Robert Hunter (20th Laird)

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Robert Hunter
18th Laird of Hunterston.jpg
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 / 55.6954555; -4.855319
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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.

Robert Hunter 20th Laird.jpg
  • 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.