Lord Haliburton of Dirleton

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{{see also|Earl of Dirletoun}}

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Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (or Dirletoun) was a Scottish Lordship of Parliament created circa. 1450 for Sir Walter de Haliburton, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. The seat of Lord Haliburton was at Dirleton Castle in present-day East Lothian.

The last Haliburton of Direleton was Patrick, 6th Lord Haliburton, died c. 1506. His three daughters with Christine Wawane, Janet, Margaret and Mariotta were his heirs.Ewan, Elizabeth, & Meikle, Maureen M., ed., Women in Scotland, Tuckwell (1999), 169 & fn. 25. Janet married William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven in 1515, who subsequently gained the Dirleton lordship.

Lords Haliburton of Dirleton

References

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  • [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft The Scots Peerage] IX vols, Balfour Paul, Sir James, Edinburgh 1904

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Category:Forfeited lordships of Parliament

Category:Noble titles created in 1449