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Stuart, James (1612 - 1655)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1612-04-06
Death Date: 1655-03-30

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1637-8-3
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • 4th Duke of Lennox

Titles

  • Earl of Darnley
    Assumed: 1612-04-06
    Vacated: 1655-03-30
  • 4th Duke of Lennox
    Assumed: 1624-07-30
    Vacated: 1655-03-30
  • 20th Earl of Lennox
    Assumed: 1624-07-30
    Vacated: 1655-03-30
  • 10th Earl of March
    Assumed: 1624-07-30
    Vacated: 1655-03-30
  • 3rd Baron Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold)
    Assumed: 1637-08-21
    Vacated: 1655-03-30
  • 3rd Duke of Richmond
    Assumed: 1641-08-08
    Vacated: 1655-03-30

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chamberlain of Scotland, Scotland 1624 -7 -30 1655 -03 -30 Hereditary office
Keeper, Dumbarton 1624 -7 -30
Lord High Admiral, Scotland 1624 -7 -30
Privy Councillor, Scotland 1633 -5 -29
Privy Councillor, England 1633 -7 -28
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1635 -5 -29 Held jointly
Keeper, Yorkshire: North Riding 1638
Warden, Kent 1640 -6 -4 1642 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Privy Councillor, Scotland 1641 -9 -17
Steward of the Household, England 1641 -12 -5
President, Council of the Prince of Wales, Wales 1644/5 -1

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire
  • Cobham Hall, Kent

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Lennox's Trumpeters
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Lennox's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Lennox's Trumpeters Stuart, James (1612 - 1655) Musicians 1
Duke of Lennox's Trumpeters Stuart, James (1612 - 1655) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.