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Francis Stewart (1584 - 1640)

Francis "2nd Earl of Bothwell" Stewart
Born in Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of [half], , , , , and
Husband of — married 2 Aug 1614 in Scotlandmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 56 in Bothwell, Midlothian, Scotlandmap
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Biography

Francis Stewart is a member of Clan Stewart.

Francis Stewart, 2nd Earl of Bothwell

Francis, Lord Stewart, Bothwell and Commendator of Kelso Abbey (b.1584) - After his father's death, in spite of the attainder, he is occasionally styled 'Earl Bothwell', and Lord Stewart and Bothwell.
Francis Stewart or Stuart[1]
d. 21 APR 1640 Bothwell, Midlothia, Scotland[2]
Bur: Bothwell, Midlothia, Scotland[3]

Early Life

Parents:
Francis Stewart and Margaret Douglas 1 DEC 1577. Issue[4]
  1. Francis Stewart
  2. John Stewart
  3. Frederick Stewart
  4. Henry (Harry) Stewart
  5. Elizabeth Stewart Cranstoun
  6. Helen Stewart Macfarlane
  7. Jean Stewart Elliot
  8. Margaret Stewart Cathcart

Family

Francis married Isobel (Seton) Drummond, daughter of Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton. Issue:[5]

Property

1630: 'absent from country' ... obtained recovery, by decreet arbitral of Charles I, of part of the family estates, which he then sold to the Winton family ... lived in straightened circumstances[7]

Occuption

1637: petitioned Charles I to become Printer to the King in Ireland for 51 years.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ #S74 Ancestry.com UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975; Jim Walker gedcom 4 Wikitree may 22 2011.ged on 24 May 2011; Deborah Dahl May 10, 2014; Francis, Lord Stewart, Bothwell and Commendator of Kelso Abbey (b.1584) - After his father's death, in spite of the attainder, he is occasionally styled 'Earl Bothwell', and Lord Stewart and Bothwell.
  2. ↑ #S74; #S250 Wikipedia: When he died his Testament-Dative was given in by his creditors at Edinburgh on April 21, 1640. .
  3. ↑ #S74
  4. ↑ #S250 Wikipedia: Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton
  5. ↑ Through marriage obtained a rehabilitation under the Great Seal of Scotland, dated at Whitehall, 30th July 1614, but reserving the rights of those who had been granted his father's forfeited lands. (The rehabilitation was not formally ratified by Parliament until 1633).
  6. ↑ inherited father's debts and lost the barony of Coldingham on Nov 26, 1656, to the Home of Renton family.#S250 Wikipedia.
  7. ↑ #S250 Wikipedia.
  8. ↑ #S250 Wikipedia.




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Rejected matches › Francis Stuart (aft.1616-) › Francis Marion Stewart (aft.1812-1877)

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