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Gilbert Balfour (died 1576) was a 16th-century Scottish courtier and mercenary captain. He probably played the leading role in the murder of Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the second son of Andrew Balfour of Mountquhanie in Kilmany, Fife, and Janet Bruce. Balfour married Margaret Bothwell, the sister of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney who endowed him with the isle of Westray, when it was episcopal property. In 1565 Mary, Queen of Scots, appointed him her Master of Household, a leading servant responsible for wages and the provision of food.

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  • Gilbert Balfour (died 1576) was a 16th-century Scottish courtier and mercenary captain. He probably played the leading role in the murder of Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the second son of Andrew Balfour of Mountquhanie in Kilmany, Fife, and Janet Bruce. Balfour married Margaret Bothwell, the sister of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney who endowed him with the isle of Westray, when it was episcopal property. In 1565 Mary, Queen of Scots, appointed him her Master of Household, a leading servant responsible for wages and the provision of food. (en)
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  • Gilbert Balfour (died 1576) was a 16th-century Scottish courtier and mercenary captain. He probably played the leading role in the murder of Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the second son of Andrew Balfour of Mountquhanie in Kilmany, Fife, and Janet Bruce. Balfour married Margaret Bothwell, the sister of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney who endowed him with the isle of Westray, when it was episcopal property. In 1565 Mary, Queen of Scots, appointed him her Master of Household, a leading servant responsible for wages and the provision of food. At Noltland on Westray, he had built one of the most impressive castles in the Orkney Islands, and indeed the Northern Isles. It is situated above the Bay of Pierowall, was built in the 1560s. It is notable for an unusually large spiral staircase, "second only to Fyvie Castle, while its triple tiers of gunloops are without parallel in Scotland, if not Europe". In January 1573, Gilbert Balfour and his brothers, James Balfour of Pittendreich and Robert Balfour, were pardoned for treason and other crimes by Regent Morton and given a caution or bail of 10,000 merks to continue in good behaviour. Morton required Balfour and his wife to surrender Westray Castle and his lands at Noltland to Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, who was feuar of Orkney and Zetland, and his wife Jean Kennedy. Before he could ever use the castle, Balfour was executed in Stockholm for participating in the Mornay Plot against King John III of Sweden. Ownership of Noltland passed to Archibald Balfour of Westray and on to Andrew Balfour of Montquhanie. (en)
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