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Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley 1500–1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Auchreoch, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 12 Feb 1562

Death Location: Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Duncan Campbell

Mother:

Spouse(s): Janet Grey, Marion Campbell, Lady Hay, Jane Gray

Children(s): Archibald Campbell, Janet Johnstone, Duncan Campbell

Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was born in 1500 in Auchreoch, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Duncan Laird Glenorchy Campbell And Margaret Douglas. Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley married Colin Campbell, Jane Fraser Gray, Janet Gray Grey, Lady Isobel Hay, Marion Forrester, Marion Forrester Campbell, and had children including Archibald Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Edward Campbell, Janet Johnstone, John Campbell, Walter Campbell. Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley passed away in 1562 in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was born in 1500 in Auchreoch, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Duncan Laird Glenorchy Campbell And Margaret Douglas.
  • Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley married Colin Campbell, Jane Fraser Gray, Janet Gray Grey, Lady Isobel Hay, Marion Forrester, Marion Forrester Campbell, and had children including Archibald Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Edward Campbell, Janet Johnstone, John Campbell, Walter Campbell.
  • Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley passed away in 1562 in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Duncan Campbell
1455–1513
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Janet Grey
1500–1539
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
JG
Marion Campbell
1493–1527
Birth Location: Torwood, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MC
Lady Hay
1520–
Birth Location: Erroll, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
LH
Jane Gray
1494–1539
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JG

Children(s)

Archibald Campbell
1512–1551
Birth Location: Scotland
AC
Janet Johnstone
1525–1567
Birth Location: Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
JJ
Duncan Campbell
–1554
Birth Location: –
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Sir Burley's Ancestors

Self
Sir Burley
1500–1562
Birth Place: Auchreoch, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Duncan Laird Glenorchy Campbell
1455–1513
Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Burley's Descendants

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Sir (James Lawers Campbell Lord of) Burley (1500–12 Feb 1562) m. Janet ((Gray)) Grey (1500–October 1539) m. Marion (Forrester) Campbell (1493–31 Oct 1527) m. Lady (Isobel) Hay (1520–) m. Jane (Fraser) Gray (1494–October 1539)
  1. 1. Archibald Campbell 1512–1551 m. Lady (Elizabeth Ann Buchanan) (Campbell) 1511–1555 m. Agnes Ross 1520– m. Isobel (Grant of Freuchie) Grant 1517–1540
    1. 1. Duncan (Thomas Lord Glenlyon) Campbell 1539–1578 m. Anna Buchanan 1545–1637
      1. 1. Agnes Campbell 1563–1611 m. Duncan Campbell –1550
    2. 2. John Campbell 1540–1591
    3. 3. Patrick Campbell 1530–1592
    4. 4. Margaret (Elizabeth) Campbell 1530–1547 m. John (9th Laird Garthland MacDowall) 14GGF 1506–1547
      1. 1. Uchtred MacDowall 1568–1600 m. Euphemia Dunbar 1555–
        1. 1. Margaret (Catherine) MacDowall 1582–1659 m. Gilbert (Hugh) Kennedy 1568–
      2. 2. Florence (McDOWELL) (MACDOWALL) 1543–
      3. 3. Gilbert (McDOWELL) (MACDOWALL) 1547–
      4. 4. Helen (McDOWELL) (MACDOWALL) 1544–
    5. 5. Duncan (of Auchinbreck) Campbell 1535–1594 m. Mary Campbell 1552–1602
      1. 1. Dougald Campbell 1570–1641
    6. 6. Colin Campbell –1530
    7. 7. Lady (Marjory) Campbell 1540–1602
    8. 8. Alexander Campbell 1690–
  2. 2. Janet Johnstone 1525–1567 m. Rev (William Gillespie CRG 10GGF Burgess of) Stirling 1520–1567
    1. 1. Rev (John Patrick) Gillespie 1555–1587 m. Janet Gillespie 1557–1580
      1. 1. Rev (John Jean Patrick) Gillespie 1580–1627 m. Lilias Simson\Gillespie 1590–1657
        1. 1. William Gillaspie 1619–1648 m. Margaret Burne 1622–1659
        2. 2. Patrick (Gillespie, Min. of East Parish,) Glasgow 1617–1675
        3. 3. Christian Gillespie 1612–
        4. 4. Mary Gillespie –1669
        5. 5. Archibald Gillespie 1611–
        6. 6. Lilias Gillespie 1628–1697
        7. 7. Elizabeth Gillespie 1611–
        8. 8. George Gillespie 1613–1648
        9. 9. George (Lewis Gillespie) 10GGF 1613–1648 m. Lady (Margaret Catherine Murray -) Gillespie 1620–1675
  3. 3. Duncan Campbell –1554

Sir Burley's Timeline

18 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley in Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1500
1500
Birth of Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
1500
1500
Birth of Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley in Auchreoch, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland
Auchreoch, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland
1500
1500
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married
None
1500
1500-1517
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married
None
1510
Bef. 1510
Age 10
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married
None
1513
1513
Age 13
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married in Scotland
Scotland
1517
1517
Age 17
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married in Scotland
Scotland
1524
1524
Age 24
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married
None
1530
28 Sep 1530
Age 30
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married in Moray, Scotland
Moray, Scotland
1530
28 Sep 1530
Age 30
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married
None
1540
1540 or 1541
Age 40
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married in Perthshire, Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland
1541
1541
Age 41
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married in Perthshire, Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland
1541
1541
Age 41
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married
None
1562
12 Feb 1562
Age 62
Death of Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley in Kirknewton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Kirknewton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
1562
12 Feb 1562
Age 62
Death of Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
1562
12 Feb 1562
Age 62
Death of Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley
None
1870
1870
Age 370
Sir James Lawers Campbell Lord of Burley was married in Victoria, Australia
Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Auchreoch, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1500

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1500-1517

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Bef. 1510

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1513
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 Sep 1530
    Event Place: Moray, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 Sep 1530

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1540 or 1541
    Event Place: Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1541

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Drumlanrig
    Record Source: Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1562
    Event Place: Kirknewton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1562
    Event Place: Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1562
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories
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