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Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton 1554–1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1554

Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 Aug 1588

Death Location: Abernethy Churchyard Cemetery, Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: David Angus

Mother: Margaret Hamilton

Spouse(s): Mary Erskine, Margaret Leslie, Jean Lyon

Children(s):

The story of Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton began in 1554 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom. Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton married Jean Lyon, Margaret Leslie, Mary Erskine. Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton passed away in 1588 in Abernethy Churchyard Cemetery, Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton began in 1554 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton married Jean Lyon, Margaret Leslie, Mary Erskine.
  • Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton passed away in 1588 in Abernethy Churchyard Cemetery, Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Archibald Morton's Ancestors

Self
Archibald Morton
1554–1588
Birth Place: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
David Douglas 7th Earl Of Angus
1515–1557
Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Hamilton
1526–1596
Selkirkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Douglas Laird of Pittendreich,) Morayshire
1493–1552
North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Douglas
1490–1552
Pittendriech, Midlothian, Scotland
John (Hamilton of) Clydesdale
1496–1574
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Janet Home
1514–1558
Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Archibald Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1554
1554
Birth of Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
1588
4 Aug 1588
Age 34
Death of Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, de jure Earl of Morton in Smeaton, Fife, Scotland
Smeaton, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Jean Lyon's parents John 8th Lord Lyon & Elizabet

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Aug 1588
    Event Place: Smeaton, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Abernethy Churchyard Cemetery, Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom

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