• 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    identified him as close to the heart of the current regime. Some sources allege that William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie was a reluctant figurehead for the...
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  • Stewart helped to free James from William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, and to bring back his cousin James Stewart, Earl of Arran to power; these acts largely...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    elevated to the status of an abbey in 1163 or 1164. The abbey was turned into a secular lordship for William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie in 1581, but was forfeited...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Ogilvy of Airlie by his first wife, Lady Jean Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, he was born probably about 1593. He succeeded...
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