Hij is getrouwd met Anne Lindsay.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 2 april 1619.
Kind(eren):
Het echtpaar is op september 1627 gescheiden.
Anna, served heir to her father 17 April 1610; married (contract dated 2 April 1619) to Alexander, Lord Falconer of Halkerton, but they, being unable to agree, mutually resolved to separate in September 1627, he allowing her 1.000 merks* yearly.
* The 'merk' was a Scottish silver coin. It was originally valued at 2/3 of a pound Scots.
Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Lord Falconer of Halkerton from 20 December 1646 till 1 October 1671. Succeeded by his son Alexander Falconer.
Sir Alexander Falconer is descended from an old Mearns family descended from the royal falconers of Kincardine Castle.
On 9 July 1630 Sir Alexander succeeded Lord Woodhall as an ordinary Lord of Session. King Charles I granted Sir Alexander a yearly pension of £200 with the title, for his ability, integrity, and affection for administration of Justice.
In November 1641 was appointed anew by king and parliament to be judge "ad vitam aut culpam" (= for life or until fault). He represented Kincardineshire in the convention 16434, and in the parliaments of 16445, 16457. He was a commissioner for the loan and tax in 1643, and a member of the committee of war for Kincardineshire in 1643, 1644, and 1646, and for Forfarshire in 1648. He was a commissioner for the plantation of kirks in 1644, a commissioner of the exchequer in 1645, a member of the committee of estates in 1645 and 1647, and a colonel for Aberdeenshire in 1648.
His rise and influence in the Scottish government was recognized on 20 December 1646, when he was created "Lord Falconer of Halkerton", with destination to himself and his heirs-male whatsoever.
On 15 February 1649 he was deprived of his seat in the College of Justice, and "ordained to lend money for the public use", on account of his accession to the "engagement". He appears, however, as Baron Falconer in the list of Scots nobility in 1650, and was a commissioner of supply for Kincardineshire in 1656 and 1659.
Falconer was reappointed to his seat in the College of Justice at the Restoration, and retained it till his death. In 1661 he was a commissioner of excise, and a member of the commission for visiting the university of Aberdeen. He appears as sitting in parliament as Lord Halkerton till 1669, and died 1 October 1671.
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