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RUTHVEN , the name of a See also:noble Scottish See also:family which traces its descent from a certain See also:Thor, who settled in See also:Scotland during the reign of See also:David I. In 1488 one of its members, See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Ruthven (d. 1528), was created a See also:lord of See also:parliament as Lord Ruthven. His eldest son William was killed at See also:Flodden in 1513, and consequently his See also:grandson William succeeded him in the See also:title, and after holding the offices of extraordinary lord of session and keepe of the privy See also:seal died in See also:December 1552, leaving three sons. The eldest of these, See also:Patrick, 3rd Lord Ruthven (c. 1520—1566), played an important See also:part in the See also:political intrigues of the 16th See also:century as a strong See also:Protestant and a supporter of the lords of the See also:congregation. He favoured the See also:marriage of See also:Mary with See also:Darnley, and was the See also:leader of the See also:band which murdered See also:Rizzio. This event was followed by his See also:flight into See also:England, where he died on the 13th of See also:June 1566. Ruthven wrote for See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth a Relation of the See also:murder, which is preserved in See also:MSS. in the See also:British Museum.
A descendant of the 1st Lord Ruthven in a See also:collateral See also:line, also named Patrick Ruthven (c. 1573—1651), distinguished him-self in the service of See also:Sweden, which he entered about 1606. As a negotiator he was very useful to Gustavus See also:Adolphus because of his ability to " drink immeasurably and preserve his understanding to the last," and he also won fame on the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field of See also:battle. Having taken part in the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War and been See also:governor of See also:Ulm, he See also:left the See also:Swedish service and returned to Scotland, where he was employed by See also:Charles I. He defended See also:Edinburgh See also:Castle for the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king in 1640, and when the See also:Civil War See also:broke out he joined Charles at See also:Shrewsbury. He led the left wing at the battle of Edgehill, and after this engagement was appointed See also:general-in-See also:chief of the Royalist See also:army. For his services he was created Lord Ruthven of See also:Ettrick in 1639, See also:earl of Forth in 1642 and earl of See also:Brentford in 1644. The earl compelled See also:Essex to surrender See also:Lostwithiel, and was wounded at both battles of See also:Newbury. But his faculties had begun to decay, and in 1644 he was superseded in his command by See also:Prince See also:Rupert. After visiting Sweden on a See also:mission for Charles II., Brentford died at See also:Dundee on the 2nd of See also:February 1651. He left no sons and his titles became See also:extinct.
Patrick, 3rd Lord Ruthven, was succeeded as 4th lord by his son William (c. 1J41—1584), who like his See also:father was prominent in the political intrigues of the See also:period and was also concerned in the Rizzio murder. In 1582 he devised the See also:plot to seize King See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI., known as the See also:raid of Ruthven, and he was the last-known custodian of the famous See also:silver See also:casket containing the letters alleged to have been written by Mary, queen of Scots, to See also:Bothwell. In 1581 he was created earl of See also:Gowrie, but all his honours were forfeited when he was attainted and executed in May 1584 (see GOWRIE, 3RD EARL, OF).
The 2nd Lord Ruthven left a son, See also:Alexander (d. 1599), the founder of the family of Ruthven of See also:Freeland, and the See also:grand-father of Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Ruthven (d. 1673), on whom Charles II. bestowed the title of Lord Ruthven of Freeland in 1651. When his son David died unmarried in Aprii 1701 the title of Baroness Ruthven was assumed by the latter's See also:sister, See also:Jean (d. 1722), although according to some authorities the See also:peerage had be-come extinct. It was, however, assumed in 1722 by Isobel (d. 1732), wife of James See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, who took the name of Ruthven on succeeding to the family estates; and their son, James Ruthven (d: 1783), took the title and was allowed to See also:vote at the elections of Scots representative peers. In 1853 the See also:barony again descended to a See also:female, Mary Elizabeth See also:Thornton (c. 1784—1864), the wife of See also:Walter Hore (d. 1878). She and her See also:husband took the name of Hore-Ruthven, and their grandson, Walter James Hore-Ruthven (b. 1838), became the 8th See also:baron in 1864.
See the Ruthven See also:Correspondence, edited with introduction by the Rev. W. D. Macray (1868) ; J. H. See also:Round, " The Barony of Ruthven of Freeland'' in See also:Joseph See also:Foster's Collectanea Genealogica (1881–85) ; and Sir R. See also:Douglas, The Peerage of Scotland (new ed. by Sir J. B. See also:Paul).
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