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Robert Blair 1567–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1567

Birth Location: Co, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1678

Death Location: Wigtownshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Blair

Mother: Lady Sempill

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In 1567, Robert Blair entered the world in Co, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Sir John Alexander Blair Of Blair 9Th Lord Of Blair And Lady Grissel Grace Sempill. Robert Blair passed away in 1678 in Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1567, Robert Blair entered the world in Co, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Sir John Alexander Blair Of Blair 9Th Lord Of Blair And Lady Grissel Grace Sempill.
  • Robert Blair passed away in 1678 in Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Robert Blair's Ancestors

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Robert Blair
1567–1678
Birth Place: Co, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Alexander Blair of Blair, 9th Lord of Blair
1547–1608
Blair Castle, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland
Lady (Grissel Grace) Sempill
1551–1609
Castle Sempill, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Alexander Blair, 8th Laird of Balthyock (later assumed the name Cochrane from) father-in-law)
1520–1603
Balthayock, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth de Haliburton Mercer of) Aldie
1535–1585
Scotland, Scotland
Robert ("The Great Lord", 3rd Lord Sempill Sempill\Sympil Lord) Sempill
1505–1573
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Lady of Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Carlyle \) Sempill
1510–1564
Carlisle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Mercer
1470–1547
Helen Chisholm
1484–1540
Lord Sempill
1485–1552
Lady Kilwinning
1487–1523
William Carlisle
1466–1525
Lady Maxwell
1466–1555
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Sempill
1465–1513
Lady Sempill
1468–1504

Robert Blair's Timeline

2 Records

1567
1567
Birth of Robert Blair in Co, Ayrshire, Scotland
Co, Ayrshire, Scotland
1678
1678
Age 111
Death of Robert Blair in Wigtownshire, Scotland
Wigtownshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1567
    Event Place: Co, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1678
    Event Place: Wigtownshire, Scotland

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