Lord Methven

It was created on 17 July 1528 by King James V of Scotland for his stepfather Henry Stewart.

He became the lover and eventual husband of Queen Margaret, widow of King James IV.

When the Queen's son, King James V, assumed power he granted his mother and stepfather Methven Castle and raised him to the peerage.

She was worried that Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, was coming to Arbroath.

[1] Lord Methven was killed on 3 March 1572 by a cannon-shot from Edinburgh Castle and was succeeded by his son.