1st Lord Haliburton Sir Walter Haliburton 
1st Lord Haliburton Sir Walter was born about 1360 in Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. 1st Lord Haliburton Sir Walter's father was Sir Walter Haliburton and his mother was Isabel Stuart. His maternal grandparents were Laird of Ralston Sir John Stuart and Alicia Mure. He had two sisters named Jean and Margaret. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died on May 10th, 1447 in Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.General Notes
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 grandson 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:
John Haliburton, 2nd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton
Walter Haliburton, who married Catherine, daughter & co-heiress of Alexander de Chisholm.
Robert Haliburton
William Haliburton
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1332 in Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland d.1392 in Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1360 in Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland d.10 May 1447 in Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1293 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.09 Apr 1327 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West Lothian
- b.~ 1318 in Dundonald, Kyle, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d.1304 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1248 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland d.1318 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1298 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1275
- b.~ 1340 in Ralston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1277 in Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1339 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Camceskane, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1216 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d.1283 in Eskdale, Langholm, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d.1304 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1220 in Eskdale, Langholm, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1280 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1248 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland d.1318 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
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Details of 1st Lord Haliburton Sir Walter's family with Lady Isabella Stuart
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