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Lord John Bruce 1547 – 1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Sep 1547

Birth Location: Castlestead Castle, Motntrose, Angusshire, Scotland

Death Date: 30 November 1631

Death Location: Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Livingstone

Mother: Lady Livingston

Spouse(s): Lady Drummond, Elizabeth Kerse

Children(s): John Graham, Catherine Graham, Lady Graham, Margaret Bruce, Anna Matthisone, Robert Bruce

Born in 1547 in Castlestead Castle, Motntrose, Angusshire, Scotland, Lord John Bruce 3rd Earl of Montrose, Right Honorable High Commissioner, Knight was the child of Sir Alexander Bruce, 5th Lord of Livingstone and Lady Janet Livingston. In time, Lord John Bruce 3rd Earl of Montrose, Right Honorable High Commissioner, Knight married Lady Jean Agnes Drummond and Elizabeth Menteith of Kerse, and they raised a family that included John Fleming Graham, Catherine Graham, Lady Lillias Katherine Graham, Margaret Bruce, Anna Matthisone and Robert Bruce. Lord John Bruce 3rd Earl of Montrose, Right Honorable High Commissioner, Knight died in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland in 1631.

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Parents

Sir Livingstone
1530 – 1600
Birth Location: Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
SL
Lady Livingston
1535 – 1600
Birth Location: Callendar, Stirlingshire, Scotland
LL

Spouses(s)

Lady Drummond
1550 – 1609
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LD
Elizabeth Kerse
Birth Location: –
EK

Children(s)

John Graham
1564 – 1626
Birth Location: Kincadine, Fife, Scotland
JG
Catherine Graham
1568 – 1605
Birth Location: Castlestead Castle, Montrose, Angusshire, Scotland
CG
Lady Graham
1570 – 1608
Birth Location: Castlestead Castle, Motntrose, Angusshire, Scotland
LG
Margaret Bruce
1588 – 1650
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
MB
Anna Matthisone
1588 – 1645
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
AM
Robert Bruce
Birth Location: –
RB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 Sep 1547
    Event Place: Castlestead Castle, Motntrose, Angusshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 November 1631
    Event Place: Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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