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Personal data Alan (Scottish Clan of Sempill) Sempill 3rd Lord Sempill 

• He was born in the year 1487 in Eliotston, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• Occupations:
• in Scotland.
• KINSHIP: 1st son and heir, being by 1st wife. MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Present at the battle of Pinkie where he was taken prisoner, 1547. OFFICE: Governor and Constable of Douglas Castle, 1533. OFFICE: Sheriff of Renfrew, 1543/1544. OFFICE: Bailey of the Regality of Paisley, 1544. OFFICE: Joint Lieutenant of the Western Ports, 1568. OFFICE: [P.C.] Privy Councillor [S.], 1571. OFFICE: Lieutenant General and Justiciar, Lanark and Renfrew, 1572. ASSIGNMENTS: Sat in Parliament [S.], 1544-1546; sat in Parliament [S.] as Lord Sempill, 1558, 1567, 1571, 1572. TITLES: Succeeded father, in 1552 as Lord Sempill [S.], title created before 10 Nov 1488..
• Education: Early education in France.
• Resident: Scotland/.
• He died on January 17, 1576 in Eliotstoun or Renfrew, Renfrewshire or West Lothian, Scotland, he was 89 years old.
• He is buried before January 17, 1576 in Seton Church, Port Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
• A child of William Sempill and Margaret Montgomery

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Notes about Alan (Scottish Clan of Sempill) Sempill 3rd Lord Sempill

Robert had many children. Some are known to have been by his wife Isabel, some by his mistress Elizabeth, but the mother of others is uncertain. They are thought to be by either Isabel or Elizabeth but The Scots Peerage and other sources are not clear. 1543 Robert Sempill succeeds on his fathers resignation of duties./p 1547 Robert, Lord Sempill III , Great Lord Semple, constable of the king's Castle of Douglas, is taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Pinkie./p 1560 Lord Robert Sempill III opposes the reformation and his castle is attacked, seized, and destroyed./p Lord Darnley is murdered. (supposedly by his wife, Mary Queen of Scots). Lord Sempill III seeks to promote Mary's son, James, as ruler in place of Mary. Lord Sempill III fights against the Queen and Bothwell at the Battle of Carberry/p Hill, where he signed a warrent for her confinement in Lochleven Castle. Mary later escapes./p 1568 Lord Sempill III leads the of of Regent Moray's army at the Battle of Langside. Moray's forces capture Mary, Queen of Scots. For his services, Sempill receives a charter to the abbey lands of Paisley, which had been forfeited from Lord Claud Hamilton. Hamilton will later regain the lands. 1570 Sempill III's friend, Regent Moray, is murdered, Sempill's ambitions are setback. Sempill is imprisoned for a year./p 1571 Lord Sempill III is ap pointed Privy Councillor by James VI, and sent as ambassador to Spain. He is given a charter of some lands in the barony of Glasfoord. Robert is named Lt. General and Justicar of Lanark and Renfrew. He does not renounce the Catholic faith, and therefore, is prohibited from attaining any other high public office. 1572 Lord Robert Sempill IV, Master of Sempill dies before his father. Robert Lord Sempill IV, grandson of Robert Lord Sempill III, has his charter confirmed by the crown./p /p /p /p 3rd Lord Sempill (c. 1505-1572), assisted the Scottish regent, Mary of Lorraine, in her struggle with the lords of the congregation, and was afterwards one of the partisans of Mary, queen of Scots; about 1566, however, he deserted the queen, /p against whom he fought at Carberry Hill and at Langside. His grandson, Robert (d. 1611), became the 4th Lord Sempill, and another grandson was James Sempill of Beltrees/p

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