Margaret Napier, Lady of Kilmahew

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Margaret Napier, Lady of Kilmahew

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Napier of Kilmahew and Lilias Colquhoun
Wife of Patrick Maxwell of Newark and John Cunningham, 11th Earl of Glencairn
Mother of George Napier of Kilmahew; Cornet Patrick Maxwell; Elizabeth Maxwell; Lilias Maxwell; Margaret Maxwell and 1 other
Sister of Catherine Napier

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About Margaret Napier, Lady of Kilmahew

MARGARET NAPIER

The Lady of Kilmahew

Margaret Napier is the daughter of John Napier of Kilmahew and his wife Lilias Colquhoun. Napier Notices, pp. 11-14

First Marriage

Margaret Napier married Patrick Maxwell of Newark. Napier Notices, p. 14 According to Clan MacFarlane she married John Maxwell of Newark but this is wrong. Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy: Margaret Napier Darryl Lundy follows this error, citing MacFarlane as the source of his information. Darryl Lundy's Peerage: Margaret Napier

Second Marriage

Margaret Napier married John, Earl of Glencairn. Napier Notices, p. 14

Genealogy

  1. Genealogical Notices of the Napiers of Kilmahew in Dumbartonshire (Glasgow, 1846), 39 pp. plus MSS genealogy on the endpapers
  2. The Book of Dumbartonshire, A History of the County, etc. (W. and A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London, 1897), 407 pp. See pp. 344-53 for Napier of Kilmahew
  3. Mss. Genealogy: The family of Patrick Maxwell of Newark
  4. Stirnet: Cunningham 02
  5. Stirnet: Maxwell 04
  6. Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy: Margaret Napier
  7. Darryl Lundy's Peerage: Margaret Napier
  8. The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their country, page 253