Lord Haliburton of Dirleton
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[edit]
- Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1447)
- John Haliburton, 2nd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1452–1454)
- Patrick Haliburton, 3rd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1459)
- George Haliburton, 4th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1492)
- James Haliburton, 5th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1502)
- Patrick Haliburton, 6th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1506)
- Janet Haliburton, 7th Lady Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1560)
- de jure uxoris William Ruthven, Lord Ruthven and Dirleton
- Patrick Ruthven, 8th Lord Dirleton
- William Ruthven, 9th Lord Dirleton, attainted and executed 1584
References[edit]
- ^ Ewan, Elizabeth, & Meikle, Maureen M., ed., Women in Scotland, Tuckwell (1999), 169 & fn. 25.
- The Scots Peerage IX vols, Balfour Paul, Sir James, Edinburgh 1904