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by his wife Isabel Balfour, he succeeded his father as Lord Ruthven of Freeland in May 1671, and from 1689 to 1692 served as one of the commissioners for exercising the office of

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. On 3rd April 1696 Ruthven was elected to the court of directors of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies.Watt, Douglas (2024), ''The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations'', Luath Press Limited,

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, pp. 65 - 68, He was a member of the Company's committee of improvementsWatt, Douglas, "The Company of Scotland and Scottish Politics, 1696 - 1701", in Adams, Sharon & Goodare, Julian (eds.) (2014), ''Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions'',

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, Woodbridge, p. 221, and helped to persuade the

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minister Rev. Adam Scott to join the first expedition to Darien on the isthmus of

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in 1698. Ruthven died without issue, and his title passed to his sister Jean.

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Year of birth unknown 1701 deaths Nobility from Perth and Kinross 2

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