Biography of Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant -1566

Paternal Family Tree: Oliphant

1513 Battle of Flodden

1542 Battle of Solway Moss

Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant was born to Colin Oliphant and Elizabeth Keith.

Battle of Flodden

On 09 Sep 1513 at the Battle of Flodden was fought at the Branxton, Northumberland [Map]. the English army was commanded by Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 70), Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 40), Edmund Howard (age 35), Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 45), Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 51) and Marmaduke Constable (age 56).

The English army included: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford (age 59), William Conyers 1st Baron Conyers (age 44), Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley (age 41) and Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 45).

Randall Babington, John Bigod (age 38) and Thomas Fitzwilliam (age 39) were killed.

Marmaduke Constable (age 33), William Constable (age 38), George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston (age 16), Edmund Walsingham (age 33), Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 25) and Walter Stonor (age 36) were knighted by Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 40).

Christopher Savage, Thomas Venables (age 44) and Brian Tunstall (age 33) were killed.

Bryan Stapleton of Wighill (age 55) was killed. (Some reports have him dying in 1518).

John Booth (age 78) was killed.

Father and son Ralph ellerker of risby in yorkshire and Ralph Ellerker were knighted by Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey (age 70).

The Scottish army suffered heavy casualties:

King James IV of Scotland (age 40) was killed. His body ws taken to London, then to Sheen Priory, Richmond; thereafter it dissappeared. His son King James V of Scotland (age 1) succeeded V King Scotland.

Alexander Stewart ArchBishop of St Andrews (age 20) was killed.

David Kennedy 1st Earl Cassilis (age 43) was killed. His son Gilbert Kennedy 2nd Earl Cassilis (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Cassilis. Isabel Campbell Countess Cassilis by marriage Countess Cassilis.

William Sinclair 2nd Earl Caithness (age 54) was killed. His son John Sinclair 3rd Earl Caithness succeeded 3rd Earl Caithness.

Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox was killed. His son John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Lennox.

William Hay 4th Earl Erroll was killed. His son William Hay 5th Earl Erroll (age 18) succeeded 5th Earl Erroll.

John Douglas 2nd Earl Morton was killed. His son James Douglas 3rd Earl Morton succeeded 3rd Earl Morton, 6th Lord Dalkeith.

Adam Hepburn 2nd Earl Bothwell was killed. His son Patrick Hepburn 3rd Earl Bothwell (age 1) succeeded 3rd Earl Bothwell.

Alexander Stewart 4th of Garlies (age 32) was killed. His son Alexander Stewart 5th of Garlies (age 6) succeeded 5th Lord Garlies.

Alexander Elphinstone 1st Lord Elphinstone was killed. His son Alexander Elphinstone 2nd Lord Elphinstone (age 3) succeeded 2nd Lord Elphinstone.

Thomas Hay, George Hepburn Bishop Isles (age 59), Adam Hepburn Master (age 56), Thomas "Younger of Cushnie" Lumsden

William Douglas 6th Lord Drumlanrig was killed. William "Younger" Douglas 7th Lord Drumlanrig succeeded 7th Lord Drumlanrig.

George Seton 5th Lord Seton was killed. His son George Seton 6th Lord Seton succeeded 6th Lord Seton.

John Hay 2nd Lord Hay of Yester was killed. His son John Hay 3rd Lord Hay (age 23) succeeded 3rd Lord Hay of Yester. Elizabeth Douglas Lady Hay by marriage Lord Hay of Yester.

[his uncle] Robert Keith Master of Marischal (age 30), Guiscard Harbottle (age 28), John Erskine, David Home (age 22), Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale (age 43), Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll (age 64), Robert Douglas of Lochleven (age 89) were killed.

Henry Sinclair 3rd Lord Sinclair (age 48) was killed. His son William Sinclair 4th Lord Sinclair succeeded 4th Lord Sinclair.

James Stewart 1st Lord of Traquair (age 33) was killed. His son William Stewart 2nd Lord Traquair (age 7) succeeded 2nd Lord Traquair.

John Maxwell 4th Lord Maxwell (age 57) was killed. His son Robert Maxwell 5th Lord Maxwell (age 20) succeeded 5th Lord Maxwell.

