When the royal court moved to London in 1603 on James' accession to the English crown as James I, William Alexander moved with it, becoming Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Master of the Household. 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923; Vol. Fleming, a loyal supporter of the Crown was with James, then Prince of Scotland, at the Bass Rock in February 1406 . Although exploratory parties set out in 1622 and 1623, the first settlement was not established until 1629. Their son Michael Alexander (b.1672) married Elizabeth Shimoni or Simon who was a granddaughter of Abraham Simon the famous English medallist. In 1627 he was granted the privilege, for 21 years, of imprinting The Psal ms of King David, translated into metre by his lateMajesty James I, though mostly by Willia m himself. Lord John (b. He died a bankruptcy, In London, on 12 February 1640. note to Curators and other interested persons; 'This link below,provides citation to 8 children of Sir William Alexander and Lady Janet ErskineThe link also provides chronological order to these 8, proven children's births, as well as pertinent marriages, and other information. ), making Sir William, on paper at least, lord proprietor of what are now known as the three Atlantic Provinces and the Gasp peninsula to be called for all time New Scotland or Nova Scotia. 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. During 1609 he is given Knighthood. Pope Alexander III. By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. S$rk\u9L frKe { Revolution. The next ye ar,as Commissioner to make a voyage to the gulf and river of Canada for the sole trade of ski ns,furs and hides, he wintered in Nova Scotia,arriving back at Dover in October 1630.Willia m was styled Master of Stirling, 1630-33, and Lord Alexander from1633. The Alexanders of Scotland. I though the following may give some clues toothers. Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrie,(1529)b 1472 d 1555, 5345 Alexander Alexander Baron of Menstre b abt 1570, 4345 William Alexander Baron of Menstre (1544)m, 3467 William Alexander b 1567 d 1639 Earl of Sterling, 3483 Archibald Alexander, B. of Menstrie, born 1620 Married. Father of Hon. In 1608 Stirling became agent, in partnership with his cousin, for collecting debts owed to the crown in Scotland during the period 154788, retaining a 50 percent reward. Sir William Alexander, 2Nd Earl Of Stirling These include the Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the prominent families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations, the Imperial, Royal and . Alexanders son led reinforcements to Nova Scotia in 1629. It's National Apprenticeship Week! His plays were published in several editions (1604, 1607, 1616, 1637).[5]. Andrew Alexander, son of Thomas of "Men- strie," Catharine Graham, 1500, and had Alex- and, who married Elizabeth Douglas, and their youngest son, Andrew, succeeded to "Menstrie," 1544. Bibliography: Nelson, Paul D. The Life of William Alexander, Lord Stirling. - [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alexander,_William_(1567%3F-1640)_(DN], [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alexander,_William_(1567%3F-1640)_(DNB00)]. John first appears in Virginia in 1656 and there seems some confusion whether his wife was Agnes or Catherine Graham. By the end of May 1625 he had created eight baronets on the cash basis, with land three miles wide and six long, and on 12 July he renewed the charter of 1621 with additional provisions for a total of 150 baronets and for the incorporation of Nova Scotia into the kingdom of Scotland, in order that Sir William and the baronets could take seisin of their distant lands in the castle of Edinburgh without the necessity of going to Nova Scotia. Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall (1573-1646) was a Scottish lawyer, and Lord Advocate under Charles I. Alexander of Menstrie - Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling. Anne Redpath was a pivotal figure in the group of painters now referred to as The Edinburgh School. InApril 1635 he receive d a large grant of lands in New England, to becalled the County of Canada, including Long Isl and--to be called the Isle of Stirling--which he colonized. He was married on January 3, 1601 in Menstrie, Parish Logie Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland to Janet of Camposie Erskine He was married in the year 1590 in Menstrie, Parish Logie Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland to . After a palace coup in 1581 in which the palace was invaded andthe King, imprisoned, Alexander wrote his first prose piece entitled " A ShortDiscourse of the Good Ends of Providence in the Late Attempt Againsthis Majesty's Person, exhorting the King to pursue the perpetrators ofhis imprisonment, a group of radical Protestants and disgruntlednobles. But by 25 July 1626 only 28 baronets had been created and, even if Sir William had received the full sum of 3,000 merks for each, he would have had only 4,666 13s. Through Masons influence he obtained a grant of the northwestern part of that island, from the Bay of Placentia to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but, although he named it Alexandria, he made no use of it, because of a grander vision that emerged from the suggestion of Governor Mason that he consult Ferdinando Gorges, treasurer of the recently formed Council of New England. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 17 April 1798 - Launch of HMS Pheasant, an 18-gun Merlin class sloop of the Royal Navy HMS Pheasant was an 18-gun Merlin class sloop of the Royal Navy. 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. 3, pp. A recent publication by Graham Hogg of the National Library of Scotland surveys Miller's legacy. In 1630 he was created Viscount of Stirling and Lord Alexander of Tullibody and in 1633 the Earl of Stirling, Viscount of Canada, and (again) Lord Alexander of Tullibody. His uncle, Henry Alexander, was the 3rd but 1st surviving son of th e 1st Earl, and thus the heir male in May 1640. His son Lord William Alexander led some settlers to Novo Scotia during the 1620's and 1630's. James (b.1668)'s son John Alexander (b.1700) (married Ann O'Reilly and is the ancestor of the Bloomer family of Cavan as well as many families named O'Reilly or Riley. This association with powerful Lord of Argyll and his poetical and othertale nts brought him into great favor at Court, where he became Gentleman of the Privy Chamber Ext raordinary to Prince Henry by 1607,and he was soon knighted. . New-. John served as General of the Mint until 1641, shortly before his death in Scotland. The names of these two properties demonstrates clearly that these were of the family of the Earl of Stirling. The younger Sir William decided to remain in Port-Royal over the winter of 162930 and to send home his ships for supplies and reinforcement and Claude de La Tour with a draft agreement for his father to sign, whereby Claude and his son Charles were to receive a large barony (from Yarmouth to Lunenberg) in exchange for their allegiance and assistance. Some other sources state that Elizabeth FitzHugh was his son John's wife. It was under this commission that the Kirkes took the fort and trading post of Quebec and brought Champlain and other Frenchmen prisoners to England. Quotes by Sir William Alexander (Source: A Father's Book, 1997), "Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. John Alexander. Sir Henry Alexander, 3rd Earl of Stirling; Lady Jean Alexander and 6 others; Elizabeth Alexander; Hon. of Pitreavie but died without issue, 17 September 1637; (3) Henry Alexander (d. 1647), 3rd Earl of Stirling (q.v. Mag. William Alexander, 1st earl of Stirling, also called (1608/09-1630) Sir William Alexander, (born c. 1576, Menstrie, Clackmannan, Scot.died Feb. 12, 1640, London, Eng. http://www.archive.org/stream/memorialsofearlo02rogeuoft/memorialso http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/stirling1633.htm. However they were forced to leave their Estate and hidden life when Cromwell's supporters in the American colonies attacked Novo Scotia in 1656. Sir Anthony Alexander, Joint Master of Works to the King, Hon. Sir Alexander died in London in 1640. ALEXANDER, Sir WILLIAM, Earl of Stirling (1567?-1640), was a poet and statesman. The area now iscalled, Sir Williams's final years were filled with tragedy. Birth of Hon. Dargie was an official Australian war artist during World War II and painted multiple portraits . Arms of Alexander of Menstrie, first Earl of Stirling, William Alexander, from whom the Virginia family is deduced. Amended. His son Lord William Alexander led some settlers to Novo Scotia . His next publication in 1612 is An Elegy on the Death of Prince Henrie. The jealousy of the French creates a reactive condition for a war that shortly ensues. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Early Scots were encouraged toread, write and speak classical Latin, study Greek and Roman cultures. Alexander was one of the favoured courtiers who accompanied him, and his subsequent involvement in English politics made Alexander unpopular in Scotland. 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. Alexander Humpreys claimed that the wife of John of Antrim was called Mary Hamilton. Meantime in February 1627/28 Sir William, whose eldest son, William, was already in command of an expedition towards New Scotland, had induced the king to direct that all prize money collected in Scotland should be turned over to him and to grant him the lordship of Canada an area of 50 leagues on each side of the St. Lawrence from its mouth to the mythical South Sea. As only one baronet had responded by 3 March 1626/27, Charles wrote the council again to speed up matters and stated that unless the full number of baronets were created Sir William would be utterly undone, as he had already spent more on the two ships he was preparing than he had received. A number of editions of his collected plays were published between 1604 and 1637. It's possible that Alexander's parents were George CHAMBERS and Mary Drayton HOLLOWAY who married in 1822 in Finsbury. