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54 BUCHAN. VII. 12S9, 7. Jonx (Cohyn), Earl of Bucuan [S.], s. and h. aged 30 yean and more at his Father's death. Was One o the nominees of Bolliol in 1291, in which yoar, as also in 1296, he wore 1 313. fealty to Edward I. He encountered Robert; Bruce 26 Dee. 130", anil, again, at lnverurv, 22 May 130$, where lie wan totally defeated, after which he retired to England, when his estates [and possibly his honours] were forfeited. He m. Isabel, da. of Duncan, Earl or Fike[S.] which Lady (taking the opposite side from her husband) placed, as representative of her brother, the crown on the head of King Robert Bruce, at Scone, 29 March 1306. He was living 1312/8. but </. in England s.p.m. before 28 April 1313. His widow, whom the English had imprisoned in an iron cage at Berwick, was released in April 1313. VIII. 1334, S. Henry (Beaumont), Lord Beaumont, having m. about 1310, Alice, 1st da. and coheir^) of John, Earl of Buchnn [S.], last abovenamed (with whom he had the manor of Whitwickr, Co. 1310. Leicester, and divers other lands, of which he had livery, 131 3^ was one of the "disinherited Lords," who, in 1332, placed Edward Balliol on the throne [S.] On the establishment of peace with England, hi* claim to the Scottish honours were rcserced, but they ncccr took eiYcct in Scotland, but in England he was sum. to Pari. [E.] as EARL OF BOGHAN (i.e., BUCHAN) from 22 Jany. 1333/4 to 16 Nov. 1339. In 133S he was Justiciary [S.] He d. shortly before 13 March 1310, leaving issue, who, tho' sum. as Lords Beaumont, were never designated as Earls of Buchau. See fuller account under " Beaumont," Barony, cr. 1309. IX. 1382 ? 1. Sir Alexander Stewart of Batlcnoch, 4th & of King Robert EL [S.] by his 1st wife Elizabeth, da. of Sir Adam Mum:, was recognised, 25 July 1382, as EARL OF BUCHAN [S.] Ufa cruel and rapacious character earned him the appropriate name of " The Wolf of Badenoch. Ho ni. between Aug. I3T9 and July 1 382, Euphemia, suo jure Countess <iu Ross [S.], widow of Walter Lksme, who, in her right, was Eaiu. ok Ross [S.] She possessed one half of the lands of the Earldom of Bttchan.{ h ) These (called the Barony of Kynedward) she resigned, and they were vegranted by the King, 22 July 1382, to her and her husband, who, three days later, is called Earl of Buchnn. This lady was living 1389. He d. s.p. legit. 21 July 1394, and was Inir. at Duukeld. M.I. X. 1394. 2 Eobeht (Stewart), Earl op Eife and Earl of Menteith [8.J next eldest br. appears to have been recognised as succeeding his younger brother (Alexander, abovenamed) as Eaul OF BUCHAN [S.] Ou 28 April 1398 he was cr.DUKE OF ALBANY [S. ], and was afterwards Reoent OF SCOT- LAND. By a charter, dat. 20 Sep. 1406, in which he styles himself, inter alia, " EARL OF BUCHAN " he resigns that Earldom in favour of John, his second son, and the heirs male of his body, with rem. to Andrew and Robert, his 3rd and 4th sons, (") Margaret, the 2d and yst da. and coheir, i/i. Sir John Rosb, s. of William, Earl of Ross [S.j, who got with her from Kiug Robert Bruce, " the half of the Ear) of Buchan's whole lands in Scotland, but appears to have d. s.p. It seems probable that (inas- much as her eldest sister, Alice, had m. Lord Beaumont, an Englishman) her right to the Earldom was recognised in /Scotland, and that she was the " Margaret, Countess of Buchan," so described in a charter, about 1310, of her [second ?] husband, Sir William de Lindsay, Lord of Symontoun, co. Ayr, who speaks of that Lady as Iub second wife. It is to be noted that Sir James Lindsay, Lord of Crawford aud Symoutotm (apparently heir male of the above) witnesses a charter, about 1394, as " LORD OF BUCHAN." Ex inform, W. A. Lindsay. ('») This was in consequence of the marriage of Sir Johu Ross, her great uncle (yr. br. of Hugh, Earl of Ross) with Margaret Comyu, coheir of the Earls of Buchan. See ante, note "a."