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Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant 1487–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1487

Birth Location: Gask, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 September 1513

Death Location: Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Father: King Ilegitimate,

Mother: Lady Palace,

Spouse(s): Lady Montrose, Lady Montrose, Janet *

Children(s): Baron Oliphant, Margaret Sandilands, William Oliphant, Peter Oliphant, Lady Calder, Lawrence Smith, Alexander Castle, Margaret Sandilands, William Newton, Peter Oliphant, Lady Calder, Alexander Castle

The story of Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant began in 1487 in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant married Janet Graham, Lady Elizabeth Keith Countess Of Montrose, and had children including Alexander Oliphant Lord Of Kellie Castle, Baron Lawrence Oliphant 3Rd Lord Of Oliphant, Lady Margaret Sandilands Of Calder, Lawrence Oliphant Smith, Margaret Sandilands, Peter Oliphant, William Oliphant, William Oliphant 1St Of Newton. Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant passed away in 1513 in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant began in 1487 in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland.
  • Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant married Janet Graham, Lady Elizabeth Keith Countess Of Montrose, and had children including Alexander Oliphant Lord Of Kellie Castle, Baron Lawrence Oliphant 3Rd Lord Of Oliphant, Lady Margaret Sandilands Of Calder, Lawrence Oliphant Smith, Margaret Sandilands, Peter Oliphant, William Oliphant, William Oliphant 1St Of Newton.
  • Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant passed away in 1513 in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

King Ilegitimate,
1499–1545
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Moray, Scotland
KI
Lady Palace,
1502–1544
Birth Location: Inverary, Argylleshire, Scotland
LP

Spouses(s)

Lady Montrose
1490–1549
Birth Location: Dunnottar Castle, Caithness, Scotland
LM
Lady Montrose
1490–1549
Birth Location: Dunnotar Castle, Carronhill, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
LM
Janet *
1494–1547
Birth Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland
J*

Children(s)

Baron Oliphant
1506–1566
Birth Location: Calder, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
BO
Margaret Sandilands
1507–1566
Birth Location: Calder, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
MS
William Oliphant
1512–1566
Birth Location: Newton, Scotland, United Kingdom
WO
Peter Oliphant
1511–1594
Birth Location: Scotland
PO
Lady Calder
1507–1566
Birth Location: Calder, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
LC
Lawrence Smith
1506–1566
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
LS
Alexander Castle
1504–1579
Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, England
AC
Margaret Sandilands
1507–1566
Birth Location: Calder, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
MS
William Newton
1512–1593
Birth Location: Newton, Scotland
WN
Peter Oliphant
1510–1594
Birth Location: Scotland
PO
Lady Calder
1507–1566
Birth Location: Calder,Edinburgh, Scotland
LC
Alexander Castle
1504–1579
Birth Location: Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
AC

Sir Oliphant's Ancestors

Self
Sir Oliphant
1487–1513
Birth Place: Gask, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
King James V Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland, Ilegitimate,
1499–1545
Edinburgh, Moray, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion Campbell Stewart , Countess Montrose, 2nd Earl of Atholl) Palace,
1502–1544
Inverary, Argylleshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (IV Stewart, King of) Scotland,
1473–1513
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Janet Jane Kennedy Bothwell, King's) Mistress
1476–1543
Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
Hugh (Loudon Campbell Sheriff of) Ayrshire
1470–1513
North Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabel*) Wallace
1465–1529
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John *+18ggf\
1454–1508
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1444–1500
Coileáin Campbell
1433–1493
Isabel Campbell
1437–1510
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Oliphant's Descendants

