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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]
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.
27 de feb. de 2024 · Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie (20 January 1547 – August 1617) was the son of John Bruce of Cultmalindie and Eupheme Elphinstone. Easter Cultmalindie is a small hamlet or "fermtoun" in Tibbermore parish, Perthshire, 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.
Euphemia Elphinstone (also written Euphame or Eupheme; born 11 May 1509) was a mistress of James V of Scotland and the mother of his son Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, born in 1532, [1] as well as another child who died in childhood. One of her sons with her husband John Bruce was Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie (1547–1617 ...
Hace 4 días · Muness Castle began construction on orders of Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie in 1598. Bruce was half-brother of Robert Stewart, 1st E arl of Orkney, and his influence was linked to that of his more powerful sibling.
Muness Castle was built by Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie (Perthshire), an uncle to the infamous villain, Earl Patrick Stewart, who built the Scalloway Castle at around the same time. Laurence was appointed tax collector (or Sheriff) in Shetland around 1571 and went on to build his grand castle in Unst.
