William Livingstone of Kilsyth

Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth (died 1627) was a Scottish landowner and courtier. He was a son of William Livingstone of Kilsyth and Christian Graham, a daughter of William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith and Margaret Mowbray of Barnbougle, widow of John Cornwall of Bonhard. This branch of the Livingstone family had long been landowners in Kilsyth, then also known as "Monyabroch". In 1605 the church minister John Welsh of Ayr wrote to him from his prison cell in Blackness Castle, assuring him that the wrath of God would fall on Archbishop Spottiswood and his family. He kept in touch with the court of King James in London and was a correspondent of Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and Margaret Hartsyde, a Scottish servant of Anne of Denmark, the chamberer who looked after the queen's jewels. He was an agent for the duke's business in Scotland.