James (Stewart) First Lord Doune (abt. 1529 - 1590)

Born about 1529 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Campbell) Stewart — married 11 Jan 1564 in Beath, Fife, Scotland

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1590 at about age 61 in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

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

James (Stewart) First Lord Doune is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.

Sir James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune, was born about 1529, as in a list of the Scottish nobility, dated 10 April 1589, he is said to be "of 60 yeares".^[1] He was the eldest son of Sir James Stewart, of Beith, county Fife, Captain or Constable of the Castle of Doune, and his wife, Margaret Lindsay, daughter of John Lindsay, 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres, and widow of Richard Stewart, 3rd Lord Innermeath.^[2]

He was Knighted and became Constable of Castle Doune.^[3]

In 1581 he was created 1st Lord Doune. He was also Lord of St. Colme.^[3]

He married Margaret Campbell on 11 January 1563 or 1564.^[3] They had issue:

1. James.^[3] b. bef.1568^[4] in Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
2. Henry. b. about 1574 in Beath, Scotland^[4]
3. Archibald^[4]
4. John. b. after 1564 in Scotland^[4]
5. Alexander^[4]

1. Mary. b. after 1563 in Scotland^[4]
2. Margaret. died young^[4]
3. Jean. b. about 1578 in Perthshire, Scotland^[4]

He died on 20 July, 1590.^[3]

Research Notes

• The Peerage

Sources

1. ↑ Rogers, Charles, ed. Estimate of the Scottish Nobility during the Minority of James the Sixth. London: Grampian Club, 1873. Accessed April 23, 2016. https://archive.org/details/estimateofscotti00gram. p. 58
2. ↑ 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, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 186
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} 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, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 188
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} 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, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 189