Sir Walter Il Halyburton, Lord Halyburton of Dirleton

Confusion with his father Walter l Haliburton of Dirleton.

The Scots Peerage

SIR WALTER Haliburton, who was one of the hostages for the ransom of King James i., and as such was in England from the beginning of 1424 till at all events Michaelmas 1425.3 He was knighted in absence at the coronation of James I. at Scone 21 May 1423.4 On 24 January 1429-30 he had, along with other Scottish Oommissioners, a safe- conduct to meet the English at Hawdenstank for the redress of complaints.5 He appears as Lord High Treasurer on 5 July 1438.6 He is generally stated to have been created a Peer of Parliament, but this is very doubtful, and it is more probable that it was his son who was the first Peer. He died before 10 May 1447,7 when his son John, Lord Haliburton, refers to him as deceased. He married, in 1403, Mary, daughter of Archibald, third Earl of Douglas, and widow of David, Duke of Rothesay, eldest son of Robert in.8 She died about 1420. He had issue : —

• 1. JOHN.
• 2. Walter, who had a charter under the Great Seal 16 February 1433 of the lands of Gask, Pitcur, and others upon the resignation of Katherine Chisholm, daughter and heiress of Alexander Chisholm,9 who had, in the previous year, granted a charter of these lands to his daughter on the occasion of her marriage to her cousin Walter Haliburton, second son of Walter, first Lord Haliburton.10
• 3. Robert.
• 4. William, who, about April 1438, resigned some lands in the barony of Dirleton in favour of John Has well,1 mentioned in an extract of the service of Sir Norman Leslie as heir of his cousin Sir David in May 1439.2
• 5. Christina, married, as his second wife, in 1440, to George, Earl of Rothes. Nineteen years later the Earl raised an action of divorce against his wife on the ostensible ground that they were within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity, but his reasons for so doing are not apparent.

Walter, Lord Haliburton, had another son, perhaps of doubtful legitimacy, who is described in a writ of 15 April 1478 as Sir John Haliburton, vicar of Greenlaw, uncle of •George, Lord Haliburton.3

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The Scots Peerage shows 2 generations of Walters. Burkes Extinct Peerages 1883 shows just one Sir Walter, High Treasurer and 1st Lord, who married Isabel Stewart. The Scots Peerage reports that, whilst it "is generally stated that" the second Walter was created a Peer, "this is very doubtful, and it is more probable that it was his son [Walter l’s grandson] who was the first Peer".

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During the long Wars of Independence, the family had remained staunch supporters of the Scottish cause and as squires to the powerful earls of Black Douglas, they grew in wealth and influence, a status which saw them accepted in royal circles.

In 1403, Sir Walter Haliburton, a great-grandson of Robert II, married Marjorie, Robert III’s daughter-in-law. Some years later, in 1424, he was one of the hostages sent to London in exchange for the release of James I, who had been a ‘guest’ for 18 years of the English kings, Henry IV and later Henry V).

In 1438, James II, recognizing Haliburton’s loyal service to the crown, made him Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, a position he held until his death in 1447. His son John then became the first Lord Haliburton.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10799.htm#i107987
• Marjorie Douglas1
• F, #107987, d. before 11 May 1421
• Marjorie Douglas was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Joan Moray.1,2 She married, firstly, David Stewart, 1st and last Duke of Rothesay, son of Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland and Annabel Drummond, in February 1399/0 at Bothwell Church, Scotland.2 'She married, secondly, Sir Walter Haliburton, son of Walter Haliburton and Isabella Stewart, in 1403.2 She died before 11 May 1421.2 She died before 11 May 1421.3
• As a result of her marriage, Marjorie Douglas was styled as Countess of Atholl in February 1399/0. From February 1399/0, her married name became Stewart. From 1403, her married name became Haliburton.2
  • Children of Marjorie Douglas and Sir Walter Haliburton
  • 1.John Halyburton, 1st Lord Dirletoun+2 d. bt 1452 - 1454
  • 2.Walter Haliburton2 d. c 10 May 1447
  • 3.Robert Haliburton2
  • 4.William Haliburton2 d. a 1439

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Sir Walter Halyburton of Dirleton, was one of the hostages for King James the First, on his liberation in 1424, when his annual revenue was estimated at eight hundred merks, and he obtained liberty to return t Scotland in 1425. In 1430 he was appointed one of the ambassadors extraordinary to the court of England, and one of the wardens of the marches. In 1439 he was constituted high treasurer of Scotland, and in the following year he was created a peer of parliament. In 1444 he founded at Dirleton a collegiate church. He died in 1449. By his wife, Lady Isabel Stewart, eldest daughter of the regent Albany, and relict of the earl of Ross, he had, with a daughter, four sons, namely, John, second Lord Halyburton of Dirleton, Walter, Robert, and William.

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Origins

From The Scots Peerage <Archive.Org>

WALTER HALIBURTON of Dirleton. His name appears in several charters in the reign of Robert lll and the regency of Robert, Duke of Albany. He married, probably as his second wife, between 1402 and 1406,1 Isobel, one of the daughters of Robert, Duke of Albany,2 and widow of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross, who died 1402. Many persons of the name of Haliburton appear in the records at this period, and some of them may have been the issue of this Sir Walter. He had at least one son, SIR WALTER

Citations

• 1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
• 2.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 227.
• 3.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 383. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Haliburton,_1st_Lord_Halibu...
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackson_a...
• He had one wife: Margery Douglas
• Dirleton Castle https://flic.kr/p/ecfVgv