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The Barony of Lundie is a Scottish feudal Crown barony created during the reign of
King David II David II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scots from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five, and was crowned at Scone in November 1331, becom ...
for John Iles, Baron of Lundie granting him the lands and title of the Baron of Lundie. In June 1489
King James IV James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchi ...
confirmed to Andrew, Lord Gray, the lands and Barony of Lundie. A notable holder of the Barony title was Admiral Adam Duncan who led the British fleet to victory against the combined Dutch and French fleet at the
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in 1797. The title and rights of the Barony of Lundie are currently held by Craig Ward.


Lundie

Lundie Lundie is a parish and small settlement in Angus, Scotland, northwest of Dundee, situated at the head of the Dighty valley in the Sidlaws, off the A923 Dundee to Coupar Angus road. The name Lundie probably derives from the Gaelic "lunnd" or ...
is a small village in
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at the head of the Dighty valley in the
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, north west of
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in
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. It is surrounded by several
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s and hills. The area is known for its beautiful walks around the local hills of Lundie Craigs. The name 'Lundie' is
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in origin and may be derived from 'Linn dhu' meaning the 'black pool' or from 'Linn de' meaning the 'pool of God'.


History of the Barony of Lundie


1300 to 1400

The Barony of Lundie is a medieval Barony dating from - . During the reign of
King David II David II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scots from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five, and was crowned at Scone in November 1331, becom ...
(1329-1371) John Iles held the Baron of Lundie GS.I.App.21370 and 21 By the time of King Robert III (1390-1406) the tile was held by a Robert Lyall GS.APP2.16-1762 In June 1489
King James IV James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchi ...
granted to Andrew, Lord Gray the lands and Barony of Lundie which had been forfeited by Robert, the 2nd Lord Lyall. During the reign of King James III of Scotland, Lord Lyall had been a Privy Councillor and an ambassador to England. In 1488 was appointed as the Great Judiciary of Scotland. He joined however a group of nobles seeking to revenge the murder of King James III and was then considered to be a rebel, hence the forfeiture. By 6 May 1495, the Lyalls had regained royal favour and King James IV granted Robert Lyall, son and heir apparent of Robert, Lord Lyall, the lands and Barony of Lundie.


1500 to 1600

The Barony of Lundie was lost by the Lyalls on 9 May 1512 when King James IV granted Grissel Beaton, daughter of David Beaton of Creich, the life rent of the lands and Barony of Lundie in Forfarshire RGS.II.3843]. After Grissel Beaton the Barony was possessed by a branch of the Campbell Clan and remained in their hands until the late seventeenth century. John, Lord Lyall, transferred the lands and Barony of Lundie, with its mill, castle, and manor to Sir John Campbell and his spouse Isobel Gray, in 1539. This was confirmed by
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, on 12 October 1545. He was High Treasurer of Scotland in the reign of James V. It is believed that he was instrumental in restructuring the castle at Lundie. RGS.III.3177]. image:Mary Stuart Queen.jpg, left, Mary, Queen of Scots On 28 May 1583, King James VI granted Colin Campbell, Earl of Argyll, Lord Campbell, and Lord Lorne, and his wife Lady Anne Keith, Countess of Moray, the lands and Barony of Lundie, Forfarshire, which James Campbell of Lundie had resigned. GS.V. 574 King James VI confirmed a charter of Colin Campbell, Baron of Lundie granting his wife Lady Mary Campbell, Countess of Menteith, various lands lying in the Barony of Lundie, on 3 August 1614 GS.VII.1102 Colin Campbell of Lundie was created a baronet of
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on 13 December 1627, this title descended to his son and eventually to the Dukes of Argyll. Sir Colin Campbell of Lundie married secondly to Lady Jean Stirling and are mentioned in a charter dated 10 July 1630 and in several sasines dating from 1631. RS.RS38.S1.VIII.33 Sir Colin died and in 1634 King Charles I granted Archibald Campbell, Lord Lorne, the land and Barony of Lundie GS.IX.7 Archibald was only the Baron of Lundie briefly as the following year he resigned it to the Crown and it was then granted to James Campbell, Lord of Kintyre, GS.IX.625 The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1638-1651) saw Campbell of Lundie as a cavalry officer taking an active role. On 28 March 1642, King Charles I created James, Lord Kintyre, second son of Archibald, Earl of Argyll, as the Earl of Irvine and Lord of Lundie GS.IX.1117 Following the execution of King Charles I Lundie supported the claim of his son. In the Battle of Dunbar (1650) he led a troop of sixty cavalrymen against Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary Army. During the period of the Commonwealth period the lands of Lundie appear forfeited, returned later to the Campbells after the monarchy's restoration. On 20 July 1663 the Barony of Lundie of Forfarshire was granted to Colin Campbell eldest son of George Campbell of Carsgownie IG1.22.128 Following the death of Colin Campbell, Baron of Lundie his lands and title were succeeded by his son also called Colin on the on 23 April 1674. Colin Campbell, Baron of Lundie was succeeded by a member of the Duncan family. The Duncan family were prominent merchants and burgesses of Dundee during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. William Duncan of Seasyde was born in 1652 'This date must be incorrect because Alexander Duncan, who married Anna Drummond in 1673, was baptised at Dundee in 1653.'' . He was a leading merchant and burgess of Dundee and father of Alexander Duncan. His testament was confirmed with the Commissariot of Brechin 11 September 1678. His son Alexander Duncan was also a merchant and Provost in Dundee from 1681 to 1689. The lands and Barony of Lundie passed to him during the 1670s. On 31 July 1686 he and his wife Anna Drummond of Megginch were officially granted the Barony of Lundie. RS.SIG1.41.7& RS.Rand S38.S3.V.352 In 1696 Alexander Duncan, Baron of Lundie died. His wife, Ann Drummond died in 1693. The testaments of Alexander Duncan of Lundie were confirmed with the Commissariot of Brechin on 5 November 1696 and on 23 August 1707. Their son Alexander succeeded on the death of his father in 1696 to the Barony of Lundie. He too was a merchant burgess of Dundee and married to Isobel, daughter of Sir Patrick Murray of Auchtertyre. Alexander Duncan of Lundie in 1704 was granted the lands of Gourdie and the lands of Wester Keith in 1707. GS.80.92; 83.58


