Lady Emilia Stuart, Countess of Crawford

LADY EMILIA STUART Countess of Crawford

Dame Emillia Stuart (1705) Emilia Stewart (1706) Emilia Stewart (1707) Ellizabeth, Countess of Crawford (1711)

A date and place of birth has not been identified for Lady Emilia Stuart, here treated, but she was probably born between 26 December 1677, the date upon which her parents were contracted to marry, and the year 1685, when her father is reported to have died. The Scots Peerage VI: 323

Death

Lady Emilia Stuart died on 18 February 1711. The Scots Peerage VI: 323

Burial

Lady Amelia Stuart was buried on 26 February 1711, in the Abbey of Holyrood House, in the Canongate near Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Holyroodhouse Burials: 5

Evidence from the Burial Records of the Holyrood Burial Register

26 February 1711: Elizabeth (sic), Countess of Crawford, was buried in the Abbay Church of Holyroodhouse, on the north side of the church, and east end, betwixt the eastmost whole pillar and half pillar thereof, to the south side of the foresaid pillars. Register of Burials in the Chapel Royal or Abbey of Holyroodhouse, 1706-1900. (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1900), p. 5

First Marriage

Lady Emilia Stuart married, Alexander Fraser of Strichen, The Scots Peerage VI: 323

Second Marriage

Lady Emilia Stuart married John, nineteenth Earl of Crawford. The Scots Peerage VI: 323

Biographical Summary

"Emilia, married first, to Alexander Fraser of Strichen, and, secondly, to John, nineteenth Earl of Crawfurd. She died age of 32, and was buried at Holyrood 26, February 1711."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. VI, page 323
SOURCE Darryl Lundy's Peerage: The Peerage, person page 2336

Family

http://www.thepeerage.com/p2125.htm#i21243

Hon. Emilia Stuart was the daughter of James Stuart, Lord Doune and Catherine Tollemache.1,2

She married, firstly, Alexander Fraser, 5th of Strichen, son of Thomas Fraser, 4th of Strichen and Marion Irvine, in 1697.1

She married, secondly, Lt.-Gen. John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford, son of William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford and Lady Mary Johnstone, before 1702.1

She died on 18 February 1711.1 She was buried on 21 February 1711 at Holyrood Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, ScotlandG.1

From 1697, her married name became Fraser.1 From before 1702, her married name became Lindsay.1 After her marriage, Hon. Emilia Stuart was styled as Countess of Crawford before 1702.

Children of Hon. Emilia Stuart and Alexander Fraser, 5th of Strichen

1. James Fraser, 6th of Strichen3
2. Alexander Fraser, Lord Strichen+3 d. 15 Feb 1775
3. Marian Fraser3

Children of Hon. Emilia Stuart and Lt.-Gen. John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford

1. Lady Catherine Lindsay3 b. 14 Feb 1697
2. Lt.-Gen. John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford1 b. 4 Oct 1702, d. 25 Dec 1749. “ At Belford on 3 March 1747 he married Lady Jean Murray but she died of fever within six months. He himself died on 24 December 1749 in great suffering from a wound, inflicted in 1739, which had broken out for the 29th time.”
3. Captain William Lindsay+3 b. 3 Apr 1705
4. Lady Mary Lindsay+3 b. 24 Sep 1706

References

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p2125.htm#i21243 cites
  • 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 521. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • 2. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2770. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  • 3. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00146634&tree=LEO cites
  • 1. [S00058] The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. 3:521
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p2125.htm#i21242 cites
  • 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 521. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • 2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 563.
  • 3. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3384. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  • 4. [S37] BP2003. [S37]