Robert Bethune (abt. 1595 - 1660)

Born about 1595 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Marion (Inglis) Bethune — married 8 Jan 1629 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1660 at about age 65 in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert, 1st of Bandon, was a Scottish landowner. Born about 1595, he was the second son of David Bethune, 12th of Balfour, and his wife Margaret Wardlaw.^[1]

On 8 Jan 1629 in Edinburgh he married Marion Inglis, daughter of a wealthy Edinburgh businessman named Thomas Inglis who had acquired the estate of Aithernie near Scoonie.^[1]

As a younger son, his fortunes were transformed by the marriage, which enabled him jointly with Marion to acquire in May 1633 the estate of Bandon near Markinch in Fife,^[2] with sasine registered to him and Marion on 30 Jul 1633. Their fortified house there is now a ruin. In addition, in 1635 he was able to buy the lands of Pilmure.^[3]

He and Marion had nine children, including :

1. David, 2nd of Bandon^[1]
2. William Bethune, an advocate who became laird of Craigfoodie.^[1]
3. Catherine Bethune in 1657 married Patrick Lindsay, 3rd of Wormiston, becoming the ancestress of the Earls of Lindsay.

He died in 1660.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Weisse, Mrs. John A, "A History of the Bethune Family, Translated from the French of Andre du Chesne, with Additions from Family Records and other available sources, Together with a Sketch of the Fanneuill Family, with whom the Bethunes have become Connected in America", New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding, 1884 p. 14
2. ↑ St Andrews University Library Call Number ms37860 Bethune of Balfour Papers 1511-1900 https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/ Disposition of the lands of Bandon by both Michael Balfours, elder and younger, of Bandon in favour of Robert Bethune, son of David Bethune of Balfour, 31 May 1633
3. ↑ Procuratory for the resignation of the lands of Pilmure in favour of Robert Bethune of Bandon by David Lindsay of Kirkforthar and others, 13, 15, and 29 Aug 1635

See also:

• "Genealogical collections concerning families in Scotland, made by Walter Macfarlane, 1750-1751", page 15 onwards https://digital.nls.uk/74466633

• "The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries", Vol. 8, No. 32 (1894), pp. 184-191 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25516696

• Images of Bandon in ruin