Sir James Halyburton or Haliburton of Pitcur was a Scottish landowner and politician.

Biography

He was the son of Sir George Halyburton of Pitcur and a great-nephew of James Halyburton, tutor of Pitcur.Halyburton2
stirnet.com. Accessed 21 June 2014. In 1586 his father granted the lands of Thorngreen to James and his future wife Margaret, daughter of James Scrimgeour of Dudhope. In 1617, as laird of Pitcur, he represented the barons of Forfarshire in the

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and the

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. His children included: * James Haliburton of Pitcur, who married Maria, daughter of

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* William Haliburton of Pitcur, who married Marjorie, daughter of

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* George Haliburton of Keilour, who was the grandfather of Margaret Haliburton who married Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, and great-grandfather of James Halyburton who was commissioner for Forfarshire at the time of

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* Magdalen Haliburton, who married

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* Margaret Haliburton, who married

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. * Catherine Haliburton, who married John Bethune, 12th of Balfour, commissioner for Fife in 1644, 1646, and 1649.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halyburton, James Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1617 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1617 Scottish knights Year of birth missing Year of death missing Scottish landowners

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