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| Robert Hunter | |||
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| Birth Date | |||
| October 1613 | |||
| Birth Place | |||
| Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride | |||
| Death Date | |||
| December 1679 | |||
| Burial Place | |||
| Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride | |||
| Burial Coordinates | |||
| 55°41′44″N 4°51′19″W / 55.6954555°N 4.855319°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |||
| Death Place | |||
| Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride | |||
| Spouse | |||
Elizabeth Crawford (m. 1635)Marion Cunningham (m. 1658) | |||
| Children | |||
| 6 | |||
| Mother | |||
| Jean Cunningham | |||
| Father | |||
| Patrick Huntar | |||
Robert Hunter (b. 1613)<ref name=":0">"FamilySearch".</ref><ref name=":1">Shaw, M.S (1925). Some Family Papers of the Hunters of Hunterston. Scottish Records Office.</ref> was a chief of Clan Hunter.<ref>Scottish_Clan_Family_Encyclopedia. Collins. pp. 172–173.</ref> Born in 1613, he became the 20th Chief in 1665 after his father's death.
He was married twice, first to Elizabeth Crawford in 1635<ref name=":0" /> and second to Marian Cunninghame, on 7 December 1658<ref name=":0" /> and had 4 children with his first wife and 2 with his second.
- James Hunter (b. 1636) (d. 1734)<ref name=":0" />
- Robert Hunter of Kirkland (b. 1638) (d. 1698)<ref name=":0" />
- Patrick Hunter (b. 1642) (d. 1699)<ref name=":0" />
- Jean Hunter (b. 1643) (d. 1690)<ref name=":0" />
- Marion Hunter (b. 1655) (d. 1732)<ref name=":0" />
- Hugh Hunter (b. 1657) (d. 1771)<ref name=":0" />
Robert entered Glasgow University at the age of 14 in 1627. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Robert Hunter of Hunterston<ref name=":1" />, or of that Ilk, who is designed "younger of Hunterston" in the "Roole of the Remonstrators," in 1650, as well as in a charter dated 19th November, 1658, by Richard. Lord Protector of the Comm.
