Alexander Forbes, 8th of Pitsligo

- Abt 1586

• Name	Alexander Forbes
  Suffix	8th of Pitsligo
  Gender	Male
  Death	1586
  Died	Abt 1586
  Person ID	I023309	Ancestorium

  
  

  Father	Alexander Forbes, 6th of Pitsligo,   d. 1562
  Mother	Beatrix Abernethy, of Saltoun,   d. UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F12952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Barbara Keith,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	Bef 30 Jun 1538
  Children	+ 1. John (Sir) Forbes, 9th of Pitsligo,   d. Sep 1625
  Family ID	F14127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Mackintosh,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	1584
  Family ID	F16300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Forbes, 8th of Pitsligo Male - 1586 http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I6769&tree=CC Name Alexander Forbes [1, 2] Suffix 8th of Pitsligo Gender Male Died 1586 [2] Alt. Death Bef 10 Oct 1587 [1] Person ID I6769 Clan current Last Modified 27 Feb 2016 Father Alexander Forbes, 6th of Pitsligo, d. 1562 Mother Beatrix Abernethy, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F13442 Group Sheet | Family Chart Family 1 Barbara Keith, d. Yes, date unknown Married Y [1] Children + 1. Sir John Forbes, 9th of Pitsligo, d. Sep 1625 Last Modified 24 Aug 2015 14:03:00 Family ID F3978 Group Sheet | Family Chart Family 2 Margaret Macintosh, d. Aft 1626 Married 1584 [1, 3] Last Modified 24 Aug 2015 14:03:00 Family ID F17979 Group Sheet | Family Chart Family 3 Elison (Alison) Henderson, b. Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown Married Aft 1547 [1] Children 1. Violet Forbes, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 27 Feb 2016 19:33:00 Family ID F48009 Group Sheet | Family Chart Notes ?2nd son. Succeeded his brother William [d 1566?], who had no male heir. Married Alison Anderson, dau of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and widow of Alexander Forbes of Tolquhon, and on her death, he married Barbara, daughter of the 4th Earl Marischal.] --- Pitsligo Castle underwent major improvements in the 1570s by Sir Alexander the 7th Knight of Pitsligo. He witnessed the home transformed into a quadrangular keep which strengthened his fortification. This included a drum tower housing three gun loops with another four major cannon ports on the North and West wings, one on the stair tower within the forecourt. This knight died in 1587 and it was his grandson, Sir Alexander, who was raised to the peerage to become the first Lord Pitsligo on 24th June, 1633. (http://www.rosehearty.co.uk/history/pitsligofamily.htm) --- On Alison Anderson's death, Sir Alexander married Barbara, 2nd dau. of William, Lord Keith. (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland? - Page 372 by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - Scotland - 1991) [2] Sources 1.[S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Forbes02. 2.[S80] Rootsweb, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/), Ancestors of a 21st century British family Contact: Richar d Hodgson. 3.[S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Mackintosh02.