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Personal data Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth 

• He was born in the year 1500 in Perthshire, Scotland (Ruthven Castle).

  Attention: Age at marriage (October 30, 1515) below 16 years (15).

• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Richard E. Brown, Robert P. Campbell, John James Milam, et al.

• He died on December 3, 1552 in Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, he was 52 years old.
• He is buried after December 2, 1552 in Perthshire, Scotland.
• A child of William Ruthven and Jean Hepburne
• This information was last updated on January 7, 2025.

Household of Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth

He is married to Janet Haliburton.

They got married on October 30, 1515 at Scotland, he was 15 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Alexander Ruthven  1533-1599 

Notes about Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth

Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth

Sources: Author: Brown, Richard E.; Campbell, Robert P.; Milam, John James; et al.; Title: "Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxviii Nov MMXXIV)

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"... Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth Last Changed: June 12, 2024 [NN-Christian name not given] McGears Sex Male Reason: All vital information and relationships match. ID numbers: G8YM-3HR and L1Q2-CH4. Last Changed: October 26, 2021 Andrew Bradley

Birth 1500 Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland ... Last Changed: July 27, 2024 McGears

Death 3 December 1552 Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Scotland Last Changed: September 22, 2024 Robyn Bugg

Burial December 1552 Perthshire, Scotland Last Changed: April 18, 2024 McGears

Title of Nobility 1539/1552 Extraordinary Lord of Session
Title of Nobility 1547/1552 Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
Occupation Provost of Perth
Occupation Lord of Session
Occupation Keeper of the Privy Seal
Occupation Sheriff of Perth
Title of Nobility 2nd Lord Ruthven

Spouses & Children

Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth Male 1500-1552 L1Q2-CH4 [<-ancestor]
Lady Janet Haliburton Female 1503-1560 L1Q2-N5C [<-ancestress]
Marriage 1515 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Children (9)

[1] Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord, Provost of Perth Male 1520-1566
[2] James Ruthven of Fortevoit Male 1521-1553
[3] Lilias Ruthven Baroness Drummond Female 1526-1579
[4] Lady Katherine Ruthven of Craufurd Female 1530-1580
[5] Lady Christina Ruthven of Ballindean Female 1532-1574
[6] Alexander Ruthven of Freeland Male 1533-1599 LR6M-S94 [<-ancestor]
[7] Barbara Ruthven Female 1535-1594
[8] Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Wemyss Female 1540-1589
[9] Janet Ruthven Female -1593

Parents & Siblings

Sir William Ruthven Master of Ruthven Male 1478-1513 G2HL-36H [<-ancestor]
Jean Hepburne Female 1480-1570 GXF2-8XY [<-ancestress]
Marriage about 1500 Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Children (1)

Sir William Ruthven 2nd Lord, Sheriff of Perth Male 1500-1552 L1Q2-CH4 [<-ancestor]

Brief Life History

William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven, was born on an unknown date to William Ruthven (-1513) and Joan Hepburn and died 3 December 1552 of unspecified causes. He married Janet Halyburton (-c1560) 28 November 1514 JL . Notable ancestors include Charlemagne (747-814), Alfred the Great (849-899), Hugh Capet (c940-996). Ancestors are from Scotland, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Canaan.
William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven1
M, #109405, b. circa 1510, d. before 29 October 1552
Source: The Peerage. Last Edited=5 Feb 2017

William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven was born circa 1510. He was the son of William Ruthven, Master of Ruthven and Jean Hepburne.2 He married Janet Halyburton, Lady Dirletoun, the heiress daughter of Patrick Halyburton, 4th Lord Dirletoun and Margaret Douglas, from 28 November 1514 to 15 March 1519/20.3 He died before 29 October 1552.3

He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Ruthven [S., 1488] after 12 July 1528.1 He held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire.3 He held the office of Provost of Perth.3 He held the office of Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1539.3 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1542.3 He held the office of Lord Privy Seal in 1546.3

Children of William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven and Janet Halyburton, Lady Dirletoun:

1.Cecilia Ruthven+ d. 8 Jul 1589
2.Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven+2 d. 13 May 1566
3.Barbara Ruthven+3
4.Lilias Ruthven+4
5.Catherine Ruthven+1
6.Alexander Ruthven of Freeland+2 d. 9 Oct 1599
7.Margaret Ruthven+3
8.***Christian Ruthven+5 d. 1575

