The name is territorial in origin, derived from an old barony of the
name in Lanarkshire. Hugh de Padinan, who is believed to have lived
in the twelfth century, was granted the lands of Kilpeter. By about
the middle of the fourteenth century, these lands had become known as
Huston. Sir Finlay de Hustone appears on the Ragman Roll swearing fealty
to Edward I of England in 1296. The castle of the de Hustones was built
on the site of an ancient Cistercian abbey. The family also acquired
a substantial barony near Whitburn in West Lothian, where Huston House,
which was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, still stands today. Sir
Patrick Hustone of that Ilk, who was probably the eleventh chief, married
Agnes Campbell of Ardkinglas. Sir Peter Huston fought with the Earl
of Lennox on the right wing at Flodden in 1513, where he was killed.
His son, Sir Patrick Huston of Huston, was a companion of James V and
Keeper of the Quarter Seal. He intrigued with Lord Lennox against the
king, and was slain at the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge. The next Sir
Patrick, his grandson, was knighted by Mary, Queen of Scots, and accompanied
her when she
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