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Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland 1530 – 1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 24 April 1579

Death Location: Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland

Father: Sir PC

Mother: Jeanette Stewart

Spouse(s): Margaret FLEMING

Children(s): Anna Home

Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland was born in 1530 in Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland, PC and Jeanette (Janet) Stewart. Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland married Margaret The Honorable Lady Graham and Lady Erskine (Bridget) FLEMING, and had children including Anna Home. Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland passed away in 1579 in Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland was born in 1530 in Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland, PC and Jeanette (Janet) Stewart.
  • Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland married Margaret The Honorable Lady Graham and Lady Erskine (Bridget) FLEMING, and had children including Anna Home.
  • Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland passed away in 1579 in Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir PC
1507 – 1542
Birth Location: Atholl Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Jeanette Stewart
1511 – 1542
Birth Location: Rattray Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
JS

Spouses(s)

Margaret FLEMING
1536 – 1586
Birth Location: Castle Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Anna Home
1555 – 1587
Birth Location: Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
AH

Sir Scotland's Ancestors

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Sir Scotland
1530 – 1579
Birth Place: Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland, PC
1507 – 1542
Atholl Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Jeanette ((Janet)) Stewart
1511 – 1542
Rattray Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John II Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Atholl
1479 – 1521
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Janet Mary Jane Campbell Countess) Atholl
1468 – 1546
Castle Balveny, Fife, Scotland
Sir (John II Rattray * of that Ilk, 8th Earl of) Rattray
1475 – 1513
Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland
Elisabeth Kennedy
1480 – 1570
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Scotland's Descendants

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Sir (John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of) Scotland (1530 – 24 April 1579) m. Margaret (The Honorable Lady Graham and Lady Erskine (Bridget)) FLEMING (1536 – 15 Mar 1586)
  1. 1. Anna Home (1555 – abt 1587) m. Sir (John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of) Thirlestane (Jan 1537 – 3 Oct 1595)
    1. 1. Isabel Johnstone (24 November 1626 – 6 Jan 1686) m. Sir (William) Johnson (1572 – 1671)
      1. 1. Marjorie Johnston (1647 – 1682) m. Sir (James Baron) Hume (1647 – 1682)
        1. 1. Barbara (Hume) (Home) (01 Jan 1670 – 1675) m. William Hogue (2 SEP 1660 – 8 AUG 1749)

Sir Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland in Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1579
24 April 1579
Age 49
Death of Sir John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland in Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland
Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 April 1579
    Event Place: Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland
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