[1] He also obtained a charter under the great seal to build Guthrie Castle in 1468 and in 1473 was appointed Lord Chief Justice of Scotland.

[4][1] In 1567 the Guthries signed a bond upholding the authority of the infant James VI of Scotland against that of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots.

[1] His third son, Andrew, fought for James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose but was captured at the Battle of Philiphaugh.

[6] The Guthries were religious leaders in the time of Martin Luther and were champions of Presbyterianism against the Roman Catholic Church.

[7] They were ready to back up their beliefs with their lives and were true to their reputation of 'holding a sword in one hand, a Bible in the other'.

[7] James Guthrie, who was of the chiefly family, was a Covenanter minister who became one of that movement's early martyrs.

[1] He preached openly against the king's religious policies and was stripped of his office by the Church of Scotland's General Assembly, whose authority Guthrie had challenged.

[1] He was born in 1886, he became a distinguished soldier, commanding the 4th Battalion the Black Watch and was awarded the Military Cross.

Born in London in 1967, he was educated in Italy and England and attended UCL; he lived between Rome, Monte Argentario and the UK.