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Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville 1532 – 1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1532

Birth Location: Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 May 1594

Death Location: Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: 🩵Lord Murray

Mother: 🩵Mary Campbell

Spouse(s): Sir Cambusnethan

Children(s): 🩵Jean Dunlop

Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) was born in 1532 in Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, Scotland, the child of 🩵Lord Patrick Murray and 🩵Mary Jane\Janet Campbell. Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) married Sir James John "Laird of the Plaids" 🩵Somerville, 3rd Baron Cambusnethan, and had children including 🩵Jean Somerville Dunlop. Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) passed away in 1594 in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) was born in 1532 in Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, Scotland, the child of 🩵Lord Patrick Murray and 🩵Mary Jane\Janet Campbell.
  • Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) married Sir James John "Laird of the Plaids" 🩵Somerville, 3rd Baron Cambusnethan, and had children including 🩵Jean Somerville Dunlop.
  • Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) passed away in 1594 in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

🩵Lord Murray
1506 – 1580
Birth Location: Falahill, Eddelston, Peebleshire, Scotland
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🩵Mary Campbell
1495 – 1543
Birth Location: Castle Balveny, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Cambusnethan
1518 – 1596
Birth Location: Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

🩵Jean Dunlop
1571 – 1645
Birth Location: Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Lady Somerville's Ancestors

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Lady Somerville
1532 – 1594
Birth Place: Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Parents
🩵Lord Patrick Murray
1506 – 1580
Falahill, Eddelston, Peebleshire, Scotland
🩵Mary (Jane\Janet) Campbell
1495 – 1543
Castle Balveny, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
🩵Margaret (Home) Hume
1473 – 1527
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Somerville's Descendants

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Lady (KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness) Somerville (1532 – 22 May 1594) m. Sir (James John "Laird of the Plaids" 🩵Somerville, 3rd Baron) Cambusnethan (1518 – 24 Apr 1596)
  1. 1. 🩵Jean (Somerville) Dunlop (1571 – 1645) m. 🩵James (13 of that Ilk) Dunlop (Abt 1570 – 1617)
    1. 1. JOHN (🩵DUNLOP 1st Laird of) Gankirk (1594 – Mar 1662)
      1. 1. 🩵James, (2nd Laird of Garnkirk DUNLOP 8th) GGF (1633 – 1695) m. 🩵Elizabeth, (of Bedlay 🩵 ROBERTOUNE 8TH) GGM (1633 – Aug 1695)
        1. 1. 🩵Katherine Dunlop (abt 1657 – bef 1757) m. 🩵William (Hart 7th) GGF (1653 – 1750)

Lady Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1532
1532
Birth of Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) in Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, Scotland
1594
22 May 1594
Age 62
Death of Lady KATHERINE Catherine 🩵MURRAY Baroness Somerville of Falahall (former mistress of King James V) in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1532
    Event Place: Philiphaugh, Selkirkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1594
    Event Place: Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
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