Citations

1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume V, page 672. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2.[S37] BP2003 See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
3.[S37] BP2003. [S37]
4.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/2, page 63.
5.[S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.
William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven
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William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (died December 1552) was a Scottish nobleman. He served as an Extraordinary Lord of Session and Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Life The 2nd Lord Ruthven was the son of William, Master of Ruthven (who was known as Lindsay for his mother, Isabel Livingstone Lindsay, until his legitimation on 2 July 1480), and Jean Hepburne.[1][2] He succeeded his paternal grandfather, William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven, sometime before 10 September 1528, when the king bestowed on him the office of custodian and constable of the king's hospital, near the Speygate, Perth.
In February 1532 Ruthven, Lord Oliphant, and other barons in that district of Scotland were fined for not appearing to sit as jurymen at the trial of Lady Glamis at Forfar for poisoning her husband. He was admitted an extraordinary lord of session on 27 November 1533; and on 8 August 1542 he was named a member of the privy council. On 28 August 1536 the king confirmed to him and his heirs the lands of Glenshie in Strathearn, erected into a free forest.
At the parliament held at Edinburgh in March 1543, after the death of King James V, Ruthven spoke on behalf of the laity being granted liberty to read the Scriptures in the English tongue; and at the same parliament he was chosen one of the eight noblemen, two of whom were to have the charge of the young queen every three months. On 24 July 1543 he signed a band to support Cardinal Beaton, but his adherence to the cardinal was only temporary, for in 1544 he resisted by force of arms the cardinal's candidate for the provostship of Perth.
Ruthven was appointed keeper of the privy seal in July 1546 . On 24 August of the same year he appeared before the privy council with Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, as caution that Bothwell's ship, the Mary, and other four barks should not take any ships belonging to the Dutch, Flemings, or Hungarians. On 13 September he obtained an heritable grant of the king's house of Perth, of which he was keeper. He died early in December 1552.
Family
In 1515 he married Janet Haliburton, heiress of the Haliburtons of Dirleton Castle, and sister of Mariotta Haliburton, Countess of Home.
Their eldest son, Patrick, inherited the Lordship on his father's death. They had three sons and seven daughters;
Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven
James Ruthven of Forteviot
Alexander Ruthven of Freeland
Lilias Ruthven, married to David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond (she was reputed for her piety, and to her Robert Alexander in 1539 dedicated the Testament of William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll, which he set forth in Scottish metre, printed Edinburgh 1571). Their daughter, Anne Drummond, was the first wife of John Erskine, Earl of Mar;
Catherine Ruthven, who married Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy in 1551
Cecilia Ruthven, who married Sir David Wemyss of that ilk, and was the mother of Sir John Wemyss
Barbara Ruthven, to Patrick Gray, 5th Lord Gray
Janet Ruthven, married John Crichton of Strathaird
Margaret Ruthven, to John Johnstone of Elphinstone
Christina Ruthven, to William Lundin of that ilk
References
"The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe".
"Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage and Baronetage". Archived from the original on 19 January 2011.
"Ruthven, William (d.1552)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885– 1900.
House of Moncrief, 1890, author George Seton p. 45. The property of Easter Cash (or Caische) appears to have been in the possession of the Moncrieff family before the middle of the sixteenth century. The name of" John Moncreif in Easter Caishe" occurs in a respite to \\Villiam Lord Ruthven, and many others, dated 26th February 1546, for treacherously coming with Matthew Earl of Lennox, and others "their complices," to Leith, "in arrayit battell aganis our souerane lordis tutour and gouernour." 1 From a sasine in implement of the marriage - contract between James Maxwell of Auchtermuchty and Barbara l\\Ioncreif, daughter of the late John Moncreif in Easter Caishe and Janet Syme his spouse, dated I 2th April r 592,2 we learn that John l\\1oncreif died before that date, and that (besides his daughter Barbara) he had at least four sons, whose names appear in the deed as cautioners-viz., \\Villiam, Andrew, Alexander, and Nicholas. On the 20th September 15 78 a respite was granted to several l\\1oncrieffs, including two sons of the then head of the h??use, and lVilli'am l\\foncreif, "son to John Moncreif of the Casche," for the slaughter of Arthour Jarden.3 Nothing seems to be known of Alexauder.

Last Changed: July 16, 2024 [NN-anonymous, pseudonym-ochiltree]"

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