Sir William continue to write throughout his life. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for MINT CANADIAN NEVER HINGED {20} STAMPS VERY NICE HAVE A L@@@K at the best online prices at eBay! I shall endeavor to nourish my parents, to support my family, to be the chaste husband of one wife,but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way. Birth of Hon. The Connecticut Family. Marriages in Virginia. The much neglected Charles de Biencourt and a little band of Frenchmen and their Indian allies were the unofficial representatives of French claims in the entire area; this same band under Charles de Saint-tienne de La Tour was to play an important role in the later revival of French claims and in the final failure of Sir Williams colonizing projects. 4526 Sir William Douglas of Lochleven b 1387 d, 1421, 4343 XI. In 1614 he was knighted. ); (4) Hon. Scotts " Scotts " William ALEXANDER Sir. John Alexander's connection to the 1st Earl of Stirling was concealed by deliberately confusing him with John Alexander son of Captain Andrew Alexander due to the political implications. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. When King James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne as James I in 1603, Alexander attended his court in London. However Alexander's settlement provided the basis for British claims to Nova Scotia and his baronets provided the Coat of arms of Nova Scotia and Flag of Nova Scotia which are still in use today.[2]. george william johnston cause of death. Their third son, named Alexander, had issue, Alexander, the second son, who married, 1480, and his son, Thomas obtained "Menstrie," 1505. Gilbert died in 1641 without children or siblings to inherit. However Charlesfort, established by LordWilliam fell, to the French by 1632 by the Treaty of St Germaine. However the effort cost him most of his fortune, and when the regionnow Canada's three Maritime Provinces and the state of Maine-- was returned to France in 1632, it was lost. Earth teach me resignatio n as the leaves which die in the fall. Born in New York sometime in the year 1727, his father, James, served as an engineer for the Jacobite rebels in 1715 and so was promptly . The younger Alexander was educated at Glasgow University, where Regent Blair remembered him as "my best beloved scholar.". September 1637his, second son Anthony an architect and Kings Master of Works and Head ofAll, Masons died. Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, lived from 1567 to 12 September 1640. It was in these two positions that he was most intimately associated with King James and, having won his complete confidence, was enabled to obtain his ardent support for his colonial adventures. Clemens William M., Alexander Family Records, Limited Edition, Publisher 45 and 49 Williams St., New York, 1910. Alternate titles: Sir William Alexander, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, Viscount of Canada, Viscount of Stirling, Lord Alexander of Tullibody. Halifax-born Sir Bernard handled the media as Mrs Thatcher's press secretary for all but the first . Although enrollment records of the period arelost, it is certain he attended Glasgow University as the fact ismentioned in several contemporary sources. He first approached Capt. His translation of thePsalms so, shocked the Presbyterian clergy of Scotland by its secular languagethat. (Berkshire RO D/ED; D/EZ 91) Alexander, Sir William (c.1577-1640), 1st Earl of Stirling: family papers 1549-1639, letter book, 1615-35 and correspondence 1612-31 (National Library of Scotland, Adv. John's sons Robert and Philip remained in America while John and Alexander returned to Europe. Bond: Recipients will be required to pay a bond equal to 4 weeks rent in line with the requirements of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 and sign a residential tenancy agreement with UniLodge Melbourne CBD prior to moving in. Two hundred years are to pass until immigration is made easier to Canada. Which John Alexander they weren't sure and decided on John an uncle of the 1st Earl. Taken from Wikipedia on Feb 7, 2010, Alexander, Sir William (c.1577-1640), 1st bt. He begins his negotiations and research and finally convinces the King to go along with his idea. Quotes by Sir William Alexander (Source: A Father's Book, 1997), "Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Back in 1631 the Exchequer had given him a note for 10,000 for the satisfact ion of his losses in New Scotland, but neither this money nor the proceeds of the sales of la nds and titles was ever