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, was joint

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. He purchased Clunie Castle and the adjoining lands from the

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where his cousin, Robert Crichton, was bishop.

Life

He was born at Elliock House in January 1530, the son of John Crichton of

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and Mary Carmichael. In February 1581 he was elected a

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. He appears to have left Scotland in 1582 and he died at

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on 15 May 1591.

Family

He married three times, firstly c.1550 to Isobella Borthwick, daughter of David Borthwick, Lord Lochill a

. In May 1558 he married Elizabeth Stewart (1535-1568), daughter of Sir James Stewart of

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. They had six children including Sir Robert Crichton of Cluny (b.1564) and James "The Admirable" Crichton. He married his third wife in August 1572, Agnes Mowbray (d. 1575), a daughter of John Mowbray of Barnbougle.Will of Agnes Mowbray (d. 1595), sister of Geillis Mowbray, National Records of Scotland
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References

1582 deaths 16th-century Scottish people Lord Advocates Senators of the College of Justice 1530 births {{Scotland-law-bio-stub