[1]THE Peerage of SCOTLAND.

HAMILTON Earl of Abercorn.

THE Firſt of this Collateral Branch of the Family of Hamilton, was Lord Claud Hamilton, third Son of James Duke of Chatlerault, Gover⯑nour of Scotland by the Lady Mar⯑garet Douglaſs, Daughter of James, fourth Earl of Mortoun.

Which Lord Claud, was promot⯑ed to be Commendator of the Ab⯑bacy of Paiſly, upon the Reſigna⯑tion of John Arch-Biſhop of St. An⯑drews, Anno 1553, which was rati⯑fied and approven by Pope Julius III.

Upon the breaking out of the Civil War, he adhered to the Intereſt of Queen Mary, by whom he was conſtituted one of the principal Com⯑manders of her Army at the Field of Langſide, Anno 1568, where he perform'd the Part of a brave and valiant General, and reſolutely per⯑ſiſted in her Majeſty's Service, for which his Eſtate was Forfeited, and continued in other Hands, till his Majeſty King James VI. in 1585, was pleas'd to reſtore the long injur'd Family of Hamilton: And in Teſti⯑mony of the great Senſe he had of that Gentleman's Sufferings for his Loyalty to Queen Mary, did create him Lord Paiſly, Anno 1591: He Married Margaret Daughter of George Lord Seaton, by whom he had Iſſue,

James, firſt Earl of Abercorn.

Sir Claud Hamilton the ſecond Son, was firſt of the Branch of Elieſtoun.

The third, Sir George.

The fourth, Sir Frederick, a Colo⯑nel in the Iriſh Wars in the Reign of King Charles I.

Beſide theſe Sons, he had likewiſe a Daughter Margaret, Married to William firſt Marqueſs of Douglaſs, and had Iſſue.

But before I proceed, 'tis proper to take Notice, That James Maſter of Paiſly being a Man of great Parts, was by King James VI. made one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-Chamber; and by reaſon of his ſpecial Merit, was advanc'd to the Dignity of a Lord of Parliament, by the Stile and Title of Lord Abercorn, Anno 1604, being the ſame Year ap⯑pointed one of the Commiſſioners on the Part of Scotland, to Treat of an Union with England; His Ma⯑jeſty being pleas'd further to Dignify him with the Title of Earl of Aber⯑corn, by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 10 of July 1606.^a

He Married Marion Daughter of Thomas Lord Boyd, by whom he had five Sons and two Daughters.

1. James his Succeſſor in his Eſtate and Dignity.

2d. Claud, whom he provided in his Iriſh Fortune, which he had by the Bounty of King James, after his [2] Acceſſion to the Crown of England, Anno 1603, whom his Majeſty by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 8 of May 1618, created a Baron of Ire⯑land by the Deſignation of Lord Straband ^a.

3d. Sir William died ſans Iſſue.

4th. Sir George, of whom is de⯑ſcended the preſent Earl of Aber⯑corn.

5th. Sir Alexander, Father of Count Hamilton in Germany, dignified by the late Emperor with the Honour of Prince of Nowburgh.

His Daughters were, Anne, married to Hugh Lord Semple, and Margaret to Sir William Cauningham of Capring⯑toun. He dying on the 3d. of March 1618, (his Father ſurviving him three Years, Died in the Year 1621) his Eſtate and Dignity devolved upon James his Son and Heir.

Which James, Earl of Abercorn, married Katharin the Daughter and ſole Heir of Gerviſe Lord Cliftoun, of the Kingdom of England, Widow of Eſme, Duke of Lennex, by whom he had James his Son and Heir, who in the Year 1651, diſpoſed of his E⯑ſtate in Scotland, and retired into England: his Male Iſſue failing, the Dignity came to Claud Lord Stra⯑band, his Heir Male, who dying with⯑out Iſſue, left his Eſtate and Title to Charles his next Brother and Heir, who dying without Male Iſſue, the Title of Lord Straband failed, but the Honour of Abercorn, by reaſon of an Entail upon the Heirs Male, deſcended and came to James Hamil⯑ton Eſq his Couſin, Son and Heir of James Hamilton Eſq one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-Chamber, in the Reign of King Charles II. (by Eliſabeth his Wife, Daughter of John Lord Culpeper) who was Son of Sir George Hamilton, one of the younger Sons of James firſt Earl of Abercorn.

Which James, the preſent Earl, was by King William created Viſ⯑count of Straband, of the Kingdom of Ireland, and is one of the Lords of the Privy Council in that King⯑dom.

In 1706, to preſerve his Scots Peerage, he came over, and ſat in that Seſſion of Parliament which con⯑cluded the Union; He hath married Eliſabeth Daughter of Sir Robert Reading, by whom he hath Iſſue James Lord Paiſly.

SANDIELANDS Lord Abercromby.

THE firſt who enjoyed this Dignity, was Sir James San⯑dielands of St. Monans, de⯑ſcended of the Family of Torphichan, who was Created by King Charles I. in Conſideration of his good Services Lord Abercromby, by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 12 of December 1647,^b.

He married Anne Carnegy Daughter of David firſt Earl of Southesk, by whom he had James his Son and Heir, who dyed without Succeſſion, in the Year 1681, whereby the Dignity became Extinct.

GORDON, Earl of Aberdeen.

DESCENDED of an Anci⯑ent Family of that Name, who have been for many Ages poſſeſſed of a large Eſtate in Aberdeen-ſhire, and ſprung of a Branch of the Illuſtrious Houſe of Gordon, 300 Years ago, of which Family John Gordon of Haddo, was created a Baro⯑net the 13 of Auguſt 1642.

Upon the breaking out of the Civil War, he eminently diſtinguiſh'd himſelf by his Loyalty to King Charles I. ceaſing not to hazard ei⯑ther Life or Fortune in aſſiſting the Royal Cauſe; He defended his Caſtle of Haddo with great Reſolution and Courage, againſt the Parliaments Forces, Anno 1644; but the Garriſon being treacherouſly Betray'd by the Souldiers, he was ſeiz'd, ſent Priſoner to Edinburgh, Condemn'd and Exe⯑cuted the 14 of July 1644^a.

This Loyal Gentleman married Mary, Daughter of William Forbes of Tolquhon, by whom he had two Sons, Sir John, who dying without Iſſue, left his Eſtate and Title of Baronet to Sir George, his Brother and Heir.

Which Sir George, being a Perſon of excellent Parts and Learning, but more eſpecially in the Laws, was promoted to be one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice, Anno 1680, and thereafter on the firſt of Novem⯑ber 1681, was conſtituted Preſident of the Seſſion, in Room of Sir James Dalrymple of Stair, and the next en⯑ſuing Year he was promoted to be Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, upon the deceaſe of John Duke of Rothes. Having faithfully Demean'd himſelf in all thoſe great Imploy⯑ments, he was by his Majeſty (King Charles II.) in Conſideration of the untainted Loyalty of his Anceſtors in all preceeding Times, the great Loyalty and Sufferings of his Father, and his own conſtant Zeal and Af⯑fection to the Intereſt of the Monar⯑chy, by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 30 of November 1682, advanced to the Dignity and Titles of Earl of Aberdeen, Viſcount of Formartin, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves, and Kellie.

He married Anne, Daughter and ſole Heir of George Lockhart of Tor⯑breaks, by Anne his Wife, Daughter of Sir James Lockhart of Lee, one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice, and by her he had Iſſue William Lord Haddo, his Son and Heir; likewiſe four Daughters.

Anne married to Alexander Earl of Eglintoun, and had Iſſue.

Martha, to John Udney of That Ilk, and had Iſſue.

Mary, to Alexander Maſter of Sal⯑toun, Son and Heir of William Lord Saltoun, and has Iſſue.

Margaret unmarried.

William Lord Haddo in his Father's time married Mary, Daughter of Da⯑vid Earl of Leven, by whom he has one Daughter.

Lord Abernethy.

THE Firſt of this Noble Fami⯑ly I have found upon Re⯑cord, was Orme the Son of Hugh, who flouriſh'd in the Reign of King William: He obtained from that Monarch a Grant of the Lands of [4] Abernethy, whence, according to the Cuſtom of that Time, he aſſumed a Sirname; he left Iſſue a Son Hugh, who got from King Alexander II. the Lands of Dunlopyn, to be holden of him and his Heirs in free Forre⯑ſtry, by a Charter dated the 15 of May, the Eight Year of his Reign. He left a Son

Laurence, Lord Abernethy, who ob⯑tained from King Alexander II. a Grant of certain Lands in Roxburgh Shire, by a Charter, dated at Edin⯑burgh the 24 of June, the Ninteenth Year of his Reign^a.

Alexander, Lord Abernethy, his Succeſſor, in the Reign of King Ro⯑bert Bruce, dying without Male Suc⯑ceſſion, his Inheritance came to be ſhared betwixt his Three Daughters, and Co Heirs, thus Married

Margaret, to John Stewart Earl of Angus.

Helen, to David Lindſay of Craw⯑ford.

Mary, to Andrew Leſly of Rothes.

GORDON, Earl of Aboyn.

AMONG many others, who by reaſon of their ſpecial Merits, were advanced to Titles of Honour, upon the Reſtau⯑ration of King Charles II. was Lord Charles Gordon, Son of George, ſecond Marqueſs of Huntly, by the Lady Anne Campbel Daughter of Archbald Earl of Argyle.

Which Charles, highly manifeſting his Loyalty to King Charles I. in the time of the Civil War, and firmly adhering to King Charles II. during the Uſurpation, was, in Conſideration of thoſe his acceptable Services, raiſed to the Degree and Dignity of Earl of Aboyn, by Letters Patent, the 10 of September 1661, and departing this Life Anno 1680, left Iſſue by Eliſa⯑beth his Wife, Daughter of John Earl of Strathmore, Charles his Succeſſor.

2d. George.

3d. John in Arms abroad.

And a Daughter Eliſabeth, married to John Lord Caſtlehaven, Son and Heir of George Earl of Cromerty.

Which Charles Earl of Aboyn, married Eliſabeth Daughter of Patrick Earl of Strathmore, his Couſin German, and dying Anno 1705, left Iſſue Charles now Earl of Aboyn, his Son and Heir, a Minor.

OGILVIE, Earl of Airly.

THE Ogilvies, according to our Hiſtorians, derive their De⯑ſcent from Gilbert Son of Gile⯑bred, and Brother of Gilchriſt Earl of Angus, who flouriſh'd in the Days of King William, he obtained from that Monarch the Barony of Ogilvy, [5] from whence he aſſumed a Sirname according to the Cuſtom of that Time. Of the Family of Ogilvy, that of Auchterhouſe ſeems to be the prin⯑cipal Branch, whoſe Anceſtor Sir Wolter Ogilvy, in the Fifteenth of King Robert II. had a Grant for his good Services done to that Prince, Annuum redditum vigeſimi noni Li⯑brorum debiti nobis de Thanagio de Kinclyes in Vic. de Forfar. He like⯑wiſe had the Barony of Auchterouſe by the Marriage of the Heir-Female of Sir William Ramſay, and was there⯑after ſlain at the Battle of Hairlaw, the 29th of July 1411, leaving Iſſue by his Wife aforeſaid, Sir Alexander Ogilvy, Sheriff of Angus, and Sir Walter Ogilvy of Lintrethan, who laid the Foundation of this noble Family.

Which Sir Walter being a Man of Parts and Underſtanding, was upon the Reſtauration of King James I. choſen of the King's Council, and conſtituted Lord High Treaſurer of Scotland ^a: In which Office he con⯑tinued for the Space of Seven Years, till the 1431, he was made Maſter of the Houſhold^b, and he held the Place till the Death of the King, Anno 1437, and giving Way to Fate in 1441, he left Iſſue by Iſobel his Wife, Sir John his Son and Heir, who flouriſhed in the Quality of a Knight under King James II^c. He married Marion, Daughter of Sir William Seaton of That-Ilk, by whom he had Sir James his Son and Heir, and Three Daughters, Chriſtian mar⯑ried to John Forbes of Pitſligo ^d Elizabeth to . . . . Kieth of Inve⯑rugy, and Marion to Henry Stewart of Roſyth.

Which Sir James being a Perſon of good Parts, was by King James IV. ſent Ambaſſador to Denmark, Anno 1492, in which Negociation he behaved with ſo much Prudence and Dexterity, that upon his Return he was raiſed to be a Peer of the Re⯑alm, by the Title of Lord Ogilvy. He married Elizabeth, a Lady of the Family of the Kennedies, and had John his Succeſſor, and again Eliza⯑beth, Daughter to Archbald Earl of Angus. By her he had Walter Ogil⯑vy, the firſt of the Branch of the Ogilvies of Balfour, of the County of Forfar.

Which John married Jean Daugh⯑ter of William Lord Graham, and had Iſſue, James his Succeſſor, Anthony, Abbot of Glenluce, and Two Daugh⯑ters, Elizabeth married to William Wood of Bonnieton, and Janet to . . . . Lichton of Ulyſſes-haven, in Vic. de Forfar.

Which James married Elizabeth Daughter to the Earl of Crawfurd ^e, by whom he had James his Succeſſor, alſo ſeveral Daughters. Margaret mar⯑ried to David Lyon of Coſſins, Iſobel to David Strachan of Carmylie; and Beatrix to . . . . . Garden of Leyes.

James next Lord Ogilvy, married Margaret Daughter of Henry Lord Sinclair, and had Iſſue, James his Suc⯑ceſſor, Thomas of whom the Ogilvies of Innerkeilor, Alexander Ogilvy of Kinmundy, Archbald Ogilvy of Laton; alſo Four Daughters, Marion married to Patrick Lord Gray, Margaret to David Graham of Fintry, and had Iſſue, Anne to Sir Thomas Erskine of Brechin, Helen to John Lord Inner⯑meath.

Which James married Catharine, Daughter of Sir John Campbel of Cal⯑der; and departing this Life in the Month of May 1554, left Iſſue James his Son and Heir, and two Daugh⯑ters, Agnes married to John Erskine of Dun, and Helen to John Ogilvy of Innerwharity, and had Iſſue.

Which James did firmly adhere to Queen Mary during her Troubles; for which he ſuffer'd a long and te⯑dious Impriſonment till King James VI. took the Government on him⯑ſelf, that he was releas'd; and in 1596, ſent upon a ſolemn Embaſſy to Den⯑mark, [6] to aſſiſt at the Coronation of King Criſtern IV. He married Jean, Daughter of William Lord Forbes: By her he had James who ſucceeded him, Sir John Ogilvy of Craig, Da⯑vid Ogilvy of Pitmouies, George Ogil⯑vy of Fornalt, and Sir Francis Ogilvy of Grange; likewiſe a Daughter Mar⯑garet married to George Earl Mareſ⯑chal; and departing this Life Anno 1606, was ſucceeded by

James his Son, who married Jean, Daughter of William Earl of Gowrte, and had by her

James his Son and Heir, who ha⯑ving given ſeveral eminent Inſtances of his Loyalty and Fidelity to King Charles I. at the Beginning of the Troubles, was, in Conſideration there⯑of, as well as the Loyalty and Merit of his Anceſtors in all preceeding Times, rais'd to the Honour of Earl of Airly, by Letters Patent, bearing Date at York, April 2d, 1639, and to the Heirs Male of his Body for ever. When the Civil War broke out, this noble Earl did heartily and perſo⯑nally engage himſelf in the King's Service, and in all Actions and In⯑terpriſes of the greateſt Hazard and Danger; whereby he became in the firſt Form of thoſe who were moſt obnoxious to the Parliament. By Iſo⯑bel his Wife, Daughter of Thomas firſt Earl of Haddingtoun; he had James his Succeſſor, Sir Thomas, a young Man of great Courage and Valour, who from the Beginning of the War in the Time of King Charles I. ſerved his Majeſty very bravely in the Head of a Regiment, which he himſelf had rais'd, with which he fought ſeveral Battles, where he had always Succeſs and Victory, till the Fight at Inver⯑lochy where he loſt his Life; and was very generally lamented, Sir David Ogilvy of Clova; likewiſe a Daughter Helen, married to Sir John Carnagy of Bonymoon.

Which James was like very faith⯑ful to the Crown in the Time of the Civil War, during the Reign of King Charles I. for as ſoon as the Marquis of Montroſe took the Field, and decla⯑red for the King, the Lord Ogilvy frankly engaged his Perſon in the Ser⯑vice, and always behaved with ſig⯑nal Courage. At the unfortunate Ad⯑venture of Philiphaugh he was taken Priſoner, and tried and condemn'd by the Parliament to be executed, but was ſo happy as to make his Eſ⯑cape the very Night before his Execu⯑tion, in his Siſter's Dreſs, and again engaged in the ſame Service, and with the ſame Affection: And after very great Sufferings ſuſtained with great Firmneſs and Conſtancy, he liv'd to ſee the King reſtored. He married Helen, Daughter of George Lord Banff: By her he had David his Son and Heir, Marion married to James Lord Coupar; and again to John Lord Lindores, Mar⯑garet to Alexander Lord Halkertoun, Mary to Sir John Wood of Bonnieton, and had Iſſue, Helen to Sir John Gor⯑don of Park, and had Iſſue.

Which David married Griſel, Daughter of Patrick Earl of Strath⯑more; by whom he had James Lord Ogilvy, John Ogilvy Eſq and a Daugh⯑ter Lady Helen.

STEUART, Duke of Albany.

THE Firſt who enjoyed this Title, was Robert Stewart, third Son of King Robert II. by Eliſabeth Mure, who in Right of Margaret his Wife, Grandchild and Heir of Allan [7] Earl of Menteth, came to that Ho⯑nour, and had the Earldom of Fife, by the Reſignation of the Counteſs of Fife; both which Titles he uſed, till he was rais'd to a higher Honour.

The Earl of Fife and Menteth was a Perſon of great Parts and Spirit, which he manifeſted in all his Actions, both in Peace and War. His Father the King had ſo great an Eſteem of his Abilities, that in his old Age, he made him Governor of Scotland; and he continued in the Adminiſtration till the Death of the King.

Upon the Acceſſion of his Bro⯑ther Robert III. to the Crown, the King being aged and valitudinary, thought fit to continue the Earl of Fife his Brother in the Regency, and further dignified him with the Title of Duke of Albany, Anno 1399, and he diſcharged that great Truſt very well throughout the Whole of his Brother's Reign; and the Prince King James I. being a Priſoner in England at the Time of his Father's Death, the Duke came of Right to be Governor of the Kingdom, and he enjoyed the Office till his Death, September 3d, Anno 1420.

He married firſt Margaret, Daugh⯑ter and Heir of the Earl of Menteth aforeſaid, by whom he had Murdack his Succeſſor, and ſeveral Daughters, Iſobel married to Alexander Earl of Roſs, and again to Sir Walter Halli⯑burton of Dirleton, Marjory to Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow, and Eli⯑zabeth to Sir Malcolm Fleming of Big⯑gar; next, Mauriella, Daughter of Sir William Keith Mareſchal of Scot⯑land; by her he had John Earl of Buchan, and Sir Robert Stewart Kt.

The Duke of Albany was ſucceeded by Murdack his Son, both in his Eſtate and in the Government of Scotland, but he came very far ſhort of his Fa⯑ther, for being a weak Man, and of ſmall Parts, was ſcarce able to go⯑vern his own Family, much leſs the Kingdom: But that which ſhould attone for all his Overſights, and pre⯑ſerve his Memory from all unkind Reflections, was the glorious Part he acted, in conducing ſo much toward the Reſtauration of King James I. in which he was the great Inſtru⯑ment. Not long thereafter, the King growing jealous of the Duke's Power, which no doubt was very great, and diſcovering ſome treaſonable Intrigue in which he was concern'd, he was firſt put under Arreſt, and ſent Priſo⯑ner to the Caſtle of Carlaverock; and being ſhortly after brought to his Trial, he was found guilty of High-Treaſon by his Peers, for which he loſt his Head on the 19th May 1425.

This great but unfortunate Duke, married Iſobel, Daughter and Heir of Duncan Earl of Lennox, by whom he had Sir Walter, and Alexander, who being found acceſſory to their Father's Treaſon, both ſuffer'd Death for the ſame, and Sir James who fled to Ireland, where he ſpent the after Part of his unfortunate Life, and left a Son behind him, Sir Andrew Stew⯑art of Stratheven, who came over to Scotland in the Time of King James II. who afterward roſe to great Wealth and Honour, and laid the Foundation of the Family of Evan⯑dale and Ochiltree.

The next illuſtrious Brench of the Royal Family who enjoy'd this Title, was Alexander of Scotland, ſecond Son to King James II. who was cre⯑ated Duke of Albany, Anno 1452, which he afterwards forfaulted for his unnatural Rebellion againſt his Brother King James III. and all his Meaſures being broke, he retired to France, where he liv'd till his Death. He left Iſſue by Katharine, Daughter of William Earl of Orkney, from whom he was divorced, a Son Alexander, who was declared illegitimate, and thereupon he enter'd into Orders, and was made Biſhop of Murray. Alſo by Anne his ſecond Wife, Daughter [8] to the Count de Bulloign, the Duke left a Son.

John Duke of Albany, to whom the Adminiſtration of the Affairs of the Kingdom was committed in the Minority of King James V. and he diſcharged that great Truſt with in⯑vincible Conſtancy and Courage, till the King came to Age, that he reti⯑red into France, where he had a fair Fortune in Right of his Wife. In the Service of that Crown he exer⯑ciſed the higheſt military Commands under Francis I. with great Honour and Reputation, even till his Death, Anno 1536. The Title by Reaſon he had no lawful Iſſue, did extinguiſh with him.

The next who had this Honour by Creation, was that comely and graceful Prince, Henry Lord Darnly, whom Queen Mary, a few Days be⯑fore ſhe took him to be her Husband, did with great Solemnity inveſt in the Title of Duke of Albany; which ceas'd again upon his Marriage, that he was proclaim'd King of Scotland, and had his Name put upon the Coin with the Queen's; Henricus & Maria Rex & Regina Scotorum.

Prince Charles, the ſecond Son of King James VI. was in the Third Year of his Age, Anno 1601, created Duke of Albany, and he bore the Title till by the Death of that incom⯑parable Prince, Prince Henry his elder Brother, he became Prince and Stew⯑ard of Scotland, Anno 1612; after which this Title lay dormant, till his Majeſty King Charles II. on the Re⯑ſtauration, did create his Royal Bro⯑ther James Duke of York, Duke of Albany, by Letters Patent 31ſt of December 1660^a: And this Title his Royal Highneſs always us'd till by the Demiſe of the King his Brother, he came to the Crown by the Name of King James VII.

KER, Earl of Ancrum.

SIR Robert Ker, having long ſerv'd his Majeſty King James VI. and King Charles I. in the Qua⯑lity of a Gentleman of the Bed⯑chamber, and being a Perſon of very fine Parts, was rais'd to the Ho⯑nour of Earl of Ancrum, the 24th of June 1633. He married firſt Eliſa⯑beth, Daughter of . . . . . Murray of Blackbarrony, by whom he had William Earl of Lothian; next, Anne, Daughter of William Earl of Darby, to the Heirs of which Marriage the Honour was limited; by her he had Charles his Son, Earl of Ancrum, who died without Iſſue, and thereby the Title became extinct.

Earls of Angus.

GILBERT is the firſt Earl of Angus we read of in the Time of King Malcolm III. and Gilchriſt Co⯑mes de Angus his Son, was famous for his warlike Exploits under King William. He married the King's Siſter, by whom he had Duncan, Co⯑mes de Angus, who ratified to the Monks of Arbroath, the Grant of his Father to their Convent, of the Chur⯑ches of Strathechen and Keriemoir.

Malcolm Comes de Angus was his Son and Succeſſor^b, who dying without Iſſue, the Earldom devol⯑ved to Matilda, Comitiſſa de Angus, his Father's Siſter^c, who married Sir Gilbert de Umfraville, an Engliſh [9] Gentleman, to whom the Lady brought the Title of Earl of Angus. By him ſhe had a Son, Gilbert Earl of Angus, who was forfaulted for adhering to the Intereſt of the Ba⯑liols.

STEWART, Earl of Angus.

SIR John Stewart Kt. of Bonkle, Son of Sir John Stewart, who was kill'd at Falkirk, and Nephew to the Lord High Steward of Scotland, was at the Coronation of King David II. created Earl of Angus ^a, and was afterward ſlain at Hallydown⯑hill, leaving Iſſue by Margaret his Wife, Daughter and Co-Heir of Sir Alexander Abernethy, Kt. Thomas his Son and Heir, who by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Sir William Sin⯑clair of Roſline ^b, had Thomas his Succeſſor; Margaret Counteſs of Angus, and Elizabeth Wife of Sir A⯑lexander Hamilton of Innerweek, Kt.^c, and had Iſſue.

Which Thomas married Margaret, Daughter and Heir of Donald Earl of Marr; but dying without Iſſue, Anno 1377, his Eſtate and Title came to Margaret his Siſter, who was married firſt to Thomas Earl of M [...]r, but being left a Widow by him without any Iſſue, ſhe married again William the firſt Earl of Douglas, to whom ſhe was ſecond Wife, and by him had a Son Sir Gearge Douglas ^d, firſt Earl of Angus.

