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. The half-brother of Sir

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, Thomas had from his father the barony of Carlowrie and

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, as well as lands in the vicinity of

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. He was admitted an Ordinary Lord of Session on 14 August 1591 in place of Thomas Bellenden of Newtyle, deceased, in the terms of the King's letter, dated at

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the preceding day. However, his place was taken by

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on 17 November, Thomas having drowned in the Loch of Kilconquhar.

References

* ''The Senators of the College of Justice of Scotland'', by Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes, Bt., re-edited and republished, Edinburgh, 1849, p. 219. 1591 deaths

Newtyle Newtyle is a village in the west of Angus, Scotland. It lies north of Dundee in the southwest of Strathmore, between Hatton Hill and Newtyle ( Heather Hill) in the Sidlaws. The village sits on gently sloping ground with a northwest aspect. T ...

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