Lord Robert Sempill 
Robert was born about 1505 in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland.1 Robert's father was Lord William Sempill Sheriff Of Renfrew and his mother was Margaret Montgomerie. His paternal grandparents were Lord John Sempill and Margaret Colville; his maternal grandparents were Earl Hugh Montgomerie Of Eglinton and Helen Campbell. He was an only child. He died in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland.2 General Notes
3rd Lord Sempill, Privy Council 1571; Governor and Constable of Douglas Castle 1533, Sheriff of Renfrew Jan 1543/4, Bailiff of Regality of Paisley 1544; captured by English at their victory over Scots of Pinkie 10 Sept 1547; stabbed to death 5th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar and imprisoned for it in Edinburgh Castle but his daughter Grizel's influence with the Archbishop of St Andrews, whose mistress she was, saved him from almost certain execution; supported Mary Queen of Scots, hence Sempill Castle captured by her opponents 1560; later supported James VI (and I of England), though remaining a Roman Catholic, and fought against Mary at Battle of Langside 1568; Jt Lt. of western ports 1568; Lt-Gen and Justiciar of Lanark and Renfrew 1572; married (1st?) by 7 April 1538 Isabel, daughter of William Hamilton of Sanquhar; allegedly married 2nd Elizabeth Carlile, perhaps an Englishwoman, had by her a son (John) and two daughters (Jonet & Dorothy); originally illegitimate but legitimated 24 Aug 1546. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1400 in Eliotstoun,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.> 1474 in Eliotstoun,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1420 in Eliotstoun,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1402 in Scotland
- b.~ 1440 in Eliotstoun,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.11 Jun 1488 in Battle of Sauchieburn,Marykirk,Kincardineshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1393 in Cathcart,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.Aft 11 FEB 1445/1446 in Cathcart,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1422 in Cathcart,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1465 in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field,Branxton,Northumberland,England
- b.~ 1398 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland d.08 May 1449 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland
- b.1425 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland d. in Hawkhead,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1408 in Huntly Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1447 in Hawkhead,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.13 Nov 1495 in Eliotstoun,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1485 in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.03 Jun 1552 in Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1405 in Oxnam,Jedburgh,Roxburghshire,Scotland d.09 Oct 1466 in Ochiltree Castle,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1430 in Ochiltree Castle,Ayrshire,Scotland d.Abt JAN 1495/1496 in Hiltoun,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1406 in Sanquhar Castle,Dumfrieshire,Scotland d.Bef MAR 1477/1478 in Oxnam,Jedburgh,Roxburghshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1448 in Hiltoun,Stirlingshire,Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field,Branxton,Northumberland,England
- b.~ 1430 in Scotland
- b.~ 1468 in Hiltoun,Stirlingshire,Scotland d.>21 Apr 1504 in Eliotstoun,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1412 in Arnot Tower,Portmoak,Kinross-shire,Scotland d.> 1450 in Balberton,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1450 in Balbarton,Fifeshire,Scotland d.1527 in Hiltoun,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1425 in Scotland
- b.~ 1505 in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.Bef 17 JAN 1575/1576 in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.< 1413 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.~ 1470 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1428 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland d.1452 in (dvp)
- b.~ 1413 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.>16 Sep 1453 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1445 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland d.1468 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland (dvp grandfather)
- b.~ 1382 in Hailes Castle,Prestonkirk,East Lothian,Scotland d.~ 1446 in Hailes Castle,Prestonkirk,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1426 in Hailes Castle,Prestonkirk,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.1388 in Lochorwart Castle,Gorebridge,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1460 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland d.Jun 1545 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1385 in Dunure,Ayrshire,Scotland d.<08 Nov 1408 in (dvp)
- b.< 1409 in Cassillis House,Maybole,Ayrshire,Scotland d.Aft 6 MAR 1477/1478 in Cassillis House,Maybole,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1382 in Rothesay Castle,Isle of Bute,Scotland d.< 1458 in Duntreath Castle,Strathblane,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1445 in Cassillis House,Maybole,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1388 in Caerlaverock Castle,Dumfriesshire,Scotland d.Bef 14 FEB 1453/1454 in Caerlaverock Castle,Dumfriesshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1423 in Caerlaverock Castle,Dumfriesshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1400 in Terregles,Kirkcudbright,Dumfriesshire,Scotland d.< 1439
- b.~ 1487 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland d.Bef 12 FEB 1522/1523 in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1387 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland d.12 Aug 1453 in Kilmun,Strathclyde,Scotland
- b.~ 1410 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland d.MAR 1439/1440 in (dvp)
- b.~ 1387 in Falkland Castle,Fifeshire,Scotland d.<Aug 1432 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1440 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland d.10 May 1493 in Tullibardine,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1406 in Cowthally Castle,Carnwath,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.Nov 1491 in Cowthally Castle,Carnwath,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1424 in Cowthally Castle,Carnwath,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1408 in Hailes Castle,Prestonkirk,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1465 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland d.23 JAN 1527/1528 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1379 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland d.< 1449 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1400 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland d.20 Dec 1463 in Dunstaffnage Castle,Argyllshire,Scotland (died of wounds)
- b.~ 1379 in Falkland Castle,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1445 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland d.26 Oct 1510
- b.1364 in Western Isles,Scotland d.1423 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland
- b.~ 1405 in Western Isles,Strathclyde,Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Dundonald Castle,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1435 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland
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Robert and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony before April 7th, 1538 in 1st wife.1 They had a daughter named Jean.
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Children
Jean Sempill
Jean was born about 1543 in Renfrew,Renfrewshire,Scotland. She died in Hawkhead,Renfrewshire,Scotland.
Robert and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on August 24th, 1546 in mistress - made children legitimate.1
1 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 2579
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 2579
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 2579
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