TOLLEMACHE, Catharine (secunda) ¹

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Catharine married James STEWART Lord Doune, son of Alexander STEWART 5th Earl of Moray and Emilia BALFOUR, 26 December 1677(contract).^{1 2} (James STEWART Lord Doune was born about 1657 and died 1685(dvp) ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Catherine, baptized at Great Fakenham 1661, died before February 1708 ; married, first, on Wednesday before 1 January 1677-78, to James, Lord Doune (who died 1685), eldest son and heir-apparent of Alexander, Earl of Moray, by whom she had two daughters ... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)





"James, Lord Doune, who died v.p. 1685, having married (contract 26 December 1677) Catharine, daughter of Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart in her own right (who ultimately married the Duke of Lauderdale) by her first husband, Sir Lionel Tollemache, Bart..... By her Lord Doune had issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ^{1 2}

Catharine next married John GORDON 16th Earl of Sutherland, son of George GORDON Lord Strathnaver, 15th Earl of Sutherland and Jean WEMYSS, after 1690.^{1 2} (John GORDON 16th Earl of Sutherland was born in March 1661 ⁴ and died on 27 June 1733 in Chelsea, London, England ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Catherine, baptized at Great Fakenham 1661, died before February 1708 ; married, first .... James, Lord Doune .... and secondly, as his second wife, to John, fifteenth Earl of Sutherland, K.T., but had no further issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"James, Lord Doune, who died v.p. 1685, having married .... Catharine, daughter of Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart in her own right .... by her first husband, Sir Lionel Tollemache, Bart. She was married, secondly, after 1690, as his second wife, to John, fifteenth Earl of Sutherland, and died about 1705."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:
Scots Peerage, volume 6, does not include Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland who married Adam Gordon, in its numbering of the Earl of Sutherland. hence the disparity. When the Countess is included, their numbering has a +1 added.




"He (John Gordon) married, secondly, Catherine Tollemache, fourth daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham, Suffolk, Baronet, and the Countess of Dysart ... She was widow of James, Lord Doune, who died 1685... She had no issue by the Earl, and died, much lamented by him, in 1705."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ^{1 2 3}