| Notable Events - History of the Livingstons of Callendar |
| ca 1128 Leving gifts the church of his 'toun' to the Abbey of Holyrood |
| 1296 Sir Archibald and Sir Andrew de Livingston swear homage to Edward I of England |
| 1297 Sir Andrew de Livingston, Sheriff of Lanark, slain in Wallace's rising against the English |
| 1303 Sir Archibald de Livingston appointed Sheriff of Linlithgow and Stirling by Edward I |
| 1333 Sir William de Livingston, knight banneret, fights against the English at Halidon Hill |
| 1345 Sir William de Livingston, knight banneret (son of above), obtains lands of Callendar from King David Bruce |
| 1346 Sir William de Livingston of Callendar taken prisoner by the English at Neville's Cross |
| 1357 Sir William de Livingston, as one of the Scottish commissioners, attaches his seal to Treaty of Ransom and Peace with England |
| 1362 King David Bruce grants lands of Kilsyth to Sir William de Livingston and Christian de Callendar, his wife |
| 1402 Sir John de Livingston of Callendar slain at Homildon Hill |
| 1402 William de Livingston of Balcastle obtains the western half of the lands of Kilsyth |
| 1439 Sir Alexander de Livingston of Callendar, guardian of King James II, has the Queen-Dowager, Joan Beaufort, arrested |
| 1440 Sir Alexander de Livingston and Chancellor Crichton have the chiefs of the House of Douglas arrested and executed for high treason |
| 1444 Sir Alexander de Livingston appointed Justiciary of Scotland |
| 1449 Fall of the Livingstons and confiscation of their estate |
| 1450 Execution of Alexander Livingston of Phildes and Robert Livingston of Linlithgow, Comptroller, for high treason |
| 1452 Restoration of the Livingstons by King James II |
| ca 1454 James de Livingston of Callendar, Great Chamberlain, created Lord Livingston of Callendar |
| 1458 The Callendar estates erected into the free Barony of Callendar |
| 1512 Death of Master Bartholomew de Livingston, the last Livingston of that Ilk |
| 1513 Sir Robert Livingston of Drumry and East Wemyss and William Livingston of Kilsyth slain at Flodden |
| 1543 Alexander, fifth Lord Livingston, appointed one of the guardians of Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1547 John, eldest son of Alexander, Lord Livingston, and Master James Livingston, a younger brother of same lord, slain at Pinkie |
| 1548 - 1550 Alexander, Lord Livingston accompanies Queen Mary to France, and dies there two years later |
| 1551 Thomas Livingston, younger son of above lord, acquires the lands of Haining |
| 1559 Alexander Livingston of Falkirk acquires the lands of Westquarter |
| 1559 William, sixth Lord Livingston, one of the leaders of the Reformation in Scotland |
| 1559 William, Lord Livingston, appoints his cousin, Master Alexander Livingston, to bethe first Reformed Rector of Kilsyth |
| 1565 Mary Livingston, the first of the 'Queen's Maries' to be married |
| 1568 - 1571 William, Lord Livingston, and Lady Livingston share the earlier years of Queen Mary's captivity in England |
| 1596 Alexander, seventh Lord Livingston, appointed by James VI, guardian of his eldest daughter, the Princess Elizabeth |
| 1599 The same lord appointed guardian of the Princess Margaret, and keeper of Linlithgow Palace |
| 1600 The same lord created Earl of Linlithgow by James VI |
| 1609 Sir William Livingston of Kilsyth appointed a Lord of Session |
| 1612 John Livingston of Baldoran acquires the lands of Haining |
| 1620 Sir William Livingston, the Lord of Session, acquires the eastern half of the Barony of Kilsyth |
| 1625 David Livingston of Dunipace created a baronet of Nova Scotia |
| ca 1626 Sir James Livingston of Brighouse commands an English regiment in the Thirty Years' War |
| 1627 Alexander, second Earl of Linlithgow, appointed Lord High Admiral of Scotland |
| 1627 John Livingston of Kinnaird and Thomas Livingston of Newbigging created baronets of Nova Scotia |
| 1627 William Livingston of Culter marries Helen Livingston, heiress of Westquarter |
| 1633 Sir James Livingston of Brighouse created Lord Livingston of Almond by Charles I |
| 1633 Lord Almond commands a regiment in the Scots Brigade in the Netherlands |
| 1634 George, Lord Livingston, afterwards third Earl of Linlithgow, serves under Sir John Hpeburn in the Thirty Years' War |
| 1640 Lord Almond second-in-command of the Army of the Covenant |
| 1641 Lord Almond created Earl of Callendar by Charles I |
| 1643 George, Lord Livingston, commands the Stirlingshire regiment in the Army of the Covenant |
| 1644 The Earl of Callendar, in command of a Scottish army, joins the Earl of Leven in England |
| 1647 Sir James Livingston, second Baronet of Kinnaird, created Viscount of Newburgh by Charles I |
| 1648 The Earl of Callendar second in command of the army of 'The Engagement', which is defeated by Oliver Cromwell at Preston in Lancashire |
| 1650 Master John Livingston, Minister of Anerum, administers the oath to Charles II, by which he swears to keep the Solemn League and Covenant |
| 1651 Callendar House stormed by Cromwell's troops |
| 1651 Kilsyth mansion burned by the English army under Cromwell |
| 1651 James, Viscount of Newburgh, with the Scottish army at the battle of Worcester |
| 1660 James, Viscount of Newburgh, created Earl of Newburgh by Charles II |
| 1661 Sir James Livingston of Kilsyth created Viscount of Kilsyth |
| 1661 James, Earl of Newburgh, appointed to be the first captain of His Majesty's Life Guards |
| 1662 George, third Earl of Linlithgow, appointed to be the first lieutenant-colonel of His Majesty's Foot Guards, now the Scots Guards |