paid.The Earl Stirling died insolvent in February 1639 at his house i n Covent Garden and was buried 12 April 1640 in Bowie's Aisle. Assisted King Alexander III in the capture of the Western Isles. David Scrimgeour and second, c.1668, Grizel, daughter of Hon. He had enjoyed royal favour to the end so far as the bestowal of titles was concerned (Viscount Stirling, Lord Alexander of Tullibody, 1630; Earl of Stirling, 1633; and Earl of Dovan [Devon], 1639), but this favour did not extend to saving his colony when put in the balance with the queens marriage portion. The pursuit of wealth and fame are fleeting, futile and ultimately meaningless. The Alexanders of Scotland. Hon. SIR William Alexander was born in the year 1567 in Menstrie, Logie Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland, son of Alexander Alexander Menstrie Alexander and Marion /Graham Coultie. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1987. He became Burgess of Edinburgh in 1617, and Lord of the Articles in 1621. Agnes Graham Alexander died some time prior to 23 January 1636, when her husband, John Alexander, was "invested in that portion of the lands of Gartmore which had passed to her at her father's death." Lord John (b. Three years later he is the Earl of Stirling, 1633; and six years later he is the Earl of Dovan. He married Janet Erskine in 1601. . He married, 1601, Janet (fl. By the Treaty of Susa that year, however, England and France agreed to a mutual restoration of territory and shipping, and Alexander was compelled to surrender Nova Scotia. He never recovered from his financial misfortunes. and 1st Earl of Stirling. of Pitreavie but died without issue, 17 September 1637; (3) Henry Alexander (d. 1647), 3rd Earl of Stirling (q.v. ABOVE: Sir William Alexander, the man who was given Nova Scotia in 1621. Young Alexander returned in triumph to England. C. Rogers (2v., Edinburgh, 1885). Few of his fellow, Scotsmen paid him homage. 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. His plays were published in several editions (1604, 1607, 1616, 1637).[5]. Anne Redpath was a pivotal figure in the group of painters now referred to as The Edinburgh School. Histeacher was probably Thomas Buchanan nephew of the celebrated scholarand historian George Buchanan who had been tutor to Prince James, sonof Mary Queen of Scots and future king of Scotland and England.With it's ornamental interiors and its magnificent hall and chapel. Robert Graham of Gartmoir, and with consent of John Alexander, lawful son to ane noble and potent erle, William, Erle of Stirling, Lord Alexander, her spouse." He was also granted the Admiralty jurisdiction of Nova Scotia in 1627 and certain lan ds of Largs, county Ayr in 1629, where the town was erected into a freeburgh of barony as a t rading port for his lands in the new world. In 1621 James VI/I granted Alexander vast tracts of land in North America. Spouse(s) Janet Erskine 1572 - 1649. Educated at the Stirling GrammarSchool, Glasgo w University and on the continent at Leyden. At a later date he received the place of gentleman usher to Prince Charles, son of James VI of Scotland, and continued in favour at court after the king became James I of England. Royal Descent of the Alexanders. Unfortunately his researchers were trying to connect him with the wrong branch of the family as it was assumed that the 1st Earl had no more male descendants. In 1621 he obtained a grant of northwestern Newfoundland. It was, therefore, as a well-known literary figure, having close associations with both England and Scotland, that he was appointed in 1614 master of requests for Scotland whose chief duty was to ward off needy Scots from the English court and, in 1615, a member of the Scottish Privy Council, the highest advisory authority on Scottish affairs. James I died on March 27, 1625 but his heir, Charles I, lost no time in implementing his fathers plan. He had at least 2 sons with Margaret Walker. The creation of Baronets of Nova Scotia was used to settle the plantation of the new province. MSS 34.2.12-15, MS 2061) Coat of arms In response to this appeal, King James informed the Privy Council of Scotland that he had decided to confer the dignity of knight-baronet upon any worthy Scot who would undertake to furnish a number of settlers in return for a portion of New Scotland and instructed the council to prepare a proclamation to that effect. 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. Through his agent James Farret (who personally received Shelter Island and Robins Island) in turn sold most of the eastern island to the New Haven Colony and Connecticut Colony.