Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (or ''Dirletoun'') was a

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created ''circa.'' 1450 for Sir Walter de Haliburton,

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. The seat of Lord Haliburton was at

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in present-day

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. 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

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in 1515, who subsequently gained the Dirleton lordship.

Lords Haliburton of Dirleton

Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton Sir Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died circa 1449), Lord High Treasurer of Scotland was a Scottish noble. Life The eldest son of Sir John Haliburton of Dirleton (d. 1392) by his wife Margaret Cameron, daughter of Sir John ...

(died c. 1447) * John Haliburton, 2nd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1452–1454) * Patrick Haliburton, 3rd Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1459) *

George Haliburton, 4th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton George Haliburton, 4th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton (died before 1492), was a Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish Lord of Parliament. George was the son of John, 2nd Lord Haliburton and Margaret Hepburn, daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes, Pat ...

(died c. 1492) *

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(died c. 1502) *

Patrick Haliburton, 6th Lord Haliburton of Dirleton Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

(died c. 1506) * Janet Haliburton, 7th Lady Haliburton of Dirleton (died c. 1560) **''de jure uxoris'' William Ruthven, Lord Ruthven and Dirleton * Patrick Ruthven, 8th Lord Dirleton * William Ruthven, 9th Lord Dirleton, attainted and executed 1584

References

The Scots Peerage
IX vols, Balfour Paul, Sir James, Edinburgh 1904 {{DEFAULTSORT:Haliburton of Dirleton Forfeited lordships of Parliament Noble titles created in 1449