376 BUCHAN BucHAN [S.], abovenamed (with whom he had the manor of Whitwicke, CO. Leicester, and divers other lands, of which he had livery, 12 Dec. 13 1 2), was one of the '■^disinherited Lords" who, in 1332, placed Edward Balliol on the throne [S.]. On the establishment of peace with England, his claims to the Scottish honours were reserved, but they never took effect in Scotland, though in England he was sum. to Pari. [E.] as EARL OF BOGHAN {i.e. BUCHAN) from 22 Jan. 1333/4 to 16 Nov. 1339. In Sep. 1333 he is described, in a Papal letter, as Henry Beaumont, Earl of Buchan. In 1338 he was Justiciar [S.]. He d. shortly before 10 Mar. 1340, leaving issue, who, though sum. as Lords Beaumont, were never designated as Earls of Buchan. Will pr. Jan. 1342, at Lincoln. See fuller account under "Beaumont," Barony, cr. 1309. IX. 1382.' I. Sir Alexander Stewart, of Badenoch, 4th s. of King Robert II, by his ist wife, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Adam Mure, was recognised, 25 July 1382, as EARL OF BUCHAN [S.]. His cruel and rapacious character earned him the appropriate name of "The Wolf of Badenoch." He m., on or about 24 July 1382, Eupheme, suo jure Countess of Ross [S.], widow of Walter Leslie, who, in her right, was Earl of Ross [S.], and who <^. 27 Feb. 138 1/2. She possessed one half of the lands of the Earldom of Buchan. (^) These (called the Barony of Kynedward) she resigned, and they were regranted by the King, 22 July 1382, to her and her husband, who, three days later, is called Earl of Buchan. On 2 Nov. 1389 he was excommunicated for deserting his wife. She was living 5 Sep. 1394, but d. about 1394/5, leaving issue by her ist husband. The Earl of Buchan is usually said to have d. 24 July 1394, but there seems ground for thinking that he lived till 1405 or 1405/6. He d. s.p. legit., and was bur. at Dunkeld. M.I. X. 1406? 2. Robert (Stewart), Earl of Fife and Earl of Menteith [S.], next elder br., appears to have been recognised as succeeding his yr. br. (Alexander, abovenamed) as Earl of Buchan [S.]. On 28 Apr. 1398 he was cr. DUKE OF ALBANY [S.], and was afterwards Regent of Scotland. By a charter, dat. 20 Sep. 1406, in which he styles himself, inter alia, " EARL OF BUCHAN," he resigns that Earldom in favour of John, his 2nd son, and the heirs male of his body, with rem. to Andrew and Robert, his 3rd and 4th sons, in like manner respectively, rem. to himself and his heirs. C") See fuller account under "Albany," Dukedom of [S.], cr. 1398. (*) This was in consequence of the marriage of Sir John Ross, her great uncle (yr. br. of Hugh, Earl of Ross), with Margaret Comyn, coh. of the Earls of Buchan. See note "c" on previous page. () This grant is described as in existence in 1730, but is apparently no longer extant. In the papers in the Lovat case (before the Court of Session in 1730) it is said to be in externa in the " Laigh Parliament House" and its date and tenour are
