Background
Livingston was the only son of Sir John Livingstone, 1st Baronet, of Kinnaird, Perth and his wife Jane Sproxton, daughter of Richard Sproxton of Wakefield, Yorkshire. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet in 1628.
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James Livingston
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Career
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 17 December 1638, aged 16 and travelled abroad in France from about 1642 to 1646. When he joined King Charles at Newcastle in 1646, he was created Viscount of Newburgh in the Peerage of Scotland.
He was a lieutenant colonel in the Life Guards at the Battle of Worcester and after the battle he fled abroad again where he spent his time duelling and corresponding with the Scottish Royalists.
From 1656 to 1658 he was a colonel of horse in the Spanish army and commanded an English regiment which fought at the battle of the Dunes. After the Restoration, Livingston was captain of the bodyguard in Scotland and was created Earl of Newburgh, Viscount of Kynnaird and Lord Livingston.
He was awarded Master of Arts at Oxford on 9 September 1661. Livingston died at the age of about 48 and was buried at Saint Margaret’s, Westminster.
Livingston married firstly before 1648 Catherine Stuart, widow of George, 9th Seigneur d"Aubigny and daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk.
They had one daughter.
Membership
Cavalier Parliament]
In 1661 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cirencester in the Cavalier Parliament.
