Alexander Livingstone, 2nd Earl of Linlithgow

Alexander Livingston, 2nd Earl of Linlithgow PC (died 1648) was a Scottish nobleman.

Early life

He was the eldest surviving son of Alexander Livingstone, 1st Earl of Linlithgow and Lady Helen Hay (–1627). Among his siblings was James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar; Anne Livingston, who married to Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton; and Margaret Livingston, who married John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown.

His paternal grandparents were William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston and Agnes Fleming (second daughter of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming). Among his extended family were Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone, the Treasurer of Scotland (husband of his aunt Jean Livingston) and Lewis Bellenden and Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney (both husbands of his aunt, Margaret Livingston).

Career From 1609/10, he served as an Extraordinary Lord of Session. Upon his father's death on 24 December 1621 at Callendar House, he became the 2nd Earl of Linlithgow,

Personal life On 4 May 1611, he was married to Lady Elizabeth Gordon, second daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly and Lady Henrietta Stuart (eldest daughter of Esmé Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox). Together, they were the parents of:

After the death of Elizabeth Gordon, his first wife, in childbirth in July 1616, he remarried to Lady Mary Douglas on 17 October 1620. Lady Mary was the second daughter of William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus and Hon. Elizabeth Oliphant (the eldest daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant). Together, they were the parents of: Lady Margaret Livingston (d. 1674), who married Thomas Nicolson of Carnock. After his death, she married, as his fourth wife, Sir George Stirling, 6th of Keir in 1666. After his death, she married thirdly to her late husband's cousin Sir John Stirling, 8th of Keir on 6 February 1668.