Dame Elizabeth Glencairn Alison

From A Genealogical And Heraldic Dictionary Of The Peerage And Baronetage Of The British Empire by Sir Bernard Burke Published 1869 Page 23

Archibald Alison. D.C.L., F.R.S., an eminent lawyer and historian, author of a standard book on the Criminal Law, and of a very celebrated History of Europe, and other works; was born at Kinley, Salop, Saturday, 29 December 1792. He was created a baronet, Friday, 25 June 1852; he was sheriff of Lanarkshire; he married Monday, 21 March 1825, Elizabeth Glencairn Tytler, youngest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler. late assistant quartermaster-general in Scotland, by his wife, Isabella Erskine, daughter of the Hon. James Erskine, Lord Alva, one of the senators of the College of Justice, a lineal descendant of the families of the Duke of Lennox, a branch of the royal Stuart family and Earls of March and had issue...

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler was second son of William Tytler, Esq. of Woodhouselee, younger brother of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, a senator of the college of justice, and uncle of Patrick Fraser Tytler, the historian of Scotland.

Worth Checking Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms NOTE: probably need to rule this out - different first names of both parents and birthplace but see findagrave below

• 17 October 1799 birth or baptism of Elizabeth Tytler, daughter of Peter Tytler and Elizabeth Erskine [child 2], in the parish of Stirling

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns NOTE: can't find with Tytler

• 20 March 1825 marriage or banns of Elizabeth Glencairn to Archibald Alison, in the parish of Edinburgh

From Scotland's People - Census 1861

7 April 1861 census: 2 people living in Maryhill, Lanark

• Archibald Alison, male, aged 68 [born about 1793]
• Elizabeth G Alison, female, aged 56 [born about 1805]

From Scotland's People - Deaths

1874 death of Elizabeth Glenc Alison, [maiden surname] Tytler, [Mother's maiden name] Erskine, aged 75 [born about 1799], registered district: St George

From Scotland's People - Wills and Testaments

• 23 November 1874 G Trust Disposition & S & Codicil & Separate Codicil of Elizabeth Alison, alias Glencairn, widow of Sir Archibald Alison, Baronet; court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills
• 23 November 1874 Inventory of Elizabeth Alison, alias Glencairn, residing at 7 St Colme Street in Edinburgh, widow of Sir Archibald Alison, Baronet; court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories
• 19 May 1875 Additional Inventory of Elizabeth Alison, alias Glencairn, residing at 7 Saint Colme Street in Edinburgh relict of Sir Archibald Alison; court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories

From 1874 Probate Search - Glencairn Page 2

1 December 1874 probate of Dame Elizabeth Alison or Glencairn dated 25 November 1874, of 7 St. Colme Street, Edinburgh, widow, who died 5 October 1874, probate granted (confirmation) at Edinburgh on 1 December 1874 to James Stuart Tytler of Woodhouse Lee, Writer to the Signet, George Michael Tytler, Secretary of the Bank of Scotland, and Peter Taylor Young, Auditor of the Sheriff Court, Glasgow, as Executors Nominate.

From findagrave - Elizabeth Glencairn Tytler Alison (1799-1874)

• Name: Elizabeth Glencairn Tytler Alison
• Born: Thursday, 3 October 1799, Stirling, Scotland
• Died: Monday, 5 October 1874 (aged 75), City of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Buried: Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Inscription:

Sacred to the Memory of Sir Archibald Alison, Bart DCL LLD, Sheriff of the County of Lanark, author of "The History of Europe during the French Revolution etc." Born Saturday, 29 December 1792, died Thursday, 23 May 1867

Erected by his widow, "In his works he liveth"

Elizabeth Glencairn, Lady Alison, wife of Sir Archibald Alison, and daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler, born Thursday, 3 October 1799, died Monday, 5 October 1874.