The Burnett of Leys Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales (sources)

 

Alexander Burnett, 11th Laird of Leys – (12th great grandfather) m. Katherine Arbuthnot :

  1. Burnett, George., The Family of Leys, with collateral branches,  Aberdeen, Printed for the New Spalding Club. (1901)
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., Crannog To Castle: A History OF THE BURNETT FAMILY IN SCOTLAND, FORD. BY JAMES C.A. BURNETT OF LEYS, 44.
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., The Holly and The Horn: Burnett of Leys Family & Branches; Ford. by James C.A. Burnett of Leys, 34-35.

 

Alexander Burnett, 12th Laird of Leys – (11th great grandfather) m. Katherine Gordon :

  1. Wikipedia, “ Alexander Burnett, 12th Laird of Leys.” (accessed 11/20/16)
  1. Burnett, George., The Family of Leys, with collateral branches, Aberdeen, Printed for the New Spalding Club. (1901)
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., Crannog To Castle: A History OF THE BURNETT FAMILY IN SCOTLAND, FORD. BY JAMES C.A. BURNETT OF LEYS, 45-46.
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., The Holly and The Horn: Burnett of Leys Family & Branches; Ford. by James C.A. Burnett of Leys, 35, 37.
  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 133.

 

Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet of Leys – (10th great grandfather) m. Lady Margaret Douglas of Glenervie :

  1. Bailey, Eileen A., The Holly and The Horn: Burnett of Leys Family & Branches; ford. by James C.A. Burnett of Leys, 37, 39 thur 41.
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., Crannog To Castle: A History OF THE BURNETT FAMILY IN SCOTLAND, FORD. BY JAMES C.A. BURNETT OF LEYS, 48.
  1.    Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 335 and 459.
  1. Burnett, George., The Family of Leys, with collateral branches,  Aberdeen, Printed for the New Spalding Club. (1901)
  1.    Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 121.
  1.    Wikipedia, “Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet of Leys.” (accessed 11/20/16)
  1.   Complete Baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; vol: 2, 305.

 

Jean Burnett – (9th great grandmother) m. Sir William Forbes of Monymusk, 2nd Baronet :

  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 220. and 336.
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., Crannog To Castle: A History OF THE BURNETT FAMILY IN SCOTLAND, FORD. BY JAMES C.A. BURNETT OF LEYS, 51.
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., The Holly and The Horn: Burnett of Leys Family & Branches; Ford. by James C.A. Burnett of Leys, 43.
  1. Burnett, George., The Family of Leys, with collateral branches, Aberdeen, Printed for the New Spalding Club. (1901)62.
  1. The House of Forbes, 302.
  1. Complete Baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900;vol: 2, 305.

 

Sir John Forbes of Monymusk, 3rd Baronet – (8th great grandfather) m. Hon. Margaret Arbuthnot :

  1. Bailey, Eileen A., Crannog To Castle: A History OF THE BURNETT FAMILY IN SCOTLAND, FORD. BY JAMES C.A. BURNETT OF LEYS, 51.
  1. Bailey, Eileen A., The Holly and The Horn: Burnett of Leys Family & Branches; Ford. by James C.A. Burnett of Leys, 43.
  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke’s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke’s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 149. and 221.
  1. The House of Forbes, Mircofilm card, New York State Library, Albany, New York.
  1. Burke, John, Esq., A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of The British Empire,4th ed. In two volumes, vol. 1., Google Books, 485.
  1.   Complete Baronetage, Cokayne, George E. (George Edward) Vol: 4, 1900, 289.

 

Jean Forbes – (7th great grandmother) m. Sir Charles Maitland of Pitrichie, 3rd Baronet :

  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 149.
  1.  The House of Forbes, 302.
  1. Complete baronetage, Cokayne, George E. (George Edward) Vol: 4, 1900, 289.

