Patrick Gray, 5th Lord Gray (d. 1608), was a Scottish landowner. He was a son of

Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray (c. 1518 -1584) was a Scottish landowner and Sheriff of Angus, active during the war of the Rough Wooing as a supporter of the Scottish Reformation. Family Patrick Gray was the son of Egidia Mercer and Gilbert Gray o ...

and Marion Ogilvy. He became Lord High Sheriff of Forfar. However he was unable to join in public life. In 1596 his son Patrick, Master of Gray, wrote that his father had been summoned to the court at

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but everyone known of his "inhabilitie". On Monday 3 May 1598 the brother of

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, the

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, came to Gray's castle at Fowlis for dinner during his progress. Lord Gray was ordered by

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to meet him and escort him for six miles.

Family

Lord Gray married Barbara Ruthven, daughter of

William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (died December 1552) was a Scottish nobleman. He served as an Extraordinary Lord of Session and Keeper of the Privy Seal. Life The 2nd Lord Ruthven was the son of William, Master of Ruthven (who was known as ...

. Their children included: * Patrick, Master of Gray and 6th Lord Gray * James Gray, who was gentleman of the bedchamber to king James VI. In 1591 James stole a horse belonging to James VI, and in 1593 assaulted and abducted Catherine Carnegie daughter of John Carnegie from the house of

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in Edinburgh. * Gilbert Gray. * Robert Gray of Millhill. * Andrew Gray, attended the embassy to England in 1583 and was involved with

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in a fight near Durham.William Boyd, ''Calendar of State Papers Scotland: 1581-1583'', vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1910), p. 493. * Mary Gray, married to David Seton of Parbroath,

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. * Helen Gray, married to Sir Hugh Maxwell of

Tealing Tealing (Scottish Gaelic: Tèalainn) is a village in Angus, Scotland, Angus in eastern Scotland, nestled at the foot of the Sidlaw Hills. It is just north of the city of Dundee and south of Forfar. With a population of just over 700 people livi ...

. * Isabel Gray, married, firstly to David Strachan of Carmelie, and secondly, to Sir Alexander Falconer of Halkerton. * Elizabeth Gray, married to William Gordon of Abergeldie.

References

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