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Sir William Kirkcaldy Governor of Edinburgh Castle 1520–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland

Death Date: 03 Aug 1573

Death Location: Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Executed)

Father: Sir Kircaldy

Mother: Lady Melville

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In 1520, Sir William Kirkcaldy Governor of Edinburgh Castle entered the world in Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, born to Sir James Kirkcaldy Of Grange Lord High Treasurer To King James V Baron Of Kircaldy And Lady Janet Erskine Melville. Sir William Kirkcaldy Governor of Edinburgh Castle passed away in 1573 in Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Executed).

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Biography

  • In 1520, Sir William Kirkcaldy Governor of Edinburgh Castle entered the world in Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, born to Sir James Kirkcaldy Of Grange Lord High Treasurer To King James V Baron Of Kircaldy And Lady Janet Erskine Melville.
  • Sir William Kirkcaldy Governor of Edinburgh Castle passed away in 1573 in Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Executed).

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Sir Castle's Ancestors

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Sir Castle
1520–1573
Birth Place: Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland
Parents
Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange, Lord High Treasurer to King James V, Baron of Kircaldy
1500–1556
Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland
Lady (Janet Erskine) Melville
1495–1550
Raith Park, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
William Kirkcaldy
1501–1532
Sir (John Thomas Sherwood Melville II Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and) Melville
1505–1548
Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet Helen Napier Bonar of Melville de) Napier
1477–1548
Merchiston, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Kirkcaldy
1490–
Sir Melville
1460–1548
Janet Bonar
1465–1506
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Castle's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir William Kirkcaldy Governor of Edinburgh Castle in Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland
Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland
1573
03 Aug 1573
Age 53
Death of Sir William Kirkcaldy Governor of Edinburgh Castle in Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Executed)
Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Executed)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Grange, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Family History Books, The Melville Family of Utah; Author: Melville, Alton Crane
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Aug 1573
    Event Place: Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Executed)
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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