James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray

Who was James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray?

James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray was the son of James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray and Lady Anne Gordon.

He married Lady Margaret Home, daughter of Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home and Mary Dudley, on 18 October 1627. The couple had eight children:

James Stuart, Lord Doune, died unmarried

Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray, married after 1658 Emilia Balfour

Hon. Francis Stuart of Cullello, Fife

Hon. Archibald Stuart of Dunearn, Fife, Governor of Stirling Castle, married in 1669 Anna Henderson, daughter of Sir John Henderson, 5th of Fordell and wife Margaret Menteith, and had one daughter:

Margaret Stuart, married firstly to Sir Archibald Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Burray, and had issue, and married secondly to David Leslie, 5th Lord Lindores, without issue

Lady Margaret Stuart, married in 1654 Sir Alexander Sutherland, 1st Lord Duffus, and had issue

Lady Henrietta Stuart, married in 1662 Sir Hugh Campbell of Calder, whose daughter, Anne, married Murdoch MacLean, 13th of Lochbuie in November 1705. This couple had a daughter, Margaret, who married Donald Campbell, of Airds in 1729. They are the great-grandparents of Sir John Campbell, of Airds.