Earl of Gowrie is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members...
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Brigadier General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, PC (/ˈhɔːr ˈrɪvɛn/; 6 July 1872 – 2 May 1955) was...
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Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (c. 1577 – 5 August 1600), was a Scottish nobleman who died in mysterious circumstances, referred to as the "Gowrie Conspiracy"...
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Greysteil Hore-Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, PC, FRSL (26 November 1939 – 24 September 2021), usually known as Grey Gowrie or Lord Gowrie, was an Irish-born British...
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Clan Ruthven (category Gaelic families of Norse descent)
Treasurer of Scotland during the king's minority and in 1581 was created William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie. In 1582, Ruthven, now the Earl of Gowrie, abducted...
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William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven (c. 1541 – May 1584) was a Scottish peer known for devising the Raid of Ruthven. William Ruthven...
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Earl of Gowrie for earlier history of the family). His brother William Ruthven was the grandfather of Francis Ruthven, who was created a Baronet, of Redcastle...
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Countess of Gowrie (née Zara Eileen Pollok; 20 January 1879 – 19 July 1965) was the Anglo-Irish wife of the 1st Earl of Gowrie, Governor of South Australia...
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Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie kidnap King James VI of Scotland, the kingdom's 16-year-old ruler, while he is hunting in Perthshire. The Earl of Gowrie imprisons...
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Alexander Ruthven, younger son of William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (see the Earl of Gowrie, 1581 creation, for earlier history of the family). The letters...
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Barbara Ruthven (category Daughters of Scottish earls)
favourite of Anne of Denmark, expelled from court after the death of her brother. Barbara Ruthven was a daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and...
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capital city. Gowrie is named after Brigadier-General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1872–1955), Governor-General of Australia...
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Gowrie (Scottish Gaelic: Gobharaidh) is a region in central Scotland and one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It covered the eastern part...
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This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It does not include extant...
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Posthumous execution (redirect from List of posthumous executions)
Cambridge, England. In 1600, after the failure of the Gowrie conspiracy, the corpses of John, Earl of Gowrie and his brother Alexander Ruthven were hanged...
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composed of several Presbyterian nobles, led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, who abducted the king. The nobles intended to reform the government of Scotland...
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Second Thatcher ministry (category History of the Conservative Party (UK))
Tom King as Secretary of State for Transport. September 1984 – Earl of Gowrie succeeded Lord Cockfield as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Douglas Hurd...
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Dacre 2nd son of Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer Grandson of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Grandson of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford Eldest...
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Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig (c.1555-July 1606) was a Scottish knight who was involved in the Gowrie House affair of 1600. Robert Logan's father and grandfather...
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James VI and I (redirect from James I of England and James VI of Scotland)
brother of John Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie at Gowrie House, the seat of the Ruthvens. Ruthven was run through by James's page John Ramsay, and the Earl of Gowrie...
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saved him from the attack of the Earl of Gowrie in 1600. Murray had already been created Lord Scone, also in the Peerage of Scotland in 1605. The peerages...
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Speygate of Perth. Latterly, the rebuilt and extended house was the home of George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull (1570–1634), amongst others. Gowrie House formerly...
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Huntingtower Castle (redirect from The Green Lady of Huntingtower)
christening of James Ruthven, the heir. In the summer of 1582, the castle was occupied by the 4th Lord Ruthven, who was also the 1st Earl of Gowrie, and his...
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personality Zara Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie (1879–1965), Anglo-Irish wife of the Earl of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia Zara Kay (born 1992), secular...
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when the earl was executed in 1584, given to William Foularton in the same year, but restored to the earl's son, James Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie. An independent...
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Tom King as Secretary of State for Transport. September 1984 – Earl of Gowrie succeeded Lord Cockfield as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Douglas Hurd...
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monarchy of Australia is a key component of Australia's form of government, by which a hereditary monarch serves as the country’s sovereign and head of state...
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her "brother". He was the wife of her half-sister. William Ruthven became Lord Ruthven and was later made Earl of Gowrie. Their main home was Huntingtower...
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Clan Ramsay (section Origins of the clan)
both the Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie and his brother who were allegedly attempting to kidnap the king. This became known as the Gowrie Conspiracy. For saving...
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noted incidents of marital discord between Anne and James. The so-called Gowrie conspiracy of 1600, in which the young Earl of Gowrie, John Ruthven, and...
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