56 BUCHAN. [John Stewart, Master op Buchak,( b ) s. and b. an. lie m. firstly Mary, only child of James (Stewart), Eaul OP Moray [S.], Illeprit. s. of King JAMBS IV. [S-] Ho m. secondly, before 15 May 1547, Margaret, da. of Walter Ogii.vy of Boyne. He (/. s.p.m. and v.p. 10 Sep. 15-17, being slain at the battle of Pinkie. His widow was living 26 Dec. 15-19.] XVI. 1555] 4. CnmsTiAX, guo jure Countess of Buchan, &c. [S.] f granddaughter and h., being only da. and h. of John Stewart, If after of Barhan, by Margaret, his 2d wife, above-named. Ou 14 July 1551 she was enfeoffed as " Fiar," of the Earldom. Ou 16 Jauy. 1549 she was betrothed to James Stewart, afterwards the " Regent Moray," but she subsequently in. (his uterine br.) Robert Douglas (2d s. of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven, by Margaret, da. of John (Erskine) Loud Erskine anil de jure Farl ok Mar fS.]), who in her right became EARL OF BUCHAN [S.], and was living as such, 7 April 1574 and 10 March 1570/7. He d. before 2 April 1583. The Countess d. Oct. 1580. XVII. 1580 1 o. Jajies (Douglas), Earl of Buchan, 8lc [8.], only s. and h., served h. to his mother 24 May 1588. He m. Margaret, da. of Walter (Ogilvy), 1st Lord Ogilvy ok Deskford [S.] by his 2nd wife Mary, da. of William (Douglas), Earl of Morton [S.] He d. 2G Aug. 1601, being said to have been aged only 21, and was bur. at Auchterhouse, M.l. His widow m. for his 1st w ife, before 22 Feb. 1013/4 (when she was living), Andrew (Gray), Lord Okay [S.], who d. 1663. XVIII. 1G01. 6'. Mary, suojure Countess of Bucuan, &c. [S.], only da. and h. She m. before 1617 James Erskine who, in her right, became EARL OF BUCHAN [S.] He was 2d s. of John (Erskine), Earl ok Mar [S.], being the 1st s. of his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of Esme (Stewart), Duke of Lennox [S.] On 22 March 1617 they had a charter of the Earldom to themselves and the longest liver of them, with rem. to the h. male of their marriage, failing which to the nearest h. male of the Earl, and on 26 Nov. 1625 they had a new charter with the same limitation of the Earldom. On 8 July 1028 the Court of Session awarded the Earldom a higher precedency that had been allotted to it at "the decreet of Ranking" in 1006 (wherein the Countess, then a minor, was unrepresented) placing the ranking of the Earldoms of Eglintoun, Montrose, Cassilis, Caithness, and Ulencnirn Mow instead of above " Buehau."() This rank was ratified by Pari. 23 June 1633. The Countess d. in 1628. The Eur) m. secondly Dorothy, da. of Sir Philip Knvvett, Hart., of Buckeuham, Norfolk, by Catharine, da. and h. of Charles Ford, of Butlev Abbey, Suffolk. She was dead before 1647, and is doubtless the " Dna Bolton," bur. 4 Feb. 1638/9 at St. Martin's-in- the-fields. Admon. 33 Sep. 1647 ; again 22 Dec. 1649 as " Lady Dorothy Bohun," late of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, Miclx. ; again 24 June 1651, and finally as the "Countess Dorothy Bohane," 22 Aug. 1654 to her son Henry Erskine. The Earl d. in London, Jany. 1640, and was bur. at Auchterhouse. Admon. 23 Sep. 1647. XIX. 1640. 7. James (Erskine), Earl of Buchan, &c. [S,], served hi to his mother, 16 Sep. 1028, but did not sue. to the Earldom till his Father's death in 1040, as above. Under Cromwell's act of 1654 he was fined £1000. He m. Marjory, da. of William (Ramsay), 1st Earl ok Dalhousie [S.], by his 1st wife Margaret, da. of David (Carnegie), 1st Earl op Soutuesk |S.] He d. Oct, 1604. His wife survived him. (k) His next br. James Stewart, was also designated " Master of Buehan " as heir presumptive to the Countess Christian, his niece. He in. and had isBue. His sou James Stewart was, 13 Oct. 1C04, served h. »i«fctoJohn, Earl of Buchan. aboveuamed. j*j The effect of this is apparently to recognise the date of 1-169 as that of the creation of this Earldom. The Earldoms of Rothes, Morton, and Menteith, next to which Buchan was thus placed, having been cr. before 1458, while the Earldom of Eglintoun, which was thus postponed to Buchan, was cr. in 1008.
