STUART, JAMES [SSNE 1531]

Surname

STUART, STEWART

First name

JAMES, JAMES VI AND I

Text source

James Stuart (1566-1625) was the son of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley and Mary, Queen of Scots. He succeeded to the throne of Scotland in 1567. He later married in 1589 Anna of Denmark [SSNE 4731]. He was apparently made a Freemason at the Lodge of Scone and Perth, No.3 in 1601 by John Mylne at the king's own request, though Stevenson casts doubt on this. King of England and Ireland as James I 1603, he declared himself King of Great Britain, France and Ireland in 1604. James VI visited Norway in 1589 and Uraniborg in Denmark on 20/3/1590. He was accompanied, among others, by Chancellor Maitland [SSNE 1550] and the Earl Marischal of Scotland [SSNE 1535]. For his full biography see DNB.

Sources:

D. Murray-Lyon, The History of Freemasonry in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1873), p.92; Dictionary of National Biography; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), p.64; D. Stevenson, The First Freemasons: Scotland's Early Lodges and their Members (Aberdeen, 1988), p.103; 

Uppsala University Library, register over Palmskioldiska samlingen, vol.VIII, no.24, letter re Eric Sparre, 1583; vol. XIV, no.23, letter re Johan Skytte, 1617; ibid, no.30, note re Skytte's journey to England 1618; vol. XV, no.40, English embassy re the Prussian campaign 1627. See also vol.XVIII, no.8, King Charles' letter to Johan Skytte 1632; and William III's letter from 1701.

Service record

SCOTLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY

Departed 1590-12-31

Capacity KING, purpose DIPLOMACY