He had many sisters; the eldest, Mary, married the Earl of Atholl, a Stewart, in January 1580. Lady Gowrie was thus motherinlaw of the Earl of Atholl, who died at Gowrie House in August 1594. Her granddaughter, Dorothea (daughter of ...
Rycht Honorabill Sir,—My dewty with servise remembred. Pleise yow onderstand, my Lo. of Gowry and some vtheris his Lo. frendis and veill villeris, qha tendaris his Lo. better preferment, ar vpon the resolucion ye knaw, for the revenge ...
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This book contains a fascinating investigation into the "Gowrie Conspiracy", by Andrew Lang.
An old Scottish lady, many generations ago, used to say, 'It is a great comfort to think that, at the Day of Judgment, we shall know the whole truth about the Gowrie Conspiracy at last.'
There are enigmas in the annals of most peoples; riddles put by the Sphinx of the Past to the curious of the new generations.
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John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (c. 1577 - 5 August 1600) was a Scottish nobleman who succeeded his brother, James, the 2nd Earl, as Earl of Gowrie following James' death in 1586.
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Having criticised the contemporary criticism of the Gowrie affair, we must look back, and examine the nature of Gowrie's ancestral and personal relations with James before the day of calamity.