John (Stewart) Fourth Earl of Atholl (aft. 1530 - 1579)

Born after 1530 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

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Died 24 Apr 1579 before age 49 in Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland

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Biography

John (Stewart) Fourth Earl of Atholl is Notable.

Sir John Stewart was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

John (Stewart) Fourth Earl of Atholl is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.

John Stewart was the son of John Stewart and Grizel (Rattray) Stewart^[1] born after 1530.^[2] He was the son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl and Grizel Rattray, Countess of Atholl. He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Atholl circa 1542.^[3] He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in Scotland in 1561.^[3]

John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, called the Fair, was a Scottish nobleman and courtier. He was favoured by Mary, Queen of Scots, but later turned against her.

He fought in the Battle of Corrichie in 1562. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of the North in 1565. He was a zealous Roman Catholic.^[3] He held the office of Chancellor for Scotland between 29 March 1578 and 24 April 1579.^[3]

He died on 24 April 1579 at Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland, suspected of poisioning.^[2] He was buried on 4 July 1579 at St. Giles' Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.^[2]

He married, firstly, Lady Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith, before 26 May 1547.^[3] They had issue:

1. Elizabeth, d. Sep 1595
2. Margaret

He married, secondly, Margaret Fleming, daughter of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming and Janet Stewart, on 1 April 1557.^[3] They had issue:

1. Grizel^[4]
2. Mary, d. a 1587
3. Jean,^[5] d. Sep 1593
4. John, 5th Earl of Atholl^[3] b. 22 May 1563, d. 25 Aug 1595
5. Catherine, m. James Chisholm, 2nd of Cromlix^[6]

John passed away on 25 April 1579.

Research Notes

• The Peerage, John Stewart, "The Forth Earl of Atholl"

• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Volume 1, page 1336.

• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 2, page 2767.

Research Notes

• Dictionary of National Biographies. Shearman - Stovin (Vol 18). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1981/31205_Vol18-01228/10066359?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15311599/person/152004138734/facts/citation/602005970549/edit/record

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 443-4
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Ed. 2 Vol I, Archive.org, p. 313
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Ed. 2 Vol I, Archive.org, p. 314
4. ↑ Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 516.
5. ↑ George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 283.
6. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. III, p. 112

See also:

• John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl

• Wikidata: Item Q1701833, en:Wikipedia

• Wikipedia: Earl_of_Atholl