BUCHAN 379 HOUSE [S.], having seizin thereof 28 Oct. 1476. He was High Cham- berlain [S.], 1471-73, and 1478-84; Ambassador to France, 1473; Warden of the East Marches, 1479. He ;;;., before i Mar. 1466/7, Margaret, da. and h. of Sir Alexander Ogilvy, of Auchterhouse, with whom he acquired the heritable Shrievalty of co. Forfar. He d. between Jan. 1497 ^"^ J^"- 1499/1 500.0 XV. 1498. 2. Alexander (Stewart), Earl OF BucHAN, fife. [S.], only s. and h. He had seizin 23 Jan. 1 499/1 500. He »»., istly, before 20 May 1491, Isabel Ogilvy, who was then living. He w., 2ndly, before 1499, Margaret, da. of William (Ruthven), ist Lord RuTHVEN [S.], by his ist wife, Isabel, da. of ( — ) Levington or Livingston, of Salcoats. He d. 1505. His widow w., before 21 June 1508, Sir John Erskine, the younger, of Dun, and d. in 1548. He d. 7 Sep. 1563, at Dundee. C") XVL 1505. 3. John (Stewart), Earl OF BucHAN, <yc. [S.], s. and h. by 2nd wife, served h. on 29 Aug. 15 19. On 26 Jan. 1 527/8 he granted a charter to his grandfather. Lord Ruthven. On 4 Aug. 1547 he resigned all his estates. Lordships, i^c, in favour of John, his ist s., reserving his own life rent. He m. Margaret, da, of James Scrymgeour, of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee. He d. in 1551, after 14 July. [John Stewart, Master of Buchan,("') s. and h. ap. He »/., istly, Mary, only child of James (Stewart), Earl of Moray [S.], illegit. s. of King James IV. He w., 2ndly, before 15 May 1547, Margaret, da. of Walter Ogilvy, of Boyne. He d. s.p.m. and v.p., 10 Sep. 1547, being slain at the battle of Pinkie. His widow was living 26 Dec. 1549, but d. shortly after.] XVII. 1551. 4. Christian, «/oy«rf Countess OF Buchan, Cifc. [S.], granddaughter and h., being only da. and h. of John Stewart, Master of Buchan, by Margaret, his 2nd wife, abovenamed. On 14 July 1 55 1 she was enfeoffed as " Fiar," of the Earldom. On 16 Jan. (^) He had, by Margaret Murray (widow of William M.), several children, of whom James Stewart, legitimated 20 Feb. 1488/9, was ancestor of the Earls of Traquair [S.]. C") Scots Peerage, sub "Gowrie," p. 932, says that her husband, John Erskine the younger of Dun, was slain at Flodden, 9 Sep. I 5 1 3, and that Margaret m., ^rdly, before 23 Dec. 1518, James Stewart of Ryland, who was slain at Edinburgh before 1 1 Mar. 1524/5, and that she m., 4thly, William Wood, of Bonnyton, which marriage was annulled 18 Dec. 1534. V.G. ('=) His next br., James Stewart, was also designated "Master of Buchan," as h. presumptive to the Countess Christian, his niece. He m. and had issue. His s., James Stewart, was, 13 Oct. 1604, served h. ma/e to John, Earl of Buchan above- named.
