2ND OR 7TH See also:EARL See also:JOHN See also:ERSKINE See also:MAR
of (c
.
1558-1634), Scottish politician, was the only son of the preceding
.
Together with See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. he was educated by See also:George See also:Buchanan
.
After attaining his See also:majority he was nominally the See also:guardian of the See also:young king, who was about seven years his junior, and who lived with him at See also:Stirling; but he was in reality a puppet in the hands of the See also:regent, the See also:earl of See also:Morton; and he lost See also:power and position when Morton was imprisoned
.
He was concerned in the seizure of James VI. in 1582 (a See also:plot known as the See also:raid of See also:Ruthven) ; but when James escaped from his new custodians the earl fled into the See also:west of See also:Scotland
.
Then leaving his hiding-See also:place See also:Mar seized Stirling See also:Castle, whereupon James marched against him, and he took See also:refuge in See also:England
.
See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth interceded for him, but in vain, and after some futile communications between the governments of England and Scotland Mar and his See also:friends gathered an See also:army, entered the presence of the king at Stirling, and were soon in supreme authority (1585)
.
Mar was restored to his lands and titles
.
Henceforward he stood high in the royal favour; he became governol of See also:Edinburgh Castle and was made See also:tutor to James's son, See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, and for his second wife he married See also:Mary, daughter of Esme See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, See also:duke of See also:Lennox
.
In 1601 the earl was sent as See also:envoy to See also:London; here Elizabeth assured him that James should be her successor, and his See also:mission was conducted with tact and prudence
.
Haying joined the
See also:English privy See also:council Mar was created See also:Lord Cardross in 16ro; he was a member of the See also:Court of High See also:Commission and was lord high treasurer of Scotland from 1615 to 163o
.
He died at Stirling on the 14th of See also:December 1634
.
See also:John (c
.
1585-1654), his only son by his first wife, succeeded to his earldom; by his second wife he had five sons, among them being James (d
.
1640), earl of See also:Buchan; Henry (d
.
1628), whose son See also:David (d
.
1671) succeeded to the See also:barony of Cardross; and See also:Charles, the ancestor of the earls of See also:Rosslyn
.
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