Isabel Ruthven

DAME ELIZABETH RUTHVEN (aka ISABEL RUTHVEN)

Dame Elizabeth Ruthven (1609) Dame Elizabeth Ruthven (1610) Dominiam Eliz Ruthven (1613) Deame Elizabethe Rwthvane, ladie Lowdoune (1617)

Dame Elizabeth Ruthven is the daughter of William, Earl of Gowrie, and Dorothy Stewart. The Scots Peerage IV: 266

Her Last Will and Testament

Confirmation was granted on 7 September 1617. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, The Testament Testamentar of Deame Elizabethe Rwthvane, ladie Lowdoune, spouse to Hew, lord of Lowdowne, in the parish of the same, reference CC9/7/14]

Marriage

Dame Elizabeth Ruthven married Hugh Campbell, first Earl of Loudoun. NRS: GD39/1/153 The Scots Peerage misidentifies her husband as George, first Earl of Loudon. The Scots Peerage IV: 266

The Scots Peerage V: 498

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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1-9 June 1610: Contract between James Earl of Glencairn and William Lord Kilmaurs his eldest son as principal, and Sir James Cunningham of Glengarnock knight, Alexander Cunningham of Crosshill, David Cunningham of Robertland and James Cunningham of Aiket, cautioners of the one part, and Hugh Lord Loudon and DAME ELIZABETH RUTHVEN, his wife, on the other part, by which for the sum of 10,000 merks paid by Lord Loudon to the Earl and his son, they dispone to Lord Loudon and his wife their heirs and assignees the barony of Kilmaurs with the manor place etc. (patronage of churches etc.) But redeemable on payment of said sum of 10,000 merks and expenses by the Earl and his son to Lord Loudon and his wife. At Edinburgh, Loudon and Glasgow 1st, 4th and 9th, June 1610. Witnesses, Alexander Cunningham son to said Laird of Corsehill. Witness to signatures Patrick Cunningham of Halpland (?) Mr Daniel Cunningham, Mungo Campbell. National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, reference GD39/1/153

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27 July 1610: Instrument of Seisin in favour of Hugh Lord Loudon and DAME ELIZABETH RUTHVEN his wife, in the barony of Kilmaurs with the manor place etc. proceeding on a charter granted in implement of the contract dated 9th June 1610 (GD39/1/153). Witness to charter, Mr Malcolm Colquhoun, George Campbell of Dalloy. Instrument drawn by George Campbell, clerk of the diocese of Glasgow, notary public. National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, reference GD39/1/154

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23 December 1613: . . . . . DOMINIAM ELIZ RUTHVEN . . . . . Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1609-1620, charter number 967 on pp. 352-54

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage IV: 266
2. Darryl Lundy's Peerage

COPIED FROM DARRYL LUNDY'S PEERAGE

Lady Isabel Ruthven married, firstly, Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar. She and Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar were divorced in 1608. She married, secondly, Sir Hugh Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun, son of Sir Matthew Campbell of Loudoun and Isabel Drummond, after 1608. She is the daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart. Children of Lady Isabel Ruthven and Sir Hugh Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun (1) Jean Campbell (2) Margaret Campbell.