Sir Alexander Gibson, Il, Lord Durie

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gibson,_Lord_Durie_II]

Biographical Summary

"GIBSON, Sir ALEXANDER, Lord Durie (d. 1656), Scottish judge, was the eldest son of Sir Alexander Gibson (d. 1644), by Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton. He was made a clerk of session conjointly with his father upon the latter's promotion to the bench in 1621. He opposed Charles I's policy respecting the service-book, protested against the royal proclamations of 1638, and petitioned the presbytery of Edinburgh against the bishops, November 1638. He was commissary-general of the forces raised to resist Charles I in 1640, but was afterward knighted 15 March 1641, and made lord clerk register 13 Nov. 1641. He was made a commissioner of the exchequer 1 Feb. 1645, and sat on the committee of estates (1645–8). He became lord of session in 1646, when he took the title of Lord Durie. He was deprived of his offices in 1649 by the act of classes, after joining ‘the engagement.’ He was one of the Scottish commissioners chosen to attend the English parliament in 1652 and 1654. Lamont writes in 1650, ‘Both Durie and his lady were debarred from the table because of their malignancie.’ He died in June 1656.

He was twice married;

first to Marjory Hamilton, by whom he had one daughter;

secondly to Cecilia, daughter of Thomas Fotheringham of Powrie, by whom he left Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, knt., commissioner to parliament in England for Fife and Kinross 1656–9, and for Fife 1659, who died at Durie 6 Aug. 1661."

SOURCE: 'Gibson, Alexander (d.1656) (DNB00)', Wikisource, The Free Library, 14 September 2011, 19:10 UTC, <http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Gibson,_Alexander_(d.165...> [accessed 1 September 2012]

Other References

• Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 347
• “Dal-Mac” By James MacVeigh . Page 296. GoogleBooks “Sir Alexander, Lord Durie, purchased the lands of that name, anciently belonging to the family of Durie of that ilk, and had a charter of the same in 1614. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton, lord advocate of Scotland, and, with 3 daughters, had 3 sons, Alexander, 2d baronet, Sir John Gibson of Pentland, who carried on the line of the family, and George, of Balhouffie. ...”
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 7 2017, 6:48:19 UTC
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Aug 3 2021, 0:52:45 UTC