William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal
Jacobite politician and Earl Marischal of Scotland
About William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal
Lived 1664 – 1712 (aged 47–48). William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal was a politician.
William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal, KT ( – 27 May 1712) was a Scottish politician. He married the committed Jacobite Mary Drummond.
Life His parents were the army officer George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal (d. 1694) and the courtier Lady Mary Hay (d. 1701), third daughter of the 2nd Earl of Kinnoull.
Marriage and issue Around 1690 Keith married the committed Jacobite Mary Drummond, daughter of James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (1648–1716), and his first wife, Lady Jane Douglas (d. 1678), the fourth daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas. Mary did not join her father when he was exiled in 1693 for Jacobitism. Their children were: George Keith, later tenth and last Earl Marischal (1692/93-1778) James Francis Edward Keith (1696–1758), named after the 'Old Pretender' Mary (d. 1721), married John, sixth earl of Wigtown Anne (d. 1728), married Alexander, sixth earl of Galloway
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Jacobite politician and Earl Marischal of Scotland
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William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal was born in 1664.
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William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal died on 27 May 1712.
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William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal was a politician.
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