William Livingstone, 6th

Lord Livingston Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

, (died 1592), was a Scottish lord of Parliament.

Early life

William Livingstone was the son of

Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston of Callandar Privy Councillor of Scotland, PC (–1553) was the guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her childhood. Early life Alexander Livingston was born in Callendar, Stirling, Scotland. He was ...

(c. 1500–1553) and his second wife, Lady Agnes Douglas, daughter of

John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton died 9 September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden. Life He was the son of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Princess Joan Stewart, Countess of Morton, daughter of James I of Scotland by his wife Lady Joan Be ...

. His father, Alexander, was the guardian of

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...

, during her childhood.

Life

William became Lord Livingston in 1550, his elder brother John, Master of Livingstone was killed in 1547 at the

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. He was a Protestant. His sister

Mary Livingston Mary Livingston (c. 1541–1582) was a Scottish noblewoman and childhood companion of Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the famous "Four Marys". Life Mary Livingston was born around 1541, the daughter of Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston (c. ...

was one of the four attendants of

. He fought for Queen Mary at the

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in 1568. His wife Agnes Fleming became an attendant of Mary in England. She came to

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in August 1568, with two waiting women and eight male servants. She was travelling to

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in January 1569 when she fell ill at

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, and Francis Knollys wrote that Mary "doth esteem (her) most dearly". At Tutbury, the

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wrote that Lady Livingston,

Mary Seton Mary Seton (1542 – 1615) was a Scottish courtier and later a nun. She was one of the four attendants of Mary, Queen of Scots, known as the Four Marys. She was a sister at the Convent of Saint Pierre les Dames in Reims at the time of her death. ...

, and the queen, worked embroidery with his wife,

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. Her servants in the household of Mary at

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were Nicol Fisher and her gentlewoman Christian Graham. She was murdered by Mawse Livingstone in 1597.

Personal life

William married Agnes Fleming (1535-1597), a daughter of

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(1502–1562) and

Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (c. 1494 – 10 September 1547), was Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to King James V, from 1524. Early life He was the son and heir of John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, who was killed in a feud with the Tweedie of D ...

(c. 1494–1547). Agnes Fleming's sister Janet Fleming had married William's brother, John Master of Livingstone.Malcolm, David, ''Genealogical Memoir of the House of Drummond'', (1808) p.75 William's children included; *

Alexander Livingstone, 1st Earl of Linlithgow Alexander Livingston, 1st Earl of Linlithgow PC (died 24 December 1621) was a Scottish nobleman, courtier, and politician. His wife was Helenor Hay, Countess of Linlithgow who was a Royal tutor. Early life He was the eldest son of William Livi ...

(died 1621), who married Helenor "Helen" Hay, eldest daughter of

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(c. 1531–1585) *George Livingstone of Ogleface *William Livingstone of Westquarter, near

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*Jean Livingstone, who married

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(1552-1638), the

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Margaret Livingstone Margaret Stratford Livingstone is the Takeda Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School in the field of visual perception. She authored the book ''Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing''. She was elect ...

, who married

Lewis Bellenden Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchnole and Broughton (c. 1552 – 27 August 1591, in Edinburgh), was the eldest son of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton, whom he succeeded as Lord Justice Clerk on 15 March 1577. Career He was knighted about 1577 ...

and

Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Zetland (c. 1566 – 6 February 1615) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert, Earl of Orkney, a bastard son of King James V. Infamous for his godless nature and tyrannical rule over the Scottish arch ...

References

1592 deaths Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)

William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston, (died 1592), was a Scottish lord of Parliament. Early life William Livingstone was the son of Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston (c. 1500–1553) and his second wife, Lady Agnes Douglas, daughter o ...

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