Sir Robert Keith (-) |
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| Father:1 | William Keith (around 1585-28 October 1635), 6. Earl Marischal | ||
| Mother:2 | Mary Erskine (-) | ||
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| Considerable mystery surrounds Sir Robert. He is not mentioned by Crawfurd or Sir Robert Douglas, and his name first appears in Mr. Wood's edition of the latter's Peerage, where he is said to have died unmarried. He seems to have been born between 1620 and 1624, and to have been educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen. After some soldiering in Scotland, then afflicted by civil war, he entered the service of the French King. On 12 April 1659 he was found by an inquest held at Forfar to be 'destitute of his natural wit, furious and natural idiot,' and his immediate younger brother John was appointed his tutor, curator, and administrator.' It has been suggested, though without positive proof, that Sir Robert married in France, and left descendants. An heir-male of Sir Robert's body would be the head of this ancient family, and, but for the attainder, Earl Marischal of Scotland.3 | ||
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