The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . )Before 1 March 1466he married Margaret,the only child of SirAlexander Ogilvie ofAuchterhouse, and got with her the Oastle of Banff, thebaronies of Strathalvah and Down in the county of Banff,and various other lands in the counties of Banff,Aberdeen, and Forfar. He got sasine of the landspertaining to his earldom on the small mound calledEarlshill, still to be seen in the village of Ellon, on28 October 1476; and on 27 July
The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . )Before 1 March 1466he married Margaret,the only child of SirAlexander Ogilvie ofAuchterhouse, and got with her the Oastle of Banff, thebaronies of Strathalvah and Down in the county of Banff,and various other lands in the counties of Banff,Aberdeen, and Forfar. He got sasine of the landspertaining to his earldom on the small mound calledEarlshill, still to be seen in the village of Ellon, on28 October 1476; and on 27 July 1490, on the resignationof John, Lord of the Isles, in a meeting of Parliament, heldin Aberdeen,^ he got from the Grown the lands of theliarony of Kingedward. The original grant of the earldomis not now extant, but it having been formally resigned toKing James iii., after the usual general revocation at hismajority, a re-grant of the earldom was made 12 October1477.^ The Earl, apparently on his marriage, became Sheriff Reg. Mag. Sig., 19 October 1466. - Reg. Mag. Sig., 1 March 1466-67, 22September 1478; Suth. Addl. Case, v. 60; Antiquities, iii. 523. ^ STEWART, EARL OF BUOHAN 267 of Forfar, but he resigned the office in 1466. He was alsoSheriff of Banff in 1470, and in the same year he was madeGreat Chamberlain on the fall of Lord Boyd, and held theoffice till 1473, when he was sent as an ambassador toFrance. On his return he again got the office of GreatChamberlain, which he held till 1484. In 1478-89 he wasmade guardian of the middle marches between Scotland andEngland. He was at feud with other nobles, which led to gather-ings of their followers under arms, and necessitated theinterference of the Government to preserve the peace. Hewas also concerned in the plots, revolts, and fights whichdisturbed the end of the reign of James iii., and having takenhis side he along with his brother the Earl of Atholl wasaccused, after the accession of James iv., of treasona
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