James Livingston (1616 - 1661)

Ancestors

Husband of Eupheme Cunningham — married 10 Dec 1639 in Scotland

Descendants

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Biography

James Livingston was born in Scotland.

James Livingston is Notable.

James was the younger son of William Livingston, by his second wife, Margaret Houston daughter of Sir John Houston of Houston.^[1] born on 25 Jun 1616.^[2]

He was a devoted Scottish Royalist who was raised to the peerage of Scotland as Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie in 1661.^[3] and also was laird of Barnelofets and Barncloich

On 23 April he was served heir male of his brother's grandson. Being a devoted loyalist he garrisoned Kilsyth Castle against Oliver Cromwell, for which and for other services he received from Charles II a letter of thanks dated 7 October 1650.

He was excepted from Cromwell's Act of Grace in 1654, and fined £1,500. After the Restoration he was on 17 August 1661 raised to the peerage of Scotland by the title of Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie. He died the following 7 September in London.^[4]

James Livingstone married Eupheme, daughter of Sir Robert Cunningham of Robertland. They had two sons, James, 2nd viscount, and William, 3rd and last viscount, who having engaged in the rebellion of 1715 was attainted of high treason, and died an exile in Holland in 1733. ^[4]

Of his two daughters, Elizabeth married General Robert Montgomery, fifth son of Alexander, 6th Earl of Eglinton, and Anne died unmarried.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org, pp. 190
2. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org, pp. 191-2
3. ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", London: Smith Elder & Co., 1903, Index and Epitome, Archive.org, p. 783
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Fetch, R. H., Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", London: Smith Elder & Co., 1903, Vol. XXXIII, Archive.org, p.397

See also:

• Wikipedia: James Livingston 1st Viscount Kilsyth.

• Wikidata: Item Q6138126, en:Wikipedia

• Clan MacFarlane: James Livingston

• The Peerage: James Livingston