John Cranstoun, 2nd

Lord Cranstoun Lord Cranstoun was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 17 November 1609 for Sir William Cranstoun of that Ilk, sometimes designated 'of Morristoun', Berwickshire. On the death of the eleventh lord, unmarried, in 1869, the peera ...

(died in or before 1648) was a Scottish

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Origins

Cranstoun was the son of William Cranstoun, 1st Lord Cranstoun, and Sarah Cranstoun, the daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Cranstoun (the last male representative of the earlier line of Cranstoun of Cranstoun). The Cranstouns were a prominent

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family, whose estates had since at least the 14th century ( been centred on Cranston (or "Cranstoun"), in Midlothian, and

Denholm Denholm is a small village located between Jedburgh and Hawick in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, UK. The estimated population of Denholm is 600. There is a village green in the centre. It lies in the valley of the River Teviot. Denhol ...

, in the

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.Sir John Balfour Paul, ''

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'', volume II (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1905), at pages 594-595

Estates

During his father's life, on 30 June 1619, Cranstoun had a charter of Denholm, Fowlersland, Little Rulwood and other lands to himself and his first wife. On 23 April 1623, an annuity out of

Smailholm Smailholm ( sco, Smailhowm) is a small village in the historic county of Roxburghshire in south-east Scotland. It is at and straddles the B6397 Gordon to Kelso road. The village is almost equidistant from both, standing northwest of the abbey ...

, Wauchope and other lands was granted to him and his second wife. Following his father's death in 1627, Cranstoun received charters of Aldingston and Dodes, in

Berwickshire Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of t ...

, and of Smailholm, Crailing, Cranstondaw (or New Cranstoun), Liggartwood and the barony of Cranstoun, as well as being appointed to the office of coroner for Roxburghshire on 17 January 1638. He died in or before 1648.

Family

Cranstoun married first (contract dated 22 November 1616 and recorded 20 March 1617) Elizabeth Scott, daughter of

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, and secondly Helen Lindsay, daughter of James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay. He had no children by either marriage and was succeeded on his death by his nephew

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, the son of his brother James.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cranstoun, John History of the Scottish Borders 1640s deaths Year of birth unknown Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1630 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1639–1641 Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)