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XI SIR WILLIAM SAINTCLAIR

designed of Pentland, succeeded his father. His contract of marriage, with Dame Anna Spotswood, daughter to John Spotswood, then Archbishop of Glasgow, thereafter Archbishop of St.Andrew's, and Chancellor of Scotland, is dated at Leith 20th November 1609, and registered in the books of Counsell 7th August 1610, at which time Pentland was wadset to Archibald Douglas of Testis in liferent, and to his son in fee under reversion, to which Sir William was made sessioner. He had numerous issue:
  1. WILLIAM, died in France. He had two natural daughters -
    1. MARGARET (by a niece of Scougall of Whitekirk), married to James Carruthers, tutor of Annandale
    2. ELIZABETH, unmarried
  2. JOHN, commonly called "the Prince", next of Roslin
  3. JAMES, hereafter of Roslin
  4. LEWIS, Captain of Horse in General Duncan's Regiment, killed at the siege of Hallingsted in the county of Hall.
  5. HENRY.
  6. PATRICK.
  7. CHARLES, who was possessed by a spirit. He died abroad.
  8. ROBERT
  9. GEORGE, died young
  10. ARCHIBALD, who died unmarried
  1. RACHAEL married to Hume, Laird of Foard
  2. RACHAEL (sic), died unmarried
  3. MARGARET, died young
  4. HELEN, married, 1st, to Sir John Rollo of Bannockburne; 2nd, to Stirling of Herbertshire; and 3rd, to Colin McKenzie, brother to the Earl of Seaforth

This Sir William also received a charter of the Hereditary Protectorate from the Scottish Freemasons in 1630; and in 1635, upon the appointment of Sir Anthonie Alexander to the office of Master of Work for Scotland, preferred an objection as being in prejudice to his hereditary charge of the Masons of the Kingdom. He died during the Civil War, and was interred in Roslin Chapel, the very same day that the battle of Dunbar was fought, 3rd September, 1650.

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