Frances Ruthven and Major General John Ruthven. Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Brentford also fought on behalf of King Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, bringing both Colonel Frances Ruthven and Major General John Ruthven into service with him. Sir Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland (d. 1673), on whom Charles II of England bestowed the title of Lord Ruthven of Freeland in 1651. His son was David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland. 18th to 20th century David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland, died unmarried in April, 1701. The title of Baroness Ruthven was assumed by his sister: Jean (d. 1722), although according to some authorities the peerage had become extinct. It was, however, assumed in 1722 by: William Cunynghame of Cunynghamhead (d. 1722) William was Lady Jean's nephew, her closest heir. William died in October of 1722 without an heir and was succeeded by his niece Lady Isobel: Isobel (d. 1732), wife of James Johnson, who took the name of Ruthven on succeeding to the family estates; and their son: James Ruthven (d. 1783), took the title and was allowed to vote at the elections of Scots representative peers. In 1853 the barony again descended to a female: Mary Elizabeth Thornton (c. 1784–1864), the wife of Walter Hore (d. 1878). She and her husband took the name of Hore-Ruthven, and the Ruthven arms, and their grandson: Walter James Hore-Ruthven (b. 1838), became the 8th baron in 1864. His second son: Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1872–1955), through meritorious service (including as Governor-General of Australia), regained the family's peerage title (first as Baron Gowrie, 1934, and then as Earl of Gowrie in a new creation, 1944). Clan Chief Clan Chief: (Patrick Leo) Brer Hore-Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, and Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, and Baron Gowrie of Canberra, Commonwealth of Australia, Chief of the Name and Arms of Ruthen, in succession to Grey Hore-Ruthven, who died 24 September 2021. Castles and Palace Huntingtower Castle Dirleton Castle Scone Abbey Scone Palace Gowrie House Freeland House (now the main School House of Strathallan School) Trochrie Castle See also Lord Ruthven Earl of Gowrie Earl of Brentford References The Ruthven Correspondence, edited with introduction by William D. Macray (1868) S. Cowan (ed.), The Ruthven Family Papers (London, 1912) J. H. Round, "The Barony of Ruthven of Freeland", in Joseph Foster's Collectanea Genealogica