Origins of the Gillespie name

...of Blackhall	Name:	Infeft	Notes	Lady Blackhall
	King Robert III		d.1406: had an illegitimate son, (Sir) John, possibly by a daughter of Sir Archibald Campbell of Lochow	...........
1st Baron	Sir John	1395	b.c. 1355; d.c.1413; illegitimate, possibly first born, son of King Robert III (cr.1390:d.1406): received the lands of Blackhall in the barony of Renfrew and Lanark, by royal charter signed at Dundonald 12th December 1395: previous known charters relating to the lands of Blackhall in 1272 and in 1283	.........
2nd Baron	John	1414	d.c. 1442	..........
3rd Baron	Sir James	c.1442	b.c.1414: slaughtered by the Boyds of Duchal in 1445	........
4th Baron	John	c.1445	d.c.1493	Elizabeth, dr. of Robert, 1st. Lord Lyle
5th Baron	John	c.1493	b.c. 1467; d.c. 1513: possibly killed at Flodden Field: charter granted by James IV in 1508	Marion, dr. of Sir Adam Mure of Caldwell
6th Baron	James	1514	b.c. 1491; d.c. 1553: headed an expedition to assist the king of Denmark and received the lands of Finnock: King James V charter 1539	Janet Kennedy
7th Baron	James	c.1553	b.c.1521: d.c. 1579	Janet, dr. of Maxwell of Newark
8th Baron	James	1574	d.c. 1589: King James VI charter of confirmation 1579 erecting his estates into the Barony of Ardgowan	Margaret, dr. of Sir William Wallace of Johnston and Auchenbothie
9th Baron	John	c.1589	d.c.1597	Margaret, dr. of Sir Archibald Stewart of Castlemilk
10th Baron	James	c.1597	b.c. 1588; d.c. 1612: Earl of Abercorn charter 1607relative to the lands of Innerkip	Unmarried: no issue
11th Baron	Sir Archibald	c.1613	b.c. 1589; d.1665; Knighted by King Charles I ca. 1636: Commissioner for Renfrewshire, Privy Councillor: acquired the Barony of Mearns	1/ Margaret, dr. of Bryce Blair 2/ Lady Margaret, dr. of Sir George Home of Wedderburne
12th Baron	John	1634	b. 1614; d.1656	Maria Stirling of Keir
13th Baron	John	1658	b.1634; d. 1658	Barbara, dr. of Sir William Scott of Clerkington: no issue
14th Baron	Sir Archibald	1666	b.c. 1635; d.c. 1718: 1st Baronet of Nova Scotia 1667: King Charles II charter in 1667	1/ Anne, dr. of Sir John Crawford of Kilbirnie 2/ Agnes Dalmahoy 3/ Mary, dr. of Sir John Douglas of Hillhead
15th Baron	Archibald	1692	b.c. 1661; d.c. 1695	Unmarried: no issue
16th Baron	John	1696	b.c.1662; d. 1713	Rebecca Wallace
17th Baron	Sir Archibald	1717	b. 1705; d. 1724: 2nd Baronet	Unmarried: no issue
18th Baron	Sir Michael	1724	bc. 1708; d.1796: 3rd Baronet: planned Ardgowan Estate	Helenor, dr. of Sir John Houston, heiress through her mother of Sir John Shaw of Greenock
19th Baron	Sir John	1796	b. 1740; d.1812: 4th Baronet: M.P. for Renfrew 1780-1796; built Ardgowan Ho. 1798-1804	Dame Frances, widow of Sir James Pollok, dr. of Robert Colquhoun (of Luss): no issue
20th Baron	Sir Michael	1813	b. 1766; d.1825: 5th Baronet: change of lineage to Michael Stewart Nicholson with name change to Shaw Stewart	Catherine, dr. of Sir William Maxwell of Springkell
21st Baron	Sir Michael	1827	b. 1788; d.1836: 6th Baronet	Eliza Mary Farquhar
22nd Baron	Sir Michael Robert	1836	b. 1826; d. 1903: 7th Baronet: M.P. for Renfrewshire 1855-1865; Lord Lieutenant for Renfrewshire 1868-1903	Lady Octavia Grosvenor, dr. of 2nd Marquess of Westminster
23rd Baron	Sir Michael Hugh	1904	b. 1854; d. 1942: 8th Baronet, K.C.B. 1933	Lady Alice Emma Thynne, dr. of 4th Marquess of Bath: no issue
24th Baron	Sir Walter Guy	1942	b. 1892; d. 1976: 9th Baronet; Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire 1950	Diana Bulteel
25th Baron	Sir Euan Guy	1976*	b.1928: 10th Baronet	1/ Mary Louise D. Shaw 2/ Victoria Fryer
26th Baron	Sir Houston Mark	1980	b.1931: 11th Baronet	Lucinda Victoria Fletcher
27th Baron	Robert Brown	2001	b.1947: change of lineage and name change: O.B.E. 2005: 12th Baronet is Sir Ludovic	Sylvie , dr. of Jacques Maisonrouge, Gr. Off. L�g. d'Hon.