The Ruthven family papers [electronic resource] : the Ruthven version of the conspiracy and assassination at Gowrie House, Perth, 5th August, 1600 . he Court of Session,December 1732. There was a jury of fifteen. Itwas then declared that David, Lord Ruthven, wasgranduncle of James Ruthven of Ruthven, son ofColonel James Johnston or Ruthven of Graitney,and Isobel, Lady Ruthven, his spouse, who wasthe only daughter and child of Sir Francis Ruthvenof Reidcastle, and Dame Elizabeth Ruthven, hiswife, second sister german of the late David, LordRuthven. In 1739 the Ruthven title was markedout for in
The Ruthven family papers [electronic resource] : the Ruthven version of the conspiracy and assassination at Gowrie House, Perth, 5th August, 1600 . he Court of Session,December 1732. There was a jury of fifteen. Itwas then declared that David, Lord Ruthven, wasgranduncle of James Ruthven of Ruthven, son ofColonel James Johnston or Ruthven of Graitney,and Isobel, Lady Ruthven, his spouse, who wasthe only daughter and child of Sir Francis Ruthvenof Reidcastle, and Dame Elizabeth Ruthven, hiswife, second sister german of the late David, LordRuthven. In 1739 the Ruthven title was markedout for inquiry by the judges of the Court ofSession. This Lord Ruthven and his lady weresummoned, with the other Scottish peers, to theCoronation of George III., 1763. The first Deed signed by him is dated 13thDecember 1733. In his time occurred the Cassilliscase. By the decree in that case of 1762, any pre-sumption in favour of Lord Ruthven as heirs femaleand of line, that may have existed in 1740 wasreversed by the introduction of the presumptionthat parents whose term was not known were limited 96 , > > > •i* r » > >» \» » »». LADY MARY, WIFE OF JAMES, SIXTH LORD RUTHVEN, ANDDAUGHTER OF CAMPBELL OF ISLAY AND SHAWFIELD THE GOWRIE PLOT to heirs male of the body of the grantee. LordRuthven and his lady were summoned to the Coro-nation of George IV. (J. H. Stevenson.) The Ruthven Family Papers The so-called Gowrie Conspiracy, a plot, as itnow appears, to assassinate John, third Earl ofGowrie, and his brother, Alexander Ruthven, tookplace on 5th August 1600 at Gowrie House, circumstances attending the origin and negoti-ation of this atrocious deed have been a profoundState secret; kept absolutely in the dark; relegatedto obscurity; and posterity has been left to unravela great mystery involving the honour, the integrity,the truthfulness of the King. Our recent inspectionof the Ruthven Family Papers throws daylight onthe event, though it be fully three cent
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