MURRAY, Earl of Annandale.

THE ancient Family of Cockpool in Dumfries-Shire, took Be⯑ginning in the Reign of King Robert I. Thomas Earl of Murray then gave Willielmo de Moravia, Nepoti ſuo, pro homagio & ſervitio ſuo, omnes ter⯑ras, & omnia Tenementa, cum perti⯑nen. totius Medietatis tenementorum de Cumlongan, & Rivell, in vallis An⯑nandiae^e. This Branch of the Mur⯑rays were well known by the Title of Cockpool. Cuthbert Murray of Cock⯑pool, was a Perſon of great Note in the Time of King James I. as Charles his Son was under James II.^f; by whom he was nam'd one of the Com⯑miſſioners on a Treaty of Peace with the Engliſh, Anno 1457^g, Cuthbert his Son flouriſh'd under King James IV. Of him frequent Mention is made in the Annals of that Reign^h. Sir John Murray of Cockpool Kt. his Sonⁱ, was the Father of Cuthbert, of the Place foreſaid, and he of Sir Charles Murray of Cockpool, who was one of the moſt zealous Barons for the Reformation of Religion. He married Margaret, Daughter of Hugh Lord Somervel ^k, by whom he had Sir James, Sir David, and Sir Richard Murray of Cockpool, Bart. who all died without Iſſue Male, and [10] Sir John Murray of Dundrenan, who was the firſt Earl of Annandale.

He was early brought into the Court, under the Favour of the Earl of Mortoun, where his accompliſh'd Parts and Breeding made him quickly taken Notice of, inſomuch as he was in ſhort Time made one of the Gentle⯑men of the Bed-Chamber to King James VI. Maſter of the Horſe, and knighted: Upon the King's Acceſſion to the Engliſh Crown, Sir John Mur⯑ray waited on his Maſter into that Re⯑alm, under no other Character than a Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber, and had ſo great Credit in the Court, that he quickly got the Reputation of a Favourite. The King beſtow'd immenſe Bounties on him, whereby he came to have one of the beſt E⯑ſtates in Scotland; and therefore, that he might have Titles of Honour equal to his Eſtate, his Majeſty was pleaſed firſt to raiſe him to be Viſ⯑count of Annan ^a, and then Earl of Annandale, by Letters Patent, 13th of March 1624^b, wherein his long and faithful Services to his Majeſty, are very amply acknowledged. He continued in a good Degree of Fa⯑vour with King Charles I. which he had enjoyed ſo many Years under the Father, even till his Death, Anno 1640. By Eliſabeth his Wife, Daughter of Sir John Schaw, Kt. he had James his Son and Heir, who in the Time of the Civil War, withdrew to England; where he liv'd privately till his Death, 28th of December 1658^c, leaving no Iſſue by Eliſabeth his Wife, Daughter of James Earl of Southesk; ſo that the Honour became extinct. This Earl entail'd his Eſtate and Honours to Sir Robert Crichton, his near Kinſman, Nephew to the Earl of Dumfries, who aſſumed the Sirname of Murray and the Title of Cockpool; and he dying without Iſſue Male, left Two Daughters by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of John Lord Madertie, who were Co-heirs, Margaret the Elder, married to George Stirling of Herbert-ſhire, and had Iſſue; and Anne the Younger, to Lord James Murray of Doually, and had Iſſue.

JOHNSTON, Marquis of Annandale.

THE firſt conſpicuous Perſon of this noble Family I have found upon Record, was Sir John Johnſton, who was a Knight of great Valour and Fame in the Reign of King Ro⯑bert II.^d. Sir Adam Johnſton of that Ilk, was very remarkable for his Loy⯑alty to his Prince, and Love to his Country in the Time of James II. and was particularly inſtrumental in ſup⯑preſſing the Rebellion of the Earl of Douglas ^e; for which eminent Service to the Crown, he got a Gift of the [11] Lands of Pitenen in Lanerk-Shire^a. John Johnſton of that Ilk, his Son, was one of the Conſervators of the Peace with England, Anno 1457^b, and afterwards ſignaliz'd his Valour and Courage at the Battle of Kirkon⯑nel, in the unnatural Invaſion of the Duke of Albany, againſt his own Brother King James III. Anno 1483. By Mary his Wife, Daughter of Max⯑well of . . . . . . he had James his Heir, and John, of whom the Branch of Wamfray ^c, of which Lands he became poſſeſſed by the Marriage of Catharine, Daughter and Heir of John Boyle of Ryſholm.

Which James behaved gallantly in ſeveral Encounters on the Borders with the Engliſh, in the Reign of King James IV. By . . . . . Daugh⯑ter of . . . . . his Wife, he had John his Succeſſor, 2d Robert, 3d Adam of Corry, 4th William.

John Johnſton of that Ilk, his Son, behaved gallantly at the Battle of Pinky, and was afterwards one of the Commiſſioners about the debatable Lands in the Border, Anno 1552^d. He married firſt Elizabeth, Daugh⯑ter of . . . . . . Jerden of Apple-girth, by whom he had John his Succeſſor, Robert of Stabletoun; and a Daughter Dorothea, married to John Mattland of Achincaſtle ^e, and again Nicolas Douglaſs, of the Houſe of Drumlan⯑rig, by whom he had a Son William, of whom the Branch of the Johnſtons of Corhead.

Which John was a Man of great Spirit and Courage, which he mani⯑feſted in ſuppreſſing of Inroads on the Borders, which much abounded in his Time. He married Margaret, Daughter of Sir John Hamilton of Sa⯑muelſtoun, by whom he had John his Son and Heir, and a Daughter Mor⯑garet, married to Sir Robert Douglas of Caſhogle.

Which John being a Gentleman of great Sagacity and Conduct, was much in the Favour of King James VI. by whom he was made Warden of the Eaſt Marches, and Juſtici⯑ary, Anno 1579^f; and he diſ⯑charged the Office with ſingular Cou⯑rage and Fidelity till his Death, June 5th, 1581^g. By Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Sir William Scot Younger of Buccleugh ^h, he had Sir James his Succeſſor, and ſeveral Daughters, Janet married to Sir John Carmichael, Captain of Grawfurd, and had Iſſue; and Griſel to Sir Robert Maxwell of Orchardtoun, and had Iſſue.

Sir James Johnſton of that Ilk, his Son, was likewiſe a great Favourite of King James VI. he was nam'd Warden of the Weſt Marches, An⯑no 1596, after his Father, and conti⯑nued in the Office, till the King's En⯑trance to England, that all National Animoſities were remov'd by the hap⯑py Union of the Two Nations. He was kill'd in a Family Quarrel by the Lord Maxwell, the 6th of April 1608ⁱ, much regreted, ſays the Reverend Biſhop Spotiſwood, being a Gentleman full of Wiſdom, and very well inclin'd. He married Sarah, Daughter of John Lord Harries, by whom he had Sir James his Son and Heir, who was by the ſpecial Favour of King Charles [12] I. rais'd to the Honour of Lord Johnſton, 20th June 1633^a, and that for the greater Splendor of his Ma⯑jeſty's Coronation; and thereafter by other Letters Patent, bearing Date 18th March 1643, was created Earl of Hartfiel ^b. In the Time of the Civil War, this noble Earl gave many ſignal Teſtimonies of his Loyalty, for which he ſuffer'd both Impriſonment and the Sequeſtration of his Eſtate. He died Anno 1656, leaving Iſſue by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of William Earl of Queensberry, James his Son and Heir; likewiſe three Daugh⯑ters, Mary married to Sir George Graham of Nedderby, Anceſtor to the Viſcount of Preſton, Janet to Sir Wil⯑liam Murray of Stanhope, and had Iſ⯑ſue, Margaret to Sir Robert Dalziel of Glenae, Anceſtor to the Earl of Carn⯑wath.

James Earl of Hartfiel, upon the Reſtauration of King Charles II. with the Approbation of the Crown, ex⯑changed his Title of Hartfiel to An⯑nandale, Anno 1661, being then one of the Lords of his Majeſty's moſt honourable Privy-Council; and dying 16th July 1674^c, left Iſſue by Hen⯑rietta his Wife, Daughter of William, firſt Marquis of Douglas, by Mary his ſecond Wife. Daughter of George Marquis of Huntley, William his Suc⯑ceſſor: Alſo Three Daughters,

1ſt Mary married to William Earl of Crawfurd, and had Iſſue.

2d, Margaret, to Sir James Mont⯑gomery of Skelmurly, Bart. and had Iſſue.

3d, Henrietta, to Sir John Carmi⯑chael of Bonnytoun, Baronet, and had Iſſue.

Which William was after the Re⯑volution, choſen one of the Lords of the Privy Council to King William and after that one of the Commiſſio⯑ners of the Treaſury; likeas he was by the ſpecial Favour of the ſaid Prince, June 24th, 1701^d, rais'd to the Honour of Marquis of Annandale.

Upon the Acceſſion of her Maje⯑ſty Queen Anne to the Crown, the Marquis was made Preſident of the Council, on the Removal of the Earl of Melvil; and thereafter nam'd con⯑junct Secretary of State, Anno 1704. From which Office he was ſoon re⯑moved, the Earl of Mar being put in his Room. In the Parliament 1706, his Lordſhip oppoſed the Union, and deliver'd ſeveral Speeches and Prote⯑ſtations, containing the Reaſons of his Diſſent, which were all enter'd in the Records of Parliament, where they will remain as laſting Monu⯑ments to the Honour of his Name.

His Lordſhip married Sophia, Daughter and ſole Heir of Mr. John Fairholm of Craigiehall, by whom he has Iſſue two Sons and a Daughter,

James, Lord Johnſton,

Lord William.

Lady Henrietta, married to Charles Earl of Hopetoun, and has Iſſue.

CAMPBELL, Duke of Argyle.

THIS noble antient Family is de⯑riv'd from a Series of illuſtrious Anceſtors, who poſſeſs'd Lochow in Ar⯑gyle-Shire, according to the traditio⯑nal Accounts by the Bards and Sana⯑chies, as early as the Time of King Fergus II. who reſtor'd our Monar⯑chy, Anno Chriſti 404.

The firſt Appellation they us'd was O Dwbin, which, according to an early Cuſtom they aſſum'd from Diarmed O Dwbin, one of their Anceſtors, a brave and warlike Man, who flou⯑riſh'd under King . . . . from whom they are in the Iriſh Language call'd to this Time, Seol Diarmed, that is, the Poſterity and Offspring of Diarmed.

From this Diarmed O Dwbin, the Bards have recorded a long Series of the Barons of Lochow ^a, whoſe Acti⯑ons they tell us, were very renown'd both for Valour and Courage.

Paul O Dwbin Lord of Lochow his Succeſſor, call'd Paul in Spuran, ſo deno⯑minate from his being the King's Trea⯑ſurer, having no Male Iſſue, his Eſtate went to his Daughter Eva, who mar⯑ried Gileſpick O Dwbin, a Relation of her own, who got the Name firſt chang'd from O Dwbin to Cambel, to preſerve and perpetuate the Memory of a very noble and heroick Piece of Service perform'd by him in the Ser⯑vice of the Crown of France, in the Reign of King Malcolm Canmore. By his Lady he left a Son Duncan, who was Lord of Lochow; He was the Father of Colin, and He again of Archbald, called Gileſpick, and he of Duncan, Baron of Lochow.

This laſt mentioned Duncan was the Father of another Gileſpick Cambel, Kt. Lord of Lochow, whoſe Son and Heir Sir Colin More, call'd Dominus Colinus Cambel, Miles, Filius quondam Domini Gileaſpick Cambell, did ac⯑quire from Sir William Lindſay, Kt. the Lands of Symontoun in Air-Shire; the Reddendo of which he made over to the Monks of Newbottle, Die Martis in craſtino beati Clementis Martyris & Pontificis, Anno 1293^b. I find he was alſo one of the great Men who were ſummon'd to Ber⯑wick upon the Part of Robert de Bruce, in the Competition with John de Ba⯑liol for the Crown, on the Demiſe of Queen Margaret ^c; which is all I have found memorable of him in our pulick Records.

The particular Hiſtory of the Family of Argyle does repreſent this Sir Colin More to have been a very renown'd and warlike Chieftain, they tell us, That he was ſlain, in a Conflict with a great Neighbour of his own, the Lord of Lorn; that after he had defeat his Adverſary, purſuing the Victory too eagerly, he was ſlain at a Place called the String in Cowall, and there interr'd, where a great Obelisk was erected over his Grave ^d.

His Death occaſion'd great Blood⯑ſhed in thoſe Parts, and kindled ſuch a Flame betwixt the Two Families [14] of Lochow and Lorn, as was not ex⯑tinguiſhed for many Years thereaf⯑ter, even ſo long as the Argadii, Lords of Lorn, exiſted.

From this Colin it is that the Head of the Family of Argyle are call'd by the Iriſh, MackCallan More even to this Time. By his Wife, a Lady of the Family of the Sinclairs ^a, he had Two Sons, Sir Neil his Succeſſor, and Sir Donald Campbell of Redhouſe, of whom the Family of London ^b, and the other Cadets of this illuſtri⯑ous Branch of the Campbels derive themſelves.

Sir Neil his Son was honoured with Knighthood, by King Alexander III. in the End of his Reign^c. but from the Silence of our Authors, I can parti⯑cularize none of his Archievements, till the Year 1292, that upon the Demiſe of Queen Margaret, he was one of the Magnates Scotiae ſummon'd to Berwick, upon the Part of Robert de Bruce, when he and all the other Competitors for the Crown had re⯑ferr'd the Deciſion of their reſpective Claims to Edward I. of Engalnd ^d; and when that Prince did declare in Favour of John de Baliol, Sir Neil Campbel did ſo far acquieſce in the Deciſion, as to continue faithful to King John, till that unhappy Prince did unking himſelf by an inglorious Surrender of the Independency of the Crown to a Foreign Potentate the King of England, whom he acknow⯑ledged Superior and direct Lord of Scotland ^e.

But no ſooner did King Robert Bruce aſſert his Title to the Crown, and form a rational Project of re⯑covering his own Right, and of re⯑deeming his Country from the Sub⯑jection it was under to a Foreign Power, than Sir Neil Campbel was among the earlieſt Patriots, who firſt reſorted to him, own'd his Title, and gave quickly ſo many Proofs of his Zeal and Merit, for the Liberty and Honour of his Country, and of his Loyalty to that heroick Prince; inſomuch that he was thought moſt worthy, and pitched upon to com⯑mand a Party of Loyaliſts that were ſent to Argyle-Shire, to curb and o⯑verawe the Lord of Lorn ^f, who was a declared Enemy to his Coun⯑try, and of Conſequence to the Bru⯑cian Title; and he perform'd that Service committed to him with Ho⯑nour and Succeſs, inſomuch that in a ſhort Time he recovered the Countries of Argyle and Lorn, and brought them to ſubmit to King Robert, notwithſtanding the joint Efforts of the Lord Lorn, and his numerous Accomplices on the con⯑trary^g; which ſhews him to have been a very reſolute and hardy Patriot: After which Sir Neil ſtuck cloſe to King Robert, and was among the few [15] Scots Patriots, who accompanied him to Scoon, and aſſiſted at the So⯑lemnity of his Coronation, anno 1306. After which he gave many ſignal In⯑ſtances of his Stedfaſtneſs and Loy⯑alty to that Monarch, even in his worſt Circumſtances: For when he was very far from being firmly eſtabliſhed on the Throne, Sir Niel Campbel entered into an Aſſociation with Sir Gilbert Hay, and Sir Alex⯑ander Seton, wherein, in a moſt ſo⯑lemn Manner, they bound themſelves to deſend, till the laſt Period of their Lives the Liberties of their Country, and Right of Robert Bruce, their King, againſt all Mortals, French, Engliſh, and Scots, to which they appended their Seals at the Ab⯑bay of Cambuskenneth, 9 Sept. 1308.

Anno 1314, he was one of the Commiſſioners upon the part of Scot⯑land, authoris'd to Treat with the En⯑gliſh for a Peace, which at that Time, took not its deſir'd Effect: And the next enſuing Year, he was one of the Barons at the Parliament, held at Air, where they made an Entail of the Crown to King Robert and his Heirs^a. About which Time, in Con⯑ſideration of his good Services, and ſignal Loyalty, he obtain'd a Grant of ſeveral Lands, then in the Crown, by the Forfaulture of thoſe who ad⯑hered to the Intereſt of the Baliol; and to oblige him the more, the King be⯑ſtow'd upon him the Lady Mary Bruce, his Siſter in Marriage. He departed this Life, in the latter End of the Year 1315, leaving Iſſue two Sons, Colin his Succeſſor, and

John Campbel, who was by King David Bruce, dignified with the Title of Earl of Athole, but dying ſans Iſſue, the Honour went no fur⯑ther in the Family.

Which Sir Colin Campbel of Lochow, began early to diſtinguiſh himſelf for Military Atchievements. He was in the Expedition made into Ireland, anno 1316, in behalf of Edward Bruce, then King of that Realm, where he behav'd with exceeding Gallantry, and perform'd many ſignal Services: In Conſideration whereof, he obtain⯑ed a Grant of diverſe Lands in Argyle Shire, by a Charter yet extant,^b, having faithfully demean'd him⯑ſelf during the whole Courſe of King Robert's Reign. He continu'd no leſs ſtedfaſt to King David his Son; for whoſe Service, even when his Af⯑fairs were lookt upon to be loſt, he rais'd 400 Men, and took the Caſtle of Dunoon, then in the Hands of the Engliſh; for which notable Service, when that Prince came to be eſtabliſh⯑ed upon the Throne, he made him hereditary Governour, which his De⯑ſcendants ſtill enjoy^c.

He married a Daughter of the Fa⯑mily of Lennox ^d, by whom he had Three Sons and a Daughter, viz. Archbald his Succeſſor.

John Campbel was Author of the Branch of Barbreck, of whom deſcend⯑ed Campbel of Succoch

3d. Sir Dougal Campbel, who loſt his Eſtate for adhering to Edward Baloil.

Alicea, his Daughter, was married to Allan Lauder of Hatton ^e.

He had a natural Son, Niel, of whom the Campbel's of Melfort de⯑rive their Deſcent.

He departing this Life about the Year 1340, was ſucceeded by Arch⯑bald his Son, who conſtantly adhered to King David, during his Captivity in England, after the Battle of Dur⯑ham, and that Prince, upon his Return, to reward his Loyalty, beſtow'd upon him ſeveral Lands then in the Crown, by the Forfaulture of Sir Dougal Campbel, his own Brother, anno 1357^f.

[16] He married Mary, Daughter of Sir John Laumont ^a, by whom he had Colin his Succeſſor, who obtain'd from King David II. a Charter ra⯑tifying the Alienation made by Chri⯑ſtian, Daughter and Heir of Sir Dou⯑gal Campbel, of the Lands of Craig⯑niſh, to be holden of him and his Heirs in as ample manner as Duncan Mackdwyne, his Anceſtor, held the Barony of Lochow, which bears Date 25 March 1370^b. He was em⯑ploy'd by King Robert II. in reſtrain⯑ing the Incurſions of the Highlan⯑ders, who then infeſted the Weſtern Parts of this Realm, whom he re⯑duc'd to the King's Obedience: In Conſideration whereof, he obtain'd from the ſaid King ſundry Lands yet in the Family.

He married Mary Campbel, a Lady of his own Family, by whom he had two Sons, Duncan his Succeſſor.

Colin the ſecond, was Founder of the Family of Arkinlaſs ^c, of whom Sir James Campbel, Baronet, is lineal Heir. Of Arkinlaſs the Families of Arutenet, Dunoon, Carrick, Skipniſh, Blythſwood, Shawfield, Rachane, Auch⯑vwillen, and Dergachie are Branches.

Beſides which two Sons, he had a Daughter, Chriſtian, maried to Mal⯑colm Mackfarlane of Arochar ^d.

He had likewiſe two natural Sons, Dougal, Progenitor of the Family of Dunſtafuage, of whom Colin Camp⯑bel of Ederlin, and Robert Campbel of Balvie are deſcended.

The ſecond, Duncan, was firſt of that Branch of Duntroon.

To Sir Colin Campbel ſucceeded Sir Duncan his Son: This Duncan being a Perſon of great Parts, arriv'd to very high Advancements, as well in Honour as Eſtate: He married firſt the Lady Marjory Steuart, Daughter of Robert Duke of Albany, Governour of Scotland, and improv'd the Opportunity of his near Ally⯑ance with Murdoch Duke of Albany, Governour, while King James 1. was detain'd Priſoner in England, ſo far, that he prevail'd with him, to ran⯑ſom and reſtore the King to his Fa⯑thers Throne. This prudent Prince, diſcerning ſo much his Abilities, he conſtituted him one of his Privy Council, and his Juſticiar, and Lieu⯑tenant within the Shire of Argyle ^e, was continued in the ſame Office to King James II. by whom he was advanc'd to the Dignity of a Lord of Parliament, by the Title of Lord Campbel, anno 1445^f. This much as to his civil Actions. I come to his Works of Piety, which were great and many. He gave in pure Alms to the Monks of the Abbey of San⯑dale, in Kintyre, the Lands of Blair⯑natiber, for the Safety of his Soul^g, and founded the Collegiate Church of Kilmun, by his Charter, 4 Auguſt 1442^h; which Grant he expreſſes to be made, In honorem Dei, heatae virginis Mariae & Sancti Mundi, pro ſa⯑lute Animae olim recolendae Memo⯑riae Jacobi Regis & Joannae Reginae ſuae; nec non pro ſalute Animae Jacobi moderni Regis Scotorum meaque propria ſalute & animae quondam Marjoriae Con⯑jugis meae & modernae Conſortis meae, & quondam Caeleſtini filii mei primogeniti omnium Auteceſſorum & Succeſſorum meorum.

This noble Lord left Iſſue by Mar⯑jory his firſt Wife, aforeſaid, Daugh⯑ter of Robert Duke of Albany; three Sons. 1ſt. Caeleſtine, dyed ſans Iſſue.

2d. Archbald, from whom the Male Line of this noble Family ſprung: He [17] married in his Father's Time Eliſabeth. Daughter of Sir John Somervel of Carnwath, Anceſtor to the Lord Somer⯑vel, by whom he had a Son Colin, who ſucceeded his Grand-father.

3d. Sir Colin, who was firſt of that Branch of the Family of Glen⯑urchie, now dignified with the Title of Earl of Broadalbin.

By his ſecond Wife Margaret, Daughter of Sir John Steuart of Black⯑hall, natural Son of King Robert III. he had three Sons;

Duncan, firſt of the Branch of Ach⯑inbreak, of whom Sir James Camp⯑bel, Baronet, is lineal Heir Male. This Family hath produc'd the Campbel's of Glencardel, Glenſadale, Kilduskland, Kilmorie, weſter Keams, Kilberry, and Dana.

Niel, the ſecond Son, was Anceſ⯑tor of Campbel of Ellengreg, whereof the Heir is Sir Niel Campbel. Of this Family, is Colin Campbel of Or⯑mandale, now Major General in the Muſcovite Service.

Of the 3d. Son Iſſued the old Campbel's of Ottar, extinct.

Lord Duncan departing this Life, 1453, was buried in the Church of Kil⯑mun, where there is a noble Monument erected over him, with the Statue of Himſelf, as big as the Life, about the Verge of the Tomb, is this In⯑ſcription,‘Hic Jacet
Dominus Duncanus, Dominus le Camp⯑bel, Miles de Lochow.’

To Duncan Lord Campbel ſucceed⯑ed immediately Colin his Grand-ſon and Heir, who was created Earl of Argyle, by K. James II. anno 1457^a; being a Man of eminent Parts, was in the Reign of James III. employ'd in the higheſt Offices in the State, as Privy Seal, Maſter of the Houſhold, and Lord high Chancellor; all which he diſcharged with great Abi⯑lity and Integrity: He was in no leſs Favour with King James IV. after his Acceſſion to the Throne (tho without having any particular Hand in the Contrivances and bar⯑barous Actions, which were exercis'd in Order thereto) who conſtituted him again Chancellor, anno 1488^b. He enjoy'd that Office till his Death, anno 1492.

He married Iſabel, one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of John Steu⯑art, Lord Lorn, by whom he had two Sons, Archbald his Succeſſor, and Thomas, a younger Son, of whom deſcended the Family of Lundie in Angus ^c, likewiſe five Daughters.

1. Margaret, married to George Lord Seton, and had Iſſue.

2d. Iſabel, to William Maſter of Drummond, Son and Heir of John Lord Drummond, and had Iſſue.

3d. Helen, to Hugh, firſt Earl of Eglintoun, and had Iſſue.

4th. Eliſabeth, to John, ſecond Lord Oliphant, and had Iſſue.

5th. Mary, to Aeneas Mackdonald, natural Son and Heir of Tailzie to John Earl of Roſs.

