James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth
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James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth (25 June 1616 – 7 September 1661), was a devoted Scottish
Royalist who was raised to the peerage of Scotland as Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie in 1661.
, for which and for other services he received from Charles II
a letter of thanks dated 7 October 1650. He was excepted from Cromwell's Act of Grace
in 1654, and fined £1,500. After the Restoration
he was on 17 August 1661 raised to the peerage of Scotland
by the title of Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie. He died the following 7 September in London.
of Robertland. They had two sons, James, 2nd viscount, and William, 3rd and last viscount, who having engaged in the rebellion of 1715 was attainted of high treason, and died an exile in Holland in 1733. Of his two daughters, Elizabeth married General Robert Montgomery
, fifth son of Alexander, 6th Earl of Eglinton
, and Anne died unmarried.
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
Royalist who was raised to the peerage of Scotland as Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie in 1661.
Biography
James Livingstone, born on 25 June 1616, was younger son of Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth, a Lord of Session, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Houston of Houston. On 23 April he was served heir male of his brother's grandson. Being a devoted loyalist he garrisoned Kilsyth Castle against Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
, for which and for other services he received from Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
a letter of thanks dated 7 October 1650. He was excepted from Cromwell's Act of Grace
Cromwell's Act of Grace
Cromwell's Act of Grace or more formally the Act of Pardon and Grace to the People of Scotland, was proclaimed at the mercat cross in Edinburgh on 5 May 1654...
in 1654, and fined £1,500. After the Restoration
Restoration (Scotland)
The Restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the government of occupation that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
he was on 17 August 1661 raised to the peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
by the title of Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie. He died the following 7 September in London.
Family
James Livingstone married Eupheme, daughter of Sir Robert CunninghamRobert Cunningham
Robert Cunningham was a British-Canadian lay missionary turned entrepreneur who founded the town of Port Essington, British Columbia....
of Robertland. They had two sons, James, 2nd viscount, and William, 3rd and last viscount, who having engaged in the rebellion of 1715 was attainted of high treason, and died an exile in Holland in 1733. Of his two daughters, Elizabeth married General Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery
-Public officials and clergymen:*Robert Montgomery , or Robert Montgomerie, Archbishop of Glasgow, 1581–1585*Sir Robert Montgomery , Irish-born British Colonial official in India...
, fifth son of Alexander, 6th Earl of Eglinton
Earl of Eglinton
Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.Some authorities spell the title: Earl of Eglintoun In 1859 the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords,...
, and Anne died unmarried.