Sir Hugh was born in 1140 of
Anglo-Norman ancestry. He is believed to have married a Scottish lord's daughter, and his heir was his son Reginald. He was a follower of Sir
Walter Fitzalan. During the reign of
Malcolm IV of Scotland Sir Hugh was granted the lands of Kilpeter, around the modern parish of
Houston and Killellan in the west-
central Lowlands of
Scotland county of
Renfrewshire, by
Baldwin of Biggar, the
Sheriff of Lanark. Baldwin may have been Sir Hugh's
father in law. He established the Templar Chapel on the site of Chapel Farm just outside the village of Houston. His descendants remained the Lairds of Houston until 1740, where the lands were sold to Alexander Speirs of Elderslie, a
Glasgow tobacco lord. The main village in the area now bears the name
Houston. Sir Hugh died in 1189 in the
Holy Land, possibly amongst the Templars who were killed at the
Battle of Hattin. == Notes ==