[3]. 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. His first published play appeared in 1603 the year JamesVi. A revised version of much of his work was issued as Recreations with the Muses i n 1637.From the Earl of Argyll, William Alexander had a charter of the landsand barony of Men strie in 1605, having nine years earlier been infeft by him of the 'five pund' land of the Ma ins of Menstrie. Sept. 1640, andwas, buried in a family crypt in High Church of Stirling. In Scotland's zealot, John Knox, fundamentalism gave rise to thatunique form of church worship and government, ScottishPresbyterianism. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SWITZERLAND 1940 WWII 90c ON CENSOR EXPRESS COVER F/ LAUSANNE TO MEISSEN GERMANY at the best online prices at eBay! Sir William Alexander, Governour of New Scotland, Hon. I found thisinformation was of no help to me , Just not the right branch of theAlexander Tree. Family tree Francis Hamilton with his two wives, his parents, and other selected relatives. In fact, none are. In will proved in Halifax, names wife, Mary, daughter, Nancy, sons, Robert, Philip, George, Gerard II, and daughter, Mary Ann. Stirling Church.Lord Stirling' s biographer, T. H. McGrail, says "Sir William Alexander adventured bravely, served faithfull y, and lived his life intensely.If all his tremendous designs accomplished little or nothing , if the story of each of his enterprises is a record of eventual defeat, it is because he wa s rendered impotent by the hiatus between conception and execution, between the dream and th e reality. Biography Early life. On the other hand his close association with Charles in his attempt to foist episcopacy upon Scotland cost him the affection of many Scots who were neither his debtors nor his creditors. Finally on March26 1628, William Alexander jr. in command of four vessels left London forScotland (He, was now known as Lord William Alexander) and 60-70 settlers leftDunbarton, for Canada. ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, Earl of Stirling, remembered in the land of his birth as a scholar, poet, courtier, and the favourite of James I and Charles I of England in their dealings with Scotland; and on this side of the Atlantic as the putative founder of a new Scotland under the aegis of both monarchs; b. c. 1577; d. 1640. 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. I though the following may give some clues toothers. Paul believes he received his early education at the Grammar School of Stirling and University of Leyden. General William Alexander only had the traditions and stories he received from his father James and then had to find the documented connection with the 1st Earl of Stirling. Through his agent James Farret (who personally received Shelter Island and Robins Island) in turn sold most of the eastern island to the New Haven Colony and Connecticut Colony.[3]. However, his own son, returning in the autumn of 1630, had to report that 30 of the 70 colonists had died during the winter, that Charles de La Tour had refused to accept the title of knight-baronet, and that Claude de La Tour had therefore lost face with both those whom he brought and the original settlers at Port-Royal. Sir Henry Alexander, 3rd Earl of Stirling; Lady Jean Alexander and 6 others; Elizabeth Alexander; Hon. Sir Henry Alexander, 3rd Earl of Stirling. Lord John's grandson John ended up settling in Antrim in Ireland after spending time in Europe on behalf of the Stuart cause while his two brothers remained in Virginia. In 1621 he was granted lands in Canada, which he worked hard to colonise an d named Nova Scotia or New Scotland. Though his colonizing interest is the chief concern of cisatlantic readers, it cannot be understood without reference to his poetical works, which brought him first to royal notice and subsequently to royal favour and collaboration. The Virginia Family. D, 1890. http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/21820536/person/18753875590 http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alexander-642. He died 12 February 1640, aged about 64. (Aurora, a sonnet sequence, published in the same year was obviously an earlier work; and A Paraenesis to the Prince was obviously a bid for royal favour.) Thereupon the king immediately instructed the Scottish Privy Council to prepare a grant of this territory for Sir William Alexander. . Janet and Hon. 