MAXWELL, John 8th Lord Maxwell, then Earl of Morton (forfeited) 1
- Born: 24 April 1553 1
- Marriage (1): DOUGLAS, Elizabeth 15 February 1571(1572) 1
- Died: 7 December 1593, Dryfesands, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1
- Buried: 1593, Lincluden Kirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1
User ID: M363.
General Notes:
"John, eighth Lord Maxwell, a posthumous child, born 24 April 1553. He was, soon after the execution of the Regent Earl of Morton (successor in that title to his father-in-law the third Earl), created, 29 October 1581, EARL OF MORTON AND LORD CARLYLE AND ESKDAILL. Parliament ratified, 29 November 1581, this creation of him and his ' airis maill ' as 'erllis of mortoun,' and also a charter of 5 June 1581, erecting the Morton lands into a free earldom and regality of Morton for him, as grandson and heir of umquhile James, Earl of Morton, and his heirs-male and assignees whatever. A revocation of this grant of the territorial earldom and regality, 9 April 1585, apparently did not affect the dignity. Maxwell generally (though not invariably) continued to be called Earl of Morton in charters, etc."
from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1
John married Elizabeth DOUGLAS, daughter of David DOUGLAS of Cockburnspath, 7th Earl of Angus and Margaret HAMILTON, 15 February 1571(1572).1 (Elizabeth DOUGLAS was born about 1555 and died in 1637.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (John Maxwell) married at Dalkeith, 17 February (contract 13 January) 1571-72, Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of David, seventh Earl of Angus. She was afterwards married to Alexander Stewart of Garlies, and to John Wallace, elder of Craigie (contract 31 October 1597 ). She was called Countess of Nithsdale after the change in the style of the Maxwell earldom."
from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1
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