John King of Warbuster

JOHN KING OF WARBUSTER

John King of Warbuster is the son of David King of Warbuster. Sir James Balfour Paul identifies him as the youngest son. He is reported to have settled in Sweden. The Scots Peerage, iii, p. 590

It would appear that David King of Warbuster sold the Warbuster estate on the Orkney island of Hoy to James Sinclair of Saba and that he never received payment. In a letter which appears to belong to 1668 his son James identified himself as a cousin of James Sinclair of Saba. NRS, GD106/123

Marriage

John King married Margaret Buchan, daughter of James Buchan of Auchmacoy.The Scots Peerage, iii, p. 590

Children

1. James King
2. James King of Warbuster
3. Henry King
4. David King
5. Margaret King

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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16 November 1667: Assignation by James King, son and heir of deceased John King, late of Warbuster, and nephew and administrator of the deceased Lieutenant General James King, Lord Eythen to James Maule of Melgond, in the county of Angus, of 2 bonds, dated 18 February 1644, by William, Duke of Newcastle, Charles, Viscount Mansfield, Henry, Lord Cavendish, and Sir William Carnaby, kt., to the said Lord Eythen. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the family of Fea of Clestrain, Orkney, reference GD31/88

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[1668]: Letter signed "James King" addressed to James Sinclair, younger of Seaba, his cousin regarding appropriation of a "small possession" in Hoy by the latter's father without count and reckoning National Records of Scotland, James Brown Craven bequest relating to local and ecclesiastical history on Orkney, reference GD106/123

Genealogy

Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage etc. Volume III (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1906), pp. 588-94 for the family of King of Barra and pp. 591-93 for Lord Eythin

Scots in Sweden

Lieutenant General James King seems to have had several relatives in Swedish service. One Thomas King had pay due as an officer in 1595. The General’s eldest brother, John King of Warbester was a Swedish officer and had two sons, both Swedish officers, James, the principal heir of his uncle, and Henry. Another brother, Major David King, distinguished himself at Donauwört in 1632 and fell at Nordlingen in 1634. Members of the main line of the family, King of Barra, also appear in Sweden during the second half of the 17th century. It appears from the General’s will that he had a half brother, William Sinclair of Seaby, whose son, David Sinclair, was a Lt. Colonel in Swedish service. Electric Scotland: Scots in Sweden