Robert I Magill

Biographical Summary

"Robert, appointed Lord of Session 2 June 1649, with the title of Lord Foord, married Margaret Purves. He died 1651, and she died in November of the same year, leaving issue. This line extinct before 18 July 1743, when James Makgill of Rankeillor succeeded to the estate of Fingask, under an entail made by Robert Makgill of Fingask (Lord Foord's son) in 1706 in favour of his heirs-male, and on the death of said James as above the lands passed to his heirs-male, John Makgill of Kemback."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. VI, page 590

Other References

• An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice: From Its Institution in MDXXXII; by George Brunton, David Haig; 1832; Page 339