Giles in Edinburgh in 1621. He took up residence at Spynie Palace in 1623 and was consecrated Bishop of Moray. During the Scottish Civil War he was forced to surrender his castle to the forces of Colonel Monroe, retiring to his own estates in Guthrie. His third son, Andrew, fought for James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose but was captured at the Battle of Philiphaugh. Andrew was sentenced to death and beheaded by the Scottish "Maiden" in January 1646 in St Andrews. Andrew's daughter, Bethia, married a kinsman, Francis Guthrie of Gagie, and as a result the title and estates remained with the Guthrie family. Henry Guthrie, Bishop of Dunkeld, was a cousin of John Guthrie, the Bishop of Moray. The Guthries were religious leaders in the time of Martin Luther and were champions of Presbyterianism against the Roman Catholic Church. 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'. James Guthrie, who was of the chiefly family, was a Covenanter minister who became one of that movement's early martyrs. He was ordained the minister of Lauder in 1638 and moved to Stirling in 1649. 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. He continued to preach until 1661 when he was sentenced to death and executed. 18th and 19th centuries A branch of the Clan Guthrie were the Guthries of Halkerton who held their barony by right of the office of royal falconers in Angus. However this title and office were only relinquished under the terms of the Heritable Jurisdictions Act in 1747. John Douglas Guthrie of Guthrie served in the cavalry during the 1882 Egyptian campaign. He married Mary, daughter of Duncan Davidson of Tulloch. Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Guthrie of Guthrie was the last chief of Clan Guthrie to live at Guthrie Castle. He was born in 1886, he became a distinguished soldier, commanding the 4th Battalion the Black Watch and was awarded the Military Cross. The clan today Guthrie Castle was purchased by the [de la] Peña family in 1984, and is now a venue for weddings, business meetings, and golf. There is an active fraternal organization, Clan Guthrie USA, dedicated to preserving and promoting Guthrie heritage. Clan Chief