Sir Geoffrey de Melville,[a] Lord of Melville, Sheriff of Edinburgh, Justiciar of Lothian was a 12th-century Scottish noble.
Geoffrey de Melville | |
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Noble family | Melville family |
Life
editMelville is known to be acting as Sheriff of Edinburgh in 1153 during the reign of King Malcolm IV of Scotland. Geoffrey was also joint Justiciar of Lothian from 1170 during the reign of King William I of Scotland.[1]
Marriage and issue
editHis spouse was known at his death as Matilda Malherbe.[2] He is known to have had the following known issue:[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Also Galfrid de Melvill or Malevill
Citations
edit- ^ a b c Burke 1868, pp. 675–676.
- ^ a b Fraser 2005, pp. 3–13.
References
edit- Burke, John (1868). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 30. Burke's Peerage Limited.
- Fraser, William (2005) [1890]. The Melvilles: Earls of Melville and the Leslies, Earls of Leven (PDF). TannerRitchie Publishing in collaboration with the Library and Information Services of the University of St Andrews. ISBN 1-55429-336-7. OCLC 230755753. Retrieved 29 July 2022.