| 1662 Master John Livingston, minister of Anerum, sentenced to banishment from Scotland, for refusing to acknowledge Charles II as the supreme head of the Scottish Church |
| ca 1664 George, third Earl of Linlithgow, is appointed to be the first colonel of His Majesty's Foot Guards |
| 1672 Master John Livingston dies in exile at Rotterdam, Holland |
| 1673 Robert Livingston, youngest son of Master John Livingston, sails from Scotland for Charlestown, New England |
| 1674 Robert Livingston leaves New England and settles at Albany, New YOrk, where he is joined by his nephew, Robert Livingston, in 1687 |
| 1677 George, third Earl of Linlithgow, appointed commander-in-chief of the army in Scotland |
| 1684 The above earl on resigning his military commissions in appointed Lord Justice-General of Scotland |
| 1686 Robert Livingston of Albany, New York, obtains a patent constituting his lands on the Hudson River the Lordship and Manor of Livingston |
| 1688 Colonel Sir Thomas Livingston, second Baronet of Newbigging, accompanies the Prince of Orange in his invasion of England |
| 1688 Sir Thomas Livingston is appointed Colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoons, now the Scots Greys |
| 1689 Lieutenant-Colonel William Livingston of Kilsyth arrested on the charge of endeavoring to induce the Royal Scots Dragoons to join Viscount Dundee |
| 1690 Sir Thomas Livingston defeats the Jacobites at Cromdale |
| 1690 Sir Thomas Livingston appointed commander-in-chief of the army in Scotland |
| 1692 Sir Thomas Livingston implicated in the Massacre of Glencoe |
| 1693 Lieutenant-Colonel William Livingston of Kilsyth, while still a prisoner of state, marries the widow of Viscount Dundee |
| 1694 Lieutenant-Colonel William Livingston of Kilsyth banished from Scotland |
| 1695 His wife and child accidentally killed at Utrecht, Holland |
| 1696 Sir Thomas Livingston created Viscount of Teviot |
| 1699 James Livingston of Westquarter created a knight baronet |
| 1711 Thomas, Viscount of Teviot, dies, and is buried in Westminster Abbey |
| 1715 James, fifth Earl of Linlithgow, and William, third Viscount of Kilsyth, take up arms in favour of the exiled James VIII (the Chevalier de St. George) |
| 1715 Robert Livingston of New York receives a royal confirmatory patent of his Lordship and Manor of Livingston from King George I |
| 1716 Attainder and forfeiture of James, Earl of Linlithgow, and William, Viscount of Kilsyth |
| 1723 The last Earl of Linlithgow dies in exile at Rome |
| 1724 Lady Charlotte Livingston, Countess of Newburgh, marries Charles Radcliffe, titular Earl of Derwentwater |
| 1733 The last Viscount of Kilsyth dies in exile at Rome |
| 1746 William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock, husband of Lady Anne Livingston of Callendar, executed for high treason on Tower Hill, London |
| 1746 Charles Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, husband of the Countess of Newburgh, executed for high treason on Tower Hill, London |
| 1765 Judge Robert R. Livingston and Philip Livingston of New York, members of the Colonial Congress, summoned to protest against the Stamp Act |
| 1774 Philip Livingston of New York and William Livingston of New Jersey, members of the First Continental Congress of the United Colonies of North America |
| 1776 Robert R. Livingston of 'Clermont', New York, one of the Committee of five appointed to draft the Declaration of American Independence |
| Philip Livingston of New York, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence |
| 1776 William Livingston of New Jersey elected to the first Governor of the independent State of New Jersey |
| 1776 The Seal of Arms of Governor William Livingston adopted as the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey 'until another shall be made' |
| 1777 Seven members of the Livingston family of New York hold commissions in the victorious American army at the battle of Saratoga |
| 1777 Chancellor Robert R. Livingston's mansion of 'Clermont' on the Hudson burned by the English troops |
| 1781 Chancellor Robert R. Livingston appointed to be the first American Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| 1787 Governor William Livingston of New Jersey, one of the signers of the Federal Constitution |
| 1801 Chancellor Robert R. Livingston appointed by President Jefferson Minister to France |
| 1803 Minister Robert R. Livingston successfully negotiates with Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, the purchase of Louisiana |
| 1806 Henry Brockholst Livingston of New York appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| 1824 Edward Livingston of 'Clermont' completes his 'System of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana' |
| 1831 Edward Livingston of 'Clermont' appointed by President Jackson to be Secretary of State |
| 1833 Edward Livingston appointed Minister to France |
| 1853 Admiral Sir Thomas Livingstone of Bedlormie and Westquarter, the last male representative in Scotland of the House of Callendar, dies childless |
| 1858 The House of Lords Committee for Privileges decides that Cecilia, Princess Giustiniani of Rome, is the rightful claimant to the titles of Countess of Newburgh, Viscountess of Kynnaird, and Baroness Levingston of Flacraig in the peerage of Scotland |
| 1909 Sale of Westquarter |
| The above information was furnished by Jim Livingston and Joe Slavin and was copied from the book 'The Livingstons of Callendar and Their Principal Cadets by Edwin Brockholst Livingston |