John Mowbray of Barnbougle

John Mowbray of Barnbougle was a Scottish landowner and supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.

[2] John Mowbray's lands included Barnbougle Castle close to Cramond Island near Edinburgh.

In March 1567, Mary entrusted her son, the future James VI and I, to the keeping of the Earl of Mar at Stirling Castle.

[4] After the "lang siege" of Edinburgh Castle, at the end of the Marian Civil War in August 1573, Mowbray presented a paper to Regent Morton with offers to save the life of his brother-in-law, William Kirkcaldy of Grange, including £20,000 worth of the jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots, remaining in her supporter's hands.

[7] According to a letter of the French diplomat Courcelles,[8] and Adam Blackwood's Le Mort de Royne d'Escosse, Mowbray went to London in October 1586 to plead with Elizabeth I for Mary's life and the release of Claude Nau and Curle.