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Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie (20 January 1547 – August 1617) was a Scottish landowner and factor to the Earl of Orkney. He features in a number of traditional stories of Shetland. [1] Background. He was the son of John Bruce of Cultmalindie and Euphemia Elphinstone. [2] .
Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie lived from 20 January 1547 to August 1617. He was a deeply unpopular Sheriff of the Shetland Islands best known for building Muness Castle on the island of Unst. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Laurence Bruce de Cultmalindie (20 de enero de 1547 - agosto de 1617) fue un terrateniente escocés y factor del conde de Orkney. Aparece en varias historias tradicionales de Shetland. Era hijo de John Bruce de Cultmalindie y Euphemia Elphinstone.
He married Helen Kennedy of Girvan Mains Bruce on 20 August 1559, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in August 1617, in Muness, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, at the age of 70, and was buried in Sand Wick, Shetland, Scotland.
Laurence Bruce, 3rd of Braewick, married 4/22/1722, Ann Margaret Nicolson daughter of Arthur Nicolson of Lochend. They had 5 sons: Arthur, Henry, James, Robert, and Laurence, as well as 2 daughters, Margaret (married 5th January, 1759, Samuel Scollay, merchant in Lerwick), and Janet.
Hace 6 días · History. Muness Castle began construction on orders of Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie in 1598. Bruce was half-brother of Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, and his influence was linked to that of his more powerful sibling. From the late 1590s, Bruce had a series of disputes with his nephew, Robert’s son Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl ...
Euphemia married John Bruce of Cultmalindie (c. 1507 – March 1547), and had five children: Laurence Bruce, Robert Bruce (born c. 1536), Henry Bruce (born c. 1538), James Bruce (born c. 1540) and Euphamie Bruce (born c. 1542).
