Halkett came to Scotland and met King Charles at Dunfermline Palace. She practised medicine in Scotland, at Kinross and at Fyvie Castle where she stayed with Countess of Dunfermline. Bampfield came to see her at Fyvie. She later became a governess in the household of Sir James Halkett, a widower with two daughters. They were married in 1656 at Charlton House, the service was conducted in Henry Newton's closet by Mr Robert Gale, the chaplain of Christian Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire.