Alexander Forbes
of Pitsligo
7f) Margaret; m.1st
Sir William Keith of Ludquhairn (see Part 2); m.2nd
Sir John Carnegie; m.3rd Sir William Graham
8f) Jean; m.James Gordon of
Haddo
2e) Robert, cr 1587 Lord Altrie, d.1592 [per Cokayne; though Scots Peerage says he
was living in 1594]; m.Elizabeth Lundie
1f)
2f) Margaret, d.Jan 1602; m.1st
John Erskine of Dun; m.2nd Sir John Lindsay (d.6 Jan 1609)
3e) John
4e) Annabel [Anne, Agnes?], d.Edinburgh
5e)
6e) Alison, d.Aug 1567; m.1550
Alexander Abernethy, 6th Lord Saltoun (d.Apr 1587)
7e) Mary; m.1575 John Campbell
of Cawdor (d.Feb 1591)
8e) Beatrix; m.1558 John
Allardice of Allardice (d.May 1596)
9e) Janet; m.by
10e) Margaret; m.John Kennedy
of Blairquhan
11e) Isobel, d.Aug 1595;
m.Alexander Strachan
12e) Barbara; m.Alexander
Forbes of Pitsligo
2d) Robert, d.Paris
1e)
[illegitimate] Andrew, cr 1584 Lord Dingwall
3d)
4d) Janet; m.6 Feb 1543 John
Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis (d.1558)
5d) Christian; m.Sir Robert
Arbuthnott of that Ilk
6d) Beatrice; m.Alexander
Fraser, yr, of Philorth (dvp 1564)
2c) William, k.a.Flodden
3c) Gilbert; m.Elizabeth, dau
of Lord Forbes
1d) George
2d)
4c) Alexander, of Pittendrum; m.Marion Lundie à Keiths
of Uras, of Ravelston and of Dunottar,
who claimed the hereditary Marischalcy in the 1800s
as heirs male
5c) David
6c) George
7c) Janet, d.1546/7; m.Dec 1515
William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose (d.24 May 1571)
8c) Elizabeth; m.1st
by 1 Mar 1505 Colin Oliphant, Master of Oliphant (k.a.Flodden
9c) Agnes; m.Sir Archibald
Douglas of Glenbervie
10c) Christian; contracted to
Walter Ogilvy of Craigboyne
2b) Anthony
3b) Robert
4b) John, of Craig à
issue, extinct in the male line 1795; one descendant was:
…..
1e) James KEITH, of Craig fl
1570; m.NN
1f) Robert, of Powburn; m.NN
1g) James [or George], of Powburn, cr Baronet [S] 1663, d.ca 1690; m.Grizel Graham; he may have also m. ___ Lammy
1h) James (bap 15 Jul 1663-
dvpsp)
5b) Alexander (1460- )
6b) Janet; m.1st by
16 Jan 1478 John Leslie, Master of Rothes (d.by 23 Jun 1481); m.2nd
shortly before 23 Jun 1481 Thomas Stewart, 2nd Lord Innermeath (k.a.Flodden 9 Sep 1513); Scots Peerage has her as dau of
the William Keith who married Mary [?Hamilton], but Cokayne,
sub Rothes, clearly call her dau of Mariot Erskine,
and the dates make this more likely
[?7b)
Burke’s says that Sir William Murray of Tullibardine (d.1525) married
Mary, dau of the 1st Earl Marischal; however, no such daughter is
listed in the Scots Peerage article on the Earls Marischal, and in the Scots
Peerage article on the Atholls no wife is named for
Sir William, though he had legitimate children]
3a) John
4a) Alexander
5a) Gille [Egidia]; m.James
Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes (d.1460/2)
Part 2: Keith of Ludquhairn
Sir William Keith, of Ludquhairn;
m.Lady Margaret Keith (above); Sir William is said to have been great-grandson
“of Andrew Keith, third son of Sir Gilbert Keith, of Innerugy,
who was himself grandson of John, second son of Sir Edward Keith, great marishal of
1a) Sir William, of Ludquhairn,
cr Baronet [S] 1629, with remainder to heirs male
whatsoever, d.before 1660; m.NN
1b) Sir William, dvpsp
2b) Sir Alexander, 2nd
Bt., d.ca 1680?; m.Margaret Bannerman
1c) Sir William, 3rd
Bt., d.ca 1700?; m. ___ Smith, later wife of Sir Robert Murray of Abercairny
1d) Sir William, 4th
Bt. (ca 1669-18 Nov 1749); m. ___ Newberry
1e) Sir Robert, 5th
