Peerage Record – 2

     Adolf Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz was born on 27 September 1300 at Wolfratshausen, Germany.¹ He was the son of Rudolf I Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz and Matilde von Nassau.^1,2 He died on 29 January 1327 at age 26.¹
     He gained the title of Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz.

     Sir William Sandilands was born circa 1572.² He was the son of James Sandilands and Isabel Strang.^2,3 A contract for the marriage of Sir William Sandilands and Jean Bothwell was signed in 1590.^2,4 He died in October 1644.¹
     He lived at St. Monance, Scotland^G.²

     Lady Agnes Carnegie was the daughter of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk and Margaret Lindsay.^1,2 A contract for the marriage of Lady Agnes Carnegie and Sir James Sandilands was signed on 8 August 1620.^1,2 She died in July 1637.³
     From 8 August 1620, her married name became Sandilands.^1,2

     Rudolf I Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz was born in 1274.¹ He was the son of Ludwig II Herzog von Oberbayern and Mathilde von Habsburg.² He married Matilde von Nassau, daughter of Adolf von Nassau, King of the Romans and Imagina von Isenburg-Limburg, in 1294. He died in 1319.¹
     He was a member of the House of Wittelsbach.² He gained the title of Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz. He succeeded as the Herzog von Oberbayern in 1294.² He was deposed as Duke of Upper Bavaria in 1317.²

     Major William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll was born on 3 May 1823 at Bushey Park, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll and Lady Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence.¹ He married Eliza Amelia Gore, daughter of General Hon. Sir Charles Stephen Gore and Sarah Rachel Fraser, on 20 September 1848.² He died on 3 December 1891 at age 68 at Slains Castle^G.¹
     He succeeded as the 19th Earl of Erroll [S., 1452] on 19 April 1846.² He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Kilmarnock, of Kilmarnock, co. Ayr [U.K., 1831] on 19 April 1846.² He succeeded as the 20th Lord Hay [S., 1430] on 19 April 1846.² He fought in the Crimean War.² He gained the rank of Major in the Rifle Brigade.² He was founder of Port Erroll.²

     Jean Lichtoun is the daughter of Patrick Lichtoun.¹ A contract for the marriage of Jean Lichtoun and Sir James Sandilands, 1st Lord of Abercrombie was signed on 4 August 1643.¹ She and Sir James Sandilands, 1st Lord of Abercrombie were divorced on 13 March 1662/63.¹
     From after 4 August 1643, her married name became Sandilands.

     Christian Fletcher married, firstly, James Grainger before 1663.¹ She married, secondly, Sir James Sandilands, 1st Lord of Abercrombie, son of Sir James Sandilands and Lady Agnes Carnegie, between 18 October 1663 and 5 January 1664.^1,2 She died after 21 August 1686.¹
     From before 1663, her married name became Fletcher. From between 18 October 1663 and 5 January 1664, her married name became Sandilands.
     It was she who “carried away the crown of Scotland in her lap, when Dunnottar Castle was about to be surrendered to the English.” For this service, she had a grant from the Estates, 1661, of 1000 marks (i.e. £100.)¹

     James Grainger married Christian Fletcher before 1663.¹ He died between 14 January 1663 and 20 May 1663.¹
     He was a Minister at Kinneff, Fife, Scotland^G.¹

     James Sandilands, 2nd Lord of Abercrombie was born in 1645.¹ He was the son of Sir James Sandilands, 1st Lord of Abercrombie and Jean Lichtoun.¹ He died in 1681 at Kinneff, Fife, Scotland^G, unmarried, and in poverty and obscurity.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Lord of Abercrombie [S., 1647] after 27 February 1666/67.¹
     On his death the Barony of Abercrombie became extinct.¹

     Hon. Thomas William Gage was born on 4 August 1796 at Bolzano, Italy^G.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage of Castle Island and Susannah Maria Skinner.¹ He married Arabella Cecil St. Quintin, daughter of William Thomas St. Quintin and Arabella Bridget Calcraft, on 12 June 1824.¹ He died on 26 January 1855 at age 58.¹
     He lived at Westbury, Hampshire, England^G.¹