1700 to 1800

During the Jacobite Rising of 1715, Alexander actively supported the Hanoverians. This resulted in him being appointed Deputy Constable of the burgh and Deputy Lieutenant of Forfarshire in 1715-1716 NRS.GD45.15.47. . Alexander Duncan, Baron of Lundie, died in Lundie Castle on 2 January 1719. He had two sons Alexander, who succeeded to Lundie, and William physician to King George II. In September 1723, Alexander Duncan succeeded his father as Baron of Lundie. He was also a merchant burgess and Provost of Dundee from 1717 to 1719. He married Helen, daughter of John Haldane of Gleneagles RS.RS35.XI.68 Alexander Duncan and his wife Helen Haldane had two sons Alexander and Adam. Alexander, the elder son, succeeded to the lands and Barony of Lundie on his father's death in 1777. Alexander, the eldest son, was a British Army officer. On 6 August 1766, Alexander Duncan, a Lieutenant Colonel in the 55th Regiment of Foot was granted the lands of Dryburgh near Dundee GS.109.33 Alexander fought in the British Army during the
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. In 1772 a signature of the lands of Lundie was granted to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Duncan IG1.49.35RGS.113.36]. Documents dated 1783 make reference to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Duncan of Lundie in sasines. He died at Lundie on 31 August 1796 and his brother Admiral Adam Duncan (Royal Navy) succeeded to the estate of Lundie on 20 December 1796 RS.SIG2.35.226 In 1797 Admiral Adam Duncan led the British fleet to victory against the combined Dutch and French fleet at the
Battle of Camperdown The Battle of Camperdown (known in Dutch as the ''Zeeslag bij Kamperduin'') was a major naval action fought on 11 October 1797, between the British North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Batavian Navy (Dutch) fleet under Vice-Admiral ...
(11 October 1797). He was created Baron Duncan of Lundie and Viscount Duncan of Camperdown. Admiral Duncan died in 1804 and was succeeded by his son Robert. RS.GD68.2.131 Viscount Robert Haldane Duncan of Lundie succeeded his uncle Alexander Duncan of Lundie in January 1812. In 1831 he was created 1st Earl Camperdown of Lundie. He died in 1859 and was succeeded by his son Adam. Adam Haldane-Duncan, born 25 March 1812 in Edinburgh, was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He married Juliana Cavendish Philips. Adam was a politician and a Member of Parliament from 1837 until 1854, on the death of his father he became the 2nd Earl of Camperdown, and from 1859 he was in the House of Lords where he served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury. Adam died on 30 January 1867 and was succeeded by his son Robert GS.132.62.64 Robert Haldane-Duncan ( 3rd Earl Camperdown) was born on 28 May 1841 and was educated at Eton and Baliol College, Oxford. He too followed a political career as a Liberal and as a government whip during the Gladstone administration, also a Lord of the Admiralty. He was granted an honorary doctorate from the
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and was President of
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. On his death on 5 June 1918, as he was unmarried, the lands and titles went to his younger brother George RS.CS46.1889.11/46 George Haldane-Duncan was born on 5 December 1845. In 1888 he married Louisa Dove Blanchard and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he died in 1933 aged 88.


From 1900

George became the 4th Earl of Camperdown aged 73. As he had no children the house and estate passed to a cousin Georgina, Dowager Duchess of Buckinghamshire. She died in March 1937. In April 1952 to title of Barony of Lundie and lands came to Thomas Farrar of Camperdown.


The present Baron of Lundie

The Barony title and rights passed in June 2017 to Craig Ward. He is a
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and author.


References


Sources

* * Peskett, H. Consultant Editor for Scotland, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Burke's Peerage (107th Ed.), 'East Lothian Life', Autumn 2003, p. 17. * Dickinson, Professor William Croft, ''The Court Book of the Barony of Carnwath 1523-1542'', Introduction, published by Scottish History Society, 1937. "The standard scholarly work on the history of Scottish feudal baronies". * Grant, Alexander, ''The Development of the Scottish Peerage'', published in the ''Scottish Historical Review'', 1978. * Roberts, John Leonard. ''The Jacobite wars: Scotland and the military campaigns of 1715 and 1745'' (Capstone, 2002) * Szechi, Daniel. ''1715: the great Jacobite rebellion'' (Yale University Press, 2006) {{DEFAULTSORT:Barony of Lundie Feudalism in Scotland Scottish society Lundia Lists of nobility Noble titles Scots law
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