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Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford 1543–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 09 Jan 1581

Death Location: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Cessford

Mother: Lady Ferniehirst

Spouse(s): Lord Home

Children(s): Alexander Sir

Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford was born in 1543 in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, the child of Lord Walter Kerr Lord Of Cessford And Lady Isabelle Kerr Baroness Ferniehirst. Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford married Lord Andrew Andy Home 5Th Lord Of Home, and had children including Alexander Home Sir. Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford passed away in 1581 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford was born in 1543 in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, the child of Lord Walter Kerr Lord Of Cessford And Lady Isabelle Kerr Baroness Ferniehirst.
  • Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford married Lord Andrew Andy Home 5Th Lord Of Home, and had children including Alexander Home Sir.
  • Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford passed away in 1581 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

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Lady Cessford's Ancestors

Self
Lady Cessford
1543–1581
Birth Place: Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford
1510–1586
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabelle Kerr Baroness) Ferniehirst
1515–1585
Ferniehirst Castle, Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Sir Knight Andrew Kerr Ker (Carr), 7th Laird of Cessford, Lord of Ferniehurst 15th) GGF
1482–1526
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Crichton
1488–1543
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Sir (Andrew John, 8th Baron of Ferniehurst, Kerr) Lord
1500–1559
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Janet (Polswarth) Home) Hume
1483–1543
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cessford
1482–1545
*Patrick Cranston-Ridell
1460–1510
*Ellen Shaw\Crichton
1458–1541
Jeanette 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
1460–1543
Sir (Carr)
1471–1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cessford
1465–1500
Christian Rutherford
1465–1500
Patrick Polwarth
1450–1503

Lady Cessford's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Ker Baroness Home of) Cessford (1543–09 Jan 1581) m. Lord (Andrew "Andy" Home 5th Lord of) Home (15 May 1526–11 August 1575)
  1. 1. Alexander (Home ,) Sir 1566–1619 m. Mary Sutton 1586–1645 m. Margaretha Sutton 1586–1645 m. Lady (Anne (Stewart) Gordon Countess of Huntly &) Moray 1590–1674
    1. 1. Margaret Stuart 1607–1683 m. James (Thomas) Stuart 1608–1653
      1. 1. Mary (Ann Stewart Campbell, Countess) Argyll 1629–1668 m. Archibald (VI Campbell Hertog van Argyll Lord Lorne 9th Earl of) Argyll 1629–1685
        1. 1. Archibald Campbell 1658–1703 m. Elizabeth Campbell 1659–1735 m. Susan (Elizabeth Campbell (Cawdor)) Lady 1659–1690

Lady Cessford's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland
Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland
1581
09 Jan 1581
Age 38
Death of Lady Margaret Ker Baroness Home of Cessford in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Jan 1581
    Event Place: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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