Sir Robert Logan, 6th of Restalig

Robert Logan, 6th of Restalrig

• Birth: circa 1533 , Restalrig, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
• Death: August 26, 1561, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Son of Robert Logan, 5th of Restalrig and Elizabeth Home
• Husband of 1) Margaret Seton 2) Agnes Gray

Robert Logan of Restalrig married 2nd to Agnes Gray, daughter of Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray and Marion Ogilvy.[1]

Children

• + 1. Robert Logan, 7th & last of Restalrig, b. 1555, d. Jul 1606 (Age 51 years)
• + 2. John Logan, of Bonnytoun, d. Yes, date unknown

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Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Logan_of_Restalrig

Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig (c.1555-July 1606) was a Scottish knight involved in the Gowrie House affair of 1600.

Robert Logan's father and grandfather were also called "Robert Logan of Restalrig".

In 1547, his father, Robert Logan of Restalrig was first married to Margaret Seton, daughter of George Seton, 6th Lord Seton.[1] His second wife was Agnes Gray, daughter of Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray.

During the crisis of the Scottish reformation in 1559, this Robert Logan senior took his Leith followers to face the French troops of Henri Cleutin at Cupar Muir.[2] Later he advised against resistance at Leith by the Protestant Lords of the Congregation against the French troops of Mary of Guise, which led to a short-lived truce by the terms of the articles of Leith.

After Robert Logan senior died, his widow Agnes Gray married Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home. Her son, Robert Logan of Restalrig (d. 1606) firstly married Elizabeth Makgill, daughter of David Makgill of Cranston-Riddell, then Jonet Ker and thirdly Marion Ker.[3] Robert's first wife, Elizabeth Makgill, after their divorce, married Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean, Tutor of Cassilis.

The barons of Restalrig began to decline in power and influence. The times were evil. Queen Elizabeth now occupied the English throne, and England was no longer the "auld enemy" she had been for so many centuries. But Scotland, freed from the fear of English invasion, now turned her arms against herself. The country was convulsed with the strife between the party of the Reformers and that of Mary of Guise, and Leith was the centre of the struggle. The next Baron of Restalrig wavered in his allegiance between the two parties, and finally joined Mary of Guise in Leith. This Sir Robert was a man neither prudent nor fortunate, John Knox tells us. Knox was harsh and uncharitable in his judgment of those opposed to him, but we know from other sources that his estimate of the character of this Sir Robert Logan was even more kindly worded than it might have been. It was he who sold the lands of South Leith to Mary of Guise in 1555. To the merchant burgesses of Edinburgh he proved a turbulent and dangerous neighbour, but he died early in life in 1561. [3]

https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ll/logan02.php

• Sir Robert Logan, 6th of Restalrig (b c1533, d c26.08.1561). m1. (mcrt 17.03.1542, div after 1550) Margaret Seton (dsp 01.1565, dau of George Seton m2. (1553) Agnes Gray (dau of Patrick Gray, 4th Lord)
  • 1. Robert Logan, 7th of Restalrig (b 1555, d 07.1606) m1. (before 1576, div by 03.1578) Elizabeth Makgill (d 05.1622, dau of David Makgill of Nesbit and Cranston Riddell)

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References

1. http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
2. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Logan02 (Reliability: 3).
3. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Logan01 (Reliability: 3).
4. [S84] Electric Scotland, (http://www.electricscotland.com), The Story of Leith - V. The Logans http://www.electricscotland.com/history/leith/5.htm (Reliability: 3).
5. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Gray1 (Reliability: 3).
6. 1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1642. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
7. https://www.clanlogansociety.org/heraldry The Arms of Sir Robert Logan, 6th Baron of Restalrig 1533-1561 1st & 4th quarters - Or (gold), three Piles Sable (black) in point for Logan of Restalrig; 2nd quarter - Argent (silver), Eagle Gules (scarlet) for Logan of Grugar; 3rd quarter Argent, 3 Papingoes Vert (green popinjays) for Home of Fast Castle