William Keith-Falconer, 6th Earl of Kintore, 8th Lord Falconer of Halkerton, 6th Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall (11 December 1766 – 6 October 1812), was a Dutch-Scottish aristocrat.
Early life
Lord Kintore was born on 11 December 1766. He was the only son amongst seven daughters born to a Dutch born Scotsman
Anthony Keith-Falconer, 5th Earl of Kintore and his Dutch wife, Christina Elizabeth Sichterman (d. 1809).
His seven younger sisters, none of whom married, were Lady Sibella, Lady Maria, Lady Catherine, Lady Francina, Hon. Jean (who died in infancy), Lady Christiana, and Hon. Helen Keith-Falconer (who also died in infancy).
His paternal grandparents were
William Falconer, 6th Lord Falconer of Halkerton, a colonel in the
Dutch Army
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(who was the son of
David Falconer, 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton and the former Lady Catherine Margaret Keith, the daughter of
William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore
William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore (1660 – 5 December 1718), was a Scottish nobleman.
Early life
He was the only son born to John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore and the former Lady Margaret Hamilton. His two sisters were Lady Jean Keith (the wife ...
)
and the former Rembertina Maria Idiking (the daughter of
Burgomaster
Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, ) is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or executive of a city or town. The name in English was derived from the Dutch .
In so ...
Idiking of Groningen).
His mother was a daughter of
Jan Albert Sichterman of Groningen, the
Intendant General of the
Dutch Settlements in the East Indies and Director and Fiscal of
Bengal
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in 1734.
Career
He gained the rank of Officer in the
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys).
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' ]Wilmington, Delaware
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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 2196.
Upon the death of his father on 30 August 1804, he succeeded as the 6th
Earl of Kintore, 6th
Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall, and 8th
Lord Falconer of Halkerton, all in the
Peerage of Scotland
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(the first two titles were created in 1677 and the latter was created in 1647).
Personal life
On 18 June 1793, Keith-Falconer was married to Maria
Bannerman (–1826), a daughter of
Sir Alexander Bannerman, 6th Baronet and the former Mary Gordon (a daughter of Sir James Gordon of Banchory). Together, they were the parents of:
*
Anthony Adrian Keith-Falconer, 7th Earl of Kintore (1794–1844), who married twice, had four children with his second wife, and several natural born children with his mistress.
* Lady Maria Keith-Falconer (1795–1864), who did not marry.
* Hon. William Keith-Falconer (1799–1846), a Capt. of the
Royal Navy
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who married Louisa Grant (d. 1862), a daughter of William Grant of Congalton, in 1830.
Lord Kintore died on 6 October 1812. Lady Kintore died on 30 June 1826.
He was succeeded by his eldest son
Anthony
Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the '' Antonii'', a '' gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descenda ...
.
References
External links
The papers of the earls of Kintoreat
Edinburgh University Press
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History
Edinburgh University Press was founded in the 1940s and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh ...
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1766 births
1812 deaths
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