William (Urquhart) Urquhart IVth Laird of Meldrum (abt. 1698 - 1775)

Born about 1698 in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Forbes) Forbes Lady Meldrum — married 24 Mar 1715 in Scotland

Husband of Anna (Scott) Scott Lady Meldrum — married 29 Oct 1745 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Husband of Isabella (Douglas) Douglas Lady Meldrum — married 29 May 1758 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1775 at about age 77 in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Biography

William (Urquhart) Urquhart IVth Laird of Meldrum is a member of Clan Urquhart.

William Urquhart was the second son of John Urquhart and Jean Campbell, daughter of Sir Hugh Campbell 5th of Cawdor or Calder.^[1]

William succeeded his father in 1726. He then succeeded to the Chieftainship of the Urquhart Family on the death of Colonel James Urquhart in 1741,^[2] when he then matriculated arms.^[3] William Urquhart, 21st of Meldrum, was the 4th Urquhart Laird of Meldrum. (of 10) by his great.great grandmother Elizabeth Seton, daughter and heiress of Alexander Seton, younger of Meldrum, who married John Urquhart of Craigfintray "Tutor of Cromarty" in 1610 and inherited Meldrum in 1635.^[4]

William married Mary, daughter of Sir William Forbes of Monymusk in 1715, the mother of Keith, the next heir of Meldrum, and his fifteen siblings. ^[5][6]

They had:

1. Jean.
2. Mary.
3. John.
4. Alexander.
5. Jean.
6. John.
7. William.
8. Adam.
9. John.
10. Edward.
11. Keith.
12. Patrick.
13. Mary.
14. James.
15. Elizabeth.
16. John.

He then married Anna Scott, who gave him the only surviving child of the union, a son Captain William Urquhart.

For his third spouse, William married Isabella Douglas, the daughter of George Douglas of Skelmuir and Whiteriggs in 1758, when he was sixty years old. Isabella bore William, at least, another four children, including the only son to survive childhood, George, who was the father of Beauchamp Colclough Urquhart, 7th Urquhart Laird of Meldrum. ^[7]

They had:

1. James.
2. Beauchamp.
3. George.
4. Tibella.

William Urquhart of Meldrum passed away on the 4th of July 1775 and was succeeded by his son, Keith Urquhart, 5th Urquhart Laird of Meldrum.^[8] Keith was the father of James Urquhart, 6th Urquhart Laird of Meldrum.

Sources

1. ↑ H Gordon Slade,"Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou, 1769-1841," Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 114 (1984); online archives, Archaeology Data Service (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_114/114_481_537.pdf): 27 September 2015, after p 18.
2. ↑ Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press. page 160.
3. ↑ link
4. ↑ Meldrum House
5. ↑ The Baronage Of Scotland". 2020. Freepages.Rootsweb.Com. Accessed March 9 2020.> Mary Forbes, pg 40
6. ↑ Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press. page 160
7. ↑ Scotlands People. (2019). National Records of Scotland. Church Marriage Registers.; Name: William Urquhart & Isabella Douglas ; Date: 29th May 1758 ; Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire ; Ref: 168/A 130 404. [online] Available at: Search Accessed 28 Sep. 2019. Document in the personal files of David Urquhart.
8. ↑ death notices in Aberdeen Journal, Notes and Queries, Volume 1. page 176

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q75967660
• Mean Speak and Doe Well Blogspot, Urquhart of Meldrum Coat of Arms Restoration
• Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press. page 133.
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