Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 1st Baronet

Biographical Summary

"William Cockburn of Langton, co Berwick, Heretable Usher [S], son and heir of William Cockburn, of Langton, by Janet, daughter of (--) Home of Wedderburn; succeeded his father 15 February 1587; was M.P. [S] for Berwickshire, 1612, and was created a Baronet [S], 22 November 1627; the patent being sealed 16 April 1629, but not entered in the Great Seal Register, with rem. to heirs male whatsoever, and with a grant of, presumably, 16,000 acres in Nova Scotia, of which his son had seizin in April 1629. He married, about 1600, Helen 4th daughter of Alexander (Elphinstone), 4th Lord Elphinstone [S] by Jean, daughter of William (Livingstone) Lord Livingstone [S]. He died in or about December 1628. His widow married Henry Rollo of Woodside."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 327-328

Other References

• The House of Cockburn of that Ilk, and their cadets by Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood (Edinburgh 1888) pages 83-84

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Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 1st Bt.1
M, #398012, d. circa December 1628 Last Edited=27 Jul 2016

    Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 1st Bt. was the son of William Cockburn of Langton and Janet Home.2,3 He married Helen Elphinstone, daughter of Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone and Jean Livingstone, circa 1600.1,3 He died circa December 1628.3

    He held the office of Principal Usher [Scotland] in 1587.4,2 In 1595 he was granted the lands and barony of Langtoun.4 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Berwickshire [Scotland] in 1612.2 He was created 1st Baronet Cockburn of Langton, co. Berwicks [Nova Scotia] on 22 November 1622, with special remainder to heirs male whatsoever.2

Children of Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 1st Bt. and Helen Elphinstone

   Jean Cockburn+5

   Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 2nd Bt.+4 d. c 1650

   Isabella Cockburn6

Citations

   [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1313. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

   [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 327. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.

   [S15] George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Baronetage, volume II, page 328.

   [S6101] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 32nd edition (London, U.K.: Harrison and Sons, 1870), page 245. Hereinafter cited as The Peerage and Baronetage, 32nd ed.

   [S159] Rev. James G. Murray, The Book of Burgie (Edinburgh, Scotland: privately, printed by John Wilson, 1930), page 60. Hereinafter cited as Book of Burgie.

   [S37] BP2003. [S37]

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