Sir James Livingston of Barncloich

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1st Viscount Kilsyth, Sir James Livingston, of Barncloich

Also Known As: "Viscount of Kilsyth", "Lord Campsie"
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Death: September 07, 1661 (45)
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Son of Sir William Livingston of Kilsyth, Kt. and Margaret Houston
Husband of 1st Viscountess Kilsyth, Lady Euphemia Livingston
Father of Elizabeth Montgomery; William, 3rd Viscount of Kilsyth and James, 2nd Viscount of Kilsyth
Brother of James, Viscount Kilsyth and Margaret Livingston
Half brother of Sir William Livingston of Darnchester and Christian Livingston

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About Sir James Livingston of Barncloich

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth (25 June 1616 – 7 September 1661), was a devoted Scottish Royalist who was raised to the peerage of Scotland as Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie in 1661...

...James Livingstone, born on 25 June 1616, was younger son of Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth, a Lord of Session, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Houston of Houston. On 23 April he was served heir male of his brother's grandson. Being a devoted loyalist he garrisoned Kilsyth Castle against Oliver Cromwell, for which and for other services he received from Charles II a letter of thanks dated 7 October 1650. He was excepted from Cromwell's Act of Grace in 1654, and fined £1,500. After the Restoration he was on 17 August 1661 raised to the peerage of Scotland by the title of Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie. He died the following 7 September in London...

...James Livingstone married Eupheme, daughter of Sir Robert Cunningham of Robertland. They had two sons, James, 2nd viscount, and William, 3rd and last viscount, who having engaged in the rebellion of 1715 was attainted of high treason, and died an exile in Holland in 1733. Of his two daughters, Elizabeth married General Robert Montgomery, fifth son of Alexander, 6th Earl of Eglinton, and Anne died unmarried."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 14 May 2011, 09:05 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Livingstone,_1st_Vi...> [accessed 30 September 2012]

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