Stewart Society

JAMES Stewart

Earl of Moray

Father , died: 1570

(24) JAMES STEWART, son of JAMES V , King of Scotland and Margaret, daughter of John, Lord Erskine.

Born 1534.
Commendator of St. Andrews and Pittenweem 1538.
In 1562 he was created EARL OF MORAY, Lord Abernethy and Strathearn. The same year he was created Earl of Mar, but resigned this Earldom after a few months. In 1567 he became Regent of Scotland, and was known as the "Good_Regent."
He was assassinated at Linlithgow by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh 1570. His daughter :-
(a) Elizabeth, Countess of Moray, married in 1580 James Stewart, son and heir of James, first Lord Doune. (See No. 50).
Arms: of Earl of Moray on Seal, 1555.-Scotland, with crozier behind shield (Macdonald). On Seal, 1562.-I and 4. Scotland, debruised by an engralled ribbon. 2 and 3. Three cushions within a double tressure flory-counter flory (Moray) (Laing). I and 4. Scotland, debruised by a black ribbon. 2 and 3. (Moray) (Nisbet). CREST: A pelican feeding her young in a green nest. SUPPORTERS: Two s2Yver greyhounds, with gold collars. MOTTO: "_Solus_ per_christum_Redemptorem."