John Erskine, 20th Earl of Mar

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JOHN, EARL OF MAR

The Scots Peerage, V, pp. 623-25

Second Marriage

John, Earl of Mar, married, as his second wife, Jean Mackenzie, daughter of George, Earl of Seaforth. The marriage contract is dated The Scots Peerage, VII, p. 508 Following the death of her husband she married Andrew, Lord Fraser. The Scots Peerage, IV, p. 118

Biographical Summary

"John, Earl of Mar, who succeeded, was apparently the only child of his father's first marriage with Anna Drummond. He is first referred to in the will made by his father on 1 April 1608... On 2 June 1610 he was made a Knight of Bath, when Prince Henry was created Prince of Wales, and during the later years of his father's life he acted as his agent at Court...

...The date of the Earl's death is not certain, some authorities stating he died in 1654, others alleging 1653. There are indications which suggest he died between January and October 1653. The family genealogist of 1709 asserts that he became blind before his death...

...This Earl of Mar married, 6 February 1610, Jean Hay, second daughter of Francis, ninth Earl of Erroll. She survived him, made her will at Alloa on 6, and died on 14 May 1668."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. V, page 623-624

Other References

• An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice: From Its Institution in MDXXXII; by George Brunton, David Haig; 1832; Page 262