Alexander Home 
Alexander was born before 1410 in Scotland. Alexander's father was Alexander Home and his mother is Jean Hay. His paternal grandparents were Thomas De Home and Nicola Pepdie; his maternal grandfather was Thomas Hay and his maternal grandmother is Christian Wardlaw. He was an only child. He died after 1490 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland.General Notes
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1st Lord Home
"After the final overthrow of the Earls of Dunbar a nd March, in January,
1436, the Homes succeeded to a portion of their vast es tates, and to a
great deal of power on the Borders as Wardens of the Eastern Marches. Sir
Alexander Home, the head of the family, was created a peer by th e title
of Lord Home, 2nd August, 1473, and seems to have possessed considera ble
diplomatic ability, and he was frequently employed by James III in
carr ying out important negotiations with the English Court. His father
and uncle had held in succession the office of bailie of the lands
belonging to the mon astery of Coldingham, and he induced the prior and
chapter to make the office hereditary in his family. He exerted all his
influence in that situation to obtain possession of the large conventual
property, and indeed seized and app ropriated it to his own use. He was,
therefore, greatly irritated by the atte mpt of King James, with the
consent of the Pope, to attach the revenues of th e priory to the Chapel
Royal at Stirling, and joined the disaffected nobles i n their conspiracy
against that ill-fated sovereign. His Border spearmen cont ributed not a
little to the defeat and death of James at Sauchie. The Homes o btained a
liberal share of the fruits of the victory gained by the rebellious
barons. The revenues of Coldingham, the prize for which Lord Home had
rebe lled and fought against his sovereign, were allowed to remain in his
possessi on, and Alexander Home, second baron, his grandson and heir, was
appointed im mediately after the murder of James to the office of Steward
of Dunbar, and o btained besides a large share of the administration of
the Lothians and Berwi ckshire."
The Great Historic Families of Scotland, James Taylor
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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.~ 1170 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.1214 in East Lothian, Scotland d.1266
- b.~ 1227 in Touch-Fraser, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.1238 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland d.1300
- b.1152 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland d.31 Dec 1232 in Scotland
- b.~ 1190 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1164 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.1200 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1355 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland d.1427
- b.1384 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland d.17 Aug 1424 in Vernuel, France
- b.~ 1335 in Scotland
- b.~ 1360 in Scotland d. in Dunglas, Scotland
- b.< 1410 in Scotland d.> 1490 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.< 1270 d. in Locherworth, Scotland
- b.< 1295 in Locherwort Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland d.<15 Oct 1335 in Locherworth (Borthwick), Scotland
- b.~ 1260
- b.1328 in Locherwort Castle, Gorebridge, MIdlothian, Scotland d.<29 Apr 1392 in Peebles, Peebleshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1285
- b.~ 1310 in Tullybody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1345 in Locherwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland d.> 1397 in Yester Castle, Haddintonshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1325
- b.~ 1379 in Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1268 in Wilton, Roxburgh, Scotland
- b.~ 1293 in Wilton, Roxburgh, Scotland d.1358
- b.~ 1245 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1250 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland
- b.~ 1340 in Wilton, Roxburgh, Scotland
- b.1243 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.16 Jul 1309 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1284 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d. in Durisdeer, Scotland
- b.~ 1263 in Ulster, Ireland
- b.~ 1305 in Durrisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d.1360
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‌Alexander and Marion were married in a religious ceremony before 1426. They had a son and two daughters, named Alexander, Katherine and Helen.
Family Notes
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