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Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant 1504–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 February 1579

Death Location: Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Colin Oliphant

Mother: Elizabeth Keith

Spouse(s): Katherine Leslie

Children(s): Anne Monteith

In 1504, Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant entered the world in Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Colin Oliphant And Elizabeth Keith. Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant married Katherine Leslie, and had children including Anne Monteith. Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant passed away in 1579 in Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant entered the world in Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Colin Oliphant And Elizabeth Keith.
  • Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant married Katherine Leslie, and had children including Anne Monteith.
  • Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant passed away in 1579 in Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Colin Oliphant
1487–1513
Birth Location: Aberdalgie Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Keith
1492–1549
Birth Location: Wick, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
EK

Spouses(s)

Katherine Leslie
1510–1602
Birth Location: Rothes, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Anne Monteith
–1644
Birth Location: –
AM

Alexander Oliphant's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Oliphant
1504–1579
Birth Place: Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Colin Oliphant
1487–1513
Aberdalgie Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Keith
1492–1549
Wick, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Oliphant's Descendants

1.
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Alexander (Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence) Oliphant (1504–11 February 1579) m. Katherine Leslie (1510–12 December 1602)
  1. 1. Anne Monteith –1644 m. Sir (Walter Dundas, 18th Laird of) Dundas 1569–1636
    1. 1. Isabel Dundas 1601–1670 m. John (Baron Torpichen) Sandilands 1593–1637
      1. 1. Baron (Walter Sandilands 6th Lord) Torphichen 1629–1696 m. Catherine Alexander 1630–1686
        1. 1. Walter Sandilands 1652–1694 m. Anne (Hamilton, Heiress of Belsyde and) Westport 1657–1733

Alexander Oliphant's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant in Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
1579
11 February 1579
Age 75
Death of Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant in Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 February 1579
    Event Place: Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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