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  Aberdeenshire
John Stuart with a site in the parish of Peterculter, where there are remains of an ancient camp at Normandykes, and by Dr Skene with a station on Loch Davan, west of Aboyne.
The 4th earl of Huntly offered some resistance, on behalf of the Catholics, to the influence of Lord James Stuart, afterwards the Regent Murray, but was defeated and killed at Corrichie on the hill of Fare in 1562.
The earl of Mar raised the standard of revolt in Braemar (September 6, 1715); a fortnight later James Francis Edward Stuart was proclaimed at Aberdeen cross; the Pretender landed at Peterhead on December 22, and in February 1716 he was back again in France.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl Of
He was chief counselor to the regent James Stuart, 1st earl of Murray, and became regent himself on the death of the 1st earl of Mar. His rule was devoted to the pacification of a religiously divided and wartorn Scotland.
In 1578 he was forced out by a junta of nobles, led by the 6th earl of Argyll and John Stuart, 4th earl of Atholl, who persuaded the boy king, James VI (later James I of England), to assert his power.
Morton regained control of the king, with the aid of John Erskine, 2d earl of Mar; but in 1581 a plot against him, engineered by Esmé Stuart, 1st duke of Lennox, and James Stuart, later earl of Arran, resulted in his being tried, convicted, and beheaded for taking part in the murder of Darnley.
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 Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He became a member of the council of Mary Queen of Scots in 1561 and after her marriage to Lord Darnley was one of her chief counselors.
He was unsuccessful in preventing the election of James Douglas, 4th earl of Morton, to the regency in 1572.
In 1574 proceedings were taken against Atholl as a Roman Catholic, and he probably recanted.
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 Clan - Sept - Tartan
Sir John Crawford, the great-grandson of Hugh, died without male issue in 1248, leaving two daughters, of whom the elder was married to Archibald de Douglas, ancestor of all the Douglases and the younger to David de Lindsay of Wauchopedale.
In 1406-7 Sir Simon married Lady Mary Douglas, daughter of Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas, Lord of Galloway, afterwards Duke of Touraine and wife Margaret, eldest daughter of Robert III, King of Scotland.
d/o Maurice Moray Earl of Strathearn and Joan Menteith
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 Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of — FactMonster.com
Douglas, Archibald, 8th earl of Angus - Douglas, Archibald, 8th earl of Angus, 1555–88, Scottish nobleman; grandnephew of Archibald...
Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl - Stuart or Stewart, John, 4th earl of Atholl, d.
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 thePeerage.com - Lady Elizabeth Stewart and others
She is the daughter of Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Eleanor Sinclair.
She married John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, son of Matthew Stuart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Hon.
     John Stuart, 5th Seigneur d'Aubigny was Captain of the Scottish Archers of the Guard between 1536 and 1560.
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 Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A nephew of Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of Angus, he married Elizabeth Douglas, from whose father he inherited (1553) the earldom of Morton.
Morton regained control of the king, with the aid of John Erskine, 2d earl of Mar ; but in 1581 a plot against him, engineered by Esmé Stuart, 1st duke of Lennox, and James Stuart, later earl of Arran, resulted in his being tried, convicted, and beheaded for taking part in the murder of Darnley.
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Her brother, Duncan, Earl of Fife, was an allie of the English and was married to Mary de Monthermer, niece of Edward I. of England.
Isabel was married to John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, was an ardent Scottish patriot.
Her marriage to the earl of Salisbury was annulled on the grounds of a precontract with Sir Thomas Holland, whom she then married and became mother of four children.
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 Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl — Infoplease.com
Stuart or Stewart, John, 4th earl of Atholl
Stuart or Stewart, John, 4th earl of Atholl (ăth'
He was unsuccessful in preventing the election of James Douglas, 4th earl of
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 thePeerage.com - Robert Stuart, Earl of March and others
She was the daughter of John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl and Elizabeth Gordon.
She married, secondly, Robert Stuart, Earl of March, son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Lennox and Lady Elizabeth Stewart, on 6 January 1579.
She married John Stuart, 5th Seigneur d'Aubigny, son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Lennox and Lady Elizabeth Stewart, circa 1542.
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 Scotland
, Earl of Huntingdon, Northumberland, Lennox, Carlise, Doncaster, Garioch and Cambridge.
John Stuart felt that his name was too closely associated with John Baliol, so he adopted the title of King Robert (III).
Alexander Stuart, "The Wolf of Badenoch", Earl of Buchan.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/John Stuart
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762–1763.
John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), explorer, the first European to successfully traverse Australia from south to north.
