Individual Details
John Stewart
(1525 - 24 Apr 1579)
4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland
== Wikipedia Biographical Summary ==
"John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl (died 25 April 1579) was a Scottish noble...
...He was the son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl and Grizel Rattray...
...He married:
# Elizabeth, daughter of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith, by whom he had two daughters, one of them Elizabeth Stewart, wife of Hugh Fraser, 5th Baron Lovat (this union led to descent of James Monroe, 5th President of the U.S.A.), Robert Stewart, 6th Earl of Lennox and James Stewart, Earl of Arran; and
# The Hon. Margaret Fleming, widow of Robert Graham, Baron Graham, and Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine. With Margaret, James had three daughters, Jean Stewart, wife of Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Baronet, Grizel Stewart, wife of David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford and Mary Stewart, wife of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll, and one son, John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl, at whose death in 1595 left the earldom in default of male heirs and reverted to the crown."
>SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 31 October 2012, 05:43 UTC, [accessed 28 November 2012]
4TH EARL OF ATHOL; HIGH CHANCELLOR OF SCOTLAND
Seal to Parents: @I264825@
"was a distinguished actor in the troubled times in which he lived"... "D. in 1579, and was interred with great solemnity in the south aisle of the cathedral church of St Giles, Edinburgh" [BDEP]
== Wikipedia Biographical Summary ==
"John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl (died 25 April 1579) was a Scottish noble...
...He was the son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl and Grizel Rattray...
...He married:
# Elizabeth, daughter of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith, by whom he had two daughters, one of them Elizabeth Stewart, wife of Hugh Fraser, 5th Baron Lovat (this union led to descent of James Monroe, 5th President of the U.S.A.), Robert Stewart, 6th Earl of Lennox and James Stewart, Earl of Arran; and
# The Hon. Margaret Fleming, widow of Robert Graham, Baron Graham, and Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine. With Margaret, James had three daughters, Jean Stewart, wife of Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Baronet, Grizel Stewart, wife of David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford and Mary Stewart, wife of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll, and one son, John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl, at whose death in 1595 left the earldom in default of male heirs and reverted to the crown."
>SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 31 October 2012, 05:43 UTC,
4TH EARL OF ATHOL; HIGH CHANCELLOR OF SCOTLAND
Seal to Parents: @I264825@
"was a distinguished actor in the troubled times in which he lived"... "D. in 1579, and was interred with great solemnity in the south aisle of the cathedral church of St Giles, Edinburgh" [BDEP]
Events
| Birth | 1525 | ||||
| Birth | Abt 1528 | ||||
| Marriage | 26 May 1547 | Elizabeth Gordon | |||
| Death | 24 Apr 1579 | ||||
| Death | 24 Apr 1579 | Kincardine Castle | |||
| Alt name | John "John Steward" Stewart | ||||
| Reference No | 1218296 | ||||
| Reference No | 1241143 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Burial | St. Giles Church | ||||
| Occupation | Lord Chancellor of Scotland |  |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Gordon (1540 - 1557) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stewart (1549 - 1595) |
| Father | John Stewart (1507 - 1542) |
| Mother | Grizel Rattray (1511 - 1542) |