George Lockhart of Tarbax

GEORGE LOCKHART OF TARBRAX

Commissary of Glasgow

Evidence from the Laing Charters

29 June 1614: Instrument of sasine in favour of George Lockhart, son of Allan Lockhart of Cleghorn and Grissel Bannatyne, of a tenement on the south side of the castle-gate of the burgh of Lanark. charter number 1710 on p. 413

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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27 July 1611: Extract Registered Contract between his said Robert Chancelar, and John Chancelar his son, and heir apparent, with consent of Agnes Symontoun, spouse to the said Robert, and of Gavin Hamiltoun of Roploch, and William Hamiltoun of Dalserf, at whose instance the said Robert Chancelar was interdicted, and also by James Stewart, portioner of Straebrock, for his interest, in the one part; and Allan Lockhart of Cleghorne, and Grizel Bannatyne, his spouse, on the other part; whereby the said Robert and John Chancelar, with consent forewaid, dispone to the said Allan Lockhart and his said spouse, and the longest liver of them two in liferent, for all the days of their lives, and to George Lockhart, their son and heir apparent, lawfully procreated between them, and the heirs male to be lawfully procreated of his body: which failing, the heirs and assignees of the said Allan, whomsoever, the said lands. Dated 27 Jul and [ ] Aug 1611. Registered in the Books of Council and Session 28 Nov 1612. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Chancellor family of Shieldhill, Lanarkshire, reference GD118/77

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29 January 1617: nstrument of Sasine following on the Precept contained in the above Charter (GD118/94), in favour of the said Allan Lockhart, and Grizel Bannatyne, in the liferent, and the said George Lockhart, in the fee, of the said lands. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Chancellor family of Shieldhill, Lanarkshire, reference GD118/95

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26 December 1650: Papers relating to debts owing to George Lockhart of Tarbrax, Commissary of Glasgow, and William Lockhart of Tarbrax, as sureties for Lockhart of Cleghorn, etc, including certificate of baptism of William, son of George Lockhart of Tarbrax, 26 December 1650; and letter from Mr. George Bennett, minister at Quothquan, acknowledging a payment, April 1654. Records of Scotland, Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, reference GD33/50/8

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"George Lockhart of Tarbrax was a son of Sir Allan Lockhart of Cleghorn. He married Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax daughter of Sir James Lockhart of Lee. They lived at Tarbrax Castle and had a son William Lockhart of Tarbrax and a daughter Anne, who became Countess of Aberdeen...

...From 1647 he was Commissioner of Glasgow in the Parliament of Scotland, according to the Lockhart papers in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS GD 33 & GD 118)...

...He is an ancestor of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, a member of the British Royal Family...

...Died October 1658."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'George Lockhart of Tarbrax', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 18 November 2012, 00:49 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Lockhart_of_Tarbra...> [accessed 27 November 2012]