The younger Thomas Maclellan was killed in the same year at the Battle of Pinkie. In the following generation, Sir Thomas Maclellan of Bombie fought for Mary, Queen of Scots at the Battle of Langside, and prospered subsequently under her son James VI. He served as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the king, and as provost of Kirkcudbright, constructing MacLellan's Castle as a fashionable gentleman's residence overseeing the town.
The younger Thomas Maclellan was killed in the same year at the Battle of Pinkie. In the following generation, Sir Thomas Maclellan of Bombie fought for Mary, Queen of Scots at the Battle of Langside and prospered under her son James VI. He served as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the king and as provost of Kirkcudbright, building MacLellan's Castle as a fashionable gentleman's residence overseeing the town.