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid= Barghouti, Kim, comp. [4] Following Alexander's death in 1640 eastern Long Island was quickly settled by the English while the western portion waited 40 years until the Dutch left. (It is from this commission that Nova Scotia derives its flag and present coat of arms.). Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. However even if Alexander Humphreys claims about his family were true he would still not have been the senior heir of the Earldom of Stirling even if female descent was allowed. Agnes was married to John when her father died in 1634 and was described in estate documents as "lawful dochter of . Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Scotts " Scotts " William ALEXANDER Sir. I found thisinformation was of no help to me , Just not the right branch of theAlexander Tree. Show more. When William McDowell Alexander Jr. was born on 6 September 1929, in Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States, his father, William McDowell Alexander, was 22 and his mother, Lydia Mae Andrews, was 20. 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. His plays were published in several editions (1604, 1607, 1616, 1637).[5]. Lord Stirlings efforts at colonisation were less successful, at least in monetary terms. The older uncle, Sir Anthony Alexander, Maste r of Works, had married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Wardlaw, Baronet of Pitreavie, but d ied, without children and before his father the1st Earl, 17 September1637 in London. Both reflect his classical education and foreshadow the main character of his poetical works. The family home of Menstrie Castle had been built in about 1560, possibly on the site of an earlier castle owned by the family. In fact 25 baronets were created between 1633 and 1637 after Port-Royal had been surrendered. ), which had a precarious existence until 1632. Sir William was considered by some an. His translation of thePsalms so, shocked the Presbyterian clergy of Scotland by its secular languagethat. James like his father David Alexander were staunch Jacobites and James fled to America after the defeat of the Stuart Rebellion in 1715. However Alexander's settlement provided the basis for British claims to Nova Scotia and the other Maritime Provinces and his baronets provided the Coat of arms of Nova Scotia and Flag of Nova Scotia which are still in use today. From king Char les I he obtained a renewed grant, or novodamus, of the barony of Nova Scotiaand, in Februar y 1627, a charter of the lordship of Canada, all ratified by the Scots Parliament in 1630 an d 1633. 1, page 80 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander,_1st_Earl_of_Stirling http://landedfamilies.blogspot.ca/2013/10/80-alexander-of-menstrie- http://www.irss.uoguelph.ca/article/viewFile/640/1061 http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=11 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mwballard Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. In 1621 he was granted lands in Canada, which he worked hard to colonise an d named Nova Scotia or New Scotland. By kin g James I of England, he was made Master of Requestsin 1614 and attended Parliament as such u ntil his death. US & British Isle, Joseph Thomas Biographical Dictionary: 1890 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.Original data - Lippincott's Pronouncing Biographical Dictionary, University of Nevada, Reno Library. Nevertheless Major General William Alexander his son claimed to be the 6th Earl of Stirling and was recognised as such by many and was known as Lord Stirling in America. Lady Agnes was the mother of Hon. Arms in Lyon Court are registered with the motto "Per Mare per terras" recognising descent from Clan Donald. This is the true legacy of the 1st Earl of Stirling. The monopoly of minting copper coins in Scotland, given at the time, failed to restore his finances. It seems that the descendants of another John Alexander (John of Eredy) of Donegal Ireland who also went to America were confused with the descendants of Lord John Alexander's descendants. and in 1607 a play about Julius Caesar which one source statesmay. He was knighted in 1614. During his residence at court, though as a poet Sir William still maintained the futility of human ambition, nonetheless he mingled with those who were promoting the expansion of England overseas, became aware of Scotlands lack of any part in it, and, as a patriotic Scot, began to dream of making a name for himself by diverting the constant stream of Scottish manhood from the continental wars into a colony that should bear the name of Scotland. Crest: A bear sejant, erect, proper. He passed away on 1658 in Ireland. Which John Alexander they weren't sure and decided on John an uncle of the 1st Earl. As a very junior member of the aristocracy, the young . Senator Bongbong Marcos, born in 1957, and his wife, lawyer Louise "Liza" Araneta have three sons: Ferdinand Alexander "Sandor", born in 1994, Joseph Simon, born in 1995, and . 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