"The twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
twelve lords a leaping..."
There were 12 Lords Falconer of Halkerton.
One of the earliest place names in the parish of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire is Halkerton, or Hawker's Town, the residence of the king's hawker or falconer. It is said that the third generation son, Ranulph was the first to take the surname of Falconer. Robert le Falconer was the first to have his name associated with the estate of Haulkerton who swore fealty to King Edward I of England in 1296.
Down the line it was Sir Alexander Falconer (1595-1671), son of Sir Alexander Falconer and Dame Agnes Carnegie who was bestowed the title of the First Lord Falconer of Halkerton on 20 December 1646.
Alexander was granted a yearly pension of £200 with the title for his ability, integrity, and affection for administration of Justice.
I am descended from Sir Alexander Falconer (1522-1587) and Dame Elizabeth Christian Douglas (1524-1587), my 11th great grandparents, via their son Archibald. The Lords via their son Alexander.
The information and genealogy comes from different books and a website:
History of the Parish and Burgh of Laurencekirk
The Peerage of Scotland
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland
The Lords Falconer of Halkerton
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