• 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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    Ruthven, 4th Lord Ruthven (d. 1584) (created Earl of Gowrie in 1581) William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (c. 1545–1584) (forfeit 1584) James Ruthven,...
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  • John 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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    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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  • 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...
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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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  • daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart, the oldest daughter of Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven and Janet Stewart, daughter of John...
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    Ruthven was also the Treasurer of Scotland during the king's minority and in 1581 was created William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie. In 1582, Ruthven,...
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  • William Ruthven may refer to: William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven (died 1513) William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (died 1552) William Ruthven, 1st Earl of...
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    and place of his birth are unknown, but it was probably in mid-October. His maternal grandparents were William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, and Dorothea...
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    who married William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie. Joan Stewart. Married Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll. Margaret Stewart. Married (1st) Andrew Stuart...
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    great-grandson of William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven (see Earl of Gowrie for earlier history of the family). His brother William Ruthven was the grandfather of Francis...
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    Wemyss Castle (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
    Sophia) Ruthven, a daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, shut away in Wemyss Castle to prevent her marrying Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox...
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  • Marie or Mary Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart. On 14 November 1578 she wrote as "Marie Countas of Atholl" to...
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  • Stewart's children; daughter Jean Ruthven married Henry Stewart, 2nd Lord Methven, and the heir, William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, married Dorothea Stewart...
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  • Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart. Their children included: James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, later 1st...
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    at Huntingtower Castle by the Earl of Gowrie and his political faction on 22 August 1582, a kidnap known as the Ruthven Raid. The next day they gave the...
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  • Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie who was said to have been dominated by his wife Isobel Hoppar, and William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, and Alexander Montgomery...
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    Lilias (or Sophie) Ruthven, a daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie. James wanted him to marry a daughter of the Earl of Morton or Arbella Stewart...
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  • Walter James Hore-Ruthven, 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 1st Baron Ruthven of Gowrie (14 June 1838 – 28 February 1921), previously known as Walter James...
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  • Plot William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, for leading the Raid of Ruthven on King James VI Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney...
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  • John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose and Lady Margaret Ruthve (daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie). Shortly after the death of his elder brother...
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  • Ruthven may refer to: Lord Ruthven, a title in the peerage of Scotland from 1488, used until 1581 on the creation of Earl of Gowrie William Ruthven,...
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  • Marie Ruthven, Countess of Atholl, was a Scottish aristocrat. She was a daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, and Dorothea Stewart, the oldest...
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    Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie ( 1578) James Stewart, Earl of Arran (1584–) Alexander Home, 6th Lord Home (1603) William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas jointly...
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  • John Bruce (antiquary) (category Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London)
    William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie. Bruce's manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum (and now in the British Library) were: Catalogue of State Papers...
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  • Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven, and brother of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie. At the age of 14, he became one of the ten Scottish hostages delivered to...
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  • participation in the Gowrie conspiracy of 1600. Ruthven was born in Perth, the third son of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, and his wife Dorothea Stewart...
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  • Master of Glamis was one of the principal supporters of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie against the ascendency of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox...
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  • the trial of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie in May 1584, and after the earl's forfeiture, received from the king the barony and regality of Scone and...
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