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James Black Laird Ormiston, Ilk c. 1515 - 1573

James Black Laird Ormiston Ilk was born in 1515 to George Ormiston. He married Margaret Sinclair, and had a child Walter Ormiston. James Ormiston died at age 57 years old on December 14, 1573 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh County, Scotland United Kingdom.
James Black Laird Ormiston Ilk
Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland
1515
December 14, 1573
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh County, Scotland, United Kingdom
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James Black Laird Ormiston Ilk's History: circa 1515 - 1573

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    Parents were George Ormiston and Elizabeth Rutherford James Ormiston, Earl of Dunbar, also known as James the Black Laird Ormiston, was a Scottish laird who lived from 1522 to 1573. He was the 12th and last of that ilk. James obtained possession of his estate in 1550. He was one of the conspirators in the murder of King Henry Stuart (Lord Darnley), husband of Queen Mary, on 13 FEB 1567. On 12 MAY 1567 he was knighted by Mary Queen of Scots. In DEC 1567, he was convicted of treason, in his absence. His estate was forfeited and he was outlawed. He was present at the battle of Langside, in MAY 1568, and was in communication with Queen Mary when she was interned at Carlisle prison that same year. On 10 NOV 1573, he was betrayed, and, after a gallant fight, was captured at Jedburgh and taken to Edinburgh Castle. There he confessed to his part in the assassination plot, and he was hanged drawn and quartered on 14 DEC 1573.
  • 1515

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    1515
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  • 12/14
    1573

    Death

    December 14, 1573
    Death date
    Hung, Drawn and Quartered for Treason
    Cause of death
    Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh County, Scotland United Kingdom
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James Black Laird Ormiston, Earl of Dunbar, Coat of Arms.
James Black Laird Ormiston, Earl of Dunbar, Coat of Arms.
From an old manuscript book of the sixteenth century, the arms of the Ormistons of Teviotdale was a shield containing three pelicans vulning themselves; and the banner of James, the Black Laird of Ormiston, (1522-1573) was a silver field with three red pelicans feeding their young with drops of blood pecked from their breast.
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He is my 11th Great Grandfather on my fathers side
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James Black Laird Ormiston, Ilk

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