Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton
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Sir Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton
was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
The eldest son of Sir John Haliburton of Dirleton, East Lothian
(d. 1392), by his spouse Margaret, daughter of Sir John Cameron, Sir Walter was one of the hostages for King James I
on March 28, 1424 and was exchanged and permitted to return to Scotland on July 16, 1425. He is named as one of the Scottish Commissioners to meet the English at Hawdenstank with 800 men to redress complaints, in a Safe-Conduct dated January 24, 1430 (1429/30).
In 1439 and 1440 he was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, and in the latter year was created a Lord of Parliament. He remained Lord High Treasurer until 1449, a post which he could not hold unless he was also a Privy Councillor.
He married Isobel, daughter of the Regent
, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, widow of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross
(d. 1402), and they had four sons and one daughter:
Dirleton
Dirleton is a village and parish in East Lothian, Scotland approximately east of Edinburgh on the A198. It contains . Dirleton lies between North Berwick , Gullane , Fenton Barns and the Yellowcraigs nature reserve, Archerfield Estate and the Firth of Forth...
was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
The eldest son of Sir John Haliburton of Dirleton, East Lothian
East Lothian
East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....
(d. 1392), by his spouse Margaret, daughter of Sir John Cameron, Sir Walter was one of the hostages for King James I
James I of Scotland
James I, King of Scots , was the son of Robert III and Annabella Drummond. He was probably born in late July 1394 in Dunfermline as youngest of three sons...
on March 28, 1424 and was exchanged and permitted to return to Scotland on July 16, 1425. He is named as one of the Scottish Commissioners to meet the English at Hawdenstank with 800 men to redress complaints, in a Safe-Conduct dated January 24, 1430 (1429/30).
In 1439 and 1440 he was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, and in the latter year was created a Lord of Parliament. He remained Lord High Treasurer until 1449, a post which he could not hold unless he was also a Privy Councillor.
He married Isobel, daughter of the Regent
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, widow of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross
Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross
Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross was a Scottish nobleman. Born between 1367 and 1382, he was the son of Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross and Euphemia I, Countess of Ross. In around 1394 he became Earl of Ross and sometime before 1398 he married Isabel Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany....
(d. 1402), and they had four sons and one daughter:
- John Haliburton, 2nd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton
- Walter Haliburton, who married Catherine who is daughter & co-heiress of Alexander de Chisholm.
- Robert Haliburton
- William Haliburton
- Jean Haliburton, married to Henry I Sinclair, Earl of OrkneyHenry I Sinclair, Earl of OrkneyHenry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and feudal baron of Roslin was a Scottish nobleman. He is sometimes identified by another spelling of his surname, St. Clair. He was the grandfather of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, the builder of Rosslyn Chapel...