Family and Education
b. c. 1622, o. s. of Sir John Livingstone, 1st Bt., of Kinnaird, Perth by Jane, da. of Richard Sproxton of Wakefield, Yorks., wid. of William Marwood of Little Busby, Yorks.; step-bro. of Richard Gorges, 2nd Baron Gorges of Dundalk [I]. educ. Merton, Oxf. matric. 17 Dec. 1638, aged 16, travelled abroad (France) c.1642-6. m. (1) 1648, Lady Catherine Howard (d. c.1650), da. of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, wid. of Lord George Stuart, 9th Seigneur d’Aubigny, 1da.; (2) c. May 1660, Anne (bur. 26 May 1692), da. of Sir Henry Poole of Sapperton, Glos., 2s. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. Mar. 1628; cr. Visct. Newburgh [S] 13 Sept. 1647, Earl of Newburgh [S] 31 Dec. 1660.Scots Peerage, vi. 452; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iii. 210.
Offices Held
Lt.-col. Life Gds. [S] 1650 – 51; col. of horse (Spanish army) 1656 – 58; capt. of the bodyguard [S] 1661–70.
PC [S] 1661 – d.; v.-adm. [S] 1666 – 68; gent. of the privy chamber 1668–d.
Commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Glos. 1662, assessment, Glos. 1663 – 69, Gloucester 1663 – 64; j.p. Glos. and Lincs. 1664 – d.
Main residence: Cirencester, Glos.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
LIVINGSTON, James (c.1622-70)
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