Alexander Baillie of Dunain and Sheuglie

Alexander Baillie of Dunain

Alexander Baillie of Dunain was the son of Sir William Baillie, 4th of Lamington and his wife Catherine Hamilton . He married Catherine Grant, daughter of Sir William Grant of Treucky.

With his two younger brothers, he killed their clergyman tutor and fled abroad.

He fought in the Battle of Brechin in 1452, under his maternal cousin 1st Earl of Huntly.

In 1453 Constable of Inverness Castle.

He was rewarded by the grant of Dunain, Dochfour, Leys and Torbreck.

Child of Alexander Baillie of Dunain and Catherine Grant

William Baillie of Dunain+ Married NN Ross, of Balnagowan

Citations

• [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 599. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p19213.htm#i192128 shows as son of Sir William Baillie of Lamington and Marian Seton.
• https://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00297961&tree=LEO places him a generation later (son of William Baillie (d a 1466) & Catherine Hamilton). We follow Genealogics.