Sir Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died circa 1449),

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was a Scottish noble.

Life

The eldest son of Sir John Haliburton of Dirleton (d. 1392), by his spouse Margaret, daughter of Sir John Cameron of Ballegarno. He succeeded to the

Dirleton Dirleton is a village and civil parish in East Lothian, Scotland approximately east of Edinburgh on the A198. It contains . Dirleton lies between North Berwick (east), Gullane (west), Fenton Barns (south) and the Yellowcraigs nature reserve ...

estate in East Lothian, upon the death of his father in 1392 and also inherited his uncle's estate of Haliburton in the early 15th century. Sir Walter was one of the hostages for King

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on 28 March 1424 and was exchanged and permitted to return to Scotland on 16 July 1425. He is named as one of the Scottish Commissioners to meet the English at Hawdenstank with 800 men to redress complaints, in a Safe-Conduct dated 24 January 1430 (1429/30).Bain, Joseph, FSA (Scot)., ''Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland'', vol. iv, 1357 - 1509, Edinburgh, 1888, pps.201,212, nos.983 and 1032 In 1439 and 1440 he was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, and in the latter year was created a Lord of Parliament. He remained Lord High Treasurer until 1449, a post which he could not hold unless he was also a Privy Councillor.

Marriage and issue

He married Lady Isobel, daughter of the

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and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, widow of

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(d. 1402), and they had four sons and one daughter: * John Haliburton, 2nd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton *Walter Haliburton of Pitcuor, who married Catherine who is daughter & co-heiress of Alexander de Chisholm. *Robert Haliburton *William Haliburton *Jean Haliburton, married to

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He is also said to be the second husband of Marjorie Douglas, daughter of

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and Joanna Moray.

Citations

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References

*Mackenzie, Agnes Mure, MA, D.Litt., ''The Rise of the Stewarts'', London, 1935, p. 108. *Rogers, Charles,LL.D., ''Genealogical Memoirs of the family of Sir Walter Scott, Bt.,'' with his ''Memorials of the Halibirtons'', London, 1877, p.xxx. {{s-start {{s-reg, sct {{s-new, creation {{s-ttl, title= Lord Haliburton of Dirleton, years=c. 1447–c. 1449 {{s-aft, after= John Haliburton {{s-end {{DEFAULTSORT:Haliburton of Dirleton, Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton, Walter, 1st Lord

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