Walter Ross, 8th Lord of Balnagowan

1528 - On February 29, Patrick Hamilton, a Protestant martyr, was burned at the stake in St Andrews. Walter, eighth Laird of Balnagowan, was slain at Tain in 1528, possibly during a clan feud. He was succeeded by his son Alexander Ross, the ninth Balnagowan Chief of Clan Ross. The relics of St. Duthus/Duthac were stored at the Castle, when the Presbyterian Church of Scotland became established in the area.

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Sir David Ross, seventh Laird of Balnagowan, built the original wing and towers of the castle from fieldstone on the lands. David's first wife, Helen Keith of Inverguie, gave birth to four sons: (1) Walter, who became the eighth Laird; (2) William, who became the first Laird of Invercharron; (3) Hugh, who became the first of the Rosses of Achnacloich; and Angus, who married the daughter of William MacCulloch of Plaids. David's second marriage was to the daughter of the Duke of Albany.

The eighth Laird, Walter of Balnagowan, married Marion, the daughter of Sir John James Grant of Grant, and produced the following offspring: (1) Alexander; (2) Katherine, who married a magistrate of Tain; and (3) Janet, who married the fifth Lord Lovat. He was supposedly killed in a clan feud at Tain in 1528.

References

• The Scottish Antiquary: Or, Northern Notes & Queries, Volumes 3-4. “Line of Balnogown.” Page 10. GoogleBooks
• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...