Archbald Earl of Argyle, his Son, ſucceeded him, being a noble Man of great Parts and Wiſdom: He was by King James IV. promoted to be Chancellor of Scotland, anno 1494^d, Lord Camberlain, Anno 1495^e, and Maſter of the Houſhold, 1498^f. At the Battle of Flow⯑den, he Commanded the Van-Guard of the Army; and behaving himſelf with great Valour, was there killed, with his Royal Maſter King James IV. and the Flower of his Nobility, 9 of September 1513, leaving Iſſue by Eliſabeth his Wife, Daughter of John, firſt Earl of Lennox, four Sons, Colin his Succeſſor.

Archbald Campbel of Skipniſh, was the ſecond, which failed in an Heir Female, in the Reign of Queen Mary.

Sir John Campbel, third Son, came to the Poſſeſſion of a fair Eſtate, by [18] the Marriage of Morella, Daughter and ſole Heir of John Calder of that-Ilk, whoſe Succeſſor is Sir Hugh Campbel of Caldar: Of this Branch of the Family of Argyle, are the Camp⯑bel's of Archattan, Airds, and Sir Archbald Campbel of Clunies deſcend⯑ed.

Donald, fourth and youngeſt Son, was Abbot of Couper, of whom the Campbel's of Kythack in Angus derive their Deſcent.

Beſides theſe Sons, he had like⯑wiſe four Daughters. Margaret, mar⯑ried to John Lord Erskin, and had Iſſue. Iſabel, to Gilbert, ſecond Earl of Caſſils, and had Iſſue. Mary, to John Steuart Earl of Athole, and had Iſſue. And Jean, to Sir John Laumont of Inneryne, and had Iſſue.

Colin, Earl of Argyle, his Son, was nam'd one of the four Counſellours to King James V. anno 1525; in 1528 he was conſtituted Lieutenant of the Borders, and Warden of the Marches; which Office he diſcharged ſo much to his Majeſty's Satisfaction, that he obtain'd firſt a Grant of the Lord⯑ſhip of Abernethy, then in the Crown, by Angus's Forfaulture, and after an ample Confirmation of the hereditary Sheriffſhip of Argyle Shire, Juſticiary of Scotland, and heretable Maſter of the Houſhold^a.

He married Janet, Daughter of Alexander Earl of Huntly, by whom he had two Sons, and one Daughter, viz. Archbald who ſucceeded him.

John Campbel, ſecond Son, from whom is deſcended the Branch of Lochnel, which produc'd the Campbel's of Balerno and Stonfield.

Alexander Campbel, third Son, Dean of Murray, had no Succeſſion.

Margaret, married firſt to James Steuart Earl of Murray, natural Son of King James IV. and then to John Earl of Sutherland.

He departing this Life, anno 1542, was ſucceeded by Archbald his Son and Heir; which Archbald was one of the Peers, who upon the Death of King James V. entred into an Aſſo⯑ciation to oppoſe the then intended Match betwixt Queen Mary and King Edward VI. of England, and conſe⯑quential Union of the Crowns, as tending, To the high Diſhonour, per⯑petual Skaith, Dammage and Ruin of the Liberty, and Nobleneſs of this Realm, as it runs in the Original yet ex⯑tant, bearing Date the 4th. July, 1543^b.

Upon the breaking out of the War with England, he remarkably diſtinguiſh'd himſelf by his Valour and Conduct, both at the Battle of Pinkie, anno 1547, and at the Siege of Haddingtoun, 1548, in Defence of his Queen and Country, related at large by our Hiſtorians^c. This noble Lord was the firſt of his Quali⯑ty who imbrac'd the Proteſtant Re⯑ligion, in the Beginning of the Re⯑formation, of which he was a hearty Promoter, and continu'd ſtedfaſt in the Profeſſion thereof; when a⯑dying he recommended to his Son, to propogate the preaching of the Goſ⯑pel, according to the reform'd Prin⯑ciples, and the ſuppreſſing Romiſh Superſtition and Idolatry. He dyed anno 1558^d, leaving Iſſue by Lady Helen Hamilton his firſt Wife, Daughter of James Earl of Arran; Archbald his Son and Heir, and by his ſecond Wife Mary Graham, Daugh⯑ter of William Earl of Monteith,

Sir Colin Campbel of Buchuan, and two Daughters,

1. Margaret, married to James Steuart Lord Down, Anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Murray, and had Iſſue.

2d. Janet, to Hector Macklane of Dowart, and had Iſſue^e.

Archbald Earl of Argyle, his Son being a Perſon of ſingular accom⯑pliſhments, [19] was by the Eſtates of Scot⯑land, ſent Ambaſſador to the Queen, then in France, anno 1559, to Suppli⯑cate her Majeſty in Favour of the Reformation: But that taking no Effect, he, together with the Earls of Glencairn, Morton, and others, entred into an Aſſociation, wherein they bound themſelves to aſſiſt one another in advancing the Cauſe of Religion, which at laſt they got happily eſta⯑bliſh'd by Act of Parliament, anno 1560^a.

Upon the breaking out of the Civil War, in the Reign of Queen Mary, he eſpous'd her Intereſt, and was General of her Forces, at the Battle of Langſide, againſt the Earl of Murray, then Regent. After which he ſubmitted to the Authority of her Son, King James, and came to be ſo conſiderable in that Party, that upon the Death of Matthew Earl of Lennox, Regent, anno 1571, he ſtood a Candi⯑date for that Poſt; but the Earl of Marr being preferr'd to the Regency, he was conſtituted Lord High Chan⯑cellor. He enjoy'd that Office with univerſal Reputation for the Space of Three Years, even to his Death, which happen'd in September 1575^b, to whoſe Memory the famous Mr. Johnſton ^c, compos'd this Epigram.

This worthy Lord married two Wives, 1ſt. Lady Jean Steuart, natural Daughter of King James V. 2dly. Jane, Daughter of Alexander Earl of Glencairn, but by none of 'em left any Iſſue; whereupon his Eſtate and Honour came to Sir Colin Campbel of Buchuan, his Brother and Heir.

Which Colin was conſtituted one of the Lords of the Privy Council to King James VI. anno 1577, and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, upon the Deceaſe of John Earl of Athole, 1579, which, together with ſeveral other great Employments in the State, he enjoy'd till his Death, in the Year 1584^d.

He was married firſt to Janet Steu⯑art, Daughter of Henry Lord Meth⯑ven, but by her he had not any Iſſue; and by Agnes his ſecond Wife, Daughter of William Earl Mariſhal, and Widow of James Earl of Murray, He had two Sons, Archbald who ſuc⯑ceeded him, and Sir Colin Campbel of Lundy, Baronet.

Which Archbald Earl of Argyle was conſtituted General of the Forces rais'd againſt the Earls of Huntly and Errol, at the Battle of Glenlivet, anno 1594^e, and ſuppreſt the Inſur⯑rection of the Mackgregors 1603^f, and another more formidable by the Mackdonalds, in the Weſtern Iſles, 1614^g: In Reſpect whereof, and his other great Merits, he obtain'd a Grant of the Country of Kintyre, anno 1617, which was ratified by a ſpecial Act of Parliament^h.

In 1618, he went to Spain, and ſignaliz'd himſelf in that Service againſt the States of Holland, and aſſiſted at taking ſeveral Places of Strength, but by his Majeſty's Per⯑miſſion returning to England, he dyed at London, anno 1638ⁱ. He mar⯑ried firſt Anne, Daughter of William Earl of Morton, by whom he had Archbald his Succeſſor, and four Daughters.

1. Anne, married to George, ſecond Marqueſs of Huntly, and had Iſſue.

[20] 2d. Annabel, to Robert, ſecond Earl of Lothian, and had Iſſue.

3d. Jean, to John, firſt Viſcount of of Kenmure, and had Iſſue.

4th. Mary, to Sir Robert Montgomery of Skelmurly, and had Iſſue.

2dly. He married Anne, Daughter of Sir William Cornwallis of Brome, Anceſtor to the Lord Cornwalis in England, by Mary his Wife, third Daughter, and one of the Coheirs of John Lord Latimer ^a, by whom he had a Son James, created firſt Lord Kintyre, by King James VI. anno 1622, and by King Charles I. digni⯑fied with the Title of Earl of Irvine, by Letters Patent, bearing Date 28 March 1642^b, and a Daughter Mary married to James Lord Rollo, and had Iſſue.

Archbald Earl of Argyle, his Son, was a Man of great Learning, ſingu⯑lar Judgment, and other Endowments, which recommended him ſo much to the Favour of King Charles I. that he conſtituted him one of the Lords of his Privy Council.

In 1628, he reſign'd in his Ma⯑jeſty's hands the Juſticiary of all Scotland (which had been in his Family for divers Ages) reſerving to himſelf and his Heirs, the Ju⯑ſticiary of Argyle and the Weſtern Iſles, and where ever elſe he had Lands in Scotland, which was rati⯑fied by Act of Parliament, in 1633, where his Majeſty was preſent in Per⯑ſon. Not long after which, in re⯑ſpect of his own Merit, as well as the remarkable Fidelity and Loyalty of his Family in former Times to the Crown, his Majeſty was graciouſly pleas'd to create him Marqueſs of Argyle, by Letters Patent, bearing Date 15th. November 1641.

When the Troubles began in that Reign he joyn'd with the Parlia⯑ment of Scotland, and ſhew'd himſelf a Zealous aſſerter of the Presbyterian Church Government, which was then eſtabliſh'd.

After the horrid Murder of the King, he contributed much to the dutiful Reception of his Majeſty King Charles II. into Scotland, anno 1650, and at the Solemnity of his Corona⯑tion 1ſt. January 1651, he aſſiſted ſo⯑eminently as to put the Crown upon his Head: But upon the Reſto⯑ration of his Majeſty, anno 1660, he was attainted of High Trea⯑ſon, for correſponding and comply⯑ing with Oliver Cromwel (the too too common Fault of the Times) and found guilty by the Parliament, was beheaded at Edinburgh, the 27 of May, anno 1661. Imediately before his Execution, he ſolemnly declar'd, That from his Birth, to that Moment, he was free of any Acceſſion to the Death of King Charles^c, and like a good Chriſtian, pray'd God to bleſs his preſent Majeſty, in his Perſon and Government.

This great Peer was married to Margaret, Daughter of William Earl of Mortoun, by whom he had two Sons, Archbald Earl of Argyle. And

Lord Niel Campbel of Ardmaddie, ſometime Governour of Dunbar⯑toun Caſtle, married firſt Vere, Daughter of William Earl of Lothian, by whom he had Mr. Archbald Camp⯑bel his Son and Heir, a Gentleman of eminent Learning, and other Accom⯑pliſhments: Alſo by his ſecond Wife Suſanna, Daughter of Sir Alex⯑ander Menzies of Weim, he had two Sons, Mr. Neil Campbel Advocate, and Mr. Alexander Campbel. The Marqueſs had likewiſe three Daugh⯑ters.

1ſt. Anne, a Lady of excellent Endowments, never married.

2d. Jean, married to Robert firſt Marqueſs of Lothian, and had Iſſue.

3d. Mary, to George Earl of Caith⯑neſs, ſans Iſſue, after his Death, to John Earl of Broadalbin, and had Iſſue.

The Title of Marqueſs of Argyle failing by the Forfaulture of this [21] Archbald, his Majeſty was graci⯑ouſly pleas'd to reſtore Archbald Lord Lorn his Son, to the Eſtate, Title, and Precedency formerly enjoy'd by his Anceſtors, Earls of Argyle ^a.

Which Archbald, Earl of Argyle, was conſtituted Captain of his Maje⯑ſty's Foot Guards, anno 1650, with this Speciality, That tho all Commiſſions were then given by the Parliament, yet he would not ſerve without a Commiſſion from the King^b. After the Deſeat of the Royal Army at Worceſter, anno 1651, he took Arms for his Majeſty's Service, which in⯑cens'd Oliver Cromwel ſo much a⯑gainſt him, that tho he granted a Pardon and general Indemnity to the People of Scotland, by his Proclama⯑tion the 12 of April 1654, yet was he, with ſeveral other Loyaliſts, par⯑ticularly excepted; notwithſtanding of which, with ſingular Conſtancy, he preſerv'd his Duty and Fidelity to his Majeſty inviolated, in the worſt Times, would never capitulate, till he had General Midelton's Or⯑der from the King ſo to do, bear⯑ing Date 31 of December 1655^c: Then he made his Compoſition, without any other Engagment than laying down his Arms, whereupon he retired to his own Houſe, that he might live quietly, and retain'd ſtill his Affection and Fidelity to the King; of which his Majeſty was ſo perfectly ſenſible, that he was pleas'd to make his eminent Loyalty and Zeal toward the Reſtoration, the one⯑rous Cauſe of reſtoring him to his Fa⯑ther's Fortune, anno 1663. Not long after he was nam'd a Privy Counſelour, and one of the Commiſſioners of the Treſaury, which for many Years he diſcharged with great Fidelity, and thro' all Changes appear'd an earneſt Eſpouſer of the Proteſtant Intereſt: For ſeeing to what Paſs things were like to come, he propos'd in a Committee of Council, that to the Teſt might be added ſome Acts againſt Popery, which was ſo ill taken, that all methods imagin⯑able were devis'd to ruin him, which at laſt was effected, under a Pre⯑tence of his putting his own Senſe and Explanation upon the Teſt, when he took ^d it in theſe Words,

I have conſider'd the Teſt, and am deſirous to give Obedience, as far as I can; I am confident, the Parliament never intended to impoſe contradictory Oaths; and therefore I think no Man can explain it, but for himſelf, and re⯑concile it, as it is genuine, and agrees in its own Sence; and I take it ſo far as it is conſiſtent with it ſelf, and the Proteſtant Religion: And I do declare, I mean not to bind up my ſelf, in my Station, but in a lawful Way, to endeavour any thing I think for the Ad⯑vantage of the Church or State, not repugnant to the Proteſtant Religion, and my Loyalty: And this I under⯑ſtand, as part of my Oath.

For which, by the inſinuating Per⯑ſwaſions of ſome who bore him no good Will, the King was ſo far in⯑cens'd againſt him, that he not only commanded him Priſoner to the Caſtle of Edinburgh, but gave Order for his Tryal. Being found Guilty of high Treaſon, he made his E⯑ſcape out of the Caſtle, very dexte⯑rouſly, in the Dreſs of a Lady's Page^e, got over to Holland, whence with a few Men he invaded this Kingdom, 1685, in the Beginning of the Reign of King James VII. a little before the Duke of Monmouth landed in England, ^f but never having got together a⯑bove 2000 Men, was ſoon after totally routed near Kilpatrick, and taken Pri⯑ſoner: He was Beheaded at the Croſs [22] of Edinburgh the 30 of June 1685, upon his former Sentence. 'Tis ſaid, he compos'd this EPITAPH a few Hours before his Death.

This Archbald, Earl of Argyle, married Mary Steuart, Daughter of James 3d. Earl of Murray, by Mar⯑garet his Wife, Daughter of Alex⯑ander Earl of Home, by whom he had four Sons, viz.

Archbald late Duke of Argyle.

John Campbel of Mamore, 2d. Son, Member of Parliament for Dunbarton Shire, married ---- Daughter of John Lord Elphingſtoun, and has Iſſue.

Colonel Charles Campbel 3d. Son.

Colonel James Campbel 4th. Son, married Margaret, Daughter of David Leſly, Lord Newark, and has Iſſue.

Alſo two Daughters.

Anne, married firſt to Richard Earl of Lauderdale, and now to Charles Earl of Murray.

Jean, to William Marqueſs of Lo⯑thian, and has Iſſue.

Archbald Lord Lorn his Son, was one of the few Scots Peers that came over from Holland with the Prince of Orange, the late King William, into Britain, anno 1688. He was own'd by the Convention of Eſtates as Earl of Argyle, before the Forfaulture of his Father was reſcinded, which, by The Claim of Right, was declar'd to be A Reproach to the Nation. He was particularly Active to have the Crown eſtabliſhed on the Prince and Princeſs of Orange, as the Engliſh had done; which being by a great Majority carried in the Houſe, his Lordſhip was ſent from the Nobi⯑lity, with other two from the Barons and Burroughs, to offer the Crown in the Name of the ſaid Convention to their Majeſties, and tender'd them the Coronation Oath, for which, and many other good Services, upon their Advancement to the Throne of this Realm, he was admitted one of the Privy Council 1ſt. of May 1689, and anno 1690, made one of the Lords of the Treſaury, and after that Colonel of the Scots Guards of Horſe, and one of the extraordinary Lords of the Seſſion, upon the Deceaſe of William Duke of Hamilton, in the Year 1694: And further, in Conſideration of his good Services, he was by his ſaid Ma⯑jeſty created into the Dignity and Titles of Duke of Argyle, Marqueſs of Kintyre and Lorn, Earl of Campbel and Coual, Viſcount of Lochow and Glenyla, Lord Innerara, Mull, Morvern, and Tyrie, by Letters Patent, bearing Date at Kenſingtoun the 23 of June, 1701. Likeas, he carried over a Re⯑giment to Flanders for King William's Service, conſiſting almoſt, both Of⯑ficers and Souldiers, of his own Name and Family, who bravely diſtinguiſh'd themſelves thro' the whole Courſe of the War.

He married Eliſabeth, Daughter of Sir Lionel Talmaſh of Helingham, by Eliſabeth Dutches of Lauderdale, his Wife, Daughter and Heir of Wil⯑liam Murray Earl of Dyſart, and Siſter to Lionel now Earl of Dyſart, by whom he had Iſſue, two Sons and a Daughter.

John, the preſent Duke of Argyle.

Archbald Campbel Earl of Ilay.

Anne, married to James Steuart, 2d. Earl of Bute.

He departing this Life the 28 of September 1703, was ſucceeded by

John, the preſent Duke of Argyle, his Son and Heir, who from his Youth, ac⯑cording to the Rule of his great An⯑ceſtors, betook himſelf to a Mili⯑tary Life, was Colonel of a Regi⯑ment of Foot, at the End of the laſt War, when not full Seveenteen Years of Age, and even then gave ſignal Proofs of his Valour.

[23] In the Beginning of this War, he was conſtituted Brigadeer and Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, Major General, and then Lieutenant General in which Characters he has in a very eminent Mannerdiſtinguiſh'd himſelf thro' the whole Courſe of this preſent War; was at the Battle of Ramllies, and at the Siege of Menin, of which he took Poſſeſſion; commanded and took the Fort of Plaſandale, and aſſiſted at the Siege of Oſtend; was remarkably Active in the Pight at Audenard, and afterward took Poſſeſſion of Lille, (the Siege of which Town he had aſſiſted in) as alſo of Ghent and Bruges, and particularly ſignaliz'd himſelf in the Campaign 1709, at the Siege of Tournay, and the Battle of Blareignes; In ſhort, there has ſcarce been a Battle or Siege this War in Flanders, at which he did not aſſiſt in Perſon.

Upon his Father's Deceaſe, he was conſtituted one of the Lords of Her Majeſty's Privy Council, and Cap⯑tain of the Scots Guards of Horſe, and one of the extraordinary Lords of Seſſion, and Knight of the moſt noble Order of the Thiſtle, anno 1704.

In the Year 1705, Her Majeſty was pleas'd to add to his other Em⯑ployments, that of Lord High Com⯑miſſioner to Repreſent Her Royal Perſon in the Parliament, when not above 23 Years of Age: And upon his Return to Court, in Conſide⯑ration of his many ſignal Services, he was created a Peer of England, by the Title of Baron of Chatham, and Earl of Greenwich.

In 1710, He was appointed Ge⯑neraliſſimo of Her Majeſty's Forces in Spain, elected Knight of the Garter, and diſpatch'd with the Character of Ambaſſador-Extraordi⯑nary, and Plenipotentiary to Charles III. of Spain.

His Grace has married Mary, Daughter of Thomas Brown Eſq and Niece to Sir Charles Duncomb, late Lord Mayor of London.

Earls of Athole.

AThole had early Earls in the Reign of King Malcolm IV. Malcolm is then Earl of Athole: He out of his Devotion to God, gave in pure Alms to the Monks of Scoon the Church of Logen-mabed, with four Chappels thereunto be⯑longing^a, for the Safety of his Soul, and to the Abbay of Dumfermling, the Tithes of the Church of Mollin, Pro ſalute animae ſuae & animae Sponſae ſuae & Regum Predeceſſorum ſuorum ibidem requieſcentium, which was rati⯑fied by King William ^b. He left Iſſue,

Henry his Son and Heir, from whom the Title of Earl of Athole came to Alanus Oſtiarius Domini Re⯑gis: For I have found him deſign'd Earl of Athole, in a Confirmation he made to the Abbacy of Arbroth, of the Wood of Torfeach in Aberdeen-Shire, formerly given by Thomas de Lundin Oſtiarius Regis his Father, to that Convent, which King Alex⯑ander II. ratified by his Charter, the 12th. of October, the 19th. Year of his Reign^c.

From this Family the Title of Earl of Athole was transfer'd to Tho⯑mas of Galloway, by Marriage of Iſa⯑bel, the Heir Female. Patrick Earl of Athole their Son, was burnt in his own Lodging at Haddingtoun, anno 1241^d, whereupon his Eſtate [24] and Title deſcended to his Mother's Siſter, then the Wife of David Haſt⯑ings, an Engliſh Gentleman^a, by whom he had one Daughter, married to John de Strathbolgie ^b. David Earl of Athole, their Succeſſor, was Conſtable of Scotland, in the Begin⯑ning of the Reign of King Robert I. He's ſo deſign'd in a Charter granted by that Monarch, erecting the Lands of Tarves into a Regality, in fa⯑vour of the Monks of Arbroth, 26th. of February 1311^c. And another David Earl of Athole, his Succeſſor, who was conſtituted Governour of Scotland, by Edward Baliol; for whoſe Service he rais'd an Army, but was totally routed, and himſelf killed, at the Battle of Kilblain, by the Scots, under the Conduct of Patrick Earl of March, and Sir Andrew Murray, anno 1335. His Eſtate by Forſalture falling to the Crown, it ſo continued till King David II. was pleas'd to be⯑ſtow both the Eſtate and Title of Earl of Athole, upon John Campbel, Son of Sir Neil Campbel of Lochow, by the Lady Mary Bruce his Wife, Daugh⯑ter of Robert Earl of Carrick, and Siſter to King Robert Bruce; but he dying without Succeſſion, the Title became extinct by his Death, but did not long ſo continue, for King Robert II. was pleas'd to revive it again in the Perſon of Walter Steuart his ſecond Son, by Eupham Roſs his Queen in the 5th. Year of his Reign, anno 1375^d. He founded the Collegi⯑ate Church of Methven, anno 1433, which he amply endow'd with Lands and Tithes within his own Territo⯑ries, for the Salvation of his Soul, according to the Devotion of theſe Days; and conſiderably enrich'd himſelf by the Marriage of Margaret, eldeſt of the Daughters and Co-Heirs of Sir David Barclay of Brechin, by whom he had David his eldeſt Son, who died in England, one of the Hoſtages for the Ranſom of King James I. and Alan Steuart, Earl of Caithneſs, who was killed, fighting bravely in the Service of his Country at the Battle of Innerlochy, anno 1428^e.

This Walter Earl of Athole, was the principal Actor in the horrid Murder of King James I. his Nephew, which proceeded (ſays our Hiſtorians) from a Reſponſe he had from ſome of his Highlanders, that before his Death he ſhould be Crown'd in a ſolemn Aſſembly. For this horrid and unnatural Crime, the Sentence of Death was executed upon him, in a moſt exemplary Manner, famous over all Europe; and his Eſtate was annexed to the Crown.

STEUART, Earl of Athole.

THE Firſt of this Illuſtrious Branch of the Family of Steu⯑art, who attain'd this Dignity, was, John Steuart Son and Heir of Sir James Steuart, for Diſtinction call'd The black Knight of Lorn, by Jean his Wife, Dowager of King James I. and Daughter of John Earl of Somer⯑ſet; which James was created Earl of Athole by his Uterine Brother, King James II.^f

In the Reign of King James III. he was conſtituted his Majeſty's Lieu⯑tenant, againſt the Lord of the Iſles, then in Rebellion; and by his Valour and Conduct, he reduc'd him to the King's Obedience^g: For which ſignal Service, he had thereupon a ſpecial Grant of ſeveral Lands, and [25] this Motto added to his Arms, Furth Fortune and fill the Fetters, in 1457, he was one of the Conſervators of the Peace with England, and in 14 [...] was join'd in Commiſſion with ſeve⯑ral others, to treat of a Peace with the Engliſh, which they then con⯑cluded. He married firſt Beatrix, Daughter of Archibald fifth Earl of Douglas, by whom he had a Daugh⯑ter Eliſabeth, married to Patrick Lord Gray.

2dly. Eleanor Sinclair, Daughter of William Earl of Orkney, by whom he had John his Succeſſor, 2d. Andrew, Biſhop of Caithneſs, and Daughters.

