Lord_Haliburton_of_Dirleton

Lord Haliburton of Dirleton

Lord Haliburton of Dirleton

Scottish Lordship of Parliament

See also: Earl of Dirletoun

Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (or Dirletoun) was a Scottish Lordship of Parliament created circa. 1450 for Sir Walter de Haliburton, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. The seat of Lord Haliburton was at Dirleton Castle in present-day East Lothian.

The last Haliburton of Direleton was Patrick, 6th Lord Haliburton, died c. 1506. His three daughters with Christine Wawane, Janet, Margaret and Mariotta were his heirs.[1] Janet married William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven in 1515, who subsequently gained the Dirleton lordship.

Lords Haliburton of Dirleton

References

  1. [1]
    Ewan, Elizabeth, & Meikle, Maureen M., ed., Women in Scotland, Tuckwell (1999), 169 & fn. 25.
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