William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal (c. 1585 – 28 October 1635, castle of Dunnottar) was a Scottish lord,

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and naval official.

Life

He was the eldest son of

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and his wife, Margaret (d. 1598), daughter of

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. He left for the continent in 1601, travelling for his education to Paris, Orléans, Tours and Saumur, where he stayed with

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. He and his father were summoned on 1608 to answer for William's conduct to Francis Sinclair, son of the

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. He went to London to attend court with his wife in 1610, staying for a year. Keith acted as his father's deputy in the Scottish parliament in June 1621 and succeeded to his father's earldom on the latter's death on 2 April 1623. He ratified his father's building of

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by a charter of 1 October 1623 and attended

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's funeral on 5 May 1625 at

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. He was made a

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at the end of May 1625 and, on the new Scottish privy council's restructuring in March 1626, he was made a member of it. He also joined the Scottish council of war on 12 July 1626 and was put in command of three ships to transport troops to aid

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's uncle. This caused tension with Scotland's lord high admiral, Alexander, earl of Linlithgow, but these were in the end resolved by Marischal's confirmation as commander of the king's navy in Scotland on 9 July 1631. He received Charles I on his entry into Edinburgh in 1633 after his coronation and then in 1634 fitted out another fleet, which he sent to the assistance of

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Marriage and issue

On 12 October 1609 he and Lady Mary Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, earl of Mar and his second wife, Marie Stewart, were contracted to be married. Nine of their children survived him: *

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(1614–1671) *

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* Sir Robert Keith * Alexander Keith (d. in or before 1654) *

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(d. 1715) * Mary, married in 1633 to John, Lord Kinpont * Jean married to Alexander, Lord Forbes of Pitsligo * Anne * Isobel, married to Edward Turnor, Member of Parliament for Orford, and son of Edward Turnor,

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. After his death, his widow, Mary Erskine married

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.John Stuart, ''Registrum de Panmure'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1874), p. xli. IMPORTANT NOTE - This article appears to have its information on which William Keith is which, and its 5th, 6th and 7th Earl Marischals confused. Refer to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for 'Keith, William, SIXTH Earl Marischal (1614–1671), nobleman, was the son of William Keith, FIFTH Earl Marischal (c.1585–1635), and Lady Mary, daughter of John Erskine, Earl of Mar'. The confusion arises because in 1927 Thomas Innes revised the hierarchy to include the father of William de Keith (original 1st Earl Marischal), another William, who then became the 1st Earl. The subsequent Earls all moved up one, thus this William Keith (1585–1635) was originally 5th and became 6th. So it depends upon whether you are determining the line pre or post 1927.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marischal, William Keith, 6th Earl 1580s births 1635 deaths Nobility from Aberdeenshire Earls Marischal Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1625 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1628–1633 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1630