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Sir Symon Preston
- Born: 1314, Craigmillar, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: 1375 at age 61
 General Notes:
Knighted in 1374. Sir Symon de Preston. Heir to Craigmiller Castle was granted lands by King Robert II.
1374; Barony of Craigmillar acquired by Sir Symon Preston from John de Capella. Tower House built.
About 1350 Gorton, formerly belonging to Margaret de Goiertoun, was conferred by King David Bruce upon Sir John de Preston,3 a soldier of distinction who had accompanied him on his invasion of England in 1346, and with him had been taken prisoner at Neville’s Cross, and afterwards confined in the Tower of London.4 The lands were erected into the barony of Gorton or Preston, which through various vicissitudes remained in the Preston family for four hundred and fifty years.
Symon married.
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