Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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1st Lord Doune Lord James Stewart

Commendator of St. Colm
Male Abt 1529 - 1590  (~ 61 years)

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  • Name James Stewart 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1529  [1] 
    Occupation Commendator of St. Colm 
    Death 20 Jul 1590  [1] 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Sir James Stewart, of Beath
              b. Abt 1500  
              d. 28 May 1547, Dunblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Margaret Lindsay
              b. Between 1468 and 1513 

    Wife Margaret Campbell
              b. Between 1504 and 1548  
              d. 1591 (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Marriage [J] 11 Jan 1564  [1] 
    Age at Marriage James was ~ 35 years old - Margaret was ~ 60 years old. 
    Children 
     1. 2nd Lord Doune Lord James Stewart
              b. Abt 1565  
              d. [J] 7 Feb 1592, Donibristle, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      James Stewart was born c. 1529, the eldest son of Sir James Stewart of Beath and Margaret Lindsay.

      He succeeded as heir to his father on the 8th July 15602. James was the Constable of Doune Castle and Commendator of Inchcolm Abbey and was often called St Colme in contemporary letters. He was created Lord Doune on the 24th of November 1581 by King James VI, by charter under the Great Seal, and confirmed by Parliament on the 29th of November that same year.

      Incidentally, the Doones of southern England (e.g. Lorna Doone) are claimed in The Scots Peerage1 to be related to the Scottish Dounes of Doune Castle.

      Bibliography
      As we go back so far in time, there are a few key sources to trace the Stewarts backwards:
      • Burke's Peerage: the pedigree of Castle-Stewart (e.g. 1938, page 365, which mentions James' father, Sir James, Knight of Beith; or 1894, page 260, which has a little more detail).
      • The Scots Peerage, which covers Avandale/Ochiltree (the ancestors of this James Stewart) as well as the Lords Doune themselves (in Vol. 6, page 186+).


      Footnotes
      [1] The Scots Peerage, Ed. Sir James Balfour Paul, 1909, Volume 6, page 316, footnote 8
      [2] The Scots Peerage, Ed. Sir James Balfour Paul, 1906, Volume 3, page 188

  • Sources 
    1. [S0381] Ed. Sir James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, The, (Edinburgh: David Douglas), 1906, Stewart, Lord Doune; Volume 3, pages 186-190.