Jean, married to Alexander Earl of Huntly, and had Iſſue.

Catharine, to John Lord Forbes, and had Iſſue.

Iſobel, to John Earl of Lennox, and had Iſſue.

Eliſabeth, to Alexander Robertſon of Strowan, and had Iſſue.

He departing this Life 19 Septem⯑ber 1512; was ſucceeded by John his Son and Heir, who was killed at Floudoun 9 September 1513, leaving Iſſue by Mary his Wife, Daughter of Colin Earl of Argyle: John his Son and Heir, and Daughters, Janet mar⯑ried firſt to Alexander, Maſter of Sutherland, and had Iſſue. Then to Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains. And 3dly. To Henry Steuart Lord Meth⯑ven, and had Iſſue. Helen to John Lord Lindſay, and had Iſſue. Eliſa⯑beth, to John Mackenzie of Kintail, Anceſtor to the Earl of Seaforth.

John, 3d. Earl of Athole married Griſal Daughter and Coheir of Sir John Ratray of That-Ilk, by whom he had

John, 4th. Earl of Athole; his Son who was on the King's ſide, in the Mi⯑nority of James VI. He was conſtitut⯑ed Chancellour 19 April 1578, in the Room of John Lord Glamis deceaſ⯑ed, and continu'd in that Office till his Death, which happen'd 24 April 1579. He was married to Margaret Daughter of Malcolm Lord Fleeming, Widow both of Robert Maſter of Montroſe, and of Thomas Maſter of Erskine, by whom he had Iſſue, John, his Succeſſor, and Daughters.

Eliſabeth, married to Hugh Lord Lovat, and had Iſſue. 2dly. To Robert Steuart Earl of March. And 3dly. She became the Wife of James Steuart, then called Earl of Arran.

Griſal, to David Earl of Craw⯑furd, and had Iſſue.

Ann, to Francis Earl of Errol, ſans Iſſue.

Jean, to Duncan Campbel of Glen⯑urchie, and had Iſſue.

John, fifth Earl of Athole, was one of the Privy Council to King James VI. anno 1590. He married Mary Ruthven, Daughter of William Earl of Gourie, by whom he had Three Daughters.

Dorothea, married to William Earl of Tillibairn, whoſe Son John in her Right, came afterward to poſſeſs this Honour.

Mary, to James Steuart Lord Inner⯑meath, ſans Iſue.

Jean, to Henry Steuart Lord St. Colme, and had Iſſue.

He departed this Life 18 Novem⯑ber 1594^a, whereby the Honour became Extinct, but did not ſo con⯑tinue two Years, when King James was pleaſed to revive it again in the Perſon of James Lord Innermeath, by Letters Patent, bearing date 13 April 1596^b, but he dying without Iſſue 1605^c, the Title of Athole came to Dorothea, Counteſs of Tillibairn.

MURRAY Duke of Athole.

THIS Noble Family is of great Antiquity, in vice comitatu de Perth, and deſcends from Sir William Murray, Son of Sir Malcolm [26] Murray Knight. He obtained the Barony of Tillibairn, by marrying of Adda, Daughter of Malyſe, Seneſcal of Strathern, as is clear from an Origi⯑nal Charter I have ſeen, bearing Date the Thurſday preceeding the Feaſt of St. Simon and St. Jude, Anno Dom. 1282^a. This Sir William was one of the Scots Barons on the Part of John Baliol, who were call'd to Berwick when King Edward was to determine the Controverſy about the Crown of this Realm then in Diſpute; betwixt Robert de Bruce, and the ſaid John de Baliol, anno 1292^b. By the ſaid Adda his Wife he left Iſſue Sir Andrew his Son and Heir, who gave in pure Alms to the Monks of the Abby of Inchaffry, an Annual Sum payable out of the Barony of Tilli⯑bairn, which had formerly been in Diſ⯑pute between him and the ſaid Con⯑vent, and that for the Health of his Soul, bearing Date on St. Bean's Day, (i. e. 16 December) 1331^c. This is that Sir Andrew who took part with Ed⯑ward Baliol, for which diſloyal Action his Eſtate was forfeited, and he be⯑headed at Perth in 1332, leaving Iſſue.

William his Son, who obtained a Grant of the Barony of Tillibairn, u⯑pon the Reſignation of Adda de Mo⯑ravia, his Grand-mother, in which Sir William de Montefix Juſtitiario Scotiae ex boreali par [...]e aquae de Forth, is a Witneſs. This William had Iſſue.

Sir Walter Murray of Tillibairn his Son and Heir, who dying circa An⯑num 1390, left Iſſue by Margaret le Baird his Wife.

Sir David Murray his Son and Heir, who was knighted by King James I. He founded the Collegiate Church of Tillibairn in Strathern, dedicated in Honour of our Bleſsed Saviour, and dyed about 1446 leaving Iſſue, Wil⯑liam his Succeſſor, and a Daughter Marion married to Malcolm Drummond of Cargill, the Anceſtor of the Fami⯑ly of Perth.

Which William, received the Ho⯑nour of Knighthood from King James III. to whom he faithfully adhered, in Conſideration whereof he was conſtituted Stewart of Strathern, anno 1482, which was ratified by Act of Parliament, in 1491^d. He mar⯑ried Mary Daughter to the Earl Mariſhal, by whom he had

Sir John, who dyed without Iſſue.

William, his Succeſſor.

The 3d. Sir Andrew Murray of Arn⯑gosk, anceſtor to the preſent Viſcount of Stormont.

4. David Murray of Strathgeth.

And Chriſtian, a Daughter mar⯑ried to George Lord Seton, and had Iſſue.

He departed this Life in a good advanced Age, about the Year 1509, was ſucceeded by William his Son and Heir, who married Katharin Daughter of Sir Duncan Campbel of Glenurchie, by whom he had Iſſue.

William, his Succeſſor.

2d. Alexander.

3d. James.

And Daughters, 1. Anabella married to John Earl of Mar, and had Iſſue. 2. Eu⯑pham firſt to Robert Steuart of Roſyth, then to Robert Pitcairn Commenda⯑tor of Dunfermling, Secretary of State in the Minority of King James VI. 3. Katharin, to Robert Morray of Aber⯑cairny, 4. Jean to James Henderſon of Fordell, and had Iſſue; he depar⯑ting this Life anno 1562, was ſuc⯑ceeded by

William his Son and Heir, who was of the Privy Council to Queen Mary, and Comptroller of Her Ma⯑jeſty's Houſhold, upon the breaking out of the Civil War in that Reign. He was one of the Barons who entred into that memorable Aſſociation to Defend the young Prince King James, and to proſecute Bothwell for the Mur⯑der of of the King; yet (ſays Sir James Melvil) He always retain'd a dutiful reſpect to Her Majeſty, and only entred into the Aſſociation for [27] Safety of the young Prince, and Puniſh⯑ment of the Kings Murder. In 1572. he was joined in Commiſſion with Sir Alexander Erskin to be Governour to the young King, and joint Keeper of the Caſtle of Stirling, and dyed 1583, leaving Iſſue by Agnes his Wife, Daughter of William Earl of Montroſe, John his Succeſſor, Alexander, who was Colonel of a Regiment in the Netherlands.

Margaret, married to Sir Robert Bruce of Clackmanan, and had Iſſue.

Which Sir John Murray of Tilli⯑bairn was one of the Privy Council to King James VI. he being a well deſerving Perſon, and enjoying a very ample Fortune, was by the Fa⯑vour of the ſaid King, advanced to the Dignity of Lord Murray of Tilli⯑bairn, 25 April 1604, and July 10 1606, to the Dignity of Earl of Til⯑libairn. He married Katharin Daugh⯑ter of David Lord Drummond, by whom he had Iſſue.

1. William his Succeſſor, 2. Sir Pa⯑trick Murray Knight of the Bath, and one of the Gentlemen of his Majeſty's Bed-Chamber, and afterward Earl of Tillibairn. 3d. Mungow Viſcount of Stormont, who dyed without Iſſue. Likewiſe ſeveral Daughters.

Anne, married to Patrick Earl of Kinghorn, and had Iſſue.

Lilias, married to Sir John Grant of That-ilk, and had Iſſue.

Margaret, to James Hadden of Glen⯑eagles, and had Iſſue.

Katharine to David Roſs of Balna⯑goun.

William Earl of Tillibairn his Son, being accidentally in the Town of Perth, 5 Auguſt, 1600 fortuned to be the happy Reſcuer of his Majeſty King James VI. from a Tumult of the Citizens, after the Death of John Earl of Gourie; for which ſignal Ser⯑vice, he obtained a ſpecial Grant of the Sheriffſhip of Perth-ſhire, which ſtill continues in his Family.

He married Dorothea Steuart eldeſt Daughter of John the fifth and laſt Earl of Athole, by whom he had John his Son and Heir, who ſucceeded to the Title, Dignity, and Precedency of Athole, (he then reſigning the Honour of Tillibairn), which John Earl of Athole, faithfully adhered to King Charles I. In the Beginning of his unhappy Troubles he raiſed his Men for his Majeſty's Service, againſt the the Marqueſs of Argyle, anno 1641, and dyed 1642, leaving Iſſue by Jean his Wife, Daughter of Sir Duncan Campbel of Glenurchie, John his Suc⯑ceſſor, Mungow who died unmarried, and Anne married to James Earl of Tillibardin, but had no Iſſue.

Which John Earl of Athole, in De⯑fence of King Charles II. loyally took up Arms, and had ſeveral En⯑counters with the Engliſh Uſurpers in the North of Scotland in 1653, when not above 18 Years of Age, for which he ſuffered in the common Calamity with other Loyaliſts; in Conſideration whereof, upon his Majeſty's Reſtoration, he was con⯑ſtituted Juſtice General in 1661, Lord Privy Seal, 1672; Captain of his Majeſty's Guards, and one of the extraordinary Lords of the Seſſion. And further, in Regard of his eminent Services, was created Marqueſs of Athole, by Letters Patent, bearing date 17 Feb. 1676.

Upon K. James's Acceſſion to the Throne; anno 1685, His Majeſty, confiding much in his Loyalty, com⯑miſſioned him to go againſt the Earl of Argyle, then in Arms in the Weſt, where he contributed much to the ſuppreſſing of that Rebellion; for which ſignal Service he was conſtituted Lieutenant of Argyle-Shire, and in anno 1687, was elected Knight of the moſt noble Order of the Thiſtle.

This noble Lord married Aemilia Stanly, Daughter of that valiant and loyal Nobleman James Earl of Dar⯑by, by whom he had Iſſue,

John, the preſent Duke.

Charles, Earl of Dunmore.

Lord James Murray of Dowally, who [28] married Anne Daughter of Sir Robert Murray of Cockpool, and has Iſſue,

William Lord Nairn, fourth Son.

Lord Edward Murray 5th. Son, mar⯑ried Katharin Daughter of Skeen of Halyards, and has Iſſue, and a Daughter Aemilia married to Hugh Lord Lovat, and had Iſſue. He departed this Life 6 May 1703, was inter'd in the Veſtry of the Cathedral Church of Dunkeld under a ſumptuous Monu⯑ment of black and white Marble.

John, the preſent Duke of Athole has been imploy'd in ſome of the moſt eminent Offices in the State, both in this and the former Reign, which he ſtill diſcharged with the utmoſt Fidelity. In 1695 he was made Secretary of State, and by Let⯑ters Patent, bearing date 27 July 1697, created Earl of Tillibairn, in Conſideration of his good Services, as well as his near Relation in Blood to King William, and the ſame Year was Lord High Commiſſioner to the Parliament.

Upon Her Majeſties Acceſſion to the Throne, he was nam'd a Privy Counſellour, and 8 December 1702. conſtituted Lord Privy Seal, and the 30 April 1703, created Duke of Athole, and in 1704, elected Knight of the moſt noble Order of St. Andrew.

In the Parliament 1706, which concluded the Union of the Crowns, he was one of the Peers who made a very ſtrong and vigorous Oppoſition to it, and on the 4 November, when the firſt Article of the Treaty, was Enacted and Ratified, his Grace enter'd this Proteſtation, which from the Records of Parliament I tranſcribed.

I John Duke of Athole, Proteſt for my ſelf and all others who ſhall adhere to this my Proteſtation, that an Incor⯑porating Union of the Crown of Scotland with the Crown of England, and that both Nations ſhould be repreſented by one and the ſome Parliament, as con⯑tain'd in the Articles of the Treaty of Union is contrary to the Honour, Inte⯑reſt, fundamental Laws and Conſtituti⯑ons of this Kingdom, the Birth-right of the Peers, the Privileges of the Ba⯑rons and Burgeſses, and Act 10. Parl. 8. Ja. 6. it is ordain'd, that none of the Leiges preſume to take upon them to im⯑pugn the Dignity and Authority of the Three Eſtates of Parliament, or to ſeek or procure the Diminution of the Power and Authority of the ſaid Three Eſtates under the pain of Treaſon, and is con⯑trary to the Claim of Right, Property and Liberty of the Subject. And the 3d. Act of Her Majeſty's Parliament, 1703, it is thereby declared high Treaſon in any of the Subjects of this Kingdom to quarrel or impugn, or endea⯑vour by writing, or malicious and adviſ⯑ed ſpeaking, or any other open Act or Deed to innovate the Claim of Right in any Article thereof.

Likeas on the 7 January, 1707, when the 22d. Article of the Treaty of Union in relation to the Number of Repreſentatives for Scotland in the Parliament of Great-Britain, came to be debated, the Duke gave in this Proteſt, which in Juſtice to his Grace I could not forbear to inſert.

Foraſmuchas the Peers of this Realm who are Hereditary Members of Her Majeſty's great Council and Parliament do hereby become Elective, and ſo Her Majeſty is deprived of Her born Counſellours, and the Peers of their Birth-right: And whereas at preſent they are 160 in Number, they are by this Article reduced to 16, which 16 are to be joined with the Houſe of Lords in England, whoſe Number at preſent conſiſts of above 180, whereby its plain, that the Scots Peers ſhare in the Le⯑giſlative and Judicative Powers in the Britiſh Parliament is very unequal, to that of the Engliſh, tho the one be Re⯑preſentative of as Free and Indepen⯑dent a Nation as the other, and is therefore a plain Forfaulture of the Peer⯑age of this Kingdom, contrary to the [29] Honour of the Monarchy, diſgraceful to the Kingdom, and prejudicial to the Ba⯑rons and Burrows of this Realm.

This noble Lord married firſt the Lady Katharine Hamilton, Daughter of William and Anne Duke & Dutches of Hamilton, a Lady of incomparable prudence, and a ſingular example of Virtue and Piety, by whom he had Iſſue,

John Marqueſs of Tillibairn, a Youth of great Hopes and Expecta⯑tion, who was killed at the Battle of Mons, 31 of Auguſt 1709, to the great Grief of his noble Relations,

William Marqueſs of Tillibairn.

Lord James

Lord Charles

Lord George

Lord Baſil

Lady Suſanna All unmarried.

2dly. He married Mary Daughter of William Lord Roſs, by whom he has Iſſue a Son John, an Infant.

ARBUTHNET, Viſcount of Arbuthnet.

THIS Family hath been of great Antiquity in the Shire of Kincardin, and long poſ⯑ſeſſed of the Barony of Arbuthnet there. The Name hath been origi⯑nally writen Aberbothenoth, Duncan de Aberbothenoth is Witneſs in a Grant by King Alexander II. to the Abbacy of Aberbroth, anno 1242^a.

In the Time of Alexander III. Hugh de Aberbothenoth, gave in pure alms to the Monks of Aberbroth the Patronage of the Church of Garvoch pro ſalute animae ſuae, Anno Dom. 1282^b, and Philip de Aberbothenoth Do⯑minus ejuſdem, was a Benefactor to the Church of Aberdeen, in anno 1367^c, in the Time of King David II. He married Margaret Daughter of Sir James Douglaſs of Dalkeith ^d, from whom by lineal Succeſſion, was Sir Robert Arbuthnet of that Ilk, who manifeſting his Loyalty to K. Charles I. was by that Monarch created Viſ⯑count of Arbuthnet 16 November, 1641. He married firſt Marion Daugh⯑ter to David firſt Earl of Southesk, by whom he had Robert his Son and Heir, and by Margaret his ſecond Wife, Daughter of Simon Lord Lovat he likewiſe had Iſſue, and dying anno 1659^e, was ſucceeded by Robert his Son and Heir, who married Mary Daughter of William Earl Mariſhal, by whom he had Robert, who ſucceeded him in his Eſtate and Honour; alſo by Katharine his ſecond Wife, Daugh⯑ter of John Gordon of Pitlurg, he had Iſſue John Arbuthnet of Fordon, Alex⯑ander, who changed his Sirname to Maitland, by his Marriage with the Heretrix of Pitrichie, he's now one of the Barons of Her Majeſty's Ex⯑chequer [30] in Scotland, 3d Thomas; alſo ſeveral Daughters.

This Lord dying anno 1684, was ſucceeded by Robert his Son, who de⯑parted this Life in 1692, leaving Iſſue by Anne his Wife, Daughter of George Earl of Sutherland, Robert his Son and Heir, who died unmarried anno 1710, and John the preſent Viſcount of Ar⯑buthnet who married Jean Daughter of William Moriſon of Preſtongrange.

CUMMIN, Lord of Badenoch.

THIS noble and ſpreading Fa⯑mily of Norman Extraction^a, is of very great Antiquity in this Realm. The firſt I have found mentioned, is, Comes Robertus Cummin, who was killed at the Battle of An⯑wick, anno 1609^b. The next is Wil⯑liam Cummin, who was Lord high Chancellor of Scotland, in the Reign of King David I. anno 1142, he left Iſſue Sir William, who was Chamber⯑lain to King William ^c, and married Hexilda Grand child of Donald King of Scotland ^d, by whom he had William, Father of Sir Richard Cummin, who gave in pure Alms to the Monks of Kelſo the Church of Lyncudric, with half a Carrucate of Land there⯑unto belonging, pro ſalute Henrici Comitis Domini ſui qui obiit 1152^e: He left Iſſue three Sons,

Sir John of Badenoch.

Sir Walter Earl of Monteith.

Sir William firſt Earl of Buchan.

Which Sir John for Diſtinction cal⯑led The Reid Cummin, had Iſſue Sir John and three Daughters, the firſt married to Sir Godfrey de Murray, the 2d to Alexander of Argyle, Lord of Lorn, the 3d to Sir VVilliam Murray of Bothwell.

Sir John Cummin of Badenoch, uſual⯑ly deſigned The Black Cummin, was choſen one of the ſix Governours of Scotland, anno 1286, upon the Death of K. Alexander III. In 1290 he was one of the Competitors for the Crown on the deceaſe of Queen Margaret, as Son and Heir of John Son and Heir of Richard, Son and Heir of VVilliam, Son and Heir of Hexilde, Daughter and Heir of Bethock Daughter and Heir of Donald, ſome time King of Scotland ^f: He left Iſſue by Marjory Daughter of John, and Siſter to John Baliol once King of this Realm, John his Son and Heir^g. This is that John Cummin, who in 1305 entered into a ſolemn Treaty with Robert Bruce Earl of Carrick, for freeing their Country from Engliſh Servitude, which he perſidiouſly diſcovered to King Edward of England, for which King Robert Bruce killed him in the Church of Drumfriſe, 10 February 1306; by whoſe Death the chief branch of this noble Family expi⯑red.

LINDSAY, Earl of Balcaraſs.

THIS Family deſcends from Mr. John Lindſay of Balcaraſs, 2d Son of David Lindſay of Edzle, (Earl of Crawfurd,) by Janet [31] his Wife, Daughter of Sir John Camp⯑bel of Calder.

Which Mr. John being a Man of great Parts and Learning, more e⯑ſpecially in the Laws, he was con⯑ſtituted one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice in 1584^a, and after ſome time, one of the Commiſ⯑ſioners of the Theſaury^b, and Se⯑cretary of State, anno 1596, in room of the Lord Thirlſtane deceaſed; all which Offices he enjoyed with an univerſal Reputation till his Death. In 1598^c, he married Margaret, Daugh⯑ter of . . . . . . Guthry of Lunnen ^d, by whom he had Sir David his Son and Heir, and Daughters;

Janet married to Sir John Lindſay of Benholm.

Margaret to Sir Alexander Strachan of Thornfoun, and had Iſſue.

Mary to John Brown of Fordel, and had Iſſue.

Which Sir David was created Lord Lindſay of Balcaraſs, by K. Charles I. the 7 June 1633, immediately pre⯑ceeding his Majeſty's Coronation. He married Sophia Daughter of Ale⯑xander Earl of Dunfermling, by whom he had Alexander his Succeſſor, and two Daughters, Sophia married to Sir Robert Moray, Juſtice Clerk in the Reign of King Charles II. of the Fa⯑mily of Abercairny, but had no Iſſue. Iſabel married to Thomas Boyd of Pinkhill, in vice comitatu de Air, ſans Iſſue.

Which Alexander, Lord Balcaraſs, being a Perſon of great Prudence, ex⯑amplary Loyalty, and ſingular Affecti⯑on to King Charles II. was by his Majeſty's Favour raiſed to the Digni⯑ty of Earl of Balcaraſs, in 1651. U⯑pon the depreſſion of the Royal cauſe in Scotland, anno 1654, he fol⯑lowed the King into Foreign Parts, during the Uſurpation, and dyed in Holland in the beginning of the Year 1660, upon him the famous Poet Mr. Cowley wrote this Epitaph,

He left Iſſue by Anne his Wife, Daughter of Colin Earl of Seaforth, two Sons, Charles who ſucceeded him in the Earldom, but dyed unmarried anno 1662, and Colin the preſent Earl: alſo three Daughters, 1ſt. Anne, who embraced the Romiſh Perſwaſion and dyed a Nun in France, Sophia married to Colonel Charles Campbel, Son to the late Earl of Argyle, and Henrietta to Sir Duncan Campbel of Auchinbraick, and had Iſſue.

Colin the preſent Earl was one of the Lords of the Privy Council to King Charles II. and King James VII. and one of the Commiſſioners of the Theſaury, he married firſt Margaret Daughter of Lewis de Naſſaw Lord Beverwart in Holland. 2dly. Jean Daugh⯑ter of David Earl of Northesk, by whom he had one Daughter Anne, married to Alexander Earl of Kelly, and had Iſſue. To his 3d. Wife, he mar⯑red Jean Daughter of VVilliam Earl of Roxburgh, by whom he had Colin Lord Cumberland, who dyed unmarried in 1708, and a Daughter Counteſs of VVigtoun. 4thly. He married Mar⯑garet Daughter of James Earl of Lon⯑don, by whom he had Iſſue,

Alexander Lord Cumberland.

James in Her Majeſty's Sea Service.

Lady Eliſabeth.

Lady Eleanor, all unmarried.

BALLENDEN, Lord Ballenden.

THIS Family began its Riſe in the Reign of King James V. at which time Thomas Ballen⯑den of Auchinoule was Juſtice Clerk, and Director of the Chancery, anno 1541^a, he dying anno 1546, left Iſſue; Sir John his Son and Heir, who was Juſtice Clerk in the Reign of Queen Mary and King James VI. for upwards of twenty Years: He mar⯑ried Barbara Daughter of . . . . . . . Kennedy of . . . . . . and left Iſſue Sir Lewis his Son and Heir and Mr. Adam, Doctor of Divinity, firſt Biſhop of Dunblain, and thereafter of Aber⯑deen.

Which Sir Lewis was made one of the Senators of the College of Ju⯑ſtice, anno 1584, he married Marga⯑ret Daughter of William Lord Living⯑ſton, and left Iſſue Sir James his Son and Heir, who married Margaret Daughter of William Ker of Cesfurd, Siſter to Robert firſt Earl of Roxburgh, by whom he had Sir William his Suc⯑ceſſor, and a Daughter Margaret mar⯑ried to Henry Lord Cardroſs.

Which Sir William having given many ſignal teſtimonies of his Loyal⯑ty to King Charles II. during the Uſurpation, in Conſideration thereof upon his Majeſty's Reſtoration, he was dignified with the Honour of Lord Ballenden, by Letters Patent bearing date 10 June 1661, and the ſame Year he was conſtituted Theſau⯑rer Depute, and one of the Lords of his Majeſty's Privy Council, but dying unmarried, he made over his Eſtate, and got his Title of Lord conveyed to John Ker 4th. Son of William Earl of Roxburgh, who thereupon changed his Name to Ballenden; he married . . . . Mure Daughter to the Earl of Droghe⯑da in the Kingdom of Ireland, Widow of William Earl of Dalhouſy, by whom he had the preſent Lord, who ſuc⯑ceeded his Father in the Honour u⯑pon his Death, anno 1706.

ELPHINSTON, Lord Balmerino,

THE Firſt of this collateral Branch, raiſed to the Dignity of Peerage, was Sir James El⯑phinſton 3d Son of Robert Lord Elphin⯑ſton, by Eliſabeth Daughter of Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffery, and of Janet his Wife, natural Daughter to King James IV.

