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James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso 1529–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1529

Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1558

Death Location: Branxton, Northumberland, England

Father: JAMES Stewart

Mother: Lady Argyll

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In 1529, James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso entered the world in Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland, born to James 1St Earl Of Moray Ill Son Of The King James Iv Regent Of Scotland Stewart And Lady Elizabeth Isabel Campbell Of Argyll. James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso passed away in 1558 in Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • In 1529, James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso entered the world in Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland, born to James 1St Earl Of Moray Ill Son Of The King James Iv Regent Of Scotland Stewart And Lady Elizabeth Isabel Campbell Of Argyll.
  • James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso passed away in 1558 in Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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James Kelso's Ancestors

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James Kelso
1529–1558
Birth Place: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Parents
JAMES 1ST Earl of Moray (ill. son of the King, James IV) Regent of Scotland Stewart
1499–1544
Morayshire, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Campbell of) Argyll
1502–1550
Inverary, Argylleshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Margaret (Princess) Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Elizabeth Campbell*
1481–1567
Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland
James (4th Lord of Torrance Hamilton) *
1476–1540
Torrance, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Great-Grandparents
Archibald Boyd
1454–1507
Christian Mure
1456–1523
Robert Hamilton
1471–1543
Janet Goodman
1480–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Kelso's Timeline

2 Records

1529
1529
Birth of James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso in Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
1558
1558
Age 29
Death of James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso in Branxton, Northumberland, England
Branxton, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Branxton, Northumberland, England

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