1st Earl Of Annandale And Hartfell James Johnstone

1625 - 1672  (47 years)

• Name	James Johnstone
  Title	1st Earl Of Annandale And Hartfell
  Born	1625	St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	7963
  Died	16 Jul 1672	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Buried	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I7963	Thompson-Milligan
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	James Johnstone,   b. 1602, Scotland ,   d. Apr 1653, London, England  (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Douglas
  Relationship	natural
  Married	29 Nov 1622
  Family ID	F1962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henrietta Douglas,   b. 1633, Dumfries-shire, Scotland ,   d. 1 Jun 1673, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  (Age 40 years)
  Married	29 May 1645
  Children	1. George Johnstone,   b. 21 Jun 1667,   d. 10 May 1674  (Age 6 years)  [natural]   2. Margaret Johnstone,   b. 1672  [natural]   3. Mary Johnstone,   b. 1660  [natural]   4. James Johnstone,   b. 17 Dec 1660  [natural]   5. John Johnstone,   b. 3 Sep 1665,   d. 29 Dec 1714  (Age 49 years)  [natural]   6. William Johnstone,   b. 17 Feb 1663, Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland ,   d. 14 Jan 1721, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  (Age 57 years)  [natural]   7. Henrietta Johnstone  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 16 Jul 1672 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Buried - - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell was the son of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell and Margaret Douglas. He was born in 1625. A contract for the marriage of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell and Henrietta Douglas was signed on 29 May 1645. He died on 17 July 1672.3,4 He was buried on 30 July 1672 at Grey Friars, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Johnston of Lochwood [S., 1633] on 1 October 1653. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Johnston of Lochwood, Moffatdale and Evandale [S., 1643] on 1 October 1653. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hartfell [S., 1643] on 1 October 1653. In 1654 he was fined £2,000 under Cromwell's Act of Indemnity. He held the office of M.P. for co. Dumfries Protectorate [England] between 1654 and 1656. He resigned as he resigned his Scottish titles: Earl of Hartfell, Lord Johnstone of Lochwood and Lord Johnston of Lochwood, Moffatdale and Evandale. He thought he could get a regrant with remainder to his daughters, rather than have the titles go to a fourth cousin in 1657. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1661.3, He held the office of Hereditary Steward of Annandale in 1661.3,H He held the office of Hereditary Constable of Lochmaben Castle in 1661, after petitioning King Charles II for recompense on account of the family's suffering during the Civil War. He was created 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell [Scotland] on 13 February 1661, with the precedence of 18 March 1642/3. He was created 1st Viscount of Annand [Scotland] on 13 February 1661, with the precedence of 18 March 1642/3. He was created 1st Lord Johnston of Lochwood, Lochmaben, Moffatdale and Evandale [Scotland] on 13 February 1661, with the precedence of 18 March 1642/3. On 23 April 1662 he obtained from King Charles II a charter of novodamus erecting his estates into a territorial earldom and lordship, with remainder to heirs male, whom failing, his eldest heir female without division, and the heirs male of her. He was created 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell [Scotland] on 23 April 1662. He was created 1st Lord Johnston of Lochwood, Lochmaben, Moffatdale and Evandale [Scotland] on 23 April 1662.