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| Name |
William Ruthven |
| Suffix |
1st Lord Ruthven |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
29 Jan 1487 |
| Death |
1528 |
| Notes |
- http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal40456
http://www.thepeerage.com/p2502.htm#i25019
William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire in 1471.«sup»2«/sup» He sat in Parliament among the feudal barons as Laird of Ruthven.«sup»2«/sup» He held the office of Conservator of a Truce with England in 1484.«sup»2«/sup» He was invested as a Knight in January 1483/84.«sup»2«/sup» He fought in the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488, where he sided with King James III against the rebel nobles.«sup»2«/sup» He was created «i»1st Lord Ruthven [Scotland]«/i» on 29 January 1487/88.«sup»2«/sup» He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in August 1513.«sup»2«/sup» After 1515 he was one of the four Guardians of the boy-King James V.«sup»2«/sup»
1. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes«/i» (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i».
2. Charles Mosley, «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i», volume 1, page 690.
3. Charles Mosley, «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i», volume 1, page 691.
4. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 299. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i».
5. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume II, page 379.
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| Person ID |
I29246 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
20 Feb 2009 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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