STEWART, James Lord Doune, 8th Earl of Moray, 'the bonnie Earl o' Moray' ¹

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James married Grace LOCKHART, daughter of George LOCKHART of Carnwath and Euphemia MONTGOMERIE, in December 1734.¹ (Grace LOCKHART was born about 1708 and died on 17 November 1738 in Darnaway Castle, Forres, Moray, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"VIII. James (Stewart), eighth Earl of Moray, was born about 1708, and was served heir to his father 2 April 1740. Not long after his succession to the Peerage he was created a Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 23 February 1741 ; and he sat in the House of Lords as a Representative Peer from 1741 till 1767. Under the Act of 1747 for abolishing heritable jurisdictions he obtained £3000 for the sheriffship of Moray and Elgin, and £1200 for the stewartry of Menteith, in all £4200, in full of his claim for £14,000. He died at Donibristle 5 or 6 July 1767. He married, first, December 1734, Grace, daughter of George Lockhart of Carnwath, and widow of John, third Earl of Aboyne. She died at Darnaway 17 November 1738."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

James next married Margaret WEMYSS, daughter of David WEMYSS 4th Earl of Wemyss and Elizabeth SINCLAIR, on 24 April 1740.¹ (Margaret WEMYSS was born about 1718 and died on 31 August 1779 in Drylaw, near Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Earl (of Moray, James Stewart) married, secondly, 24 April 1740, Margaret, second daughter of David, third (see Note below) Earl of Wemyss. She died at Drylaw, near Edinburgh, 31 August 1779."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

David Wemyss was fourth Earl when the Countess of Wemyss, his mother, is counted in her own right in the succession.




"Lady Margaret (Wemyss), who, on 24th April 1740, married, as his second wife, James, ninth Earl of Moray. She died at Drylaw near Edinburgh, on 31st August 1779, leaving issue."

from Family of Wemyss ^{1 3}