Which Sir James having ſtudied the Laws, in ſhort time became ſo highly eſteemed for his Abilities, that he was conſtituted one of the Sena⯑tors of the College of Juſtice, in the Year 1586^b, in 1595 one of the Lords of the Theſaury, then called The Octavians ^c, and Secretary of State anno 1598 in room of John Lind⯑ſay of Balcaras deceaſed: alſo Preſident of the Seſſion, upon the promotion of Alexander Earl of Dunfermling to be Chancellor, in 1605. In all which Imployments he deported himſelf with ſuch Learning, Judgment and Sufficiency, that King James, ſoon after his acceſſion to the Crown of [33] England, created him Lord Balmerino, by Letters Patent, bearing date 25 April 1604, being then appointed one of the Commiſſioners on the part of Scotland to treat of a nearer Union with England, he took to Wife, firſt Sarah Daughter of Sir John Monteith of Carſe, by whom he had John his Son and Heir, and 2dly. Marjory Daughter of Hugh Maxwell of Tyling, by whom he had James Lord Couper, alſo two Daughters, Anne married to Andrew Lord Frazer, and had Iſſue, and Mary to John Homilton of Blair, and had Iſſue, he departing this Life in anno 1612^a, was ſucceeded by John his Son and Heir, a Perſon like⯑wiſe of great Parts and Learning, as appears by the Part he acted in the Reign of King Charles I. whereof Biſhop Guthry in his Memoirs gives a full Account: He married Anne Daughter of Sir Thomas Ker of Fernie⯑hirſt, Siſter to Andrew Lord Jedburgh, and to Robert Earl of Somerſet and dying anno 1649, by the ſaid Anne his Wife left Iſſue,

John his Son and Heir, who dyed the 10th. of June 1704, leaving Iſſue by Margaret his Wife Daughter to John Earl of Loudon, John his Son and Heir.

Which John, the preſent Lord Bal⯑merino, was one of the Peers, who in 1706, oppoſed the Union with Eng⯑land in the Terms of the Treaty then before the Houſe, tho the Matter was then concluded. In 1710 he was made General of the Mint in place of the Earl of Lauderdale deceaſed: and Sheriff of Edinburgh Shire, then in Her Majeſty's Hands, by the Death of William Earl of Dalhouſie: and e⯑lected one of 16 Peers of Scotland to the Parliament of Great Britain, alſo in 1711 he was named one of the Commiſſioners for executing the Of⯑fice of Chamberlain, which he at pre⯑ſent enjoys.

This worthy Lord married firſt Chriſtian Daughter of Hugh Earl of Eglington, by whom he had Hugh, who was killed at the Seige of Liſle, anno 1708, James now Maſter of Bal⯑merino, alſo two Daughters;

Margaret married to Sir John Pre⯑ſton of Preſtounhall, and had Iſſue.

Jean to Francis Stuart Eſq Bro⯑ther to the Earl of Murray, and has Iſſue.

Secondly. Anne Daughter of Dr. Ar⯑thur Roſs Arch-Biſhop of St. Andrews, by whom he has

Arthur.

Alexander.

Anne, all unmarried.

OGILVY, Lord Banff.

THE Progenitor of this Fami⯑ly was Sir Walter Ogilvy of Dunlugaſs, Son of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Boyn by Margaret his Wife, one of the Daughters and Coheirs of of Sir James Edmonſton of That⯑ilke^c.

This Sir Walter acquired a fair E⯑ſtate by the Marriage of Aliſon, one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Pa⯑trick Hume of Faſtcaſtle, tempore Jacobi [...]arti, he left Iſſue.

George Ogilvy of Dunlugaſs his Son and Heir, who married Beatrix Daugh⯑ter of George Lord Seaton, by whom he had Walter his Succeſſor, and a [34] Daughter married to Sir Alexander Frazer of Philorth, he departed this Life anno 1612, in the uncommon Age of 105, upon him Dr. Johnſton ^a wrote this Epitaph.

Sir Walter Ogilvy of Dunlugaſs his Son, married Helen Daughter of Sir John Urquhart of Cromarty, by whom he had George his Son and Heir, who was created Baronet by King Charles I. 30 July 1627: He ſignalized his Loyalty and Valour at the Bridge of Dee in his Majeſty's behalf againſt the Covenanters, under the Conduct of James Earl of Montroſe, an. 1639, and continuing firm in his Loyalty in the time of the Civil Wars, was in reſpect thereof raiſed to the Dignity of Lord Banff, by Letters Patent, bearing date 31 of Auguſt 1642. He married firſt Helen Daughter of Sir Alexander Irvin of Drum, by whom he had a Daughter Helen, married to James Earl of Airly, and had Iſſue. 2dly. Mary Daughter of Sir Alexander Su⯑therland of Duffus, by whom he had Iſſue George his Son and Heir, who ſucceeded him upon his Death, in 1663, he took to Wife Agnes Daughter of Alexander Lord Halker⯑toun, by whom he had George the pre⯑ſent Lord, and Sir Alexander Ogilvy of Forglen, created Baronet 29 June 1701, and one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice in 1706.

Which George married . . . . . . . Daughter of William Earl Mariſhal, by whom he has George Maſter of Banff, who married Helen Daughter of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, one of the Senators of the College of Ju⯑ſtice.

HAMILTON, Lord Bargeny.

DERIVES his Deſcent from Sir John Hamilton natural Son of John Marqueſs of Hamilton. This Sir John acquired a fair Eſtate in Carrick, which he tranſ⯑mitted to his Poſterity, and left Iſſue by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Mr. Alexander Campbel Biſhop of Brechin, (a Son of the Family of Ar⯑kinlaſs,) Sir John his Succeſſor, alſo ſeveral Daughters,

Katharine married to Sir James Drummond of Machany, anceſtor to the preſent Viſcount of Strathallan.

Helen to Sir James Somervel of Camnethan, and had Iſſue.

. . . . to Sir William Weir of Stonbyres, but had no Iſſue.

Mary to Alexander Cleland of that-Ilk, and had Iſſue.

Sir John Hamilton of Bargeny, the 2d. of this Family, was by the boun⯑ty and favour of King Charles I. created into the Dignity of Lord Bar⯑geny, anno 1639^b, in 1648. He cordially put himſelf in Arms with o⯑thers his Majeſty's loyal Subjects, in order to reſcue him, then a Priſoner in the Iſle of Wight. After the Murder of his Sovereign, he firmly adhered to King Charles II. for which he was forfeited by Oliver Cromwel, and ſuf⯑fered diverſe other Hardſhips.

He married Jean Daughter of William Marqueſs of Douglaſs, by whom he had William his Succeſſor, and four Daughters.

1ſt. Margaret married to Sir John Kennedy of Colzean, and had Iſſue, and [35] thereafter to Sir David Ogilvy of Clova, and had Iſſue.

2d. Anne to Sir Patrick Houſton of that-Ilk, and had Iſſue.

3d. Katharine to Mr. William Cuning⯑ham of Enterkin, and had Iſſue.

4th. Marjory to William Baillie of Lamingtoun, ſans Iſſue. He dying anno . . . . was ſucceeded by William his Son and Heir, who married Mary Daughter of William Earl of Glencairn, by whom he had John Maſter of Bar⯑geny, who dyed in the Lifetime of his Father leaving Iſſue by . . . . . his Wife, Daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Lochermackhouſe, one Daughter Joanna married to Sir Robert Dalrymple of North-Berwick Junior, and has Iſſue, William his Succeſſor, and Nicolas married to Sir Alexander Hope of Carſe, and had Iſſue.

Which William late Lord Bargeny dying anno 1711, left Iſſue by . . . . . his firſt Wife, Daughter of Sir James Primroſe of Carringtoun, one Daugh⯑ter Griſal unmarried, and by Marga⯑ret his ſecond Wife Daughter of Ro⯑bert Dundaſs of Arniſton, one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice, James now Lord Bargeny, a Child very young.

DOUGLAS Viſcount of Belhaven.

THE Firſt who derived any Honour from this Place, was Sir Robert Douglas of Spot, Son of Malcolm Douglas of Mains, in vice-comitatu de Dunbarton lineally deſcended of Nicol Douglas a Son of the Family of Dalkeith in King Robert II's time^a.

This Sir Robert was at firſt a Page of Honour to Prince Henry, and then Maſter of his Horſe. Upon the Death of that excellent Prince, he was made one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber to the King, and con⯑tinued in the ſame Office to King Charles I. by whom he was alſo con⯑ſtituted Maſter of the Houſhold, and one of the Lords of his Majeſty's Privy Council; And finally, in Re⯑compenſe of all his acceptable Ser⯑vices he was by Letters Patent bea⯑ring date 24 June 1633, created Viſ⯑count of Belhaven ^b, the Honour being limited to the Heirs Male of his Body. He married Nicolas Daugh⯑ter to Robert Moray of Abercair⯑ny, but dying without Iſſue 14 Janu⯑ary 1639, he was interr'd in the Veſtry of the Abby Church of Holy rood-houſe, where there's erected a Monument over him with his Statue in Alabaſter as big as the Life, with this Epitaph, wherein moſt of his remarkable Acti⯑ons are taken notice of.

QƲod Reliquum apud nos eſt hic conditur Ro⯑berti Vicecomitis de Belhaven, Baronis de Spot, &c. Regi Carolo a ſecretioribus conſiliis, & inter familiares intimi; quippe qui & prius Henrico Valliae gratiſſimus, ejuſque stabulis prae⯑fectus erat: Illo vero fatis cedente, fratri Carolo, nunc rerum potito, in quaeſturam Domus adſcitus eſt, ſingulari favoris gradu acceptus, re & honori⯑bus auctus. In juventute Nicolaae Moraviae Abercarniae Comarchae natae ad octodecim non am⯑plius menſes, [...]nicae uxoris in puerperio ſimul cum faetu extinctae, lectiſſimo, conſortio fruebatur. Ingraveſcente ſenectute ab aulico ſtrepitu ſe ſub⯑trabens in patriam reverſus eſt. Archibaldum & Robertum Duglaſſios Equites auratos, primaevi fratris filios, terris & bonis, praeter quae Teſtamen⯑to legavit aequa lance diviſis haered [...]s ſeripſit; qui memoriae ejus gratitudinis ſuae pignus hoc monu⯑mentum poni curarunt.

Ingenium, quod literis cultura non implevit, ſagacitate Natura ſupplevit. Indolis bonitate & Candore, nulli ceſſit. Facile ſuccendi, at, dum loquimur, facilius deferveſcere, ei, in moribus, quod aeque ab omnibus vix acciperetur, unicum erat. Fide, in Regem; Pietate, in Patriam; Of⯑ficiis, in Amicos; Charitate, in Egenos, nulli ſo⯑cundus: Cui, in Proſperis, modus & Comitas; In Adverſis, Conſtantia & Magnanimitas, ad ſu⯑premum uſque diem, invaluere. Obiit Edin⯑burgi prid. Idus Januarii, anno, ab Incarnati⯑one Meſſiae, ſupra MDCxxix; aetatis vero, ultra Clymactericum magnum, tertio.

HAMILTON, Lord Belhaven.

AMONGST thoſe who pro⯑feſſed the Senſe of their Duty and Fidelity to his Majeſty King Charles I. in the time of his Diſtreſs, was Sir James Hamilton of Broomhill, in whoſe Defence he Ioyally took up Arms and marched into England with the Scots Army, under the Conduct of James Duke of Hamilton, in 1648, being ſome time before created Lord Belhaven: He married Margaret natu⯑ral Daughter to James Marqueſs of Hamilton, by whom he had three Daughters,

Margaret married to Sir Samuel Baillie of Lamingtoun, and had Iſſue.

Anne to Sir Robert Hamilton of Sil⯑vertounhill, and had Iſſue.

Eliſabeth to Alexander Viſcount of Kingſtoun, he departing this Life in 1679, the Honour devolved upon John Hamilton Son to Sir Robert Ha⯑milton of Preſmanan, proceeding on his Reſignation ſome Years before.

Which John Lord Belhaven, I find did particularly ſignalize himſelf both in the Parliament 1681 and 1685, diſcovering then a firm Reſolution to ſupport the Proteſtant Religion. In 1689 he aſſiſted at the meeting of the Scots Nobility at London, and concur⯑red with them in addreſſing the Prince of Orange to call a Convention of the Eſtates in Scotland for the ſet⯑ling the Government there.

His Lordſhip was preſent at the Convention, where he contributed much to the ſetling the Crown upon King William and Queen Mary, who upon their Acceſſion thereto, conſti⯑tuted him one of their Privy Council, and one of the Commiſſioners for exe⯑cuting the Office of Regiſter.

Upon Her Majeſty's acceſſion to the Throne, he was named a Privy Counſellour, and after that, one of the Commiſſioners of the Theſaury, which he executed with no little Ap⯑probation.

In the Parliament 1706, when the Union came to be debated, he joined with thoſe who oppoſed it, and on this Subject made ſeveral learned and elaborate Speeches containing his Reaſons, for which Poſterity will celebrate his Name with Honour as a Patriot of his Country.

He married Margaret Daughter of Sir Robert Hamilton of Silvertoun⯑hill, by Anne Daughter of John Lord Belhaven, by whom he had only two Sons,

John the preſent Lord.

Mr. James Hamilton Advocate, mar⯑ried Anne Daughter of John Walking⯑ſhaw of that Ilk. He departed this Life at London 21 June 1708, was ſucceed⯑ed by,

John his Son and Heir, who mar⯑ried Mary Daughter of Andrew Bruce of Edinburgh Merchant, (of the Family of Earls-hall,) by whom he has John Maſter of Belhaven, and ſeveral other Children.

STUART Lord Blantyre.

THIS noble Family took begin⯑ning in the Reign of James III. in the Perſon of Sir Thomas Stuart of Minto, Son of Sir William Stuart of Garlies ^a, who greatly enriched [37] himſelf by the Marriage of Iſobel Daughter and Coheir of Sir Walter Stewart of Arthurly, ^a by whom he had Sir John his Heir; William, who being bred to the Church, the firſt ſtep he made into it was to the Recto⯑ry of Lochmaben; after that he was preferred to the Proveſtry of Linclu⯑den and then to the Biſhoprick of Aberdeen: ^b Likewiſe a Daughter Agnes, married to John Stewart of Car⯑donald. ^c Which Sir John married Janet Daughter of - - - - - Lord Fleming, by whom he had Robert his Succeſſur, who by Janet his Wife Daughter of - - - Murray of - - - had Sir John, who carried down the Line of the Family; Robert Prior of Whitern, and Eliſabeth married to John Maxwel of Calderwood.

Which Sir John married firſt a La⯑dy of the Family of the Hepburns, by whom he had Sir Matthew his Succeſ⯑ſour in the Barony of Miuto, whoſe Male-Line became extinct in Sir John Stewart of Minto, who died in the Expedition to Darien, Anno 1697, next Margaret Daughter of Captain James Stewart of Cardonald. By her he had,

Walter Commendator of Blantyre, who being from his Youth bred in the Court of King James VI. was Anno 1580 made one of the Gentlemen of the Bed Chamber, and preferred to be Lord Privy Seal in 1582,^d in which Office he continued till the 1596, he was promoted to be Lord High-Theſaurer of Scotland: But he held the Place only two Years, for upon a Diſguſt occaſioned by ſome Affair of the Church, in which the Theſau⯑rer had not gone the way of the Court, his Majeſty was pleaſed to take the White Staff from him, which was put into the Hands of the Earl of Caſſils. He bore the Diminution very well; for he was a wiſe Man and quickly recovered ſo much Grace and Favour that he was made a Peer by the Title of Lord Blantyre, July 10th 1606. He Married Nicolas Daughter of Sir James Somervel of Camnethan, by whom he had Sir James Stewart Knight of the Bath his El⯑deſt Son, who was killed in a Duel by Sir George Wharton Anno 1609, William his Succeſſor, Walter Stew⯑art Eſq ^e and a Daughter Marga⯑ret married to George Lord Saltoun, and dying Anno 1616,^f was ſuc⯑ceded by

William his Son, who died in the be⯑ginning of the Troubles in the Reign of King Charles I. November 29th 1638,^g leaving Iſſue by Helen his Wife, Daughter of Sir William Scot of Ard⯑roſs, Walter his Succeſſor, Alexander, who ſucceded his Brother in the Ho⯑nour: Likewiſe a Daughter - - - mar⯑ried to Sir John Swinton of that Ilk.

Which Walter married Margaret Daughter of Sir William Mure of Row⯑allan, but dying without Iſſue in the Month of October of the Year 1641 was ſucceded by,

Alexander his Brother, who by Margaret his Wife Daughter of John Shaw of Greenock had Alexander his Succeſſor, and a Daughter Helen married to James Murehead of Bredie⯑ſolm and had Iſſue.

Which Alexander married firſt Mar⯑garet Daughter of Sir John Henderſon of Fordel, but by her he had no Iſſue; next Anne Daughter of Sir Ro⯑bert Hamilton of Preſsmenen one of the Senators of the Colledge of Juſtice, and departing this Life 20th July 1704, left Iſſue by the Lady afore⯑ſaid, [38] Walter his Succeſſour, Robert the preſent Lord Blantyre, John Stew⯑art Eſq Advocate, Hugh Stewart Eſq Likewiſe four Daughters.

Marion married to James Stirling of Keir and had Iſſue.

Franceſs to Sir James Hamilton of Roſehall Baronet.

Helen to John Maſter of Gray, at that Time Son and Heir apparent of John Lord Gray.

Anne.

Which Walter being a young No⯑bleman of very fine Parts, and a great Lover of his Country, was in the 1710 choſen one of the Sixteen Scots-Peers to ſerve in the en⯑ſuing Britiſh-Parliament. He died at London the 23d of June 1713 un⯑married, his Eſtate and Honour de⯑volving to

Captain Robert Stewart his Brother, who married Lady Helen Lyon Daughter of John Earl of Strathmore, by whom he has Alexander Maſter of Blantyre.

BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick.

AS this noble Family was undoub⯑tedly very antient, and ſaid to be of a Hungarion Extraction, ſo it was no leſs illuſtrious for it's Ally⯑ances, as the whole courſe of this Work doth teſtify, but in regard I had no Acceſs to ſee any of their Writes, I cannot make a De⯑duction of them. I ſhall only remark, that the laſt Lord, whoſe very Name I could never ſo much as learn, died without Iſſue, ſince the Reſtauration of King Charles II. and with him the Honour of the Family failed.

MURRAY, Lord of Bothwel.

ALL our Scots Hiſtorians make mention of the Moravii as a bold and Warlike Tribe, who about the middle of the firſt Century were very aſſiſtant to King Corbred I. in his Wars againſt the Romans, whoſe Captain Roderick and a great many of his followers were ſlain in that famous Expedition of Queen Baudicea rela⯑ted alſo by Cornelius Tacitus. But that I may proceed to my Deſign in giving a Hiſtorical and Genealogical deduction of the antient and noble Family of the Murrays properly ſo called, I ſhall begin with their An⯑ceſtor one Friskinus, who was a great Man in the Northern parts in the Reign of King David I. Anno 1124: For it's certain he was not only poſſeſſed of the Country of Moravia now called Moray, but likewiſe that of Sutherland, which he divided betwixt two of his Sons, and from whence they took their reſpective Sirnames,^a and his Deſcendents even to this Time carry the ſame Coat of Arms, viz. Three Molets differing only in the Tincture.

William de Moravia Filius Friſkini, ſeems to be a very great Man about the Court of King William, as ap⯑pears from the frequency of his Wit⯑neſſing the Deeds of that pious Prince to the Cathedral Church of Moray, and to the Biſhops of that See,^b to which this great Man was likewiſe himſelf a Benefactor. He left Iſſue,

[39] William de Moravia who is intitu⯑led Willielmus de Moravia filius Wil⯑lielmi filii Friskini in a Donation which he made in pure and perpetual Alms Eccleſiae ſancti Trinitatis de Spi⯑ny & Collegio Canonicorum ibidem Deo ſervientium Eccleſiam de Artindoll cum pertinen. coram Hugone fratre ſuo & Archibaldo de Dowglas.^a He left Iſ⯑ſue, ſeveral Sons, of whom diverſe antient Families of the Murray's branched,^b beſide

Walter de Moravia Miles, who is deſigned filius Domini Willielmi deMo⯑ravia, ^c He gave to the Church of Elgin and the Chapter of the Epiſco⯑pal See of Moray Eccleſiam de Ineral⯑lel cum pertinen. pro ſalute animae ſuae, and is the ſame Walterus, as I take it, who is one of the great Men, Magna⯑tes Scotiae, mentioned as a Guarantee in a Treaty of Peace betwixt our King Alexander II. and Henry III. of England, Anno 1244.^d He left a Son

Willielmus de Moravia Filius Walteri de Moravia, who is ſo deſigned in the Act declaratory of the Succeſſion of the Scots Crown to King Alexander III. and his Heirs Anno 1284.^e And is the ſame noble Perſon deſigned Panetarius Scotiae and Dominus de Bothwel, & Drumſargard ^f under which Title there are many Dona⯑tions made by the Heirs of this no⯑ble Houſe to the Chapter of the Epiſ⯑copal See of Moray after they came to have Poſſeſſions in the South, and ſpred there into many noble Branches.

This Willielmus de Moravia Dominus de Bothwel & Drumſhargard Panetarius Scotiae was one of the great Barons ſum⯑moned to Bervick as an Auditor of the Claims of the Bruce and the Baliol, a⯑nent the Succeſſion to the Crown^g when that great Affair was in Agitati⯑on, and which afterward was by King Edward I. of England, determined in favour of John de Baliol, how juſtly I ſhall not ſay.

The ſame illuſtrious Perſon, accor⯑ding to the Devotion of thoſe Times gave for the Safety of his Soul, Eccle⯑ſiae & Capitulo Glaſguen: jus Patronatus Rectoriae Eccleſiae de Woolſtoun coram Ro⯑berto Epo Glaſguen. & D. Andrea de Moravia fratre ſuo. ^h Likewiſe he gave Dicto Capitulo Glaſguen. jus Pa⯑tronatus Eccleſiae de Smalum ⁱ under the Seal of his Arms, Exhiben. dictum Willielm. de Moravia deſign. Domi⯑num de Bothwel equeſtrem, & in ſcato tres ſlellulas, multum attrito, much de⯑faced, ſays my Authority, but ſtill to be ſeen by the learned and curious in the great Chartulary of the Epiſco⯑pal See of Glaſgow in the Scots Col⯑ledge at Paris, ^k where they were de⯑poſited by Biſhop Beaton at the Re⯑formation in Scotland. By - - - his Wife Daughter of Sir John Cuming Lord of Badenoch ^l he had Sir Andrew his Succeſſor, and Sir John de Moravia, Dominus de Drumſhargard, [40] who was the Anceſtor of the Mur⯑rays of Abercarny ^a in Perthſhire.

Andrew de Moravia Panetarius Sco⯑tiae & Dominus de Bothwel was juſt ſuch a Patriot as his Father, whom he did not long ſurvive; for he loſt his Life in the Attempt at Stirling to redeem his Country from the Sub⯑jection and Slavery it was under to the Engliſh on the memorable 13th Sep⯑tember 1297^b leaving Sir Andrew his Son and Heir, who tracing the Steps of his noble and loyal Father in a firm and reſolute Adherence to the Intereſt of his Country, of which he had given ſuch pregnant Inſtances, and of his eminent Courage and Con⯑duct in diverſe Encounters with the oppoſite Party, that he was thought worthy to be joined with Sir William Wallace, in the Command of the Ar⯑my which Anno 1298 entered Eng⯑land, and performed ſuch Actions of wonderful Courage, that they became very terrible to the Enemy; and thereafter when Robert the Bruce took upon him the Title of King of Scot⯑land, and declared his Purpoſe of do⯑ing all was in his Power toward the Redemption of his Country, and the retriving of the Independency of the Nation, no body appeared more hear⯑ty in his Intereſt than Sir Andrew Mur⯑ray, or ſtood more firm to that Glo⯑rious Monarch in all the Viciſſitudes of Fortune that befell him: And it was no doubt in Reward of his great Merit, that the King beſtowed upon him his Siſter, the Lady Chriſtian Bruce, in Marriage,^c and gave him diverſe Lands of great Value and Extent.

As he continued moſt faithfull to King Robert, he was no leſs ſo to his Son King David the II. to whoſe Intereſt inviolably adhering, he was one of thoſe Patriots who joined the Governour and came to his Aſſiſtance before the Battle of Duplin, where he ſignalized his Courage, inſomuch as he was upon the Death of the Earl of Mar, the Governour, unanimouſ⯑ly elected Regent in his Room, and he held that great Office (except a little time he was a Priſoner in Eng⯑land) with the univerſal Approbation of the whole Nation, and the Ap⯑plauſe of all Men, even till his Death Anno 1338,^d whoſe Character drawn [41] by the Great Buchannan, I cannot paſs over. Speaking of his Death, he ſays ſummum apud omnes bonos deſiderium ſui reliquit, was much regrated by all good Men, and that tantas enim res biennio ac ſemeſtri quibus in Magi⯑ſtratu fuit, geſſit, ut ſuffecturae cujuſlibet magni Ducis aetati viderentur. He was ſolemnly interr'd with his Anceſtors in the Cathedral Church of Elgin un⯑der a Canopy of free Stone in Ar⯑mour as big as the Life, with his Coat of Arms over him. Dr. Johnſtoun celebrates his praiſes in a very hand⯑ſome Poem, which I ſhall take the Liberty to inſert here by way of Epi⯑taph.