Bt., d.14 Feb 1771; m.by 1751 Margarete Albertina Conradina
von Suchin; nothing more is known of his sons or any
collateral heirs, and since his death the title has been dormant
1f) Frederick William (
2f) Robert George (
Part 3: Falconer of Halkerton
Sir Alexander Falconer of Halkerton [Halkertoun],
d.1645/6; m.26 Dec 1594 Agnes Carnegie, sister of 1st Earl of
Southesk
1a) Sir Alexander, of Halkerton (ca 1595-1 Oct 1671), cr
1646 Lord Falconer of Halkerton [S], with remainder to heirs male whatsoever;
m.ca 1619 (sep. 1627) Hon. Anne Lindsay
1b) Alexander, 2nd
Lord Falconer of Halkerton (bap
1c) David, 3rd Lord
Falconer of Halkerton, d.Feb 1724
2c) Alexander, d.before
3c) James
4c) Jane; m.1st 1706
James Forbes of
5c) Helen, d.before
6c)
7c) Euphame; m.John Row
2b) Agnes, d.Mar 1708; m.George
Ogilvy, 2nd Lord Banff (d.Mar 1668)
2a) Sir David, of Glenfarquhar;
m.Margaret Hepburn
1b) Sir Alexander, of Glenfarquhar, cr Baronet [S] 1670, d.ca 1700?; m.NN; in
Complete Baronetage, Cokayne says that Sir Alexander was succeeded by his son
Alexander, who, he there says, also suc in 1724 as 4th Lord Falconer of
Halkerton; however, in Complete Peerage, he notes that possibly the son never
existed, and certainly never became Lord Halkerton, noting Corrigenda in Scots
Peerage; see footnote in CP
[1c) Alexander, said in some
early works to have suc as 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton; if he exitsed at all, though, he seems to have dvp young]
2c) Elizabeth; m.Sir Charles
Ramsay, of Balmain, 3rd Bt. (d.1695)
2b) Sir David, of Newton, d.15
Dec 1685; m.1st Elizabeth Nairn (bur
[by 1st
m.]:
1c) Alexander (
[by 2nd
m.]:
2c) Margaret (
3c) Mary (
4c) David, 4th Lord
Falconer of Halkerton (May 1681-24 Sep 1751); m.ca 1703 Lady Catherine Margaret
Keith (see Part 1, above), dau of 2nd Earl of Kintore
1d) Alexander, 5th
Lord Falconer of Halkerton (ca 1707-5 Nov 1762); m.25 Jun 1757 Frances
Mackworth (
2d) William, 6th
Lord Falconer of Halkerton, d.12 Dec 1776; he m. a
woman from
1e) Anthony Adrian, 7th
Lord Falconer of Halkerton; in 1778, on the death of the attainted Earl
Marischal, he suc as 5th Earl of Kintore and also suc to many of the
Keith estates, and took the surname KEITH-FALCONER; he d.30 Aug 1804; m.by 1766
Christina Elisabeth Sighterman
1f) William,
6th Earl of Kintore (
1g) Anthony Adrian, 7th
Earl of Kintore (
1h) William Adrian, Lord Inverurie (
2h) Isabella Catherine (
3h) Francis Alexander, 8th
Earl of Kintore (
1i) Algernon Hawkins Thomond, 9th
Earl of Kintore (
1j) Ethel Sydney, 11th
Countess of Kintore (
2j) Hilda Madeleine (
3j) Ian Douglas Montagu, Lord Inverurie (
4j) Arthur George, 10th
Earl of Kintore and 12th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (
2i) Dudley Metcalfe Courtenay (
3i) Ian Grant Neville (
4i) Madeleine Dora (
5i) Blanche Catherine (
6i) Arthur (
7i) Maude (
4h) Charles James (
1i) Diana Mary (
2i) Cecil Edwards (
3i) Charles Adrian (
1j) Adrian Wentworth (
4i)
5i) Ida Madaleine
(
6i) Victor Francis Alexander (
7i) Evelyn Millicent (
8i) Violet Katherine (
9i) Sybil Blanche, d.15 Apr
1966, aged 88; m.7 Feb 1911
2g) Mary (
3g) Alexander (
4g) William (
1h) Dora (
2h) Adrian William, of Monkrigg (12 Feb 1837-10 Feb 1887)
2f) Sibella (
3f) Maria Rembertina
(
4f) Catherine Margaret (
5f) Francina Constantia (
6f) Jean (
7f) Christian Elizabeth (
8f) Helen (
2e) William, k.a.
3e) Charles
3d) David, d.4 Sep 1775; m. ___
Lamplugh
4d) John; m. ___ Nairn
5d) George, d.3 May 1780; m.
