James Home, 3rd Earl of Home (died 1666) was a Scottish courtier and landowner. He was the son of Sir James Home of Whitriggs and Anne Home, daughter of

George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar (ca. 155620 January 1611) was, in the last decade of his life, the most prominent and most influential Scotsman in England. His work lay in the King's Household and in the control of the State Affairs of Scotland ...

and Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon of Gight and Agnes Beaton, daughter of Cardinal

David Beaton David Beaton (also Beton or Bethune; 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish cardinal prior to the Reformation. Life David Beaton was said to be the fifth son of fourteen children born to John Beaton (Bethune) of Balf ...

, Archbishop of St. Andrews, and Marion Ogilvy. He was known as Sir James Home of Whitriggs and Coldenknowes. His father was the son of Sir John Home and Marie Sinclair, daughter of Jean Hepburn and John Sinclair, Master of Caithness. They were contracted to marry in 1602, and Lord Home, who had no children at that time, promised Sir John Home the lordship of Home. At that time it was thought the marriage might effect the rehabilitation of

Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell (c. December 1562 – November 1612), was Commendator of Kelso Abbey and Coldingham Priory, a Privy Counsellor and Lord High Admiral of Scotland. He was a notorious conspirator who led several uprisings aga ...

, who was the young husband's great uncle. Coldenknowes, or Cowdenknowes, was a Scottish barony east of the Leader Water, 32 miles southeast of

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

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. It belonged to his grandfather, John Home who married secondly Beatrix Ruthven a daughter of

William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven (c. 1541May 1584) was a Scottish peer known for devising the Raid of Ruthven. Life and career William Ruthven was born in 1541 in Ruthven Castle, in Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Patr ...

. He was made

Earl of Home Earl of Home ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1605 for Alexander Home of that Ilk, 6th Lord Home. The Earl of Home holds, among others, the subsidiary titles of Lord Home (created 1473) and Lord Dunglass (1605) in t ...

after the death of his cousin, James Home, 2nd Earl of Home in 1633.

Family

He married Jean Douglas (d. 1694), a daughter of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton and Anne Keith, a daughter of

George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal (c. 1553–1623) was a Scottish nobleman and Earl Marischal. He succeeded as earl on 7 October 1581, upon the death of his grandfather, William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. Early life George Keith was the s ...

: Their children included: * Alexander Home, 4th Earl of Home, appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to

Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and King of Ireland, Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest su ...

in 1671.''HMC The manuscripts of the Duke of Athole, and the Earl of Home'' (London, 1892), p. 82. * James Home, 5th Earl of Home * Charles Home, 6th Earl of Home * William Home, Sheriff-depute of

. * Isabel Home

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