James Home, 2nd Earl of Home (died 1633) was a Scottish nobleman. Harington Dudley family tree

Biography

James was the son of Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home and Mary, Countess of Home. He became Earl of Home when his father died in London in April 1619. His mother wrote to James I on his behalf in negotiations over the properties formerly belonging to Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell. The Earl of Home attended the funeral of James VI and I at Westminster Abbey on 7 May 1625. James married firstly, Catherine Cary (1609–1626) eldest daughter of Viscount Falkland and the playwright

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''. John Chamberlain reported that King James had arranged the marriage which took place in the King's chamber or presence chamber at Whitehall Palace in May 1622. The king wanted the marriage concluded before Viscount Falkland become

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. In Scotland, on the king's orders, the lawyer Thomas Hamilton had convened the six lairds of the Home name;

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, Polwarth, Manderston, Hutton Hall, and North Berwick. He told them the details of the earl's marriage, and that King James wished them to be "instruments of peace and love between him and his lady." The lairds hoped that Home's mother would consult with them about the earl's business and consider their advice. Otherwise they would not be content to intervene in the earl's affairs. Friends of Elizabeth, Lady Falkland, who may have supported the marriage plans, include

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, and mother of the royal favourite, the Duke of Buckingham, her stepmother Cecily, Lady Manners, wife of Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, and Margaret Butler, Viscountess Mountgarret. In December 1622, the Earl of Home had a serious infection in the mouth, and his wife also had a tooth pulled out. The ''Life of Lady Falkland'' relates that Catherine, Countess of Home, had a religious vision in Scotland. Catherine's death in childbirth in 1625 and the vision were said to have caused her mother's conversion to Catholicism. One of Catherine's maids, Bessie Poulter, returned to England to serve Lady Falkland and was said to have been affected by preaching about witchcraft and Catholic priests in Scotland. In 1626 James married Grace Fane (d. 1633), eldest daughter of

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and Mary Mildmay. She also had connections with the Villiers family. An account of expenses mentions his dogs and his horse "Sweepstakes" and money in gold sent to England for his expenses. James died in London without an heir in 1633, attended by the court physician

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,Marilyn M. Brown & Michael Pearce, 'The Gardens of Moray House, Edinburgh', ''Garden History'', 47:1 (2019), p. 6. and Grace died soon afterwards at Apethorpe. The next Earl of Home was Sir James Home of Coldenknowes.

References

External links

Physic and Lace Bonnets: Letters to the Countess of Home
{{DEFAULTSORT:Home, James 1633 deaths Earls of Home 17th-century Scottish peers Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1630