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Peerage Record – 63841

Eleanor Hannah Downie1

Female, Registry Number #638401, b. 14 August 1995

Last Edited=29 Apr 2014
     Eleanor Hannah Downie was born on 14 August 1995.1 She is the daughter of Ian Peter Downie and Hannah Elizabeth Wright.1
Citations:
  1. [S7105] Hannah Downie, “re: Downie Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 29 April 2014. Hereinafter cited as “re: Downie Family.”

James Edward Downie1

Male, Registry Number #638402, b. 15 September 1997

Last Edited=29 Apr 2014
     James Edward Downie was born on 15 September 1997.1 He is the son of Ian Peter Downie and Hannah Elizabeth Wright.1
Citations:
  1. [S7105] Hannah Downie, “re: Downie Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 29 April 2014. Hereinafter cited as “re: Downie Family.”

Elizabeth Small1

Female, Registry Number #638403

Last Edited=27 Sep 2014
     Elizabeth Small is the daughter of Thomas Small.1 She married Charles Mander, son of Benjamin Mander and Elizabeth Hanbury Read.1
     Her married name became Mander.1
Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2589. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

James Sinclair of Longformacus1

Male, Registry Number #638404

Last Edited=1 May 2014
     James Sinclair of Longformacus married Isabel Howieson.1

Child of James Sinclair of Longformacus and Isabel Howieson

Citations:
  1. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.

Isabel Howieson1

Female, Registry Number #638405

Last Edited=16 Jun 2015
     Isabel Howieson married James Sinclair of Longformacus.1
     Her married name became Sinclair.1

Child of Isabel Howieson and James Sinclair of Longformacus

Citations:
  1. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.

unknown daughter Craigie1

Female, Registry Number #638406

Last Edited=28 Oct 2023
     unknown daughter Craigie was the daughter of John Craigie of Glendoick.1

Child of unknown daughter Craigie

Citations:
  1. [S9851] Rory Cunningham, “re: Cunningham Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 2 Oct 2023. Hereinafter cited as “re: Cunningham Family.”

Sir John Towers of Inverleith1

Male, Registry Number #638407

Last Edited=1 Jun 2020
     Sir John Towers of Inverleith is the son of Sir Alexander Towers, younger of Garmilton and Inverleith and Lady Jean Wemyss.2,3

Child of Sir John Towers of Inverleith

Citations:
  1. [S6399] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 11th edition (London, U.K.: Hurst & Blackett, 1847), page 905. Hereinafter cited as The Peerage and Baronetage, 9th ed.
  2. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.
  3. [S134] Heraldic Media Ltd., online http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/, Patrick Cracoft-Brennan (Cracroft Peerage Database v5.2), downloaded 1 November 2006.

Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt.1

Male, Registry Number #638408, d. 1678

Last Edited=1 Aug 2017
Consanguinity Index=0.01%
     Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt. was the son of James Sinclair, 11th of Longformacus and Helen Hepburn.2 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Sir Robert Douglas of Blackerstone and Elizabeth Douglas of Ivile.1 He married, secondly, Margaret Alexander, daughter of William Alexander, Viscount Canada and Lady Margaret Douglas, in 1672.1,2 He died in 1678.1
     He was a practising Advocate on 9 July 1647.1,2 He was created 1st Baronet Sinclair, of Longformacus, co. Berwick [Nova Scotia] on 10 December 1664, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever.1 He obtaiend the creation of Longformacus into a free barony.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Berwickshire [Scotland] between 1665 and 1667.2 He purchased Barony of Lochend, co. Haddington, lands at Ellem, and Hairhead, co. Berwick.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Berwickshire [Scotland] between 1669 and 1674.2

Children of Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Douglas

Children of Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt. and Margaret Alexander

Citations:
  1. [S6399] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 11th edition (London, U.K.: Hurst & Blackett, 1847), page 905. Hereinafter cited as The Peerage and Baronetage, 9th ed.
  2. [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 351. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
  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 I, page 422. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Elizabeth Douglas1

Female, Registry Number #638409

Last Edited=2 Aug 2016
     Elizabeth Douglas is the daughter of Sir Robert Douglas of Blackerstone and Elizabeth Douglas of Ivile.2 She married Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt., son of James Sinclair, 11th of Longformacus and Helen Hepburn.1
     She lived at Blackertown, Berwickshire, Scotland.1 Her married name became Sinclair.1

Children of Elizabeth Douglas and Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt.

Citations:
  1. [S6399] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 11th edition (London, U.K.: Hurst & Blackett, 1847), page 905. Hereinafter cited as The Peerage and Baronetage, 9th ed.
  2. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.

Margaret Alexander1

Female, Registry Number #638410

Last Edited=1 Aug 2017
Consanguinity Index=0.05%
     Margaret Alexander is the daughter of William Alexander, Viscount Canada and Lady Margaret Douglas.1,2 She married Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt., son of James Sinclair, 11th of Longformacus and Helen Hepburn, in 1672.1,3
     From 1672, her married name became Sinclair.1

Children of Margaret Alexander and Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt.

Citations:
  1. [S6399] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 11th edition (London, U.K.: Hurst & Blackett, 1847), page 905. Hereinafter cited as The Peerage and Baronetage, 9th ed.
  2. [S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 4. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
  3. [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 351. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.

 

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