Stuart, James (1612 - 1655)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 6
Properties - 2
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Female

Stuart, Elizabeth (1610 - 1673/4)
Stuart, Anne (1614 - 1646)
Stuart, Frances (1616/17 - 1693/4)

Male

Stuart, Henry (1616 - 1632)
Stuart, George (1618 - 1642)
Stuart, Ludovic (1619 - 1665)
Stuart, John (1621 - 1644)
Stuart, Bernard (1622 - 1645)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    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
  • 10th Earl of March
    Assumed 1624-07-30
    Vacated 1655-03-30
  • 20th Earl of Lennox
    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 n.d.
Lord High Admiral, Scotland 1624-7-30 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1633-7-28 n.d.
Privy Councillor, Scotland 1633-5-29 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1635-5-29 n.d. Held jointly
Keeper, Yorkshire: North Riding 1638 n.d.
Warden, Kent 1640-6-4 1642 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Privy Councillor, Scotland 1641-9-17 n.d.
Steward of the Household, England 1641-12-5 n.d.
President, Council of the Prince of Wales, Wales 1644/5-1 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire
  • Cobham Hall, Kent

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1635-1636 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Lennox's Trumpeters
Performance 1642-1642 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 2

Bibliographic Sources

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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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)