Lilias Graham, Countess of Wigton

Lillias Graham

• Father  John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose,   b. Cal 1547-1548,   d. 9 Nov 1608 
• Mother  Jean Drummond,   d. 1595  Countess of Wigton

  Married 

1. 12-13 Jan 1585/86  [2]  Type: Contract to  John Fleming, 6th Lord Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigton,   b. 1567,   d. Apr 1619 

Children 

•   1. John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigton, 7th Lord Fleming,   c. Abt 9 Dec 1589, Kincardine, Menteith, Scotland ,   d. 7 May 1650, Cumbernauld House
•   2. James Fleming, of Boghall,   d. Oct 1623
•   3. Malcolm Fleming, of Gilmerton,   d. Yes, date unknown
•   4. Alexander Fleming,   d. Yes, date unknown
•   5. Jean Fleming,   d. Mar 1612
•   6. Anna Fleming,   d. Jul 1625
•   7. Margaret Fleming,   d. Bef 6 Jun 1622
•   8. Lilias Fleming,   d. Yes, date unknown
•   9. Mary Fleming,   d. Yes, date unknown
•   10. Rachel Fleming,   d. Yes, date unknown

Citations

• 2. The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, with Armorial Illustrations (1904-1914), Paul , Sir James Balfour, (9 volumes. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914), FHL book 941 D22p; FHL microfilms104,157-104,161., vol. 6 p. 239.

Sources

1. A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke, page 218 "Fleming - Earl of Wigton"

Links

• https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I278846&tr...

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GEDCOM Note

She was an only daughter.

GEDCOM Note

THE PRIDE OF THE GRAHAMS
«i» The HIghlander«/i» Magazine «i»The Grahams«/i» by Archie McKerracher "From the greed of the Campbells From the ire of the Drummonds From the pride of the Grahams From the wind of the Murrays Good Lord Deliver Us" A prayer by a 17th laird whose land was bordered by all four ...The pride of the Grahams was famous throughout Scotland for they were a closely knit race, deeply loyal to kith and kin. They also took pride in their unswerving devotion to their monarch even when this was sometimes rewarded with scant thanks. And lastly, they took pride in following their personal conscience, whatever the consequences. Tradition says the first Graham was a Caledonian chief called Graym who attacked and burst through the mighty Antonine Wall which divided Scotland in two, and drove the Roman legions back to Hadrian's Wall on the English border. More likely, the chiefs spring from an Anglo-Norman family who originally came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066, and are recorded in his Doomsday book as holding the lands of Graegham or Grey Home. David I, King of Scots, was brought up in England and given a Norman education. He married a Norman heiress and through her acquired vast estates. When he succeeded to the throne in 1124 he brought with him many of his Anglo-Norman friends to help him bring order to what was a primitive and savage land. He granted large estates in the Lowlands and these barons married into the Celtic aristocracy-- and within a generation or two were soon exclusively Scottish. William de Graham, the first recorded of that name, was granted land around Dalkeith and Abercorn in Midlothian and appears as a witness on David I's charter of 1128 founding the Abby of Holyroodhouse. Sir John de Grahm of Dundaff was William Wallace's right hand man and a close friend in the first struggle for Scottish Independence in the late 13th century...and his brave death in 1298 at Falkirk is recorded when the small, ragged Scottish army was crushed beneath the hooves of the heavy armoured English cavalry. Sir John's gravestone and effigy can be seen at Falkirk Old Church and bear the inscription "Here lyes Sir John the Grame, baith wight and wise, Ane of the chiefs who rescewit Scotland thrise, Ane better knight not to the world was led, Nor was gude Grahm of truth and hardiment". Sir John's elder brother, Sir Patrick Graham had fallen at the battle of Dunbar in 1296 while carrying the banner of the King of the Scots. Their father Sir David Graham had married into the ancient Celtic Earldom of Strathearn. He also acquired land around Kincardine in south Perthshire and around Loch Lomond, the latter still held today by the present Duke of Montrose. Sir Patrick's son, also Sir David, supported the cause of Robert the Brus, another Anglo-Norman whose mother was a Celtic countess and he descended from the younger brother of David I. When de Brus, Bruce became King Robert I, and independence achieved, he granted Sir David land around Montrose in Angus in exchange for Graham land near the River Clyde. The hero King built a fortified house for himself there where he died in 1329. The Grahams continued their rise: they acquired land at built a huge castle at Mugdock north of Glasgow about 1360. This became the principle seat of the chiefs until the early 18th century. In 1413 the then chief's half brother, Patrick, was murdered by the Drummonds. (Also our ancestors) He had married the granddaughter of the Robert III and had acquired rich estates. In 1427 King James I seized Patrick's infant son and the wealthy earldom, giving the boy the empty title of Earl of Menteith. He was held in England as a hostage for nearly twenty five years.

To protest this injustice, Sir Robert Graham of Kilpont tried to arrest the king in parliament, then publicly renounced his allegiance to the tyrant. In 1437, Sir Robert led a band of Highlanders to Perth where they trapped the king in the cellar of the Blackfriars Monastery and stabbed him to death. For this crime Sir Robert and his sons were tortured and executed in the most horrible manner. The most famous Graham was James, 5th Earl, born in 1612. He is called the "Great Montrose"...poet and intellectual. He was created Captain-General of the King's army in Scotland and won a series of brilliant victories. However, clan disputes interrupted what could have been total victory and he was captured, taken to Edinburgh where he was hung, drawn and quartered. In 1660 when Charles II was restored to the throne, James' head was taken from it pike and his remains were given an honourable burial in the Montrose Aisle of St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. All branches of the family attended the funeral. Eventually, about 1680, after much travail, some of the old Graham lands, including those around Loch Lomond was restored to Graham hands. Although principally a Lowland and Border clan the Grahams never forgot the Highlander who had fought for them. The 3rd Duke of Montrose, when Marquess of Montrose and a Member of Parliament, was responsible in 1782 for the repeal of the law forbidding Highland dress...In 1707 James Graham, 4th Marquess, was created the 1st Duke of Montrose by Queen Anne. He is better known as the foe of Highland folk-hero Rob Roy McGregor. Note: One source says that Lady Lilias; father was William, 3rd Lord Graham, Chief ot the Clan, created Earl of Montrose in 1504 who he died with James IV & the rest of the Scottish nobility on Flodden Field in 1513. But this cannot be as Lilias is said to have been born c1570.

GEDCOM Note

(Research):Minstrel
"Oh Caledonia! stern and wild Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountains and the flood, Land of my sires! What mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial bond That knits me to they rugged strand!"Sir Walter Scott Noblemen set the example by the determination to defend the rights of the underlings. They took the law, what there was, into their own hands. The Barons were constantly feuding with one another, and the lairds followed the lead of their overlords feuding with the lairds. At the time 1500-1600's the various families were continually involved with one another and with the citizens of Perth and other towns. Raiding and fighting were not only traditional but an exciting relief from a tedious life. Scotland since the time of Robert the Bruce had not been able to keep England out... but there was a measure of independence between 1406 and 1635 under the regencies of five infant kings. Feudalism implied the rise of noblemen who continued to carry on their territorial quarrels...Hence, spoil and lawlessness were a way of life. from Primitive Scotland by Elizabeth Morse Blair Bruidhinn newsletter