William Murray (age 43), [his father] Colin Oliphant (age 26), William Ruthven (age 33), George Douglas (age 44) and William Douglas (age 42) were killed.

George Home 4th Lord Home and John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl (age 38) fought.

Brothers David Lyon of Cossins, William Lyon and George Lyon were killed.

William Graham 1st Earl Montrose (age 49) was killed. His son William Graham 2nd Earl Montrose (age 21) succeeded 2nd Earl Montrose.

Robert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl Mar was killed. His son John Erskine 17th Earl Mar (age 26) de jure 17th Earl Mar, Lord Erskine.

Thomas Stewart 2nd Lord Innermeath (age 52) was killed. His son Richard Stewart 3rd Lord Innermeath succeeded 3rd Lord Innermeath.

Walter Lindsay of Arden and Walter Lindsay (age 33) were killed.

William Keith of Inverugie (age 43) was killed.

David Wemyss of Wemyss (age 40) was killed.

John Somerville 1st of Cambusnethan (age 55) was killed.

Robert Crichton 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (age 41) was killed. His son Robert Crichton 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (age 22) succeeded 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar

Father and son William Rollo (age 59) and Robert Rollo 5th of Duncrub (age 34) were killed.

Before 1529 Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant were married. She by marriage Lord Oliphant.

In 1529 [his son] Laurence Oliphant 4th Lord Oliphant was born to Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and [his wife] Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant.

Battle of Solway Moss

On 25 Nov 1542 Thomas Wharton 1st Baron Wharton (age 47) commanded the English forces at Battle of Solway Moss at Solway Moss, Cumberland [Map]. John Thynne (age 27) fought. Of the Scottish army Malcolm Fleming 3rd Lord Fleming (age 48), Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl Cassilis (age 27) and Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant fought.

William Graham 3rd Earl Menteith (age 42) was captured. He was ransomed in 1453.

William Cunningham 4th Earl Glencairn (age 49) was captured and committed to the custody of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 69). He was released on payment of a ransom of a thousand pounds and subscribing by his own hand to support Henry VIII's (age 51) project of a marriage between the young King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 5) and the Mary Queen of Scots.

Malcolm Fleming 3rd Lord Fleming (age 48) was captured.

In Dec 1542 Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant reached at Newark on Trent [Map].

On 01 Jul 1543 Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant was ransomed.

In 1549 [his mother] Elizabeth Keith (age 49) died.

On 26 Mar 1566 Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant died. His son [his son] Laurence Oliphant 4th Lord Oliphant (age 37) succeeded 4th Lord Oliphant.

[his son] Peter Oliphant was born to Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant.

[his son] William Oliphant was born to Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant.

[his daughter] Catherine Oliphant was born to Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant.

[his daughter] Margaret Oliphant was born to Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant.

[his daughter] Lilias Oliphant was born to Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant.

[his son] Laurence Oliphant 4th Lord Oliphant and Margaret Hay Lady Oliphant were married. She by marriage Lord Oliphant. She the daughter of George Hay 7th Earl Erroll and Margaret Robertson Countess Erroll. They were third cousin once removed.

[his father] Colin Oliphant and [his mother] Elizabeth Keith were married. Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant succeeded 3rd Lord Oliphant.

[his daughter] Jean Oliphant was born to Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant and Margaret Sandilands Lady Oliphant.

Royal Ancestors of Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant -1566

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant -1566

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 2

Ancestors of Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant -1566

Great x 1 Grandfather: Laurence Oliphant 1st Lord Oliphant

GrandFather: John Oliphant 2nd Lord Oliphant 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hay 1st Lord Hay 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Hay 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hay 1st Earl Erroll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Hay Lady Oliphant 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Strathearn Countess Douglas

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Douglas Countess Erroll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Father: Colin Oliphant 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duncan Campbell 1st Lord Campbell

Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife

Great x 1 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Campbell Lady Oliphant 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Lord Lorn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Macdougall

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Lord Lorn 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Laurence Oliphant 3rd Lord Oliphant 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Keith

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Keith

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Keith 1st Earl Marischal

GrandFather: William Keith 2nd Earl Marischal

Mother: Elizabeth Keith