Edward Keith

Sir Edward Keith (d. 1351) was a Scottish nobleman and hereditary 11th Marischal of Scotland.

Biography Sir Edward Keith was the son of William de Keith (d. ), 8th Marischal of Scotland, and Barbara de Seaton, daughter of Adam de Seaton. In 1328 he received a charter to the lands of Kelly from King Robert the Bruce, witnessed by his brother Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland. Neither he nor his brother Robert were at the Battle of Halidon Hill but his son William, fighting under Sir Archibald Douglas was taken prisoner there.

Family Sir Edward Keith married first, before July 1305, Isabella de Synton, Catherine Keith, who married Alexander Barclay and were the ancestors of the Barclays of Ury.

He married secondly, Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir John de Menteith, Lord of Arran and his wife Ellen of Mar. They had one daughter: Janet Keith, who married first, Sir David Barclay of Brechin. She married secondly, before 13 April 1370, Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine.