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| 1554 | Keeper Edinburgh Castle |  |
| Appointed Keeper of Edinburgh Castle |
| 1558 | Birth | |
| Birth of John Erskine of Mar, only son of the 1st Earl of Mar |
| 1561 | Council Erskine | |
| Appointed Member of Mary Stuart's Council |
| 1565 | Marriage | |
| Favours the marriage of Mary Stuart to Earl Darnley |
| 1565 | Peerage | |
| Mar Created Earl Mar, 1st |
| 1567 | Arrest | |
| Secures James VI from Bothwell |
| 1570 | Regency | |
| Appointed Regent of Scotland after the assassination of Moray |
| 1572 | Death | |
| Death of John Erskine of Mar, 1st |
| 1578 | Guardian | |
| Appointed Guardian of James VI |
| 1578 | Siege of Stirling Castle | |
| Stirling Castle Siezes Stirling Castle from his uncle |
| Stirling Siezes Stirling Castle from his uncle |
| 1580 | Plot | |
| Defeats a plot to carry away James VI |
| 1582 | Arrest | |
| Ruthven Castle Helps carriy James IV off to Ruthven Castle to keep him from Lennox & Arran |
| Ruthven Helps carriy James IV off to Ruthven Castle to keep him from Lennox & Arran |
| 1582 | Exile of Erskine | |
| Stirling Castle Mar seizes Stirling Castle, James VI marches against him & Mar is forced to take refuge in England |
| 1582 | Kidnap | |
| Ruthyen Involved in the siezure of James VI, but James VI escapes from Mar's captivity |
| 1582 | Raid Ruthyen | |
| Ruthyen Involved in the siezure of James VI |
| 1582 | Siege of Stirling Castle | |
| Stirling Castle Mar seizes Stirling Castle, James VI marches against him & Mar is forced to take refuge in England |
| 1584 | Exile of Erskine | |
| Flees to England after James VI's escape |
| 1584 | Siege of Stirling Castle | |
| Stirling Castle Conspires with Thomas Lyon to capture Stirling Castle |
| Stirling Conspires with Thomas Lyon to capture Stirling Castle |
| 1585 | Exile of Erskine | |
| Mar returns to Scotland from England & is fully restored |
| 1585 | Governor | |
| Edinburgh Appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle |
| 1585 | Privy Council | |
| Edinburgh Appointedrivy Councilor after the flight of Arran |
| 1585 | Restoration | |
| Mar returns to Scotland from England & is fully restored |
| 1595 | Guardian | |
| Edinburgh Appointed Guardian of Prince Henry |
| 1600 | Plot | |
| Helps to defeat the Gowrie conspiracy |
| 1601 | Envoly Mar | |
| London Appointed Envoy to London to secure James VI's succession |
| 1601 | Succession | |
| London Helps negotiate James VI's succesion to the English throne with Elizabeth I |
| 1610 | Peerage | |
| Cardross Created Lord Cardross |
| 1610 | Privy Council | |
| London Appoined Member of the Privy Council, Elizabeth I's Privy Council |
| 1616 | Lord High Treasurer | |
| Appointed Lord High Treasurer |
| 1634 | Death | |
| 14th Dec Death of John Erskine of Mar |
| 1675 | Birth | |
| Birth of John Erskine, eldest son of Charles , the 5th earl |
| 1705 | Secretary of State | |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1713 | Minister of State | |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1714 | Succession | |
| On George I's arrival in England sends a letter of support from the Scottish Chieftans |
| 1715 | Battle of Sheriffmuir | |
| 13th Nov Sheriffmuir Fights an inconclusive battle with the Royalists led by the Duke of Argyll |
| 1715 | Capture of Tay | |
| Sep River Tay Leads a Jacobite force which captures the north of Scotland & the Tay |
| 1715 | Departure Perth | |
| 10th Nov Perth Departs from Perth to join forces with the Jacobites in Lancashire |
| 1715 | Exile of Erskine | |
| Fetteresso# Mar meets James Edward, the cause however was lost, & the Prince & Earl depart to France |
| 1715 | Raising Restoration Standard | |
| 6th Sep Braemar Raises the "Restoration Standard" at Braemar |
| 1715 | Rebellion | |
| 27th Aug Gathers together a Jacobite Army, Mar's "hunting party" |
| 6th Sep Braemer Proclaims "James VIII" King of Scotland, England, France & Ireland |
| 13th Nov Deprived of his office, goes in disguise to Scotland & places himself at the head of the followers of James Edward, the Old Pretender |
| 1715 | Siege of Edinburgh | |
| Sep Edinburgh Attempts a failed siege of Edinburgh Castle |
| 1716 | Exile of Erskine | |
| Feb Montrose Arrives at Montrose & persuades Edward to return to France |
| 4th Feb Sets sail for France with James Edward |
| 1732 | Death | |
| Aix la Chapelle Death of John Erskine |
