Sir Robert Hepburn of Alderston

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Sir Robert Hepburn of Alderston

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Birthplace: Haddington, East Lothian Council, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: before July 18, 1634
Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Son of Sir Adam Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn and Isabella Preston
Husband of Margaret Preston
Father of Agnes Hepburn; George Hepburn, of Alderston; William Hepburn and William Hebburne
Brother of Christian Hepburn; Patrick Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn and Helen Hepburn

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About Sir Robert Hepburn of Alderston

SIR ROBERT HEPBURN OF ALDERSTON

Daryll Lundy's Peerage




https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/ssne/item.php?id=1184
He (Sir Frederick Hamilton, Kt.) was twice married - first to Sidney, daughter of Sir John Vaughan, and then to Agnes, daughter of Sir Robert Hepburn - and he became the father of the barons Hamilton of Stackallan and the Viscount Boyne.

https://www.dib.ie/biography/hamilton-sir-frederick-a3737
He had married, firstly, Sidney, daughter of Sir John Vaughan (qv), the governor of Derry. They had a daughter, Christina, and three sons, all of whom became soldiers. James and Frederick both fought in their father's regiment in 1645–6, while Frederick died in 1647 in the Irish wars, in Connacht. The youngest son, Gustavus Hamilton (qv), later 1st Viscount Boyne, achieved fame in the Irish campaigns of King William (qv). A second marriage, to Agnes, or Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Hepburn of Alderstown, in Scotland, produced no children.

The Scots Peerage "Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn" page 45
"Sir Frederick [Hamilton] married, secondly, Agnes, who married secondly, before 29 March 1661, John Maxwell.

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Sir Robert Hepburn of Alderston's Timeline

1580
1580
Haddington, East Lothian Council, Scotland, United Kingdom
1594
1594
Ireland
1595
December 14, 1595
1599
December 9, 1599
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1620
1620
Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1634
July 18, 1634
Age 54
Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom