Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant (1529–1593) was a Scottish nobleman.
Early life
He was the eldest son of Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant and the former Margaret Sandilands. Among his sibling was Peter Oliphant (ancestor of the Oliphants of Langton), Catherine Oliphant (wife of Sir Alexander Oliphant of Kellie, and George Dundas of Dundas), Margaret Oliphant (wife of William Murray of Abercaimy, and James Clephane of Carslogie), Jean Oliphant (wife of William Moncreiffe of Moncreiffe), and Lilias Oliphant (wife of Robert Lundie of Balgonie).
In 1543 he was sent to England as a hostage for his father. After the marriage of
Career
Oliphant sat on the assize for the trial of
Oliphant was one of sixteen persons appointed by Queen Mary, at Bolton Castle on 6 March 1569 to act as advisers, with the Duke of Châtellerault, the Earl of Huntly and Earl of Argyll, in the difficult circumstances of the Scottish kingdom. He attended the convention at Perth on 31 July of the same year, and voted against the queen's divorce from Bothwell.[1] Oliphant and his servants were attacked on 18 July at the instance of George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness, and were besieged for eight days in Old Wick or "Auldwick" castle by the Master of Caithness. Oliphant's complaint against the Master of Caithness was deliberated by the Privy Council on 12 October and 22 November.[2]
After the death of the
There is evidence that the 4th Lord Oliphant added two floors to the east tower of Kellie Castle in Fife in 1573. The south elevation bears the initials of his second wife, Margaret Hay.[3] He built the castle of Newtyle or Hatton in 1575.[4]
Personal life
By Lady Margaret Hay, second daughter of George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll. Together, they were the parents of two sons and three daughters, including::[1]
- Laurence Oliphant, Master of Oliphant (d. c. 1584), who married Lady Christian Douglas, a daughter of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton of Lochleven. He was involved in the raid of Ruthven, and for this reason was in March 1584 exiled, along with his brother-in-law, Robert Douglas. They set sail for the continent, but never reached it.[1] In January 1601, Elizabeth I heard a rumour they were prisoners and wrote to Mehmed III for their release.[5]
- John Oliphant of Newlands.
- Elizabeth Oliphant, who married to William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, in 1585.
- Jean Oliphant, who married Alexander Bruce of Cultmalindie.
- Margaret Oliphant, who married Sir James Johnstone of Westerhall.
Lord Oliphant died at
Descendants
Through his eldest son
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Joseph Anderson, The Oliphants in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1879), pp. lvi-lvii
- ^ National Trust for Scotland (2008), Kellie Castle & Garden, pp. 4 & 14
- ^ Joseph Anderson, The Oliphants in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1879), p. lx.
- ^ A. R. Braunmuller, A seventeenth-century letter-book : a facsimile edition of Folger MS. V.a. 321 (University of Delaware, 1983), pp. 185–86.
- ^ MacVeigh, James (1889). Abe-Cur. p. 232. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Oliphant, Laurence (1529-1593)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.