And tho' Mr. Winton the old Pri⯑or of Lochlevin be thought no good Poet now a Days, yet becauſe he has endeavoured to preſerve the Memory of ſo well deſerving a Perſon, and to tranſmit his Character to Poſterity in the beſt faſhion he could, I ſhall like⯑wiſe amuſe the Reader with his Words in Commendation of the Governour,

By the Lady Chriſtian Bruce his Wife he left Iſſue John de Moravia Paneta⯑rius Scotiae his Son and Heir, who gave in pure and perpetual Alms, an Annuity of eight Merks Sterling out of his Lands of A [...]kly and Croy in Moray for the Maintenance of a Prieſt, who was perpetually to per⯑form Divine Offices at the Altar of the Holy-Croſs, in the Cathedral Church of Elgin, Pro anima ſua & anima bonae memorie D. Andreae de Moravia patris ſui ^a: But he dying without Iſſue

Thomas his Brother was Heir to him. This noble Perſon was in the 1351 ſent to England as an Hoſtage for King David II.^b and was af⯑terward one of the Commiſſioners appointed to treat about the King's final Redemption Anno 1357^c which was then happily brought about; like⯑as he gave, ratified and confirmed to the Church of Elgin his Brother's dona⯑tion, adding by a new Deed of his own ten pounds to be diſtributed among the Chanons on the Day of his Fa⯑ther Sir Andrew's Anniverſary^d. But he dying without Male Iſſue, left a Daughter Jean his ſole Heir, marri⯑ed to Sir Archibald Douglaſs Lord of Galloway, thereafter Earl of Douglaſs, ^e which brought the Lordſhip of Bothwell to that illuſtrious Family.

The Male Line of this Antient Fa⯑mily was continued in Sir John de Mora⯑via de Drumſhargard, a younger Son of Sir William de Moravia de Bothwell & Drumſhargard Panetarius Scotiae before mentioned,^f who fixed his Reſidence at Abercarny in Perthſhire, in the Time of King Robert I, of which Lands he became poſſeſſed, as alſo of Ogilvie, Glenſherrop, &c. by the Marriage of Mary Daughter of Maliſe, Earl of Strathern, as from the Earl's Charter to him & Mariae Filiae noſtrae ſponſae [42] dicti Domini Johannis de Moravi⯑a de Drumſhargard ^a

Upon the Death of this Earl of Strathern, it being then cuſtomary to renew the Infeftment upon the Change of the Superior, as well as of the Vaſ⯑ſal, Sir John Murray obtained a new Charter from Maliſe Earl of Strath⯑ern his Brother in Law, whereby he narrates, quod nobilis vi [...] Maliſius bonae memoriae Comes de Strathern infeodavit Dominum Joannem de Moravia de Drum⯑ſhargard, Militem, de diverſis terris in⯑fraſcript. viz. Ogilvie, Abercarny, Glenſherop & medietat. de Kincouſy, nec non annuo reditu de Mochuverd, cum Hybergis infra Comitatum deStrathern, ac etiam de terris de Egy & Arthſme⯑then prout in Cartadicti Domini quondam Patris mei eidem Domino Joanni & here⯑dibus ſuis confect. plenius contineur ^b

This noble perſon gave to the Monks of Arbroth, all his Right and Title to the Lands of Kingoldrum, which had formerly been in Diſpute with the Convent, and that for the health of his Soul^c; which is all that I have found further memorable of him. By Mary his Wife aforſaid, he had Sir Maurice his Succeſſor, Sir Al⯑lexander Murray; and VValter, who got off the Lands of Drumſhargard, from which he is afterward deſigned VVal⯑terus de Moravia de Drumſhargard. ^d

Which Sir Maurice being a perſon of great Honour and Merit, was by the Favour of King David II. made Earl of Strathern ^e but being ſlain in the Service of his Country at the Battle of Durham Anno 1346, without Iſ⯑ſue of his Body, the Title of Earl be⯑came extinct, his paternal eſtate de⯑ſcending to,

Sir Alexander de Moravia de Drum⯑ſhargard his Brother, who was ſerved Heir to his Father Sir John on the 30th of July 134--^f He married Janet Daughter of Hugh Earl of Roſs, Wi⯑dow of the Baron of Monimusk and Siſter to Euphame Queen of Scotland. The Marriage Articles are very ſolemn by way of Indenture,^g wherein the Queen and David Count Palatine of Strathern her Son do contract for the Lady: But the Write it ſelf being very curious and ſingular, I ſhall for the Satisfaction of the learned, inſert it in the original Words.

PReſens Indentura per modum alpha⯑beti facta, teſtatur quod viceſimo quarto die menſis Novembris anno Domi⯑ni milleſimo trecenteſimo ſeptuageſimo quinto apud Perth, inter excellentiſſimam Dominam Dominam Euphemiam Dei gra⯑tia Reginam Seotie illuſtrem, & nobi⯑lem virum ac potentem dominum David Comitem Palatinum de Strathern & Co⯑mitem Cattanie ex parte una, & Ale⯑xandrum de Moravia de Drumſergorth ex altera, in hunc modum extitit con⯑cordatum, videlicz quod dictus Alexander ducet in uxorem Dominam Jonetam de Munymusk ſororem dicte Domine Regine; & predicta Domina Regina ac Comes fide⯑liter promiſerunt facere cum toto conſilio ſuo & auxilio dictum Alexandrum habe⯑re conſilium Juriſperitorum & Advoca⯑torum ſumptibus ſuis propriis & expenſis, pro recuperatione ſue hereditatis ſecun⯑dum viſum fuerit quod jus habet ad pro⯑ſecutionem. Inſuper concordatum eſt in⯑ter eoſdem, quod dicta Domina Regina in⯑veniet ſufficientem ſuſtentationem predicte ſororis ſue ad tempus unius anni vel du⯑orum annorum. Preterea concordatum eſt [43] inter eoſdem quod Walterus de Moravia frater dicti Alexandri, ſi velit, pro vo⯑luntatis ſue libito ſeniorem filiam pre⯑dicte domine Jonete habebit in uxorem. In cujus rei teſtimonium perimplende & fideliter obſervande parti hujus indentu⯑re penes dictum Alexandrum remanenti ſigilla predictorum Domine Regine & Co⯑mitis ſunt appenſa, parti vero hujus inden⯑ture penes predictum Dominam Reginam remanenti ſigillum predicti Alex. eſt ap⯑penſum. Acta die anno & loco ſupradictis.

The Article whereby the Queen and the Earl of Strathern her Son do oblige themſelves to aſſiſt and patro⯑nize Sir Alexander Murray cum confilio ſuo & auxilio habere conſilium Juris⯑peritorum & Advocatorum pro recupera⯑tione ſuae hereditatis, I think, as a perſon of knowledge in Antiquities has judiciouſly obſerved before me, reſpects Sir Alexander's Title to the Lordſhip of Bothwel as Heir Male, out of which he was kept by the power of the Earl of Dowglas, and adduces many Arguments to prove that point^a which I muſt paſs over, in regard they do not ſuit with the Brevity I intend in carrying on this Work, and only remark, that Sir Alexander Murray was overpowered in his Claim, and that he died in the 1410, leaving Iſſue, by the aforeſaid noble Lady his Wife, a Son

Sir Andrew Murray of Ogilvy and A⯑bercarny, who by Agnes his Wife Daughter of Cunningham of Glengar⯑nock in Vic. de Air, had Sir Humphry his Succeſſor, who by Catherine his Wife, Daughter of Patrick Lord Graham, had Andrew his Son and Heir, who took to Wife Margaret Daughter of Alex⯑ander Robertſon of Strowan. By her he had a Son George, who in the Lifetime of his Father was killed in the Ser⯑vice of his Country at the fatal Battle of Floudoun with King James IV. leaving Iſſue by Margaret his Wife, a Lady of the Family of the Lindſeys, a Son John, who ſucceeded his Grand⯑father, to whom he was ſerved and re⯑toured Heir in the 1518. He married Nicolas Daughter of William Earl of Montroſe, by whom he had William his Son and Heir, and Robert, who was his Brother's Succeſſor. This John was ſlain in the Defence of the Honour and Independency of his Country by the Engliſh at the Battle of Pinkycleugh, the 10th of September 1547 and was ſucceeded by,

William his Son, who married Mar⯑garet Daughter of Lawrence Lord Oli⯑phant, but dying without Iſſue 1559, his Eſtate fell to,

Robert his Brother, who in the time of the civil War, in the Reign of Queen Mary, adhered to that unfortu⯑nate Princeſs, and was much eſteemed by her, as appears by ſeveral Docu⯑ments in the Hands of his Heirs. He married Catherine, Daughter of Sir William Murray of Tillybairdin. By her he had Sir William, Sir David of Gor⯑thy, who was Governour to Henry Prince of Wales, Mungo Murray Eſq Father to Sir Robert Murray, who was Juſtice Clerk in the Reign of King Charles II, a learned and polite Gen⯑tleman, and of Sir William Murray of Dreghorn, Mr. John Murray Miniſter of Dumfermling, alſo two Daughters, Nicolas married to Robert Viſcount of [44] Beil heaven, and Anne to Sir William Moncrief of that Ilk, and dying anno 1595, was ſucceded by

Sir William his Son,^a who being from his Youth, bred up at the Court of King James VI. was firſt made a Knight, then one of the Gentlemen of the Bed Chamber, and Maſter of Horſe to Queen Anne. He married Chriſtian Daughter of Andrew Mercer of Aldie, by whom he had Sir Robert his Son and Heir, and a Daughter Mary, married to William Murray of Auchter⯑tyre.

Which Sir Robert in the Lifetime of his Father, married Helen Daughter of Alexander Bruce of Cultmalundie, by whom he had a Son Sir William, and a Daughter Anne, married to Alexander Murray of Strowan, and dying 1640, was ſucceeded by

Sir Wiliam his Grandſon, who ſur⯑vived his Grandfather but a Year, for he dyed in the 1641, and left Iſſue by Anne his Wife, Daughter of Sir George Hay of Keilour, Anceſtor to the pre⯑ſent Earl of Errol, Sir Robert his Suc⯑ceſſor, William, and Captain George Murray. Alſo two Daughters.

Iſabel, married to Sir Archbald Stew⯑art of Burro,

Helen, to Mungo Graham of Gorthie.

Sir Robert his Son was a Gentleman of Parts, and who in a good Degree in⯑herited the Vertue, Loyalty and Merit of his Anceſtors. He dyed the 11 of April 1704, leaving Iſſue by Anne his Wife, Daughter of that valiant and loyal Gentleman Patrick Graham of Inſhbrakie, William his Succeſſor. Robert Murray Eſq Colonel John Mu [...] ⯑ray, Maurice Murray Eſq Likewiſe two Daughters.

Anne, married to David Grahame o [...] Fintrie,

Emilia to James Graham of Garvock.

JOHN RAMSAY, Earl of Bothwell.

SIR John Ramſay of Balmain, the great Favorite of King James the III. was by the ſaid Prince created Earl of Bothwell: ^b But he did not live long to enjoy the Honour, for he was ſlain with the King his Maſter at the Field of Stirling, on the 11th of June 1488.

HEPBURN Earl of Bothwell.

THIS Noble Family is deſcended of Sir Adam Hepburn, an Engliſh Knight, who tranſplanted himſelf in⯑to Scotland, in the Reign of King Da⯑vid the II. and had the Lands of Hailes by the Grant of George Earl of March.

Patrick Lord Hailes, was by King James the IV. raiſed to the Honour of Earl of Bothwell Anno 1488. By Mar⯑garet his Wife, Daughter to the Lord Dalketh, he had Adam his Son and Heir, who was ſlain at Floudoun Field, leaving Iſſue by Agnes his wife, Daugh⯑ter to the Earl of Buchan, Patrick his Son, who was Father of the unhappy James Earl of Bothwell, who was crea⯑ted by Queen Mary Duke of Orkney, but was in the ſame Reign forfeited for Treaſon, whereupon he fled be⯑yond Sea to Denmark, where he died Anno 1577.

Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwel.

THE Title of Earl of Bothwel, by the ſpecial Favour of King James VI. came next to Francis Stewart Eſq Son and Heir of John Prior of Col⯑dingham, Lord Privy-Seal in the Reign of Queen Mary, a natural Son of King James V. He was alſo conſtituted Lord high Admiral of Scotland; but in the ſame Reign, for his treaſonable Deſign of ſeizing the King's Perſon in his own Palace of Holy-rood-houſe, he was forfeited Anno 1593. The Admirality was beſtowed on the Duke of Lennox, and moſt of his Eſtate in Lidſdale given to the Lord Buclugh. How the reſt went, I do not pretend to account for: All that I am to ob⯑ſerve, is, that he tranſported himſelf into France, and thence into Italy, where he paſſed the remainder of his Days.^a.

BRECHIN Lord of Brechin.

DAvid of Scotland Earl of Hunting⯑toun and Garioch, Brother to King William the Lyon, gave the Lordſhip of Brechin, a Part of his own Appanage, to Henry his natural Son, from whence he took a Surname; for in a Donati⯑on of John de Scotia Comes de Hunting⯑toun & Cheſter to the Cannons of St. Andrews, this Henry is deſigned de Brechin, filius Comitis David, ^b and in a Mortification by the ſaid Earl, of a Toft of Land in his Burgh of Dundee, to the Abbay of Aberbrothock, Henrico de Brechin fratre ſuo is a Witneſs^c; and likewiſe in many Royal Charters to Scoon and Aberbrothock. He left Iſſue by Julian his Wife,

William de Brechin his Son, who de⯑ſign'd himſelf Willielmus de Brechin, filius Henrici de Brechin, filii Comitis David, in his Foundation of the May⯑ſon Dieu Hoſpital of Brechin, for the Salvation of the Souls of William and Alexander Kings of Scotland, John Earl of Cheſter and Huntingtoun his Brother, Henry his Father, and Julian his Mo⯑ther, and for the Welfare of his own Soul, to which Albinus Biſhop of Bre⯑chin, Robert de Monte alto, and ſeveral other Perſons of Note are Witneſſes,^d. This William made a very great Figure in all the publick Tranſactions both in the Reign of King Alexander II. and III. In the 1255, he was one of the great Men, Magnatum, as the Record calls them, with whoſe Counſel, & aliorum plurium Baronum noſtrorum, the King gave a Commiſſion to the Earls of Monteith, Buchan and Mar, to treat with the Engliſh, de negotiis regni noſtri, anent the Good and Utility of both Realms^e. Likeas I find he was an Arbitrator in the Diſpute betwixt Sir Peter de Maulea Dominus de Panmure, & Domina Chriſtina de Valoniis his Wife, with the Abbot of Aberbrothock, about the Marches of the Baronies of Aber⯑brothock & Panmure; which Alexander Cumin Earl of Buchan, Juſticiary of Scot⯑land, had perambulate by the King's ſpecial Command, and was at length to the Satisfaction of the Parties amicably compoſed Anno 1254.^f. He alſo was one of the Privy Council to King Alexander III. and one of the Proceres Scotiae who oblige themſelves recepturos Margaretam Norvegiae, ^g the [46] King's Grandchild, ut heredem Scotiae in failzure of his Iſſue Male. He married - - - Daughter of John C [...]in Earl of Buchan, by whom he had,

David Lord of Brethin his Son and Heir, who, after the Abdication of Ba⯑liol, was at the Battle of Methven, and ſeveral others, fought in the enſuing War^a, being in the Engliſh Intereſt, and no Friend to the Brucian Title, tho' he had the Honour to be in a very near Degree allied with that il⯑luſtrious Family: For by his Wife, King Robert the Bruce's Siſter, he had a Son David, and a Daughter Margaret, married to Sir David Barclay Knight,^b.

Which David Lord of Brechin was one of the Barons who wrote that bold and loyal Letter to the Pope Anno 1320: Soon after which, he was ſo unhappy as to be drawn into a Conſpi⯑racy to deliver the Town of Berwick to the Engliſh; but that Combination be⯑ing happily diſcovered, he was made Priſoner, and being tryed before the Parliament, was found guilty of high Treaſon, for as much as he had con⯑ceal'd and not reveal'd the Deſign, Ab conjurationis popularibus appel⯑latus nunquam aſſenſerat: tantum ei⯑crimini dabatur, quod in conſcienti⯑am rei tam f [...]dae aſcitus eam tacitam habuit ^c, and ſuffered Death for the ſame, Anno 1321. His Caſe was much pitied and lamented; for beſides that he was the King's Nephew, he was a Perſon very eminent in the Arts both of Peace and War, Omnium aetatis ſui⯑j [...]venum & belli &, pacis artibus longe primus habebatur, ſays my Author. And^d continues he, Dederat etiam ſuae vir⯑tutis in Syria bello ſacro praeclarum ſpe⯑cimen. His Eſtate was not forfeited as the reſt of the Conſpirators were, but went to Margaret his Siſter, who was his Heir.

BARCLAY. Lord of Brechin.

SIR David Barclay, Lord of Brechin in Right of his Wife the Heir of David de Brechin, was a Perſon of very ſignal Fidelity to the Brucian Intereſt, and is famous in the Wars of King Robert Bruce, to whom he did many remark⯑able Services.^e This Sir David and Margaret his Wife gave in pure Alms to the Monks of Balmerino a Fiſhing upon the Water of Tay, for the good of their Souls;^f and left Iſſue Sir David, and a Daughter Jean, married to Sir David Fleming of Biggar, by whom he had only one Daughter, Ma⯑rion, married to William Maule of Pan⯑mure, Anceſtor to the Earl of Pan⯑mure. ^g

This laſt mentioned Sir David Barclay Lord of Brechin was eminent for his Activity and Valour in be⯑half of King David Bruce, to whom he performed many Actions of Ho⯑nour and Courage; but at laſt falling into a fatal quarrel with the Douglaſ⯑ſes, he was murdered by the Contriv⯑ance of William Douglas of Lidſdale, Anno 1348.^h leaving Margaret his only Child, married to Walter Earl of Athole, ⁱ Son to King Robert II.

Walter Earl of Athole, by the aforeſaid Margaret his Wife, had Iſſue David Stewart Knight, who died in Eng⯑land, one of the Hoſtages for the Ranſom of King James the I. and Alan Earl of Caithneſs, who was kil⯑led [*46] at the Battel of Inverlochy in 1428, leaving no Iſſue. The Earl of Athole, tho' his Lady and Children died before himſelf, kept Poſſeſſion of this Lordſhip till he was execute for the Murder King James I. in Anno 1437. But when he was under Sentence of Death, he declared that he poſſeſſed the Lordſhip of Brchin only by the courteſie of Scotland ſince his Wife's Death, and that he had no other Title to that part of his Eſtate. Whereupon Sir Thomas Maule of Panmure laid Claim to this Lordſhip, as neareſt Heir to Margaret Barclay Counteſs of Athole, to whoſe Heirs it was provided, failing Heirs of her own Body^a, and accord⯑ingly he took an Inſtrument in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, upon the Earl's Declaration immediately before his Execution, wherein his Right and Proximity of Blood to the Lords of Brechin is ſet down^b. And Thomas Biſſet of Balwylo, judicially declares, That Dame Jean Barclay, Wife to Sir David Fleming, was Grandmother to Sir Thomas Maule, who was killed at Harlaw ^c. Notwithſtanding of all which, the Council of King James the II. in his Minority, having in ſundry Caſes procured Deciſions to be made in Favours of the Crown, when the Competition run betwixt the Sovereign and the Subject, the Family of Panmure were baulked of their Right, and the Lordſhip of Bre⯑chin, in regard the Earl of Athole died poſſeſſed of it, was with the reſt of his Eſtate annexed to the Crown.^d

But this Lordſhip being afterward diſſolved, it was purchaſed by Pa⯑trick Earl of Panmure, and has ever ſince been uſed as a Title of that noble Fa⯑mily, who are undoubted Heirs in Blood of the antient Lords of Brechin, both of the Brechin and Barclay Line.

CAMPBEL Earl of Bradalbin.

THO none of this Family arriv'd to the Dignity of Peerage till the preſent Earl, yet were they Baron [...] of great Account long before, and were dignified with the Title of Baronet at the Inſtitution of that Honour, Anno 1625. Their firſt Anceſtor Sir Colin Campbel, was a ſecond Son of the Fa⯑mily of Lochow, near three hundred Years ago, who by his Marriage with Margaret, one of the three Daughters and Co-heirs of John Stewart Lord Lorn, obtained a third Part of that In⯑heritance. From which Sir Colin they have continued remarkable in a di⯑rect Line, down to the preſent Time, ſpreading themſelves into ſeveral emi⯑nent and flouriſhing Branches by the Way, as are the Campbels of Lawers (ſprung from a Son of a ſecond Mar⯑riage of the firſt Sir Colin, by a Daughter of the Family of Keir) Glenlyon, Achri⯑ny, Lochbuskie, Mochaſter, Monzie, Glen⯑faloch, Carquhin, Kilpont, Aberuchil, Glendarual, &c.

The Family of Glenurchie has been remarkable in our Scots Hiſtory on ſeveral Occaſions; nor need I be at much Pains to ſhew the ſeveral Matches they have made with ſome of the moſt noble Families of this Kingdom, ſince the whole Courſe of this Book ſufficiently makes mention thereof, only I ſhall take notice, that John, now Earl of Bradalbin, is Son of Sir John Campbel of Glenurchie Baro⯑net, by Mary his Wife, Daughter of William Earl of Airth and Monteith. He was created Earl of Caithneſs by King Charles II. 28 January 1677, in Conſideration of the Loyalty of his Anceſtors, as well as his own per⯑ſonal [**46] Merit; but this Title being adjudged to another, Anno 1681. he was then created Earl of Bradalbin, with Precedency, according to the former Patent. In 1692 he was named a Privy Counſellour, and one of the Commiſſioners of the Treaſury, which for ſome Time he enjoy'd.

His firſt Wife was Mary Rich, Daughter of Henry Earl of Holland, of the Kingdom of England, by whom he had Duncan Lord Ormly, who is not to ſucceed him, and John Lord Glen⯑urchie. Alſo by Mary his ſecond Wife, Daughter of Archbald Marquis of Argyle, he had a Son Colin, who died unmarried.

John Lord Glenurchie, married firſt Frances Daughter and Co-heir of Henry Cavendiſh Duke of New Caſtle, but by her he had no Iſſue; And ſe⯑condly Henrietta Daughter of Sir Edward Villiers Siſter to Edward late Earl of Jerſey, by whom he has John Maſter of Glenurchie.

CUMIN Earl of Buchan.

THE firſt of this noble Family was Sir William Cumin, Son of Sir Richard Cumin Knight^a, who married Margaret Daughter of Fergus Earl of Buchan ^b, in Right of whom he came to enjoy that Honour. He was by King Alexander II. conſtitut⯑ed Juſticiary of Scotland, Anno 1230. which he enjoy'd for many Years. Being a Perſon of ſingular Devotion, he founded the Abbay of Deer in Buchan, for Ciſtertian Monks, and en⯑dued it with many Lands in thoſe Parts^c, and dying Anno 1233^d, left Iſſue by the ſaid Margaret his Wife,

Alexander his Son and Heir, who was conſtituted Juſticiary of Scotland in the Reign of King Alexander III. He was commiſſioned Ambaſſador to England, Anno 1284^e, and in 1286 was choſen one of the ſix Regents of this Realm, upon the Deceaſe of the ſaid King Alexander ^f. His Works of Piety were theſe; An Hoſpital of his Foundation at Turref in Buchan, for twelve poor old Men; Another at the New-Burgh of Buchan, and a Confirmation in moſt ample manner to the Monks of Arbroth of a Grant which Fergus Earl of Buchan, his Grand-father, had formerly made for the Salvation of his Soul^g. All which ſhew not only the Greatneſs of his Eſtate, but alſo of his Piety. He dying Anno 1289^h, left Iſſue by Iſabel his Wife, Daughther and one of the Co-heirs of Roger de Quincy Earl of Wincheſter (by Helen his Wife, Daughter of Alan Lord of Galloway Conſtable of Scotland) John Earl of Buchan Conſtable of Scotland his Son and Heir, who was ſent Ambaſſador to France to treat of a Peace, which was then happily con⯑cluded, Anno 1303ⁱ. Upon King Robert's Acceſſion to the Throne, Anno 1306, he adhered to the Engliſh In⯑tereſt, for which Action his Eſtate was ſeized on, and dying in England in 1329 the 1ſt. Year of David II. left Iſſue by Iſabel his Wife, Daughter of Duncan Earl of Fife, two Daughters, Alicia [47] Wife of Sir Henry de Beaumont, and Margaret of Sir John Roſs Knight^a.