 

Katherine Maitland – (6th great grandmother) m. Theodore Morison, 3rd of Bogie :

  1. 1. com # 139780183 (As Katherine Maitland Morison)
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 96.
  1.   Templer William, Rev.,The Thanage of Fermartyn, 156.
  1. Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860.
  1. Family History Library film 1066,689.

Alexander Morison, 4th of Bogie – (5th great grandfather) m. Catherine Duff :

  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 139780998
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 62.
  1.    Temple, William, Rev., The Thanage of Fermartyn, (1894) 157-59.
  1. Temple, William, Rev., St Margaret’s, Forgue, with Notices of Frendraught, Lessendrum, Cobairdy, Templeland, and Auchaber, Aberdeen, Scotland: A. Brown and Company (1881), 45, (Google Books (Digital Library).

 

Katherine Morison – (5th great grandmother) m. John Forbes, 5th of Boyndlie :

  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 139748518(As Katherine Morison Forbes).
  1. Temple, Rev. William, St Margaret’s, Forgue, with Notices of Frendraught, Lessendrum, Cobairdy, Templeland, and Auchaber, Aberdeen, Scotland: A. Brown and Company (1881), 22, 47, (Google Books (Digital Library)
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 43.

 

Theodore Forbes – (4th great grandfather) m. Eliza Kewark :

  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 30.
  1. “The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer,” 197, 282.
  1. Temple, William, Rev., The Thanage of Fermartyn, (1894) 155.

 

Katherine Scott Forbes – (3rd great grandmother) m. James Crombie :

  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 20.
  1. “India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947,” FamilySearch.org (Online Database)
  1. “The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer,” 196, 282.
  1. Family Records of the Name of Dingwall Fordyce in Aberdeenshire, 40.
  1. Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae, 444.
  1. 1851 Scotland Census Records, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  1. Parish # 227 E.D. # 3: 4; Parish Registers, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland.
  1. George, Joan, Merchants in Exile: The Armenians in Manchester, England, 1835-1935, Reading, England: Taderon Press (2002), 15.
  1. “Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910,”  Familysearch.org (Online Database)
  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 126592599(As Katherine Scott “Kitty” Forbes Crombie)         

 

Jane Crombie – (2nd great grandmother) m. David Littlejohn :

  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New

England Historic Genealogical Society (2007),13.

  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 126590835. ( As Jane Marr Crombie Littlejohn).
  1. “Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950,”Familysearch.org (Online Database)
  1. “The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer,” 195.
  1. George, Joan, Merchants in Exile: The Armenians in Manchester, England, 1835-1935, Reading, England: Taderon Press (2002), 18.

 

Ruth Littlejohn – ( maternal great grandmother) m. Col. William Smith Gill :

  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 126587109(As Ruth Littlejohn Gill).
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 10.
  1. “The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer,” 194.
  1. Wikipedia, “Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy”, (accessed 11/22/2016).

 

 Ruth Sylvia Gill – (maternal grandmother) m. Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy :

  1. Wikipedia, “Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy (accessed 11/22/16)
  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 3450. (As Ruth Sylvia Gill Roche)
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 7.
  1. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, p. 96.
  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 24-25.

 

Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche – (mother) m. Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer : 

  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 8875847(As Frances Ruth Roche Shand Kydd)
  1. Wikipedia, “Frances Shand Kydd,” (accessed 11/22/16)
  1. England and Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Marriage record for Edward J Spencer and Frances R B Roche, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 5.
  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States,Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 578.
  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 638.

 

Lady Diana Frances Spencer a.k.a Diana, Princess of Wales – (self) :

  1. FindAGrave.com memorial # 1888 (As Lady Diana “Princess of Wales” Spencer.)
  1. Wikipedia, Diana, Princess of Wales(accessed 11/20/16)
  1. Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 1.
  1. England and Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005, Birth record for Diana F Spencer, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  1. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, p. 96.
  1. The Official Website of The British Monarchy, “House of Windsor Family Tree”, (accessed 11/23/2016).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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