Mrs Hannah Hardy, née Ivie
1e) George
6d) Catherine, d.1 Dec 1748
7d) Jean, d.16 Feb 1797;
m.James Falconer (d.Dec 1779)
8d) Mary, d.27 Sep 1775
9d) Marjory, d.18 Nov 1787;
m.28 Apr 1759 George Norvell
5c) Alexander (Jun 1682-Jul
1745); m.by Aug 1722 Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll (d.19 Aug
1758)
6c) Catherine (
7c)
8c) George (
3a) Sir John; m.1st Sibil
Ogilvy (d.4 Dec 1634); m.2nd Esther Briot à
10 children
4a) Sir Patrick
5a) Margaret, d.before
6a) Agnes; m.1st Alexander Keith of Benholm (d.1634); m.2nd 1634 John, Master of
Forrester
7a) Jean; m.1637 John Grant of Moyness
Part 4: Baird of Elie and Ury
Alexander Baird, of Lochwood (
1a) William, of Elie (
1b) Alexander
2b) William, of Elie (1848-29
Jun 1918); m.1883 Caroline Muriel Burn Callander (d.Dec 1932)
1c) William James (
2c) Ethel Mary (
3c) Janet Muriel, d.15 Jul 1960;
m.7 Aug 1926 Henry Cecil Noel (
3b) John George Alexander, of Muirkirk (
1c) Edith Christian BROUN, later
BROUN-LINDSAY, of Colstoun; m.26 Jul 1921 George
Humphrey Maurice Lindsay, later Broun-Lindsay (
2c) Mary Janet; m.24 Jan 1925
Richard A Dowing-Fullerton
4b) James Douglas (1856-17 Feb
1910)
5b) Henry Robert (1861- )
6b) Edward William David, of Exning House (1864-
); m.Oct 1893 Millicent Bessie Clarke à 4 sons, 3 daus
7b) Jane, d.26 Jun 1916; m.1862
James George Hay, of Belton
8b) Janet Ann, d.1868
9b)
10b) Mary Elizabeth; m.30 Jun 1880
Frederick Gordon Blair, of Blair (
11b) Cecilia Margaret; m.6 Jul
1886 Henry Burn-Callander, of Prestonhall
2a) John, of Ury [Urie], Fetteresso, and Lochwood (
1b) Sir Alexander, of Ury, cr Baronet 1897 (
1c) Sir John Lawrence, 2nd
Bt., cr 1925 Baron Stonehaven, of Ury,
cr 1938 Viscount Stonehaven (
1d) Annette Sydney Helen Mary (
2d) James Ian BAIRD, later
KEITH, 12th Earl of Kintore, 2nd Viscount Stonehaven and 3rd Baronet (
1e) Diana Elizabeth Virginia
Sydney, b.22 Jun 1937; m.20 Jul 1957 John Francis Holman (d.3 Feb 2015)
2e) Michael Canning William
John Keith, 13th Earl of Kintore (
1f) James William Falconer
Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore, b.15 Apr 1976; m.8 Apr 2006 Carrie
Fiona Paxton
1g) Tristan Michael Keith, Lord
Inverurie, b.2010
2f)
3e) Alexander David Keith, b.21
Apr 1946
3d) Robert Alexander Greville
BAIRD (
4d) Ariel Olivia Winifred (
5d) Hilda Ava Fiona Nancy Baird
(
2c) Evelyn Margaret (
3c) Alexander Walter Frederick (
1d) Alexander William Bertie
Gordon (
4c) Janet Norah (
5c) Edith Annette (
6c) Nina Isabel (
7c) Muriel Jane (
2b) John, of Lochwood
(
1c) James Alexander (
2c) Hugh William (
3c) Jean Edith, d.12 Dec 1937; m.30
Aug 1906 Thomas Algernon Raikes (d.Dec 1950)
4c) Margaret Ina
3b) Janet
Findlay (
3a) Alexander, of Urie (
4a) James, of Auchmeddon and Cambusdoon (
5a) Robert, of Auchmedden (
6a) Douglas, of Closeburn (
1b) Jane Isabella, d.27 Apr 1943;
m.20 Jul 1869 Frederick Ernest Villiers (
2b) Charlotte Marion, d.30 Jan
1937; m.12 Jul 1869 Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen (
7a) George, of Stichill and Strichen
(
1b) George Alexander, of Stichill,
Strichen and Auchmedden (
8a) David, of Stichill (1816-1860)
9a) Janet; m.1st Alexander Whitelaw (d.10 Aug
1826); m.2nd
10a) Jean, d.6 Oct 1882; m.6 Dec 1831 Thomas Jackson (d.8
Jul 1863)