STEWART, Earl of Buchan.

THE next that enjoyed any Title from hence was Alexan⯑der Stewart Lord Badenoch, 4th Son to King Robert II. who was dignify⯑ed with this Title, Anno 1374. He married Eupham Counteſs of Roſs ^b, and dying 20th February 1394, was interred in the Middle of the Choir, of the Cathedral Church of Dunkeld, with his Statue over him in a fair Stone, which continued intire, till a Party of Angus's Regiment having garriſoned the Church of Dunkeld at the Revolution, the Soldiers very much defaced it; but upon the Pe⯑deſtal, there is this Inſcription.‘Hic jacet Dominus Alexander Seneſcallus Comes de Buchan & Dominus de Badenoch bonae Memo⯑riae, qui obiit 20 Die menſts Februarii, Anno Dom. 1394.’

From this Time the Honour of Buchan lay dormant till the Year 1419, when it was meritoriouſly be⯑ſtowed by Robert Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland, upon John Steuart Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland, his Son. This Earl com⯑manded the 7000 Scots Auxiliares that were ſent to the Aſſiſtance of Charles VI. againſt the Engliſh ^c, whoſe great and memorable Actions and Services to the Crown of France, are ſufficiently recorded in our Scots and French Hiſtories, and leave me very little to ſay here. He was killed at the Battle of Vernoil, anno 1424^d, leaving Iſſue by Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter to Archibald Earl of Doug⯑laſs, one ſole Daughter and Heir, Jean married to George Lord Seaton, Anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Win⯑toun ^e, which gave Occaſion to the noble Family to carry quarterly in the Atchievement the Coat of Bu⯑chan, viz, Azure, three Garbs, Or.

ERSKINE, Earl of Buchan

THE Honour and Earldom of Buchan coming to the Crown, (by the Death of John the laſt Earl without Male-iſſue), remain'd in the Royal Perſon of the King, as neareſt Heir-male to the ſaid Earl, till the Year 1469, when the ſame was by King James III. with the whole Lands which formerly compoſed that Earl⯑dom, beſtowed upon James Stewart, ſecond Son of Sir James Stewart (ſir⯑named, The Black Knight of Lorn) by Queen Jean, Widow of James 1. of Scotland, and Daughter of John Duke of Somerſet, who was Son of John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaſter, 4th Son of Edward III. King of England, from whom the ſame has through ſeveral Deſcents hereafter deduced, devolved on Earls of the Sirname of Erskine, a Branch of the Illuſtri⯑ous Houſe of Mar, by whom it has been enjoyed for the Space of One hundred and thir [...]een Years, ſince the 1601.

Which James Earl of Buchan was a moſt faithful Counſeller to King James III. by whom he was conſtitu⯑ted Warden of the Middle Marches to⯑ward [48] England ^a and Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland. He mar⯑ried firſt Margaret, Daughter and ſole Heir of Sir Patrick Ogilvy of Auchter⯑houſe, high Sheriff of the County of Forfar, by whom he had Alexander his Son and Heir; alſo by Margaret, Daughter of . . . . . . . Murray of Philiphaugh, ^b he had James Stewart Anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Tra⯑quair; alſo two Daughters^c, Agnes married to Adam Earl of Bothwel, afterwards to Robert Lord Maxwel, and Elizabeth to John Hume of Col⯑ding knows, Anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Hume ^d.

Which Alexander Earl of Buchan married Jean, Daughter of William Lord Ruthven, by whom he had Iſſue, John Earl of Buchan his only Son and Heir, who was one of the Lords of the Privy Council to King James V. who, by Margaret his Wife, Daugh⯑ter of Sir John Scrimgeor of Duddop Knight, had Iſſue John, who died before him, and one Daughter, who was married to Thomas Dempſter of Muirask in Bamff-ſhire, and had Iſſue.

Which John, Eldeſt Son of the ſaid Earl, was with the Flower of the Nobles of Scotland, killed at the Battle of Muſteburgh on the 10th of Sep⯑tember 1547, in the Lifetime of his Father; having been twice married: Firſt, To Mary Daughter of James Earl of Murray, by whom he had no Iſſue; and, 2dly, To Beatrix; Daughter of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Boyn, by whom he had one Daugh⯑ter Chriſtiana, who, anno 1551, ſuc⯑ceeded her Grandfather in the Earl⯑dom of Buchan, and married Robert Do [...]glas (Brother of William Earl of Mortoun) in Right of her afterward Earl of Buchan, by whom ſhe had Iſ⯑ſue James, who ſucceeded her; and two Daughters,

Janet married to Alexander Irvine of Drum, and had Iſſue.

Elizabeth married to Andrew Fra⯑zer of Muchil, in the County of Aber⯑deen, Anceſtor of Charles, now Lord Fraſer.

To which Robert and Chriſtiana (Earl and Counteſs of Buchan) ſuc⯑ceeded

James Earl of Buchan, their only Son and Heir, who, by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Walter Lord Desk⯑ford, Anceſtor of James now Earl of Findlater, had Iſſue one Daughter, Mary, who, anno 1601, ſucceeded the ſaid James her Father in the Earldom of Buchan.

Which Mary Counteſs of Buchan married James Erskine eldeſt Son of the ſecond Marriage of John Earl of Mar, Lord High Treaſurer of Scot⯑land, and Knight of the moſt noble Order of the Garter, by the Lady Ma⯑ry Stewart, ſecond Daughter of Eſme Duke of Lennox: Upon which Mar⯑riage, the Right of Succeſſion to the Earldom of Buchan (which before had been to the Heirs whatſoever) was by a Charter under the Great Seal, proceeding upon a Reſignation, limited to the ſaid Mary Counteſs of Buchan, and the ſaid James her Huſ⯑band, and the Heirs Male of the ſaid Marriage; which failing, to the ſaid James's neareſt lawful Heirs Male whatſoever.

Which James Earl of Buchan being a Perſon of great Merit and Accom⯑pliſhments, and much in the Favour of King Charles I. (to whom he was a Gentleman of his Bed-chamber) lived moſt of his Time in England, where he had Iſſue by his ſaid Wife, James his eldeſt Son and Heir, and John who died unmarried; as alſo two Daughters.

Mary married to Alexander Lord Pitſtigo, and had Iſſue; and Margaret married to Sir James Graham, Son to the Earl of Monteith.

After the Death of whom, he mar⯑ried, 2dly Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir Philip Knevit of Bucknam Caſtle, in the County of Norfolk, Bart. by whom he had Iſſue, Dorthy married in [51] England to [...] Walker in the Coun⯑ty of Middleſex, Eſq and ſeveral o⯑ther Children, who died young.

To whom ſucceeded James Earl of Buchan, his eldeſt Son and Heir, who by his Wife Mary, Daughter of Wil⯑liam Earl of Dalhouſie, had Iſſue one Son William, who ſucceeded him, and five Daughters, Marjory the el⯑deſt, married firſt to [...] Fraſer of Inderalachie Eſq and 2dly to Charles Lord Fraſer. Anne the 2d to James Ca⯑naries D.D. Henriette the 3d. to Tho⯑mas Forbes of Tolquhon Eſq & Jean the 4th. to George Gray of Hackerton Eſq

Which William Earl of Buchan hav⯑ing joined himſelf at the Revolution in 1688 to thoſe who took up Arms in Scotland againſt the late King Willi⯑am, brought himſelf thereby into much Trouble: For being ſoon after taken by that King's Troops, he was committed Priſoner to the Caſtle of Stirling, where, tho by the Interceſſion of his Friends his Priſon was at laſt much enlarged, he continued to his Death, which happened anno 1695, without leaving any Iſſue, having never been married.

To whom ſucceeded David Lord Cardroſs, his neareſt Heir Male, be⯑ing great Grandſon and Heir to Hen⯑ry the firſt Lord Cardroſs, who was Brother to James Earl of Buchan, Grandfather to the ſaid William laſt deceaſed.

Which David Earl of Buchan in anno 1697 married Frances, eldeſt Daughter, and ſince ſole Heir of Henry Fairfax of Hurſt, in the Coun⯑ty of Berks Eſq only Son and Heir of Henry Fairfax Eſq ſecond Son of Thomas Viſcount Fairfax: By the which Frances Counteſs of Buchan the ſaid Earl has had nine Sons,

Henry David, Lord Auchterhouſe, born in September 1699, who died very young.

David Lord Auchterhouſe, born in April 1703, who died an Infant.

Henry David, now Lord Cardroſs & Auchterhouſe, born 17th April 1710.

Fairfax, born Feb. 8th 1712.

George Lewis on Jan. 30 1714, and

George Auguſtus on December 27th, 1715, who died very young, and three more, who died ſoon after they were born.

Alſo ſeven Daughters.

Lady Katharin Anna, and

Lady Frances; yet in their Mino⯑rity.

Lady Alethea, and

Lady Willelmina Carolina, who both died Infants; and three others who died ſoon after they were born.

Which David now Earl of Buchan, was one of the Council of Trade ap⯑pointed by Parliament in anno 1705, when by an Act paſt in England, the Importation of Scots Linnen Cloath and Cattle into that Kingdom was prohibited, and Matters ſeem'd to run high betwixt the two Kingdoms, in which Commiſſion his Lordſhip behaved himſelf ſo as to gain univer⯑ſal Eſteem, as he has upon all other Occaſions, when employed in the publick Service, wherein he has al⯑ways eminently diſtinguiſh'd himſelf by his unſhaken Zeal and conſtant ap⯑pearance for the Honour and Intereſt of his Country, as well during the Reign of the late King William, in which he was a Privy Counſellor from the Year 1697, till the Death of that Prince, as during that of her late Majeſty Queen Anne, by whom he was alſo conſtituted of the Privy Council; as alſo one of the Com⯑miſſioners of the Exchequer, and Go⯑vernour of Blackneſs Caſtle; in all which he continued till after the Concluſion of the Treaty of Union, anno 1707, which he oppoſed in Par⯑liament to the very laſt, being of O⯑pinion, as his Lordſhip then declared, that ſeveral of the Articles agreed up⯑on, were inconſiſtent with the Ho⯑nour of his Country, eſpecially of the Peerage, againſt which he therefore entred his Proteſt, and was ſoon af⯑ter removed from all publick Truſt. But on the Acceſſion of his Majeſty King George to the Crown, for the Security of whoſe Succeſſion his Lord⯑ſhip [52] had on all Occaſions exerted himſelf with the outmoſt Zeal, he had again ſeveral Marks of Favour beſtowed on him, having been ap⯑pointed one of the Lords Commiſ⯑ſioners of Police, and Lord Lieute⯑nant of the Shires of Stirling and Clackmannan, as he was alſo to the ge⯑neral Satisfaction elected one of the ſixteen Peers for Scotland to the firſt Parliament of Great Britain called af⯑ter his Majeſty's Arrival in this Kingdom.

SCOTT Duke of Buckclugh.

THE firſt of the Sirname of Scott, I have found upon Record, was Ricardus Scottus, who in the Reign of King David I. is Witneſs to a Charter of Confirmation by Robert Biſhop of St. Andrews, to the Abbacy of Holyrood houſe; ^a but whether Scottus was his Sirname, or only ſo called from his Country, is not ſo clear. Likeas we find in the Reign of King Alexander II. another Ricardus Scot⯑tus, who obtained a fair Eſtate in Rox⯑burgh-Shire, by Marriage of Alicia, one of the Heirs Female of Henry de Molla, out of which he gave in pure and perpetual Alms to the Monks of Kelſo, eight Acres of Land, with Paſturage for divers Oxen, in his Tenement of Molle, for the Health of his Soul.^b

In the Reign of Alexander III. Sir Richard Scott obtained the Barony of Murthockſtoun, now called Murdiſtoun in Clidſdale, by the Marriage of an Heir Female of the ſame Sirname, & is deſi⯑gned Ricard le Scott de Murthockſtoun, in the Bond of Submiſſion called the Ragman Roll, wherein as a Baron of Lanerkſhire, he ſwears Allegiance to King Edward the I. of England Anno 1296;^c whoſe Succeſſor Ro⯑bert Scott deſigned of . . . Murdiſtoun and Ranelburn, flouriſhed under King Robert II. who with Conſent and Ap⯑probation of Walter his Son and Heir apparent, gave to the Monks of Mel⯑roſs the Lands of Hinkery in Selkirk⯑ſhire, pro ſalute animae ſuae. ^d This Walter was a gallant brave Man, and performed many Actions of ſignal Honour and Courage in the Ser⯑vice of the Crown, for which he was nobly rewarded. For King Ro⯑bert, who never failed to reward merit, did with Conſent of John Earl of Carrick his eldeſt Son, change the holding of the Barony of Kirkurd from Ward to Blanch in his Favours, by his Royal Charter of the Date De⯑cember 7. Anno 1390.^e The ſame Sir Walter, then a Knight, in the 1426, obtained a Charter from the Earl of Douglas, of the Lands of Lempetlaw, for his Services done to the Earl, by his Charter ſecond July 1426;^f and afterward exchanged his Lands of Murdiſtoun with Thomas Inglis of Maner for Maners Lands of Branxholm, Anno 1446^g He was [53] a Perſon of that Character, that dur⯑ing the Reign of King James II. he was frequently employed in Negotia⯑tions of Peace betwixt the two Nati⯑ons, as appears from Mr. Rymer's Foe⯑dera lately publiſhed, and did exert his Valour in a very eminent Degree, in ſuppreſſing the Rebellion of the Earls of Douglas, Murray and Ormond, for which he had a Grant from the Crown of the Lands of Abinigton, Fairholm and Glendonary, wherein his Loyalty and ſignal Services are very fully narrated and ſet forth in the King's Charter,^a under the Great-Seal. By . . . Daughter of . . . his Wife, he had David his Son and Heir, and Alexander.

Which David made a very great Figure, in the publick Tranſactions, in the Time of King James III. and IV. and was oftner than once appoin⯑ted one of the Conſervators of the Peace betwixt the two Nations. By . . . Daughter of . . . he had Sir Walter his eldeſt Son, and Ro⯑bert; likewiſe a Daughter Janet, mar⯑ried to Sir James Douglas of Drumlan⯑rig, ^b and departing this Life An⯑no 1492, was ſucceeded by

Sir Walter his Grandſon and Heir, who was ſerved and retoured Heir to his Grandfather, 6. November 1492:^c He was famous for his many ex⯑cellent Qualities under King James V. whoſe great Favourite he was. In the 1526 he attempted to relieve at Melroſs his Sovereign out of the Hands of the Earl of Angus; and tho the Attempt proved unſucceſsfull, yet the King ſtill retained a very laſting Senſe of Sir Walter's Duty and Loyal⯑ty on that Occaſion. After the Death of King James he ſignalized his Va⯑lour and Courage at the Battle of Pinky, ſoon after which he was con⯑ſtituted Warden of the Weſt-Marches toward England, and he diſcharged the Office with great Honour and Integrity, till his Death in the Month of October of the Year 1553.^d He married firſt Elizabeth Daughter of . . . Carmichael, ^e of . . . and had Sir David his eldeſt Son, who died with⯑out Iſſue, and Sir William Scott Knight his Father's Heir apparent, who like⯑wiſe died before himſelf. His ſecond Wife was Janet Daughter of John Be⯑thune of Cricht, ^f by whom he had Griſel married to William Lord Borth⯑wick, and again to Walter Cairncroſs Eſq Son to John Cairncroſs of Colme⯑ſly. ^g And Jean to John Cranſtoun of that Ilk.

Sir William Scott of Kirkurd, Son and Heir apparent to Sir Walter Scott of Buckclugh, in the Lifetime of his Father, married Griſel Daughter of John Bethune of Cricht, ^h by whom he had Sir Walter his Grandfather's Suc⯑ceſſor, and three Daughters, Jean married to Sir Thomas Ker of Ferny⯑herſt, Margaret to Sir John Johnſtoun of that Ilk, and Elizabeth to John Car⯑michael of Meadowflat, Captain of Crawfurd.

Which Walter was a Man of ex⯑cellent Parts and Reputation, and tho a firm Adherer to Queen Mary, yet he has a very good Character e⯑ven by the Hiſtorians of the other Party, particulary Sir James Melvil, who ſays, He was a Man of rare Qua⯑lities, wiſe, brave, ſtout and modeſt. He married Margaret, Daughter of Da⯑vid Earl of Angus, by whom he had Sir Walter his Son and Heir, and two Daughters.

Margaret, married to Robert Scott of Thirleſtane, and had Iſſue.

Mary, to William Elliot of Lirieſtoun, and had Iſſue.

Which Walter being a Perſon of very fine Parts, and in great Favour with King James VI. had the Honour of Knighthood conferred on him, at the Coronation of Queen Anne, in Anno 1590,ⁱ and after that was conſtituted Warden of the Weſt-Marches toward England, and he diſ⯑charged [54] the Truſt with ſingular Cou⯑rage and Fidelity,^a till the King's Acceſſion to the Crown of England, Anno 1603.

Sir Walter being a Perſon of a war⯑like Genius, and from his Youth much affecting a military Life, car⯑ried over a Regiment to the Nether⯑lands, where he ſerved under that fa⯑mous General the Prince of Orange, in which valiant Adventures he gain⯑ed ſo much Honour, that to counte⯑nance his ſignal Merit, King James VI. was pleaſed to raiſe him to the Degree and Dignity of a Baron of this Realm, by the Title of Lord Scott of Buckclugh, on the 16. March 1606, and departing this Life 5. December 1611,^b leſt-Iſſue by Mary his Wife, (Daughter of William Ker of Cesford, Siſter to Robert I. Earl of Roxburgh) Walter his Succeſſor; likewiſe two Daughters,

Margaret married to James Lord Roſs, and again to Alexander Earl of Eglintoun.

Elizabeth to John Maſter of Cranſtoun, ^c at that Time Son and Heir appar⯑rent to William Lord Cranſtoun, ſans Iſſue.

Which Walter was by the ſpecial Favour of King James VI. raiſed to the Honour of Earl of Buckclugh, by Let⯑ters patent 16. March 1619.^d This noble Earl being likewiſe a Noblemen of a warlike Temper, had likewiſe the Command of a Regiment under the States of Holland againſt the Spaniard, where he ſerved with ſingu⯑lar Honour and Reputation, and co⯑ming over to England in the Begin⯑ning of the Winter, 1633, died at Lon⯑don on the 21. of September thereafter.

Leaving Iſſue by Mary his Wife, Daughter of Francis Earl of Errol, Francis his Son and Heir and two Daughters.

Lady Mary married to John Earl of Mar.

Lady Jean to John firſt Marqueſs of Tweddale.

Francis Earl of Buckclugh was a young Nobleman of very fine Parts, and of ſingular merit, and very loyally affected to King Charles II. for which Cromwel, after the Earl's Death, impoſed a Fine of 15000 Lib. Sterl. on his Heir.^e He was ſuddenly ſnatched away by Death in the Flower of his Age, Anno 1652, leaving Iſſue by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of John Earl of Rothes, two Daughters, Mary Counteſs of Buckclugh, who married Walter Scot of Hycheſter, who was there⯑upon created Earl of Tarras; but the Lady dying without Iſſue, Anno 1662, her Eſtate and Honour came to her Si⯑ſter the Lady Anne Scott, who ſoon thereafter was married to James Duke of Monmouth, natural Son to King Charles II. who changed his Name to Scot, and was, together with the Coun⯑teſs his Wife, created Duke and ſhe Dutches of Buckclugh, by Letters pa⯑tent, 20. April 1673.^f And the Duke of Lennox dying in the End of 1672, his Grace was conſtituted Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland.

In the Year 1679. upon the In⯑ſurrection in Scotland, which com⯑menced with the Murder of the Arch-Biſhop of St. Andrews, he was ſent with a ſufficient Force, as Generaliſ⯑ſimo to ſuppreſs it, where giving them Battle at Bothwel-Bridge, he entirely defeated them, and ſo ſuppreſſed that Rebellion.

But the following Year, having ſhown himſelf very zealous in pro⯑ſecuting a full Diſcovery of the Po⯑piſh Plot, and joining with thoſe who were the greateſt Sticklers at that Time againſt Popery, by which means he had very much gain'd the Affecti⯑on of the People, ſome of his chiefeſt (ſuppoſed) Friends began to invite him to caſt an Eye upon the Crown, and the more to flatter his Hopes there⯑with, [53] a Report was about this time very induſtriouſly ſpread through the Kingdom, That the King had been lawfully married to Mrs. Walters the Duke's Mother, which ſo affected his Majeſty, that he thought him⯑ſelf obliged, both in Conſcience and Honour to declare the contrary to his Privy Council, and thereupon cauſed the following Declaration to be entred in the Council Books.

Not long after this, the King was prevailed with, not only to diveſt him of all the Offices and Places he held under the Crown, but that he ſhould likewiſe depart the Kingdom, whereupon he retired to Utrecht, and there continued ſome Time, and then returned to England, but was again baniſhed the Court in 1683, and re⯑tiring into Holland, continued at the Hague till the Death of the King his Father. But before K. James VII. was well ſetled on the Throne, anno 1685, he invaded England; but being ſoon after totally routed at Sigemore, and taken Priſoner, he was beheaded on Towerhill the 15th July 1685.

By the Duke of Monmouth the Dut⯑cheſs of Buckclugh had two Sons,

James Earl of Dalkeith, who was elected one of the Knights of the moſt noble Order of the Thiſtle, anno 1704, and dyed 14th March 1705, leaving Iſſue by Henrietta his Wife, Daughter of Laurence Earl of Roche⯑ſter, three Sons and two Daughters, viz.

Francis now Earl of Dalkeith.

Lord James Scot.

Lord Henry Scot.

Lady Anne Scot.

Lady Charlotte Scot.

Lord Henry Scot, 2d Son of Anne Dutcheſs of Buckclugh, was by Letters Patent, bearing date the 29th of March 1706, in the 5th Year of the Reign of her Majeſty Queen Anne, created Earl of De Lorain, Viſcount Hermi⯑tage and Lord Scot of Goldilines, all in the County of Roxburgh.

Her Grace married a ſecond Husband Charles Lord Cornwallis, and by him had Iſſue, Lord George Scot, and Lady Anne Scot, who both deceaſed young, and Lady Iſa⯑bella Scot, yet unmarried.

BALFOUR, Lord Burleigh.

THIS Family which originally took its Sirname from the Caſtle and Barony of Balfour in Fife-ſhire, hath been of great Antiquity in the foreſaid County, there being ſome of that Name flouriſhing there, in the time of Alexander II^a. Alſo it appears, that Michael de Balfour [54] vice comes de Fife, was a Member of Parliament in the Year, 1315^a. This Family continued in great Lu⯑ſtre till the fifth of King Robert II. and then came to an Heir Female, married to Sir John Beaton Knight, Progenitor to the Laird of Balfour.

Of the Family of Balfour, that of Monquhany, appears to have been a very ancient Branch, for Michael de Balfour, obtained the Barony of Monquhany in vice-comitatu de Fife, in Exchange with Duncan Earl of Fife, for his Lands of Pittencrief ^b which was ratified by a Charter of King David II. anno 135 [...] ^c, as Balfour of Burleigh was another Family in good Eſteem, and poſſeſſed the Baro⯑ny of Burleigh ſince the Days of King James II^d. Theſe two Families of Monquhany and Burleigh, came to be united in the Perſon of Sir Michael Balfour of Burleigh, Son and Heir to Sir James Balfour of Monquhany, Clerk Regiſter in the Reign of Queen Mary, by Margaret his Wife, Daugh⯑ter and Heir of Michael Balfour of Burleigh. This Sir Michael was by the Favour of King James VI. raiſed to the Peerage of this Realm by the Title of Lord Balfour of Burleigh, 7th Auguſt 1606^e, being then his Ma⯑jeſty's Ambaſſador to the Dukes of Tuſcany and Lorain, he married . . . . . . Daughter of Lundy of that Ilk, by whom he left one Daughter, Margaret Baroneſs of Burleigh, his ſole Heir, the Honour being to him and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten, ſhe married Robert Arnot of Ferny, who changed his Name to Balfour, and in her Right became Lord Burleigh. He was elected Pre⯑ſident to the Parliament, anno 1641, and by his ſaid Wife he had Iſſue.

John his Succeſſor, and three Daughters.

Jean, married to David Earl of Weems, and had Iſſue.

Margaret, to Sir John Crawfurd of Kilbirny, Anceſtor to the preſent Viſcount of Garnock.

Iſabel, to Thomas Lord Ruthven, and had Iſſue.

John Lord Burleigh, was married to Daughter of Sir Wil⯑liam Balfour of Pitcullo Lieutenant of the Tower of London, in the Reign of King Charles I. by whom he had three Sons, Robert who ſucceeded him in his Eſtate and Honour. John Balfour of Ferny, and Henry Balfour of Dun⯑boig, alſo ſeveral Daughters,

Margaret, married to Andrew Lord Rollo, and had Iſſue.

