Lord James Somerville of Drum, elder

JAMES SOMERVILLE OF DRUM elder

The Scots Peerage VIII; 28-30

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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5 April 1631: Pre-nuptial contract of marriage between James Somervell, eldest son of Hugh Somervell of Drum and Margaret Hamiltoun, his spouse, and Lilias Bannatyne, daughter of Mr James Bannatyne of Newhall, a Lord of Session, and Sibyl Cokburne, his spouse. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Kerr Family, Marquises of Lothian (Lothian Muniments), Somerville Writs, reference GD40/4/189

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11 November 1647: Tack by James Somervel of Drum and Lilias Bannatyne, his spouse, to Thomas Lawrie in Gilmertone and Isobel Abie, his spouse, of a house, garden and acre of land in Drumhill and Tedderings. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Kerr Family, Marquises of Lothian (Lothian Muniments), Somerville Writs, reference GD40/4/199

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[17 September 1651] Part of draft contract of marriage between James Somervell younger of Drum, son of James Somervell elder thereof and Lilias Bannatyne, his spouse, and Martha Bannatyne, daughter of John Bannatyne of Corhouse and Grissell Lockhart, his spouse. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Kerr Family, Marquises of Lothian (Lothian Muniments), Somerville Writs, reference GD40/4/200

Biographical Summary

"James, de jure ninth Lord Somerville, known like his father as Somerville of Drum. Born at Cowthally January 1595-96. . . . . . He died on 3 January 1677, and was buried in the Abbey Church of Holyroodhouse. He married, 26 April 1631, Lilias, second daughter of Sir James Bannatyne of Newhall, a Lord of Session. She died December 1675, aged sixty-seven, and was also buried at Holyrood."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. VIII, page 28-29

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