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Personal data David Falconer, 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton 

• He was born on May 27, 1681 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• He died on September 24, 1751 in Inglismaldie-Kincardineshire, Scotland, he was 70 years old.
• A child of David Falconer of Newton and Mary Norvell
• This information was last updated on October 10, 2018.

Household of David Falconer, 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton

He is married to Katharine Margaret Keith.

They got married on December 23, 1703 at Keith Hall-Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he was 22 years old.

Married on 23 December 1703 by a contract dated 27 November 1703. David married Lady Katherine Margaret Keith, eldest daughter of the 2nd earl of Kintore. She was only thirteen years and five months old when she became his wife!

Child(ren):

1. Alexander Falconer, 5th Lord Falconer of Halkerton  ± 1707-1762
2. Katharine Falconer  ± 1709-1748
3. William Falconer, 6th Lord Falconer of Halkerton  ± 1712-1776 
4. Jean Falconer  ± 1714-1797
5. David Falconer  ± 1716-1775
6. John Falconer of Jamaica  1718-1769 
7. Mary Falconer  ± 1720-1775
8. George Falconer of Phesdo  ± 1722-1780
9. Margory Falconer  ± 1726-1787

Notes about David Falconer, 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton

4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton from February 1724 till 24 September1751. Succeeded by his son Alexander Falconer.
By the death of his 2nd cousin, he became 4th Lord Falconer of Halkerton. His sister married Joseph Home of Ninewells and was mother of David Home, or Hume, the philosopher.

Inglismaldie Castle [coordinate: N56.79211 W2.58481] in Marykirk parish, SW Kincardineshire, within ¼ mile of the North Esk's left bank, and 6 miles SW of Laurencekirk. An old castellated edifice, surrounded with extensive woods.
After the Reformation, the Inglismaldie church lands were came into the possession of a branch of the Livingstone family, the king granting a charter in 1588 to John Livingstone of Dunipace for various lands, including Over, Middle and Nether Egglismaldie in Kincardineshire.
The Livingstones were still here in 1631, but in 1635, the lands passed to Sir John Carnegie, Sheriff of Forfar, who, having been created 1st Earl of Ethie, later changed his titles by royal consent, to Earl of Northesk and Baron Rosehill and Inglismaldie.

David obtained the property before his marriage (all his children were born in Inglismaldie).
Inglismaldie remained with this family until modern times, when it passed from their hands, to be bought again in 1925 by Major Adrian Keith-Falconer, a cousin of the earl. He and his wife died in 1959 and since 1960, the castle has been in the appreciative possession of a member of the Ogilvie family.

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