Alexander Livingston, 3rd Earl of Callendar (died December 1692) was a

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Early life

He was the second son of

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, PC and Lady Elizabeth Lyon. His elder brother was George Livingston, 4th Earl of Linlithgow, who married Hon. Henrietta Sutherland, daughter of

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, and his sister was Lady Henrietta Livingston, who married Robert Makgill, 2nd Viscount of Oxfuird.

Career

Upon the death of his uncle, Alexander Livingston, 2nd Earl of Callendar, he inherited the titles Earl of Callendar. His uncle had similarly inherited the titles upon the death of his uncle, Army officer

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, the third son of

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. The first Earl had been given power, on 22 July 1646, failing heirs male of his body, to nominate a successor to this title containing an ultimate remainder to

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Personal life

Callendar was married to Lady Anne Graham, the eldest daughter of

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and Lady Isabel Ker (the widow of

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and fifth daughter of

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). Children: * James Livingston, who became the 4th

Earl of Callendar Earl of Callendar was a title in the Peerage of Scotland.Also spelt "Calendar" and "Calender" It was created in 1641 for James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston of Almond, a younger son of Alexander Livingsto ...

and the 5th

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. He married Lady Margaret Hay, the second daughter of John Hay, 12th Earl of Erroll and Lady Anne Drummond (only daughter of James Drummond, 3rd Earl of Perth). Lady Margaret was the younger sister of sister of Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll. * Lady Harriet Livingston (d. 1738), who died unmarried. * Lady Mary Livingston (d. 1734), who married James Graham of Airth, Judge of the

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in Scotland. Callendar died in December 1692 and was succeeded by his son,

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, who was the 4th and final Earl of Callendar following his attainded of high treason in February 1715/6 at which point all his titles and lands were forfeited.

References

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