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Alexander Dundas of Fingask

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Birthplace: Fingask, Perthshire, Schotland
Death: September 10, 1547 (44-53)
The Battle of Pinkney (Killed at Pinkie Cleugh)
Immediate Family:

Son of Alexander Dundas of Fingask and Isabel Oliphant
Husband of Elizabeth Bruce
Father of Archibald Dundas of Fingask; Margaret Dundas; Nicola Dundas; Janet Dundas Dundas; Adam Dundas and 5 others
Brother of Adam Dundas, of Oxmure in Berwickshire and Archibald Dundas

Occupation: Knight of St.John of Jerusalem, 1538
Managed by: Mike Dillon
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About Alexander Dundas of Fingask

ALEXANDER DUNDAS OF FINGASK

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

4 November 1513: Perth. Vicecomes respondebit pro 2 d. argenti per duplicationem albefirme terrarum baronie de Fyngask, regi debitam per sasinam datam Alexandro Dundas de eisdem 4 Novemb. a.r.l. RSRS: p. 522

Printed Evidence

Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Vol. XIV. 1513-1522. Edited by A. J. G. Mackay, MA. Oxon., LL.D. Edin., Honorary Fellow of King's College, London; Sheriff of Perth and Kinross. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1893), 836 pp. including index and corrigenda

Battle of Pinkie Cleugh

The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, sometimes known as the Battle of Pinkie, took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. The last pitched battle between Scottish and English armies, it was part of the conflict known as the Rough Wooing, and is considered to be the first modern battle in the British Isles. It was a catastrophic defeat for Scotland, where it became known as Black Saturday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pinkie_Cleugh

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Alexander Dundas of Fingask's Timeline

1498
1498
Fingask, Perthshire, Schotland
1530
1530
1542
December 15, 1542
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
1547
September 10, 1547
Age 49
The Battle of Pinkney
1556
1556
Culross, Perthshire, Scotland
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