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When Henry Stewart, Master of Orkney was born on 3 November 1566, in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Robert Stewart 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland, was 33 and his mother, Janet Kennedy Countess of Orkney, was 29.
29 de abr. de 2022 · Genealogy for Henry Stewart, Master of Orkney (1566 - 1590) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Orkney
- Orkney, Orkney, United Kingdom
- November 03, 1566
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- Cannon Balls and Golf Balls
- James Dickson and David Moncreiff
- The Graham Family
- 'Orkney Golf Club' 1680
Orkney has been overlooked as an early golf centre largely because each golf incident was either discussed in isolation or was not evidence of golf being played. For example, there was a well-known historical description of a siege in Kirkwall in 1614, drawing an analogy between cannon balls and 'golf balls'. This was during the ill-fated rebellion...
The first reference with named golfers is in 1585, when James Dickson wrote a gossipy letter to a colleague called Andrew Martin, who was on the Scottish mainland. After requesting headache medicine and sending him best wishes, James added a postscript asking Martin to bring back with him a dozen 'common' golf balls to Orkney for himself and David ...
Apart from the golf ball theft in 1619, there is then a gap of over fifty years with no known mention of golf in Orkney, but in the second half of the 17th century there are many documented instances. Most of these concern the influential Graham family, whose descendants still occupy Skaill House, for which there is a comprehensive history. In the ...
The Graham family were not the only people playing golf on Orkney during this period. Orcadians have always been proficient sailors and merchants and a recent study of trade of the northern islands in the 17th century has revealed ownership of golf balls and golf clubs by several merchants. A shop owner called Harry Prince, who died in 1649, left a...
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (spring of 1533 – 4 February 1593) was a recognised illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland, and his mistress Eupheme Elphinstone. Robert Stewart was half-brother to Mary, Queen of Scots and uncle to James VI and I of Scotland and England.
(1) Henry, Master of Orkney, mentioned in the entail of the earldom 9 June 1585.´ He predeceased his father before 1590, when his brother Patrick is styled Master of Orkney. (2) Patrick, second Earl of Orkney. He was beheaded 1614, and his honours and estates forfeited. He died without legitimate issue.
27 de jul. de 2023 · Henry Stewart Master of Orkney was born on November 3, 1566 in Orkney, Scotland, son of Robert Stewart 1st Earl of Orkney and Lady Janet Kennedy Countess of Orkney. He died on June 25, 1590 in Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland.
When Lady Janet Kennedy was born in 1537, in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Sir Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl of Cassilis, was 22 and her mother, Margaret Sophia Kennedy, was 24. She married Robert Stewart 1st Earl of Orkney on 14 December 1561, in Scotland.