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. He was made Commissioner, with Sir John S cot of Scotstarvet, to act for his father in Scotland in the business of the Nova Scotia Plan tationin1626, and he was knighted that year at Whitehall. 4d. By the end of 1625, the first 22 Baronets of Nova Scotia were created and, as inducements to settlement of his new colony of Nova Scotia, Sir William offered tracts of land totalling 11,520 acres "to all such principal knichts & esquires as will be pleased to be undertakers of the said plantations & who will promise to set forth 6 men, artificers or laborers, sufficiently armed, apparelled & victualled for 2 yrs ". As to his chief colonial venture, although two centuries were to elapse before unassisted Scottish emigration made New Scotland a reality, it cannot be regarded as a complete failure so long as the name Nova Scotia survives, and its citizens treasure their armorial achievement and their flag. [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/stirling1633.htm]. Gerard I Alexander, son of Robert and Ann Fowkes died 1761, married Mary Dent. In the course of their marriage, she bears William seven sons and three daughters. John served as General of the Mint until 1641, shortly before his death in Scotland. Their son Michael Alexander (b.1672) married Elizabeth Shimoni or Simon who was a granddaughter of Abraham Simon the famous English medallist. Michael was the ancestor of the English Jewish families of Alexander. Lord John Alexander's two eldest grandsons left America and returned to Europe and Alexander became the ancestor of Major General William Alexander the 6th Earl of Stirling. His four grandsons were Alexander, John, Robert and Philip by his son Hon. Cette hymne a t cre pour le couronnement du quadrisaeul du prince William, Edward VII, l'abbaye de Westminster en 1902 [90]. William Craig of Craigfintray, Aberdeenshire, had two sons, the younger of whom was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.His other son William (1501-90) became minister of Holyrood and assisted in the drawing up of the National Covenant in 1580. However he was supported by the leading Scottish nobles such as the Earl of Bute and the Earl of Argyle and many others including the Jacobite banker Henry Drummond. Fleming, a loyal supporter of the Crown was with James, then Prince of Scotland, at the Bass Rock in February 1406 . Charles Rogers, LL.D.' 2 vols. He was afterwards nominated General of the Mint, an office which yielded his successor 500 per annum, with perquisites (Reg. The 3rd Earl of Stirling died before 11 June 1649.His widow Mary married , before 13 April 1654, John Blount, Lieutenant Colonel of the King's Regiment of Horse, an d she died before 27 June1660. William Alexander's first years were spent in the parish of Logie, but following his father's death he was brought up in Stirling by a granduncle who was a merchant there. The outcome of the war is not favorable for setting up the plantation system that the Baron has envisioned. He will call the new land after Scotland or Nova Scotia meaning New Scotland. He thus became the proprietor of New Scotland (Nova Scotia), despite rival French claims to part of the territory. I have tried toretype it just the way it was on the five sheets I found in a lousefile in a Filing Cabinet. His poems, A Paraenesis t o the Prince and Aurora appeared in1604, and of his later works the best-known is the length y Doomesday(1614). William Alexander was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Charles Fort, later Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1629 and Long Island, New York. Michael Alexander's son William Wolf Alexander (b.1690) was the father of Isaac Alexander (b.1729) the grandfather of Bishop Alexander. When a young man he was appointed tutor to the Earl of Argyll and accompanied him abroad. #4556 Princess Mary Bruce, who married, III.#4548 Robert II King of Scotland 1316-1390) who married, IV. Some other sources state that Elizabeth FitzHugh was his son John's wife. Two years later, he published Doomes-Day, or, The Great day of the Lords Judgement, his last poetical work of importance. Sir William Alexander, 2Nd Earl Of Stirling By kin g James I of England, he was made Master of Requestsin 1614 and attended Parliament as such u ntil his death. He in turn found his father deep in a struggle to resist the surrender of Nova Scotia to France in accordance with the Treaty of Susa, 23 April 1629, by which the British and French had agreed on mutual restoration of all territory and shipping taken subsequent to that date. 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