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'''Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven''' (died 6 May 1671) was the son of William Ruthven of Freeland by his wife Isabella Fotheringham, and a great-great-grandson of [[William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In January 1651, he was created [[Lord Ruthven of Freeland]], in the [[Peerage of Scotland]], by [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lodge|first1=Edmund|author1-link=Edmund Lodge|title=The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage, with Brief Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility. With Engravings of the Arms|date=1834|page=385|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Genealogy_of_the_Existing_British_Pe/XGhbx1tPm3oC?hl=en&gbpv=1}}</ref> (who, though in exile from England, had been crowned [[King of Scots]] at [[Scone, Perthshire|Scone]] earlier that month). Lord Ruthven was married to Isabel, daughter of Robert Balfour (previously Arnot) and his wife [[Margaret Balfour, 2nd Lady Balfour of Burleigh]], and by her was the father of a son David, who succeeded to his title. His daughter [[Jean Ruthven, 3rd Lady Ruthven of Freeland|Jean]] later succeeded to the title, and on her death it passed to the issue of another daughter, Elizabeth, who had married [[Sir Francis Ruthven, 1st Baronet]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Burke|editor1-first=John|editor1-link=John Burke (genealogist)|title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage|date=1885|publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited|page=1152 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Burke_s_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_Histor/6u8_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0}}</ref>
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