John Stuart (loyalist) (1718–1779), British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the southern colonies, War of American Independence (
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 Clan Rattray Homepage
His seal is appended to a Precept of Sasine of lands of Grauiche in the Earldom of Athole in favour of John Stuart of Fethinkile 26th March 1465.
John, 3rd Earl of Athol, who succeeded his father in the year 1513, was married to Grizel Rattray, daughter of Sir John Rattray of that Ilk.
Sir John’s son Patrick defended Castle Rattray against the Atholls but was forced to burn the Castle and escape in the confusion.
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As the relict of John FINLAY Jr., she is described on 20 Jan 1462 as obtaining from Cupar Angus Abbey a renewal of 1/12th portion of land in Cupar Grange for 5 years, paying an entry fee of five merks.
On 9 Mar 1507, Joneta FYNLAY, as relict of John FYNLAY, is described as obtaining a lease of a portion of the lands of Downy in the Barony of Glenisla.
The wife of John FINLEY is not known, but in a charter of 2 Jul 1547 to John HAMILTON and his wife, Helen CUNYNHAM, John FINLEY and his sons, Luke, William and William Roger, are mentioned as occupying land in Drumelog and Brintenot in the Barony of Avondale, County Lanark, Scotland.
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 Scotland
September 14, 1402 -Scots led by 4th Earl of Douglas defeated at the Battle of Homildon Hill by English army led by Percy 'Hotspur'.
July 5, 1530 -Border reiver John Armstrong and 50 of his men were hanged for flmail at Carlanrig by King James V. May 17, 1532 -King James V established paid judges to sit as the Court of Session, the highest civil court in Scotland.
June 2, 1581 -James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, beheaded in Edinburgh Grassmarket, accused of the murder of Lord Darnley.
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 Mary of Guise: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
In 1559 the Protestants, exhorted by John Knox, rose against the regent and declared her deposed.
Claudes daughter, Mary of Guise, married King James V of Scotland and was the mother of Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart).
Though a Protestant, he was a strong partisan of the Catholic regent, Mary of Guise, mother of Mary Queen of Scots.
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 AllRefer.com - Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl, British And Irish History, Biographies
Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl[ath´ul] Pronunciation Key, d.
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 Scottish History
James Douglas, Earl Morton and his men were also found guilty of Rizzio's murder.
John Stuart, 4th Earl of Atholl and James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
Her half brother, James, Earl of Moray, was made Regent.
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 My Family
Susan A. John STAPLES and Susan A. CHILES were married in 1844 in Jackson County, Missouri.
George LASCELLES (Earl of Harewood; Viscount) and Marion Donata STEIN (Countess) were married in 1949.
Children were: John STEWART (Earl of Atholl), James STEWART (Earl of Buchan), Andrew STEWART (Bishop of Moray).
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 John Stuart, 4th Earl of Atholl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, in the Stewart line (d.
April 25, 1579), son of John, 3rd earl, and of Grizel, daughter of Sir John Rattray, succeeded his father in 1542.
Subsequently, on May 24, Morton succeeded in getting into Stirling Castle and in attaining his guardianship of James.
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 stewart04
Charlotte Stuart, 'Duchess of Albany' (bpt 29.10.1753, dspl 17.11.1789)
Charles is sometimes known as the 6th Earl rather than the 5th on the basis that King James (VI of Scotland) assumed the title of Earl of Lennox for a time.
Catherine Stuart, Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold (bpt 05.12.1640, bur 11.11.1702)
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William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle, b.
Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass, b.
Sir John Gilmour, of Craigmillar, President of the Court of Session, b.
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 Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of — Infoplease.com
Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of — Infoplease.com
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 AllRefer.com - Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of, British And Irish History, Biographies
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 dgreenlaw1660timeline
Timeline of Eighty Years John Greenlaw may have wittnessed.
1702 Frances Teresa Stuart (Duchess of Richmond and Lennox; La Belle Stuart) died - The face of Britannia and mistress of King Charles II 1703 James Douglas-Hamilton (5th Duke of Hamilton) born - Politician
1717 John Campbell (1st Earl of Breadalbane) died - Descended from the Campbells of Glenorchy, Breadalbane was a supporter of William of Orange and the expulsion of King James VII (1633 - 1701)
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 Ancestors of
1 - Lady Janet Stuart (later Lady Ross of Halkhead), who was born circa 1499 and married Ninian, third Lord Ross of Halkhead.
Ninian married Janet Stewart-[766] [MRIN: 11978], daughter of Sir John Stuart 1st Lord Darnley, 10th (1st Stuart) Earl of Lennox-[34] and Margaret de Montgomerie-[741].
Ninian next married Anne Stewart-[773] [MRIN: 586], daughter of Sir John Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl-[642] and Eleanor Sinclair-[772], circa December 1529.
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