Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (or ''Dirletoun'') was a Scottish

Lordship of Parliament A Lord of Parliament ( sco, Laird o Pairlament) was the holder of the lowest form of peerage, entitled as of right to take part in sessions of the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland. Since that Union in 1707, it has been the lowest rank of the ...

created ''circa.'' 1450 for Sir Walter de Haliburton,

Lord High Treasurer of Scotland The Treasurer was a senior post in the pre- Union government of Scotland, the Privy Council of Scotland. Lord Treasurer The full title of the post was ''Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector-General and Treasurer of the New Augmentation'', ...

. The seat of Lord Haliburton was at

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in present-day East Lothian. The last Haliburton of Direleton was Patrick, 6th Lord Haliburton, died c. 1506. His three daughters with Christine Wawane, Janet, Margaret and Mariotta were his heirs.Ewan, Elizabeth, & Meikle, Maureen M., ed., ''Women in Scotland'', Tuckwell (1999), 169 & fn. 25. Janet married

William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (died December 1552) was a Scottish nobleman. He served as an Extraordinary Lord of Session and Keeper of the Privy Seal. Life The 2nd Lord Ruthven was the son of William, Master of Ruthven (who was known as Li ...

in 1515, who subsequently gained the Dirleton lordship.

Lords Haliburton of Dirleton

Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton Sir Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died circa 1449), Lord High Treasurer of Scotland was a Scottish noble. Life The eldest son of Sir John Haliburton of Dirleton (d. 1392), by his spouse Margaret, daughter of Sir John Came ...

(died c. 1447) *

John Haliburton, 2nd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(died c. 1452–1454) * Patrick Haliburton, 3rd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1459) * George Haliburton, 4th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1492) * James Haliburton, 5th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1502) * Patrick Haliburton, 6th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1506) *

Janet Haliburton, 7th Lady Haliburton of Dirleton Janet may refer to: Names * Janet (given name) * Janet (French singer) (1939–2011) Surname * Charles Janet (1849–1932), French engineer, inventor and biologist, known for the Left Step periodic table * Jules Janet (1861–1945), French psych ...

(died c. 1560) **''de jure uxoris'' William Ruthven, Lord Ruthven and Dirleton * Patrick Ruthven, 8th Lord Dirleton * William Ruthven, 9th Lord Dirleton, attainted and executed 1584

References

The Scots Peerage
IX vols, Balfour Paul, Sir James, Edinburgh 1904 {{DEFAULTSORT:Haliburton of Dirleton Forfeited lordships of Parliament Noble titles created in 1449