17th Century Duries

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17th Century Duries

The 1600s saw the Duries lose political prominence and also their ancestral lands, but become important as Reformed churchmen.

In outline:

bulletCaptain George Durie, provost of Dunfermline and 5th of Craigluscar
bulletJohn Durie, Protestant reformer, grandson of the earlier John Durie, Minister at St Giles
bulletRobert Durie, Son of the Reformer, John Durie, one of the Fife Adventurers to Lewis and Minister at Leyden, Netherlands
bulletSir Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie - who was not a Durie at all, but bought the Scoonie lands and barony
 

 

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