http://www.archive.org/stream/memorialsofearlo02rogeuoft/memorialso http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/stirling1633.htm. The Hon. She was living in 1656 and is believed to have been buried in the Montgomery vau lt at Newtown.Henry Alexander, the heir, was admitted to Glasgow University in 1625. He had at least 2 sons with Margaret Walker. In 1621 he obtained a grant of northwestern Newfoundland. However Alexander's settlement provided the basis for British claims to Nova Scotia and his baronets provided the Coat of arms of Nova Scotia and Flag of Nova Scotia which are still in use today.[2]. The will of George Dent Alexander, who died without issue, shows legacies left to the sons. Kate, 41, was accompanying her husband, Prince William, who was making his first visit to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks in Windsor as their newly appointed Colonel of the . I have found that what weall are looking for are clues to help us do our research. He had issue: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Angus ALEXANDER, Sir Alexander of Bonkyl. His plays were published in several editions (1604, 1607, 1616, 1637). Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, lived from 1567 to 12 September 1640. They sounded the death knell of Sir Williams colonizing efforts (notwithstanding his later association with the Council of New England) and his hope of solvency, for by the end of 1632 the colony had been withdrawn and the kings warrant for 10,000 in compensation for his losses had been dishonoured. As William is an 11th generation descendant of Charlemagne (747-814), the people below also descend from . a chef. . The claim to the title arose in connection with their ancestor Sir William Alexander, a courtier and poet at the court of King James VI of Scotland (James I of England), who created him Earl of Stirling in 1633. I have no other information on who puttogether the five pages other than the information on the pages.By the Way My Branch of the Alexander Tree is out of Rowan & BurkeCounty NC though Wayne Coun. His works have been warmly received by the literary community of both Scotland and England, but perhaps the warmest praise came when King James in his translating the Bible has William as his collaborator in translating The Psalms of King David. Retrieved 2008-12-02. William Alexander was the son of Alexander of Menstrie and Marion, daughter of an Allan Couttie. Mag. 26 Feb Feb The story of later creations may be summarized thus. The area now iscalled, Sir Williams's final years were filled with tragedy. When his father died in 1581 he andhis two sisters were left in charge of his grand uncle, JamesAlexander , a well-placed Burgess of Sterling, Helen " Alexander Alexander Baron of Menstrey who was the fatherof William Alexander, Earl of Stirling wife Marion, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -, 1. His son, ALEXANDER FAMILY 5. Meanwhile in the six years during which his title was practically unchallenged, notwithstanding the continued favour of King James and his son Charles, Alexander was unable to plant permanently a single colonist in his far-flung domain. Brother of Hugh Alexander; Christian Alexander; 4th daughter Alexander and Janet Alexander. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. When King James VI of Scotland moved onto themore powerful English throne as James I in 1603 Alexander followed.London with its thriving literary scene seemed to prompt him to writeand publish his major works. From 1626 he served as Secretary of State for Scotland . In 1623 he sent out another ship to pick up the colonists, but this party found that some of them had died, that others were out fishing, and that too few remained to found a colony. Others who do not accept his claims believe his ancestor was James Alexander of another branch of the Alexander family. This was followed by four tragedies: Croesus, Darius, The Alexandrean and Julius Caes ar, 1603-07, bound up as The Monarchicke Tragedies in 1604and 1607. He was also granted the Admiralty jurisdiction of Nova Scotia in 1627 and certain lan ds of Largs, county Ayr in 1629, where the town was erected into a freeburgh of barony as a t rading port for his lands in the new world. John Alexander of Gartmore (d. 1641/2), Master of Minerals and Metals in Scotland (jointly with his father), 1635; Master of the Mint in Scotland, 1635-41; married Agnes (d. c.1636), daughter of Robert Graham of Gartmore and had issue one daughter; (5) Hon. (In 1620 the London and Plymouth companies, which in 1606 were granted the territory between latitudes 34 and 45 N under the name of Virginia, were reorganized and the northern part, extended to 48, was granted to the Council of New England.). He was abroad on th e King's special service in 1624-5 when he attended the great jubilee in Rome. The Alexander family came from a Scotch-Irish branch of the family descended from the 1st Earl of Stirling Sir William Alexander through his son Lord John Alexander who married Agnes Graham daughter of Robert Graham of Gartmore. The consequences of the war are a financial disaster for the now Earl of Stirling, William Alexander. Note that the entire Alexander line prior to William b. In November1624 he was empowered by king James to divide that land into 100 tracts, late r increased to 150, and to sell each, together with the rank of Baronet. His translation of thePsalms so, shocked the Presbyterian clergy of Scotland by its secular languagethat. He was knighted in 1614. 208-9. His claim was eventually rejected by the House of Lords. In fact he descended from Lord John Alexander the son of the 1st Earl who left Britian in 1641 and then eventually moved to Virginia. Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick: Charles Coote 1st Baronet 1581-1642: Claud Hamilton of Clonyn d. 1618: Jane Lauder: . THE FIRST NOVA SCOTIAN " William Alexander was likely born in1567 or soon afterwards, the only son of Alexander Alexander and hiswife Marion. Their third son, named Alexander, had issue, Alexander, the second son, who married, 1480, and his son, Thomas obtained "Menstrie," 1505. Unfortunately, this grant included the territory that had been claimed and nominally occupied by the French as Acadia. Michael Alexander's son William Wolf Alexander (b.1690) was the father of Isaac Alexander (b.1729) the grandfather of Bishop Alexander. Lord Stirlings efforts at colonisation were less successful, at least in monetary terms. Two years later, he published Doomes-Day, or, The Great day of the Lords Judgement, his last poetical work of importance. Sir William Alexander the 1st Earl of Stirling was made the Ruler of Novo Scotia by King James I and confirmed by King Charles I. Other costs were for flowers (estimates put them at $1.1 million) and foliage, including eight 20-foot-high field maple trees and a traditional white . He attained reputation as a poet and writer of rhymed tragedies, and assisted the king in preparing the metrical version known as "The Psalms of King David, translated by King James," and published by authority of Charles I. From this marriage is descended all the Alexanders. Birth of Hon. Major General William Alexander was an American who claimed the Earldom of Stirling. Before going to court in London he had made some reputation as a poet, with his Tragedie of Darius, published at Edinburgh in 1603 and dedicated to James VI. Negotiations dragged on for two years. ); b. c. 1602; d. 18 May 1638. 1749 is terribly terribly weak. Lord John went to America for a time and died there (in 1667) and two of his grandsons left descendants there. Alexander family, Earls of Stirling: Berkshire estate and family papers, 18th cent. MSS 34.2.12-15, MS 2061) Coat of arms Following the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James moved his court to London. He married Grace Arden in 1533, in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England. In 1615Alexander, was appointed to office of Master of Requests for Scotland. 279) d. Alive in M ay 1 649. It was his son the Honourable John Alexander (b.1625) who was called John of Antrim. Omissions? The family continued to quarter the arms of MacDonald with their own suggesting the original owner of Menstrie was a woman. There was opposition on the part of the lesser barons to the special privileges offered to the knight-baronets. By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. II. Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall (1573-1646) was a Scottish lawyer, and Lord Advocate under Charles I. Issue: John, Gerard, Sarah and Parthenia. ALEXANDER, Sir WILLIAM, Earl of Stirling (1567?-1640), was a poet and statesman. Birth of Hon. At some point he formed a friendship with Alexander Hume, a Pariseducated Scottish lawyer who later turned to theology and became aminister in the parish of Logie. moved south to become James I of England. To meet this Charles demoted the secretary of state for Scotland, who had approved the protest of the lesser barons, and appointed Sir William in his stead. William Alexander was born in the village of Menstrie in Clackmannanshire. His son, William, married and died, 1638 (in the lifetime of his father), leaving in infant, who became the second Earl of Stirling, but dying in 1640, the title passed to his uncle, Sir Anthony Alexander, third Earl of Stirling, who, dying without an heir, the title passed to his brother, Sir Henry, fourth Earl of Stirling, in whose family it remained until it passed to the descendants of his brother, John, who had emigrated to America and died, 1667. King Charles and the Kings attempt to impose episcopacy on Scotland does not endear William to some elements of the Scottish people. He spent his later years with limited means, and died in London on 12 September 1640. Despite repeated urgings only 14 came forward in 1627, 21 in 1628, 7 in 1629, and even after the special badge was offered (27 Nov. 1629), 11 in 1630, and 4 in 1631. James II had acquired Orkney by his marriage to Queen Margaret of Denmark, and it was . Prince William and Kate Middleton's Wedding Details There were two receptions, a luncheon for 600 guests at Buckingham Palace and a dinner for 300 hosted by the groom's father, Prince Charles. I n that year he was given by charter a grant of the whole territory of Nova Scotia for the pur pose of colonization and was appointed hereditary Lieutenant General thereof by land and by s ea. He was roughly 18 years old at that point. When Sir William Trowbridge ,Henry Alexander, Webb was born on 11 May 1510, in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, his father, Sir John Alexander Webb, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Arden, was 26. Agnes Graham Alexander died some time prior to 23 January 1636, when her husband, John Alexander, was "invested in that portion of the lands of Gartmore which had passed to her at her father's death." Few of his fellow, Scotsmen paid him homage. When a young man he was appointed tutor to the Earl of Argyll and accompanied him abroad. It is believed that the descendants of Lord John Alexander went to America to Virginia. His first published play appeared in 1603 the year JamesVi. Only son of Alexander Alexander (d. 1581) and his wife Marion, daughter of Gilbert Graham . He died 12 February 1640, aged about 64. John's sons Robert and Philip remained in America while John and Alexander returned to Europe. george william johnston cause of death. Politician and minor poet. He in turn found his father deep in a struggle to resist the surrender of Nova Scotia to France in accordance with the Treaty of Susa, 23 April 1629, by which the British and French had agreed on mutual restoration of all territory and shipping taken subsequent to that date. Corrections? ), which had a precarious existence until 1632. Following his appointment as tutor to Prince Henry he wrote atract, entitled A Paraenesis to the Prince, a poem of 84 verses including awarning, that misbehaving princes can be dethroned. 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