Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray
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11 January 1737
Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray
Hon. Archibald Stuart
The Earl of Moray | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francis Stuart 11 January 1737 |
| Died | 28 August 1810 (aged 73) |
| Spouse |
Hon. Jean Gray
(m. 1763; died 1786) |
| Children | Lady Grace Douglas Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray Hon. Archibald Stuart |
| Parent(s) | James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray Grace Gordon, Countess of Aboyne |
| Relatives | Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne (half-brother) Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray (grandfather) Sir George Lockhart (grandfather) |
Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray (11 January 1737 – 28 August 1810) was a Scottish nobleman.
Stuart was born on 11 January 1737. He was the eldest son of James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray and, his first wife, Grace (née Lockhart) Gordon, Countess of Aboyne (1706–1738).[1] From his mother's first marriage to the 3rd Earl of Aboyne, he had three elder half-brothers, Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne, Lt.-Col. Hon. John Gordon of Glentanner, and Lt.-Col. Hon. Lockhart Gordon. From his parents marriage, he had one sister, Lady Euphemia Stuart. After his mother's death in 1738, his father remarried to Lady Margaret Wemyss, eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Wemyss. From his father's second marriage, he had two younger half-brothers, Lt.-Col. James Stuart, and Lt. David Stuart.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray and Jean Elphinstone (a daughter of John Elphinstone, 4th Lord Balmerino). His maternal grandparents were Sir George Lockhart of Carnwath and Lady Euphemia Montgomerie (a daughter of the 9th Earl of Eglington).[3]
Career
In 1755, his father purchased his grandmother's family estate, Balmerino House in Leith, from the Crown who had confiscated the house due to Lord Balmerino's active support of the Jacobite Rebellion. Shortly before Francis acceded to his titles in 1767, his father sold it to Lady Baird of Newbyth, in 1762.[5]
Upon his father's death on 5 July 1767, he succeeded as the 8th Lord St Colme, the 9th Lord Doune, the 9th Lord Abernethy and Strathearn, and the 9th Earl of Moray, all in the Peerage of Scotland.[6]
In 1784, he was elected as one of the sixteen Scottish representative peer elected to sit in the House of Lords, serving from 8 May 1784 to 20 May 1796. On 4 June 1796, he was created 1st Baron Stuart of Castle Stuart in the Peerage of Great Britain enabling him, suo jure to sit in the House of Lords. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Elginshire between 1794 and 1810.[6]