4th Lord of Sempill Robert Sempill

1564 - 1611  (47 years)

• Name	Robert Sempill
  Title	4th Lord of Sempill
  Birth	1564	Semple, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1564	Semple, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Burial	Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  FSID	. By his first wife, Isabel,[ P99Z-755] daughter of Sir William Hamilton[PM1L-3D7] of Sanquhar, he had, with four daughters, two sons—Robert,[ PSZV-3D1] who predeceased him, leaving a son Robert,[ LB39-V5Z] fourth lord Sempill, and Andrew,[ GQJH-C
  	22] ancestor of the Sempills of Burchell. By his second wife, Elizabeth Carlyle,[ LB3C-8CB] of the house of Thorthorwald, he had a son John, [LYTF-PSJ ]ancestor of the Sempills of Beltrees [see under Sempill, Sir James]. The fourth lord Sempill wa s in 1607 excommunicated by the kirk as ‘a confirmed and obstinate papist,’ and appears to have died in 1611. Neither the third lord Sempill [LB39-CBK] nor his son Robert, [PSZV-3D1]master of Sempill, nor the fourth lord Sempill could have been (a s Sibbald, Motherwell, and others maintain) the Robert Sempill who was author of the ‘Sempill Ballads’
  LifeSketch	. By his first wife, Isabel,[ P99Z-755] daughter of Sir William Hamilton[PM1L-3D7] of Sanquhar, he had, with four daughters, two sons—Robert,[ PSZV-3D1] who predeceased him, leaving a son Robert,[ LB39-V5Z] fourth lord Sempill, and Andrew,[ GQJH-C22] ancestor of the Sempills of Burchell. By his second wife, Elizabeth Carlyle,[ LB3C-8CB] of the house of Thorthorwald, he had a son John, [LYTF-PSJ ]ancestor of the Sempills of Beltrees [see under Sempill, Sir James]. The fourth lord Sempill was in 1607 excommunicated by the kirk as ‘a confirmed and obstinate papist,’ and appears to have died in 1611. Neither the third lord Sempill [LB39-CBK] nor his son Robert, [PSZV-3D1]master of Sempill, nor the fourth lord Sempill could have been (as Sibbald, Motherwell, and others maintain) the Robert Sempill who was author of the ‘Sempill Ballads’
  FSID	LB39-V5Z
  Name	Robert Sempill III 4th Lord of Sempill
  Title	Sir
  Death	25 Mar 1611	Elliotston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Burial	Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I26492	footsteps
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Master of Sempill Robert Sempill,   b. Bef 1524, Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Bef 16 Dec 1569, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age < 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Barbara Preston,   b. 1547, High Valleyfield, Perthshire, Scotland d. Bef 1632 (Age < 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Apr 1569	Scotland
  Age at Marriage	Robert was 45 years and 4 months - Barbara was ~ 22 years and 4 months.
  Family ID	F16129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Montgomerie,   b. 1560, Perthshire, England d. 28 Nov 1601, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1580	Refrewshire, Scotland
  Age at Marriage	Robert was ~ 16 years and 9 months - Agnes was ~ 20 years and 9 months.
  Children	+ 1. 5th Lord Semphill Hugh de Semphill,   b. 1592, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 19 Sep 1639, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F16241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025