Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant (died 1566) was a Scottish nobleman.
Life
He was the son of Colin, Master of Oliphant (killed at the
battle of Flodden in 1513), by Lady Elizabeth Keith, second daughter of
William Keith,
3rd Earl Marischal. He succeeded his grandfather
John Oliphant, 2nd Lord Oliphant, in 1516, and was one of the Scottish nobles taken prisoner at the
battle of Solway Moss
The Battle of Solway Moss took place on Solway Moss near the River Esk on the English side of the Anglo-Scottish border in November 1542 between English and Scottish forces.
The Scottish King James V had refused to break from the Catholic Chu ...
on 25 November 1542, reaching
Newark
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on 15 December, on the way to London. The annual value of his lands was then estimated at two thousand
merks Scots.
Oliphant remained in England in the custody of Sir Thomas Lee, knt., but on 1 July 1543 was allowed to be ransomed for eight hundred merks sterling, on condition that, along with other captive Scottish nobles, he should acknowledge
Henry VIII of England
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as lord-superior, should co-operate in procuring him the government of Scotland, and should exert his influence to get the infant
Queen Mary delivered to Henry, to be brought up in England. He later made no attempt to fulfil these pledges. In 1560 at a meeting at
Aberdeen
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he nominally adhered to the Protestant cause, but probably never joined against Queen Mary.
Oliphant died on 26 March 1566.
Family
By Margaret, eldest daughter of James Sandilands of Cruvie, Oliphant had three sons and four daughters. The sons were:
*
Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant (1529–1593) was a Scottish nobleman.
Early life
He was the eldest son of Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant and the former Margaret Sandilands. Among his sibling was Peter Oliphant (ancestor of the Olipha ...
;
* Peter, ancestor of the Oliphants of Langton; and
* William.
The daughters were:
* Catherine, married first to Sir Alexander Oliphant of Kellie, and secondly to George Dundas of Dundas;
* Margaret, married first to William Murray of Abercaimy, and secondly to James Clephane of Carslogie;
* Jean, to William Moncriefie of Moncriefie; and
* Lilias, to Robert Lundie of Balgonie.
Notes
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Year of birth missing
1566 deaths
Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)