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Sir (Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of) Oliphant (1487–9 September 1513) m. Lady (Elizabeth Keith, Countess of) Montrose (1490–25 Nov 1549) m. Lady (Elizabeth Keith, Countess of) Montrose (1490–1549) m. Janet (Graham) * (1494–25 Aug 1547)
  1. 1. Baron (Lawrence Oliphant, 3rd Lord of) Oliphant 1506–1566 m. Margaret Sandilands 1507–1566 m. Margaret Oliphant 1500–1566
    1. 1. *Laurence (Oliphant, 4th Baron Oliphant of Newton and Thrumster) Lord 1523–1593 m. Ann (Margaretha Hay, Countess Van) Angus 1535–1595 m. Mary (Marjorie) Rollo 1520–1625 m. Sarah Oliphant 1535–1593 m. Christian Douglas 1550–1598 m. William Douglas 1552–1611
      1. 1. Countess (Elizabeth Oliphant of Angus) Offutt 1558–1618 m. Sir (William Archibald de Douglas II, 10th Earl of) Angus 1554–1611 m. Alexander (Livingstone, 7th Lord of Callendar, 1st Earl of Linlithgow Sir \) Baron 1557–1648
        1. 1. Sir (William Douglas III, 11th Earl of Angus, Marquis of Douglas,) III 1589–1660 m. Lady (Mary) Gordon 1610–1674 m. Margaretha (Hamilton) (Douglas) 1585–1623 m. Lady (Anna Keyth of Keith and Altrie, Countess of Morton, Duchess of) Queensbury 1585–1648
        2. 2. Lady (Catherine Kerr nee DOUGLASS) Lady 1586–1608
        3. 3. Robert (Douglas) Campbell 1575–1657
        4. 4. Alexander Douglas 1562–1618
        5. 5. Sir (William Douglas Hamilton, 11th Earl of Angus, 1st Marquis of) Douglas 1589–1660
        6. 6. Francis (Douglass Lord of) Sandilands) 1592–1650
        7. 7. Lady (Margaret Elisabeth Campbell nee) Douglas 1589–1640
        8. 8. Lady (Elizabeth) Douglas 1574–1640
        9. 9. Sir (Francis Douglas) Sandilands 1591–1611
        10. 10. Lady (Mary (Ershine) Livingston Hamilton Douglas, Dowager of Linlithgrow, Countess of) Linlithgrow, 1578–1648 m. Alexander (Livingstone, 7th Lord of Callendar, 1st Earl of Linlithgow Sir \) Baron 1557–1648
        11. 11. Sir (James Douglass 1st Lord) Mordington 1591–1656
        12. 12. Lady (Anna Agnes Mary Campbell McCall Miller) Douglas 1586–1647
        13. 13. Sir (William Douglas Hamilton, 11th Earl of Angus, 1st Marquis of) Douglas 1568–1659
        14. 14. James (Douglas 1st Lord Mordington, Earl of Angus, Marquis of) Douglas 1599–1656
        15. 15. Patrick Campbell 1592–1678
        16. 16. Margaret (S.) Douglas 1571–1615
        17. 17. Elizabeth Douglas 1588–1611
        18. 18. *Archibald Douglas 1576–1640
        19. 19. *Margaret (Elizabeth) Douglas 1595–1611
        20. 20. Francis Douglas 1592–1650
      2. 2. Elizabeth Oliphant 1558–1619
      3. 3. William Oliphant 1552–
      4. 4. Katherine Oliphant 1551–
      5. 5. Mary Oliphant 1560–1632
      6. 6. John (*Master Oliphant of) Newtyle 1555–1603
      7. 7. Laurence Oliphant 1558–1584
      8. 8. Margaret (Euphemia Janet Charlotte Alexandrina) Oliphant 1555–1624
      9. 9. Jean Keith 1551–1603
      10. 10. Patrick Oliphant 1558–1635
    2. 2. John (Bruce 4th of) Auchenbowie 1530–1624
    3. 3. Sir (Laurence Oliphant, 4th Earl of) Oliphant, 1527–1605
    4. 4. Peter (Laugton) Oliphant 1550–1600
    5. 5. Lady (Margaret Euphemia Janet Charlotte Alexandrina) Oliphant 1526–1580
    6. 6. George Dundas 1519–1602
    7. 7. Jean Oliphant 1530–1624
    8. 8. William Oliphant 1526–1593
    9. 9. Alexander (Bruce 1st of Halls of) Airth –1604
    10. 10. Sir (Lawrence Oliphant, 3rd Lord of Oliphant, Baron of Newton and of Thrumster, Earl of Newton and) Thurmster 1535–1605
    11. 11. Walter (Oliphant) Smith 1523–1567
    12. 12. Frances Oliphant 1526–1593
    13. 13. Elizabeth (Leslie) Oliphant 1535–1596
    14. 14. Barbara (Smyth) Mill 1526–1580
    15. 15. Lady (Catherine (Katherine) Oliphant ^* (m.) Dundas) 1534–1612
    16. 16. Anna Oliphant 1545–1593
    17. 17. Peter (Laugton Oliphant of) Turin 1542–1594
    18. 18. Walter (Oliphant) Smith 1523–1641
    19. 19. William Oliphant 1545–1593
    20. 20. Lillias Oliphant 1541–1588
    21. 21. Frances Oliphant 1545–1593
    22. 22. Lady (Margaret Oliphant, of) Oliphant 1533–1566
    23. 23. Walter (Oliphant) Smith 1523–1566
  2. 2. Margaret Sandilands 1507–1566
  3. 3. William Oliphant 1512–1566
  4. 4. Peter Oliphant 1511–1594
  5. 5. Lady (Margaret Sandilands, Of) Calder 1507–1566
  6. 6. Lawrence (Oliphant) Smith 1506–1566
  7. 7. Alexander (Oliphant , Lord of Kellie) Castle 1504–1579
  8. 8. Margaret Sandilands 1507–1566
  9. 9. William (Oliphant 1st of) Newton 1512–1593
  10. 10. Peter Oliphant 1510–1594
  11. 11. Lady (Margaret Sandilands, of) Calder 1507–1566
  12. 12. Alexander (Oliphant , Lord of Kellie) Castle 1504–1579

Sir Oliphant's Timeline

2 Records

1487
1487
Birth of Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland
Gask, Perthshire, Scotland
1513
9 September 1513
Age 26
Death of Sir Colin Robert Oliphant III, 4th Lord of Erskine of Mar, Master of Oliphant in Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England
Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1487
    Event Place: Gask, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Ayr, & Stirling: - Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie, Register of Testaments, 1564-1800

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothia, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Poll Tax Returns, 1694

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 September 1513
    Event Place: Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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