Alexander Alexander, 5th Baron of Menstrie

V. ALEXANDER ALEXANDER, fifth ba∣ron of Menstrie, who is witness, with his grandfather, to a sasine of the lands of Men∣strie, in favours of Archibald earl of Argyle, the superior, proceeding upon a charter from king James V. wherein the lands of Men∣strie, Duslater, Pannols, Little-Saline, &c. are erected into one barony, called the barony of Menstrie,* and wherein he is de∣signed Alexander Alscinder junior, &c. The sasine is dated 19th April 1541.

This Alexander junior, is also attorney for the earl of Argyle to another sasine of the barony of Menstrie,* dated 31st of October 1542.

After the death of his father and grandfa∣ther, he was designed Alexander Alscinder of mains of Menstrie, and is particularly men∣tioned, with his brother John, in a sasine in favours of Colin earl of Argyle,* dated 7th October 1572.

He died in an advanced age, anno 1594, leaving issue a son and successor,

• VI. Sir WILLIAM ALEXANDER, sixth baron of Menstrie, afterwards earl of Stirling, who got a precept of clare constat from the earl of Argyle,* for insefting him in the mains of Menstrie, as heir to his father, dated 18th March 1596.

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• The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;. Douglas, Robert, Sir, 1694-1770.
• The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Part 1 (Google eBook) William Anderson Fullarton, 1863 - Heraldry. Page 105
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• Alexander Alexander, 5th Baron of Menstrie
• http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/21820536/person/19762801590
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alexander-4653

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Genealogy

Montgomery and Rowntree Families