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Sir Lord William Ruthven 1500 – 1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 3 Dec 1552

Death Location: Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: William Ruthven

Mother: Catharine Buttergask

Spouse(s): Lady Haliburton

Children(s): Lady Ruthven

Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth was born in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of William Lord Ruthven and Catharine Buttergask. Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth married Lady Janet Halyburton Haliburton, and had children including Lady Baroness Lilias Ruthven. Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth passed away in 1552 in Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth was born in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of William Lord Ruthven and Catharine Buttergask.
  • Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth married Lady Janet Halyburton Haliburton, and had children including Lady Baroness Lilias Ruthven.
  • Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth passed away in 1552 in Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
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Catharine Buttergask
1483 – 1501
Birth Location: Buttergask, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Haliburton
1503 – 1543
Birth Location: Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
LH

Children(s)

Lady Ruthven
1526 – 1579
Birth Location: Montrose, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Sir Ruthven's Ancestors

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Sir Ruthven
1500 – 1552
Birth Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
William Lord Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Catharine Buttergask
1483 – 1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (William Ruthven, 1st Earl of) Ruthven
1455 – 1528
Ruthven, Perthshire, Schotland
Isabel Livingstone
1450 – 1532
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Ruthven's Descendants

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Sir (Lord William) Ruthven (1500 – 3 Dec 1552) m. Lady (Janet Halyburton) Haliburton (19 Apr 1503 – 23 Mar 1543)
  1. 1. Lady (Baroness Lilias) Ruthven (27 Jan 1526 – 7 Jul 1579) m. Sir (Lord David) Drummond, (12 Feb 1522 – 1571)
    1. 1. Patrick (Laird Sir 3rd Lord Drummond Perth) Drummond (1550 – 18 Dec 1611) m. Elizabeth (Lady Edzell Angus Scotland) Lindsay (1552 – May 1585)
      1. 1. Lilias DRUMMOND (1580 – 8 May 1601) m. Alexander (Lord of Seton, 1st Earl of) Dunfirmline (1555 – 16 Jun 1622)
        1. 1. Sophia (Seton) Lindsay (1590 – Mar 1640) m. Sir (Knight David, 1st Lord Lindsay, of) Balcarres (17 Mar 1587 – 31 Jan 1642)

Sir Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
1552
3 Dec 1552
Age 52
Death of Sir Lord William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven, 2nd Baron Sheriff of Perth in Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Dec 1552
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
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