Talk:William Borthwick, 2nd Lord Borthwick

His daughter Janet
This article says "a daughter, Janet who married Sir Patrick Hepburn" where Sir Patrick is wikilinked to Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes. However at that article, it says "Sir Patrick Hepburn was the son of Sir Adam Hepburn of Hailes, Knt., by his spouse Janet (her 1st marriage), daughter of Sir William Borthwick ('the elder') of that Ilk." which indicates that Janet married Adam, Patrick's father, which is odd (Patrick died in 1483). I think one of these articles must be wrong. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 07:35, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Lord Lyon 1986 Decision
The decision has recognied firstly that the first two men previously thought to be the first and second lords of Bothwick were actually the same man with the consequence that the sebsequent lords need to be renumbered. See: The Scots Law Times, 3rd July 1987 (ISSN 0036-908X), Court of the Lord Lyon - Lord Borthwick, Petitioner, 2 June 1986, p.2-9.

However, the renumbering is a bit more complex as that same decision made clear that earlier claims were not only eroneous but fraudulent and those claimants should not be considered as part of the title and certainly not 'de jure.' The line properly descends from the Borthwicks of Crookston. (See: MacGregor, Gordon, "The Red Book of Scotland", Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. I; pp. 960-976) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasFAnderson (talk • contribs) 21:28, 5 July 2023 (UTC)