Sir Alexander Home of Renton, 1st Baronet (died 28 May 1698) was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia about 1678. He was also knighted sometime before 28 August 1671 when he was described as such in a Laing charter.
The "eldest lawful son" of Sir
John Home, of Renton, Lord Renton, by his spouse Margaret, daughter of John Stewart, Commendator of
Coldingham Priory, Sir Alexander married (contract dated 27 April 1678) Margaret, daughter of Sir
William Scott, Lord Clerkington
Sir William Scott, Lord Clerkington (died 1656) was a Scottish politician and judge. Scott owned Malleny House and Garden which later passed to several generations of his descendants via his son John.
Life
He was the eldest son of Laurence Scott ...
(d. 1656), a Senator of the
College of Justice, by his second wife Barbara (d. 1684), daughter of Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of that Ilk, Knt.
His son and successor in the baronetcy was Sir Alexander Home, 2nd Baronet, of Renton (d. 17 February 1737 at
Edinburgh and interred at
Coldingham).
References
* ''Calendar of the Laing Charters, AD854 – 1837'', edited by the Rev. John Anderson, Edinburgh, 1899, number 2722.
* ''Scott 1118 – 1923'', by Keith S.M. Scott, F.S.A.,(Scot), London, 1923, p. 254.
* ''Index to Genealogies, Birthbriefs and Funeral Escutcheons, recorded in the Lyon Office'', by Francis J. Grant, W.S.,
Rothesay Herald
Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish herald of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The office was created after 1398 when the dukedom of Rothesay was conferred on David, eldest son of King Robert III, on 28 Ap ...
&
Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records, Edinburgh, 1908, p. 28, for death date and parentage.
Home, Sir Alexander, 2nd Baronet
Scottish knights
Home, Sir Alexander, 2nd Baronet
Year of birth missing
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