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Willem Hamilton Laird van MacKniersto-en-Sanquhar Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer van Scotland 1501–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Jan 1501

Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 Jan 1567

Death Location: Sanquhar Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander Cambuskeith

Mother: LADY 17GGM

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Willem Hamilton Laird van MacKniersto-en-Sanquhar Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer van Scotland was born in 1501 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Stewart Hamilton 17Ggf Sir Knight Laird Van Cambuskeith And Lady Marion Cunningham Cynghame 17Ggm. Willem Hamilton Laird van MacKniersto-en-Sanquhar Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer van Scotland passed away in 1567 in Sanquhar Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Willem Hamilton Laird van MacKniersto-en-Sanquhar Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer van Scotland was born in 1501 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Stewart Hamilton 17Ggf Sir Knight Laird Van Cambuskeith And Lady Marion Cunningham Cynghame 17Ggm.
  • Willem Hamilton Laird van MacKniersto-en-Sanquhar Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer van Scotland passed away in 1567 in Sanquhar Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Alexander Cambuskeith
1470–1568
Birth Location: Cambuskeith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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LADY 17GGM
1488–1564
Birth Location: Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Willem Scotland's Ancestors

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Willem Scotland
1501–1567
Birth Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Stewart-Hamilton 17GGF Sír Knight Laird van Cambuskeith
1470–1568
Cambuskeith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LADY (Marion Cunningham Cynghame) 17GGM
1488–1564
Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
Grandparents
Adam (de Cunynghame 18GGF Sir Knight 2nd Earl of) Caprington
1455–1506
Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
Isobel (Crawford 18GGM Lady of Kilbirne Castle, 2nd Countess de) Caprington
1470–1490
Kilbirnie Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Willem Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1501
14 Jan 1501
Birth of Willem Hamilton Laird van MacKniersto-en-Sanquhar Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer van Scotland in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1567
8 Jan 1567
Age 66
Death of Willem Hamilton Laird van MacKniersto-en-Sanquhar Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer van Scotland in Sanquhar Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1501
    Event Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1567
    Event Place: Sanquhar Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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