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Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle 1553–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1553

Birth Location: St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland

Death Date: 1 December 1595

Death Location: Symontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: John Stewart

Mother: Margaret Fleming

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Moray.

Children(s): Lady Kilcoy

Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle was born in 1553 in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland, the child of John Stewart And Margaret Fleming. Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle married Elizabeth Effie Gravin Lady Countess Of Moray, and had children including Lady Catherine Stewart Of Kilcoy. Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle passed away in 1595 in Symontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle was born in 1553 in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland, the child of John Stewart And Margaret Fleming.
  • Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle married Elizabeth Effie Gravin Lady Countess Of Moray, and had children including Lady Catherine Stewart Of Kilcoy.
  • Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle passed away in 1595 in Symontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Stewart
1525–1579
Birth Location: Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Fleming
1530–1586
Birth Location: Biggar, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
MF

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Moray.
1565–1591
Birth Location: Edinburgh
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Children(s)

Lady Kilcoy
1591–1662
Birth Location: Kilcoy, Ross and Cromartie County, Scotland
LK

Capt. Castle's Ancestors

Self
Capt. Castle
1553–1595
Birth Place: St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland
Parents
John Stewart
1525–1579
Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Fleming
1530–1586
Biggar, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (Sir Knight John Stewart III, Earl of) Lennox
1492–1526
Lennox, East-Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Capt. Castle's Descendants

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Capt. (James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune) Castle (Abt 1553–1 December 1595) m. Elizabeth ('Effie'. Gravin Lady. Countess of) Moray. (August 1565–18 November 1591)
  1. 1. Lady (Catherine Stewart of) Kilcoy 1591–1662 m. Robert Grant 1574–1634
    1. 1. Agnus Grant 1615–1637 m. Sir (James Grant, Earl of) Freuchie 1616–1683
      1. 1. Peter Grant 1631–1713 m. Joanna Ingersoll 1644–1712
        1. 1. William (H Grant) Sr 1671–1722 m. Martha (Melaine NELSON) * 1674–1730
    2. 2. Sir (John, Laird van Lurg) Grant 1620–1650

Capt. Castle's Timeline

2 Records

1553
Abt 1553
Birth of Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland
St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland
1595
1 December 1595
Age 42
Death of Capt. James Stewart, Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Capt of Doune Castle in Symontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Symontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1553
    Event Place: St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 December 1595
    Event Place: Symontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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