James Home, 3rd Earl of Home
James Home, 3rd Earl of Home was a Scottish courtier and landowner.
He was the son of Sir James Home of Whitriggs and Anne Home, daughter of George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar and Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon of Gight and Agnes Beaton, daughter of Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St. Andrews, and Marion Ogilvy.
He was known as Sir James Home of Whitriggs and Coldenknowes.
Coldenknowes, or Cowdenknowes, was a Scottish barony east of the Leader Water, 32 miles southeast of Edinburgh in Berwickshire. It belonged to his grandfather, John Home who married secondly Beatrix Ruthven a daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie.
He was made Earl of Home after the death of his cousin, James Home, 2nd Earl of Home in 1633.Family
He married Jean Douglas, a daughter of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton and Anne Keith, a daughter of George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal: Their children included:
