William Livingston, 4th Lord Livingston

For other people named William Livingston, see William Livingston (disambiguation).

William Livingston, 4th Lord Livingston of Callendar (died c. 1518) was a Scottish nobleman.

Early life

Livingston was the son of James Livingston, 3rd Lord Livingston and his wife, the former Agnes Houston. His sister, Elizabeth Livingston, married Robert Callander, grandson and heir apparent of Robert Callender of Dowradour. After his father's death around 1502, his mother remarried to John Forrester of Niddry.[1]

His maternal grandfather was John Houston of that Ilk and his paternal grandfather was Alexander Livingston, the second son of James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston, who served as Great Chamberlain of Scotland during the reign of James II and James III of Scotland.[1]

Titles and peerage

Upon the death of his father sometime before 2 Mar 1502/3, he succeeded to the title 4th Lord Livingston of Callendar, which had been created for his great-grandfather in 1458.[1]

Personal life

Around 1500, Livingston was married to Agnes Hepburn, daughter of Alexander Hepburn of Whitsome (third son of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes) and Janet Napier (daughter of Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston). Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter:[1]

Livingston died sometime before 21 April 1518 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Alexander,[1] who, upon the death of James V of Scotland, was appointed one of two guardians to Mary, Queen of Scots.[6]

Descendants

Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather to William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston and great-grandfather of Alexander Livingstone, 1st Earl of Linlithgow. On 17 February 1715/6, all the titles of James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow and 4th Earl of Callendar were forfeited to the Crown for his acts of "high treason."[7]

Through his second son James, he is the ancestor of the Livingston family of New York,[6] that included Col. Robert Livingston, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor, and his nephew, Robert Livingston the Younger.[4][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Livingston, Lord (S, 1458 - forfeited 1716)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Buchan, Earl of (S, 1469)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Morton, Earl of (S, 1457/8)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b Weis, Frederick Lewis; Beall, William Ryland (1999). The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 56–57. ISBN 9780806316093. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Hay of Yester, Lord (S, 1488)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Linlithgow, Earl of (S, 1600 - forfeited 1716)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  8. ^ Sedgwick, Theodore (1833). A Memoir of the Life of William Livingston: Member of Congress in 1774, 1775, and 1776 : Delegate to the Federal Convention in 1787, and Governor of the State of New-Jersey from 1776 to 1790 : with Extracts from His Correspondence, and Notices of Various Members of His Family. J. & J. Harper. p. 33. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lord Livingston
c. 1502–c. 1518 		Succeeded by