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Dates 1603-1611
Location London
Vocation Politician
Place of Birth East Lothian?
Marriage Elizabeth Gordon
Issue Anna; Elizabeth
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Lord Treasurer of Scotland (1596). Accompanied James VI to England (1603), and remained based there. Raised to the English peerage as baron Home of Berwick, appointed to English Privy Council and made chancellor of the exchequer (1604). Made knight of the garter (1608). Created earl of Dunbar (1605).