Lord Haliburton of Dirleton

Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (or Dirletoun) was a Scottish Lordship of Parliament created circa. 1450 for Sir Walter de Haliburton, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. The seat of Lord Haliburton was at Dirleton Castle in present day East Lothian.

The last Haliburton of Direleton was Patrick, 6th Lord Haliburton, died c. 1506. His three daughters with Christine Wawane, Janet, Margaret and Mariotta were his heirs.[1] Janet married William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven in 1515, who subsequently gained the Dirleton lordship.

Lords Haliburton of Dirleton

References

  1. Ewan, Elizabeth, & Meikle, Maureen M., ed., Women in Scotland, Tuckwell (1999), 169 & fn. 25.
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