William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston

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William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston, (died 1592), was a Scottish lord of Parliament.

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Early life

William Livingstone was the son of Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston (c. 1500–1553) and his second wife, Lady Agnes Douglas, daughter of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton. His father, Alexander, was the guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her childhood.

Life

William became Lord Livingston in 1550, his elder brother John, Master of Livingstone was killed in 1547 at the battle of Pinkie. He was a Protestant. His sister Mary Livingston was one of the four attendants of Mary, Queen of Scots. He fought for Queen Mary at the battle of Langside in 1568.

His wife Agnes Fleming, became an attendant of Mary in England. [1] She came to Bolton Castle in August 1568, with two waiting women and eight male servants. She was travelling to Tutbury Castle in January 1569 when she fell ill at Rotherham, and Francis Knollys wrote that Mary "doth esteem (her) most dearly". At Tutbury, the Earl of Shrewsbury wrote that she, Mary Seton, and the queen, worked embroidery with his wife, Bess of Hardwick. [2] Agnes Fleming, Lady Livingston's servants in the household of Mary at Sheffield Castle were Nicol Fisher and her gentlewoman Christian Graham. [3]

Personal life

William married Agnes Fleming (born 1535), a daughter of Lady Janet Stewart (1502–1562) and Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (c. 1494–1547). Agnes Fleming's sister Janet Fleming had married William's brother, John Master of Livingstone. [4] William's children included;

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References

  1. Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 475.
  2. Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 475, 482-3, 613-4.
  3. Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 3 (London, 1791), pp. 52-3.
  4. Malcolm, David, Genealogical Memoir of the House of Drummond, (1808) p.75
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Alexander Livingston
Lord Livingston
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Succeeded by
Alexander Livingston