James Balfour Paul claims that her mother's father was William, Earl of Marischal and gives as his source a contract of marriage in Spalding - Vol. IV, p. 139,[2] but a perusal of that contract shows that the William that is referred to is her brother not father.
Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom" (Edinburgh,,1904) Vol. I
Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom" (Edinburgh,David Douglas,,1907) Vol. IV
Spalding Club, "The Miscellany of the Spalding Club", (Aberdeen, , 1849), Vol. IV
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