William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal

William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal (c. 1585 – 28 October 1635, castle of Dunnottar) was a Scottish lord, Earl Marischal and naval official.

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Family

William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal1 M, #25231, b. circa 1585, d. 28 October 1635

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William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal was born circa 1585.2 He was the son of George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal and Margaret Home.1 A contract for the marriage of William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal and Lady Mary Erskine was signed on 12 October 1609.1 He died on 28 October 1635 at Dunottar Castle, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2

William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal succeeded to the title of 5th Lord Keith [S., 1451] on 2 April 1623.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Earl Marischal [S., 1458] on 2 April 1623.1 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in March 1625/26.1

Child of William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal

1.Jean Keith+3

Children of William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal and Lady Mary Erskine

• 1.John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore+4 d. 12 Apr 1715
• 2.Lady Mary Keith+1
• 3.Sir James Keith of Benholme+5
• 4.William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal+1 b. 1614, d. Mar 1670/71
• 5.George Keith, 7th Earl Marischal+1 b. a 1614, d. Mar 1694

Citations

• 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 2195. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 2.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 481. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 3.[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 451. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• 4.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 5.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 952.

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William Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, served King Charles I in the Privy Council. He married Mary, daughter of John ERSKINE (Earl of Marr) and Mary Stewart, and had three sons and two daughters. The first two sons, William and George each served as Earls Marischal, and the third son, John, became Knight Marischal and Earl of Kintore. The daughters, Janet (married Alexander Lord Pitsligo) and Mary (married John Lord Kilpont, son and heir to William, Earl of Airth and Monteith). The 5th Earl died in 1635.

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It is there suggested that he may have been ancestor of the Russian poet Lermontoff, whose ancestors came to Russia from Poland, by way of Tula.] We know later that he became chief captain over three companies of German soldiers, nine hundred in all, and that King Sigismund III. gave a letter [Penes Patrick Keith-Murray, Esq. A translation of the letter is printed in the Scottish Historical Review, vol. iii (1906), pp. 524-552.] of recommendation and a free pass to him and to his captain William Keitz (Keith), [Perhaps this was the William Kyth who died in 1636 on his way to Jaroslave. If so, he had a brother, Jacob Keith.

Source: Scots in Poland 1576 - 1793 | Scottish Tartans Authority www.tartansauthority.com › Overseas › Poland Janet Milburn 12/4/20