Family of Robert (Alexander) de IRWIN and Elizabeth KEITH
Husband: Robert (Alexander) de IRWIN
Wife: Elizabeth KEITH
Note on Husband: Robert (Alexander) de IRWIN
Took over from his brother, chaging his name to Alexander.
Gilchrist, son of Erwini, witnessed a charter of the Lord of Galloway between the years 1124 and 1165. Appearing to have been in Dumfriesshire, were the lands that bore the name of Irvine. The origin of this chiefly family, according to family tradition, is linked up with the early Celtic Monarchs of Scotland. Duncan Eryvine, whose eldest son settled at Bonshaw, was the brother of Crinan, who through the lay Abbots of Dunkeld, claimed descent from the High Kings of Ireland. Duncan’s brother, Crinin, married the heiress and daughter of Malcolm II. Their eldest son was to become King Duncan, the Monarch who was murdered.