Individual Details
Sir James "2nd Lord Crichton" Crichton
(1415 - Aug 1454)
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== Biography ==
}James, the son, second Lord Crichton, was born circa 1415 and knighted by James the First, at the baptism of his eldest son in 1430. He married Lady Janet Dunbar, eldest daughter and coheiress of James earl of Moray, with whom he got the barony of Frendraught in Banffshire, but the earldom of Moray was, to his prejudice, bestowed on Archibald Douglas, (third son of the seventh earl of Douglas,) who had married the younger sister of his wife. Under the designation of Sir James Crichton of Frendraught, he was appointed great chamberlain of Scotland in 1440, and his held that office till 1453. He died about 1469. He had three sons, William, Gavin, and George.
== Sources ==
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p27808.htm#i278079
* https://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/crichton.htm
== Biography ==
}James, the son, second Lord Crichton, was born circa 1415 and knighted by James the First, at the baptism of his eldest son in 1430. He married Lady Janet Dunbar, eldest daughter and coheiress of James earl of Moray, with whom he got the barony of Frendraught in Banffshire, but the earldom of Moray was, to his prejudice, bestowed on Archibald Douglas, (third son of the seventh earl of Douglas,) who had married the younger sister of his wife. Under the designation of Sir James Crichton of Frendraught, he was appointed great chamberlain of Scotland in 1440, and his held that office till 1453. He died about 1469. He had three sons, William, Gavin, and George.
== Sources ==
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p27808.htm#i278079
* https://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/crichton.htm
Events
| Birth | 1415 | Crichton, Edinburgh, Scotland | |||
| Death | Aug 1454 | Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Janet Dunbar | ||||
| Reference No | 6376811 | ||||
| Reference No | 6578670 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Janet Dunbar (1416 - 1506) |
| Father | William Crichton (1383 - 1454) |
| Mother | Lady Margaret Maitland (1385 - 1421) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Crichton countess of Huntly (1410 - 1479) |
| Sibling | Lady Elizabeth "Countess Huntly" Crichton (1410 - 1479) |