Hunter of Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland
and of Croyland Abbey, Lincolnshire
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
- HUNTER
in
[Burkes Peerage]
- CATHCART
in
[Burkes Peerage]
- Record of Hunter of Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1902.
- Some family papers of the Hunters of Hunterston,
J. Skinner, Edinburgh, 1925
(Scottish Record Society Series, v.58).
- Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, Ayrshire:
the historic fifteenth century strong-hold of
the Hunters of Hunterston,
guidebook, 1975, classification 914.1461,
[TCD]
Santry (use call slip)
P 50162
Hunter arms over fireplace,
Hunterston Castle, Ayrshire.
Photo 2006 by Marian Aelick.
Used with permission.
See full size.
Hunterston Castle, Ayrshire,
was built 13th cent.
by Hunter, Laird of Hunterston,
of which:
John Huntar, 14th Laird of Hunterston, succ 1487,
built the Great Hall at Hunterston
1500,
mar 1505 to Margaret Cathcart
[dau of John Cathcart, 2nd Baron Cathcart],
killed in the
Battle of Flodden
1513,
in which Sir William Sidney fought on the other side,
had issue:
Robert Huntar, 15th Laird of Hunterston,
died 1546,
had issue (apparently father of rather than brother of):
Kentigern (or Mungo) Huntar, 16th Laird of Hunterston,
mar Marion Hamilton [dau of James Hamilton,
of Torrance,
Lanarkshire],
fought in the Siege of Dumbarton 1545,
succ 1546,
killed in the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh 1547,
Marion lived at Hunterston until 1595,
had issue:
-
Robert Huntar, 17th Laird of Hunterston,
born c.1545, succ 1547.
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