Baron of Somerville Walter Somerville 
Walter was born about 1250 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland.1 Walter's father was Baron of Somerville William Somerville V and his mother was Margaret Somerville. His paternal grandparents were Baron of Somerville William Somerville IV and <Unknown>; his maternal grandparents were John Somerville and Elizabeth Oliphant. He was an only child. He died after 1296 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland.1 General Notes
REFN: 3914AN
Sir Walter did homage to Edward I in 1296, but later supported William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in the independence movement. As a result, Linton Towe r was frequently in peril of destruction
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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.~ 1120 in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England d.> 1176 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1150 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.> 1194 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland
<Unknown>
- b.~ 1175 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland d.~ 1215 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland
<Unknown>
- b.~ 1198 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland d.1230 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland
<Unknown>
- b.~ 1223 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland d.1282 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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- b.~ 1250 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland d.> 1296 in Linton Tower, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1118 in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England d.> 1190
- b.1153 in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England d.1201
- b.1120 in Ingleby, Foremark, Derby, England
- b.~ 1179 in Stockton, Warwickshire, England d.~ 1215
- b.~ 1156 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England d.~ 1219 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1200 in Stockton, Warwickshire, England d.1230 in Newbigging, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1225 in Newbigging, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1175 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1200 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Details of Walter's family with Effie Barclay
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