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Alexander Hume 1530–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 August 1575

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Marches

Mother: Lady Ruthven

Spouse(s): Lady Home

Children(s): Margaret Holme

Alexander Hume was born in 1530 in Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Canmore Home 4Th Lord Of Home And Warden Of The East Marches And Lady Mariette Jeanette Halyburton Baroness Of Ruthven. Alexander Hume married Lady Margaretha Kerr Countess Home, and had children including Margaret Holme. Alexander Hume passed away in 1575 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Alexander Hume was born in 1530 in Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Canmore Home 4Th Lord Of Home And Warden Of The East Marches And Lady Mariette Jeanette Halyburton Baroness Of Ruthven.
  • Alexander Hume married Lady Margaretha Kerr Countess Home, and had children including Margaret Holme.
  • Alexander Hume passed away in 1575 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Alexander Hume's Ancestors

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Alexander Hume
1530–1575
Birth Place: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Canmore Home, 4th Lord of Home and Warden of the East Marches
1503–1549
Home Castle, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Mariëtte Jeanette Halyburton, Baroness of) Ruthven
1503–1564
Dirleton Castle, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander (Canmore Lord) Home
1490–1516
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mrs (David) Hume
1473–1528
Samuelston, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
John (II Stewart Earl van) Atholl
1478–1513
Balveny, Fifeshire, Schotland
Janet (Mary Jane) Campbell
1481–1546
Castle Glenorchy,Lorn , Argyllshire, Scotland
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Alexander Hume's Descendants

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Alexander Hume (1530–11 August 1575) m. Lady (Margaretha KERR Countess) Home (1540–9 January 1581)
  1. 1. Margaret Holme 1565–1627 m. George Keith 1553–1623 m. William (Earl Marischal Keith 4th Earl Marischal 2nd) LordAltrie 1553–1580 m. Sir (KEITH 4th Earl Marischal 2nd) LordAltrie 1553–1580
    1. 1. Lady (Anne) Keith 1586–1648 m. William (Douglas, 7th Earl of) Morton 1582–1648
      1. 1. Robert (Lord Douglas of Lochleven, 8th Earl) Morton 1562–1584 m. Lady (Jean Glamis) Lyon 1556–1610 m. Agnes (COUNTESS of Morton) Leslie 1542–1606 m. Lady (Jean) Lyon 1556–1594 m. Johanna Lyon 1565–1610
        1. 1. William (Douglas 9th Earl of) Morton 1580–1681 m. Lady (Anne Agnes Keith Dunottar, Countess of) Morton 1586–1648
      2. 2. Margaret Douglas 1606–1678
      3. 3. Anne Douglas 1604–1667
      4. 4. George Douglas 1620–
      5. 5. Isabel Douglas 1630–1673
      6. 6. James Douglas 1612–1686
      7. 7. John Douglas 1611–1650
      8. 8. Mary Douglas 1607–1659

Alexander Hume's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Alexander Hume in Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1575
11 August 1575
Age 45
Death of Alexander Hume in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 August 1575
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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