. . . . . . . . to Sir Robert Douglaſs of Kirkneſs, and had Iſſue.

. . . . . . . . to Sir John Malcolm of Lochore, and has Iſſue.

. . . . to . . . . Douglaſs of Strenthry. Iſabel, unmarried.

Anne to Captain Robert Sinclair.

Robert the preſent Lord Burleigh, upon King William's Acceſſion to the Crown, anno 1689, was con⯑ſtituted one of the Commiſſioners for executing the Office of Regiſter. He married Margaret Daughter of George Earl of Melvil, by whom he has,

Robert Maſter of Burleigh,

Margaret,

Mary, all unmarried.

STEUART, Earl of Bute.

THE deſcent of this noble Fa⯑mily is from Sir John Steuart, a Son of King Robert II.^a who had by his Fathers Grant a fair Poſ⯑ſeſſion in the Iſle of Bute (the ancient Patrimony of the Royal Steuarts, long before they attained to the Crown) with the hereditary Sheriffſhip of that County, which King Robert III. his Brother confirmed by this Charter. Robertus dei gratia Rex Scotorum ſciatis nos dediſſe & hac preſenti charta noſtra confirmaſſe dilecto fratri noſtro Johanni Seneſcallo de Bute officium vice comitatus de Bute & Arran datum 11 Nov. 1400^b. Likeas he obtained a Charter from Robert Duke of Albany, when Governour of Scot⯑land, of the Lands of Fynock, which runs thus in the Original,

Robertus Dux Albaniae Gubernator Scotiae ſciatis nos dediſſe dilecto fratri⯑noſtro Johanni Steuart vice comiti de Bute totam dimidietatem terrarum de Fynock in Barronia de Renfrew, &c. apud Villam de Irvin primo die Janu⯑arii 1418^c.

This Sir John Steuart married Jean Daughter of Sir John Semple of Eliot⯑ſtoun ^d, Anceſtor to the preſent Lord Semple, by whom he had three Sons,

Robert his Succeſſor.

Andrew Steuart of Roſlyn in vice comitatu de Bute.

William firſt of the Branch of Fy⯑nock ^e in vice comitatu de Renfrew.

Which Robert Steuart of Bute was of the Privy Council to King James II. anno 1440^f. The third of this Family was James Steuart of Bute, who obtained from King James III. in Conſideration of his good Services before that time performed, the he⯑reditary Conſtabulwick of the Caſtle of Rothſay, (which had been ancient⯑ly a royal Seat, and where King Robert III. yielded his laſt Breath) by a Commiſſion ſtill extant among the Earl of Bute's Writes, and bears date, 1ſt Auguſt 1498.

To this laſt mentioned James ſuc⯑ceeded Ninian his Son and Heir, who married Eliſabeth Daughter of John Blair of that Ilk^g, and departing this Life anno 1509, was ſucceeded by James his Son, who was Infeft both in his Eſtate, and in the hereditary Conſtabulary of Rothſay Caſtle, 20th. May 1509^h. He married firſt a Daughter of the Family of Argyle and ſecondly Marion Daughter of John Fairly of that Ilk, in vice comi⯑tatu de Air, Widow of Thomas Boyd of Linn ⁱ, by whom he had John who ſucceeded him, and Robert Steuart of Kelſpock ^k.

Which John was in ſpecial Favour with King James VI. to whom he was one of the Gentlemen of his Bed-Chamber, and in 1580 was con⯑ſtituted Captain of the Caſtle of Brodick, and Chamberlain of Arran ^l, which he enjoyed till the Family of Hamilton was reſtored, anno 1585. His firſt Wife was Mary Daughter of John Campbel of Skipniſh, and his ſecond Fynuald, Daughter of Sir James Mackdonald of Duneyveg and Glinns, Anceſtor to the Earl of Antrim of the Kingdom of Ireland, and depar⯑ting this Life about the Year 1602, [56] was ſucceeded by John his Son and Heir, who was knighted by King James VI. He added to the ancient patrimonial Fortune of his Anceſtors, the Lands of Foord in vice comitatu de Haddingtoun, by the Marriage of Eliſabeth. eldeſt of the two Daugh⯑ters, and Co-heirs of Robert Hepburn of Foord, by whom he left Iſſue, James his Succeſſor, and Colonel Thomas Steuart who died in France.

Which James had the Honour of Baronet conferred on him by King Charles I. When the civil War broke out in that Reign, he faithfully ad⯑hered to the King's Intereſt, for which, beſide the Sequeſtration of moſt of his Eſtate, he ſuffered much perſonally during the Uſurpation, notwithſtanding whereof he continu⯑ed conſtant and unſhaken in his Loy⯑alty, and living to ſee the Reſtaura⯑tion, he died at London ſoon after, tho the exact time I cannot aſſign, and was buried in the Abbay at Weſt⯑minſter. His Wife was Iſabel Daughter of Sir Dougal Campbel of Achinbreak, by Iſabel his Wife, Daughter of Thomas Lord Boyd, by whom he had Sir Dougal his Succeſſor, and

Sir Robert Steuart of Tillycutry, one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice, and one of the Lords of her Majeſty's Juſticiary, who was created Baronet by Patent 29th. April 1707. He married Cicil Daughter of Sir Robert Hamilton of Preſmanan, and had Sir Robert Steuart Baronet.

Alſo three Daughters, 1ſt Eliſabeth married to Ninian Banatyne of Keams, in vice comitatu de Bute, and had Iſſue. 2d. Anne to Alexander Mack⯑do [...]ald of Sana, in vice comitatu de Ar⯑gyle, and afterwards to Walter Camp⯑bel of Skipniſh, of the ſame County, and had Iſſue. 3d. Jean to Angus Campbel of Skipniſh, Junior and had Iſſue.

Sir Dougal his Son married Eliſa⯑beth Daughter of Sir Thomas Ruthven of Dunglaſs, by Mary his Wife, Daugh⯑ter of Alexander 1ſt Earl of Leven, by whom he had two Sons, Sir James who ſucceeded him. Mr. Dougal Steuart of Blairhall, who having ap⯑plyed himſelf to the ſtudy of the Law, became ſoon ſo fam'd in that Profeſſion, that Her Majeſty was pleaſed to name him one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice, and one of the Lords of the Juſticiary, 12 May 1709, and having ſerved Com⯑miſſioner in diverſe Parliaments, both before and ſince the commencement of the Union, he ſtill diſcharged that truſt with Honour and Integrity, particularly in relation to the Union of the Kingdoms, where he acted ſo conſcientious and honourable a Part, that Ages to come will equally e⯑ſteem him for the Regard he then ſhew'd for the Honour of his Country, as for his Abilities upon the Bench, which he has in the Opinion of all, to a very eminent degree. He married Mary Daughter of — Bruce of Blairhall, and has Iſſue.

Alſo ſeveral Daughters, Barbara married to Alexander Campbel of Bar⯑break, in vice comitatu de Argyle, and has Iſſue, and Margaret to Dougal Laumont, apparent Heir of Archibald Laumont of that Ilk, and has Iſſue. He departed this Life in May 1672, and was ſucceeded by

Sir James his Son and Heir, who upon Her Majeſty's Acceſſion to the Throne was named a Privy Coun⯑ſellour, and appointed one of the Commiſſioners upon the Part of Scot⯑land to Treat of a nearer Union with England, anno 1702, which then took not effect, and by Letters Patent bear⯑ing date 14th April 1703, raiſed to the Honour of Earl of Bute, Viſcount of Kingarth, Lord Mont Steuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock. In 1706, he was one of the Peers who diſſen⯑ted from the Union, and when he diſcovered the Parliament was by a Majority diſpoſed to go into it, he left the Houſe and retired to his [57] Seat in the Country. He married 1ſt. Agnes eldeſt Daughter of Sir George Mackenzie of Roſehaugh, Lord Advo⯑cate, in the Reign of King James VII. by whom he had

James the preſent Earl, and a Daughter Margaret married to John Crawfurd Lord Kilbirny, and Viſ⯑count of Garnock, and had Iſſue. And by Chriſtian his ſecond Wife Daugh⯑ter of William Dundaſs of Kincavill he had a Son John. This Earl died at the Bath in England, 4th June 1710, and was interr'd in the Church of Rothſay among his Anceſtors, up⯑on him I find this Epitaph,

Which James now Earl of Bute had a conſiderable Acceſſion to his Eſtate by the deceaſe of George Mackenzie of Roſehaugh, his Uncle, to whoſe For⯑tune he ſucceeded in 1707, and which he is obliged by the Deſtination to give to his ſecond Son, who is to bear the Sirname, and wear the Arms of Mackenzie of Roſehaugh. His Lord ſhip married the Lady Anne Campbel Daughter of Archibald Duke of Ar⯑gyle, and has a Daughter Lady Mary.

Earl of Caithneſs

IN the Time of King William one Harold was Earl of this Coun⯑try; but for Rebellion his Eſtate was forfeited, anno 1187^a, and con⯑tinued in the Crown till the Year 1222^b, when King Alexander II. beſtowed it upon Magnus the Son of Gilibred Earl of Angus, for the pay⯑ment of a yearly Duty of ten Pound Sterling to the King and his Succeſ⯑ſors^c. The Honour continued in this Race till it expired in a Daugh⯑ter married to the Earl of Ro [...]s, in the Reign of King David II.^d

The next who had this Title, was David Steuart Son to King Robert II. by Eupham Roſs. He was created Count Palatine of Strathern, and Earl of Caithneſs, upon his Father's Ac⯑ceſſion to the Sovereignty, anno gra⯑tiae 1370, but he dying without Male Succeſſion, it devolved on Wal⯑ter Earl of Athole, his immediate younger Brother, who diſpon [...]d it to Allan Steuart his Son, who was kil⯑led at the Battel of Innerlochy ^e, leaving no Iſſue; ſo that by his Fa⯑ther's Forfaulture it came to the Crown.

CRICHTON Earl of Caithneſs.

CAithneſs was again erected into an Earldom, in the Perſon of Perſon of George Crichton of Cairns, ^a Lord high Admiral of Scotland, anno 1452, but he dying in the Year 1455^b, left only a Daughter Janet married to John Maſter of Maxwel, whereby the Honour extinguiſhed.

SINCLAIR Earl of Caithneſs.

WIlliam Sinclair Earl of Orkney Lord high Chancellour of Scotland, in the Reign of King James II. obtained from that Monarch a Grant of the Earldom of Caithneſs in Compenſation of a Claim he had to the Lordſhip of Nithſdale, bearing date 29th April 1456^c. He con⯑voyed this Earldom with the Ho⯑nour to William Sinclair, one of his Sons^d, who married Mary Daugh⯑ter of Sir William Keith of Inver [...]gy. He was ſlain at the Field of Floudon, 1513, leaving Iſſue by the ſaid Mary his Wife.

John his Son and Heir, and Ale⯑xander Sinclair founder of the Family of Dunbeth, which John took to Wife Mary Daughter of William Su⯑therland of Duffus ^e, by whom he had George who ſucceeded him. This Earl was killed in an Inſurrection of the Inhabitants of Orkney, 29th May 1529^f.

George the 3d Earl of Caithneſs, was conſtituted Juſticiary within the bounds of Caithneſs by Queen Mary anno 1566, and in 1568 was one of the Peers who ſat upon the Trial of James Earl of Bothwell. He married Eliſabeth. Daughter of William 2d Earl of Montroſe, by whom he had,

John his eldeſt Son, who died in the Year 1577^g, leaving three Sons and a Daughter by Jean his Wife, Daughter of Patrick Earl of Bothwell, George who ſucceeded in the Earldom: James Sinclair of Murthill Anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Caithneſs ^h, and John Sinclair of whom deſcended Sinclair of Greenland ⁱ. Mary, firſt Wife to Sir John Hume of Col⯑dingknows, and afterward of Andrew Earl of Errol.

George Sinclair ſecond Son, was Progenitor of the Sinclairs of May ^k in the Shire of Caithneſs, his Wife was Margaret Daughter of William Lord Forbes.

He had likewiſe ſeveral Daugh⯑ters, 1ſt. Beatrix, married to Ale⯑xander Earl of Sutherland ^l, but had no Iſſue. 2d. Eliſabeth to Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, ſans Iſſue, and afterward to Hutcheon Mackcay of Far ^m, Anceſtor to the preſent Lord Rae. Margaret to William Su⯑therland of Duffus ⁿ. Barbara to Ale⯑xander Innes of that Ilk^o.

This Earl died in a good old Age, in 1583^p, and was immediately ſucceeded by

George his Grand-ſon, who was married with Jean Daughter of George Earl of Huntly, by whom he had William Lord Berrindale, who mar⯑ried Mary Daughter of Henry Lord [59] Sinclair ^a, and died in the Lifetime of his Father, leaving behind him a Son, John Lord Berrindale, who died in 1639^b, leaving a Son George by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Colin Earl of Seaforth, who ſucceed⯑ed to the Earldom upon the deceaſe of his Great Grandfather, in 1643^c.

Which George Earl of Caithneſs married Mary Daughter of Archibald Marqueſs of Argyle, but died with⯑out Succeſſion, anno 1676. George Sinclair his Couſin, by reaſon of his ſlender Eſtate, declined to take upon him the Honour, wherefore the Title of Earl of Caithneſs was conferr'd upon Sir John Campbel of Glenurchy, who had acquired moſt of the Fortune, anno 1677. But in the Year 1681, the ſaid George Sinclair, Couſin German and Heir Male to the late deceaſed Earl, laying Claim to the Title, it was allowed him by the Parliament; but he dying unmarried, anno 1698, by reaſon of the Entail upon the Heirs Male, John Sinclair of Murthill ſucceeded in the Honour. He mar⯑ried Jean Carmichael, by whom he had

Alexander the preſent Earl of Caith⯑neſs.

John.

Francis.

Janet, All unmarried.

LIVINGSTON Earl of Calender.

SIR James Livingſton, Firſt Earl of Calendar, was the 2d Son of Alexander Earl of Linlithgow, by Elea⯑nor his Wife, Daughter of Andrew Earl of Erroll. Which Sir James being from his Youth bread up in the Wars of Bohemia, Holland, Sweden, and Ger⯑many, acquired a great Reputation in Martial Affairs: Upon his Return he was conſtituted one of the Gentle⯑men of the Bed-Chamber to King Charles I. and by Patent 19th June 1633^d, created Lord Livingſton of Almont, and Earl of Calendar, anno 1641.

In the beginning of the Civil War, he accepted of a Command in the Parliaments Service; but withdraw⯑ing himſelf from them, he freely re⯑ſorted to the Service of his injur'd Sovereign, and was conſtituted Lieu⯑tenant-General of the Scots Army, who in the 1648 attempted to reſcue the King from his fatal Impriſon⯑ment in the Iſle of Wight: But the enterpriſe miſcarrying, he retired to Holland, where he ſtayed till the Murder of his Majeſty. He mar⯑ried Margaret Daughter of John Lord Yeſter, Widow of Alexander Earl of Dunfermling, and dying very aged, in 1672, both his Eſtate and Title deſcended to

Alexander Livingſton his Nephew, who marrying Mary Daughter of Wil⯑liam Duke of Hamilton, died 1685, leaving no Iſſue ſave a natural Son. Sir Alexander Livingſton of Glenterren, Baronet, his Fortune and Honour de⯑volved upon

Alexander Livingſton, his Nephew, Son of George Earl of Linlithgow, who deceaſed in the Year 1694, lea⯑ving [60] Iſſue by Anne his Wife, Daugh⯑ter of James Marqueſs of Montroſe, James his Son and Heir, who upon the Death of his Uncle, Alexander Earl of L [...]nlithgow, anno 1695, ſuc⯑ceeded him in that Earldom, and two Daughters,

Lady Henrietta. unmarried.

Lady Mary. unmarried.

FAIRFAX, Lord Cameron.

THE Family of Fairfax, which is unqueſtionably one of the moſt Ancient and beſt allyed in Eng⯑land, had firſt its Seat at Touceſter, in the County of Northumberland, where we find it at the Conqueſt of that Kingdom, anno 1060, from whence it removed a [...]fterwards to the County of York, where, anno 1204, the 6th of King John, we find Richard Fair⯑fax poſſeſſed of ſeveral Lands, par⯑ticularly of the Mannor of Askham, to which Richard, ſucceeded William Fairfax, who, by Alicia his Wife, Daughter and Heir of Nicholas de Bugthorp, had Iſſue one Son William, who purchaſed the Mannor of Wal⯑ton in the ſame County, by which, he and his Succeſſors were after⯑wards deſigned, and yet in the Poſ⯑ſeſſion of of his Family.

From whom, the 8th in a ſtraight Male Line, was Thomas Fairfax o [...] Walton, to whom anno 1415, the 2d of Henry V, ſucceeded another Richard, who, by Euſtace his Wife, Daughter and Heir of John Caltrop de Caltrop Eſq had Iſſue ſix Sons, Viz.

1ſt. William of Walton who ſucceed⯑ed him.

2d. Bryan, Doctor of the Laws.

3d. Sir Guy Fairfax, Knight, Ju⯑ſtice of the King's Banch.

4th. Richard.

5th. Sir Nicholas, Knight of Rhodes.

6th. Miles Fairfax.

And three Daughters, of whom Ellen the youngeſt, was Lady Prio⯑reſs of Nunmuncton.

Of which William of Walton, eldeſt Son of the ſaid Richard, who died the 31ſt Henry VI. anno 1453, de⯑ſcended, after five Generations, Sir Thomas Fairfax, who the 3d of Charles I. was created Viſcount Fairfax of Emelay, in the Kingdom of Ireland, and by Katharine his Wife, Daughter of Sir Henry Conſtable, and Siſter of the Viſcount Dunbar, had Iſſue ſix Sons and five Daughters, of whom Thomas, the eldeſt Son ſucceeded him, and Henry the ſecond was Father of Henry Fairfax of Hurſt Eſq whoſe Daughter and ſole Heir Frances is mar⯑ried to David now Earl of Buchan.

Of which Thomas, Nicholas now Lord Viſcount of Fairfax, is lineal Deſcendant and Repreſentative, and the One and Twentieth, who has ſuc⯑ceeded in this Family in a ſtraight Male-Line, ſince the ſaid ſixth of King John, being the ſpace of 507 Years.

But leaving to others, a more par⯑ticular Account of that noble Houſe, as not belonging to this preſent Work, We ſhall proceed to a younger Son, viz. Sir Guy Fairfax above-men⯑tioned, 3d Son of Richard Fairfax of Walton, of whom the Lord Came⯑ron is deſcended.

Which Sir Guy, got from the ſaid Richard his Father, the Lands and Mannor of Steeton, in the County of York; And being a Perſon eminent for his Parts and Learning, was made Atturney General, the 3d Edward IV. anno 1464, and Judge of the King's Bench the 17th of the ſame Reign. He built Steeton Caſtle, afterwards the Seat of his Family, and had a Chapel there, conſecrated by Arch-Biſhop Rotheram; He alſo founded a Chantery at Sheriff-Hutton, anno 7mo. Henry VII. and died in the [61] 11th Year of the ſame Reign, anno 1495, leaving Iſſue by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Sir William Ryther of Ryther, Knight, four Sons, viz. Sir William who ſucceeded him, Tho⯑mas, Guy, and Nicholas, and two Daugh⯑ters, Ellen married to Sir Miles Wilesthorp, Knight, and Maudeline to Sir John Waterſon of Medley, Ma⯑ſter of the Horſe to King Henry VI.

Which Sir William, eldeſt Son and Heir of Sir Guy, was a great Lawyer, and Judge of the common Pleas, from the 1ſt. to the 6th of Henry VIII. and by Eliſabeth his Wife, eldeſt Daughter of George Mannours, Lord Rooſe, and Siſter to Thomas Earl of Rutland, whoſe Grand-mother was Siſter to Edward the 4th King of England, had Iſſue, one Son William, who ſucceeded him, and four Daugh⯑ters,

Ellen, married to Sir William Pickering, Knight, by whom he had Sir William Pickering, ſo great a Fa⯑vorite of King Edward VI. and Queen Eliſabeth.

Eliſabeth, married to Sir Robert Vightred.

Anne, to Sir Robert Normanville, Knight.

And Dorothy to — Conſtable of Kexby Eſq

Which Sir William Fairfax of Steeton, Knight, Son and Heir of Sir William the Judge, married Iſabella, Daughter and Heir of John Thwaits, of Thwaits and Denton, in the Coun⯑ty of York, Eſq in whoſe Right he got the ſaid Mannour of Denton, and had by her five Sons, viz.

Sir Thomas who ſucceeded him, Francis, Edward, Gabriel, and Henry.

Alſo ſix Daughters, 1ſt Anne mar⯑ried to Sir Henry Everingham, Mary to — Rockley Eſq Bridget to Sir Cotton Gargrave, Urſula and Suſanna.

To which Sir William Fairfax there are two Letters from King Henry VIII. one of the 35th and another the 38th of his Reign, in⯑dorſed, To our Truſty and well be⯑loved Sir William Fairfax, Knight, which Letters are yet extant, and to be ſeen at Denton Caſtle, in the ſaid County of York, whereof he was high Sheriff, the 26th and 31ſt of the ſaid Henry VIII. and a third time nominated, but died ult. Octob. the 5th of Philip and Mary, Anno Dom. 1557.

He gave to his 5th Son Gabriel the Mannor of Steeton, and ſeveral other Lands, being (according to the Superſtition of theſe Times) highly offended with Sir Thomas his eldeſt Son, for being with the Duke of Bourbon, at the ſacking of Rome, in the beginning of the Reformation, but that Loſs was ſufficiently made up to him, by his ſucceeding, in Right of his Mother, to the ſaid Eſtate of Denton, which became, from that time, the principal Seat of the Fami⯑ly, and of Gabriel the younger Bro⯑ther, who got Steeton, is deſcended another Family, known by the Di⯑ſtinction of Steeton, alſo in the County of York, where it has its Reſidence to this time.

Which Sir Thomas Fairfax of Den⯑ton, was high Sheriff of the County of York, the 14th of Eliſabeth, knighted the 19th of her Reign, and died, alter performing many Services to his Country, the 42d of the ſame, Anno Dom. 1599, leaving Iſſue by Dorothy his Wife, Daughter of George Gayle of Acham-Grange, Treſaurer of the Mint at York, five Sons, viz.

Thomas that ſucceeded him.

Henry and Ferdinando, who both died young.

Sir Charles Fairfax Colonel of a Regiment at Oſtend, the time of that famous Siege, where he was ſlain, after gaining immortal Honour by his brave Actions, as Camden and others have recorded.

And Edward Fairfax of Newhall, an excellent Poet, as appears by ſeve⯑ral [62] of his Tranſlations yet extant; alſo two Daughters,

Urſula, married to Sir Henry Bel⯑laſis of Newbourgh, in the County of York, Baronet, Mother by him of Thomas firſt Viſcount Fa [...]conberg, An⯑ceſtor of Thomas, now Viſcount of that Name.

And Chriſtian, married to John Ask Eſq

To Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton, laſt mentioned, ſucceeded Sir Thomas, his eldeſt Son, who, Anno 1582, mar⯑ried Ellen, Daughter of Robert Ask Eſq by whom he had ſix Sons, viz.

1ſt. Ferdinando, who ſucceeded him.

2d. Henry.

3d. Charles, of whom the Family of Menſton is deſcended.

4th. William, and 5th. John, both killed in the defence of the City of Frankendale in the Palatinat.

6th. Peregrine killed in defence of Rochel in France; alſo two Daughters, Dorothy the eldeſt married to Sir Wil⯑liam Conſtable, Baronet, and Anne the 2d to Sir George Wentworth of Wolley, Knight.

Which Sir Thomas, being of a Mar⯑tial Spirit, accompanied into France the Earl of Eſſex, General of the Engliſh Army, ſent by Queen Eliſa⯑beth to the Aſſiſtance of Henry IV. of France, againſt the Spaniards and Catholick League, where an. 1591, in the lifetime of his Father, he was knighted by the ſaid General, in the Camp before Roan in Normandy, from whence returning, not long after, with the ſaid Army, after having performed many brave Actions for the Honour of his Country, he was, by the Queen, recei⯑ved with many marks of Diſtinction and Favour, and imployed by her in ſe⯑veral important Affairs, particularly in carrying a Commiſſion into Scotland to King James VI. whom, he lived not only to ſee ſeated on the Throne of England, upon the Death of that Queen, but alſo till the Reign of his Son, King Charles I. in the 3d Year of whom by Patent bearing date, 4th May, 1627. He was created Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and died not before the 17th of he ſame Reign, anno Dom 1642, Aetat: 80, being full of Years, and no leſs of Honour, for his many Vertues, and great Skill in the Arts both of Peace and War, of which all allow him to have been a great Maſter.

To which Thomas Lord Cameron, ſucceeded Ferdinando his eldeſt Son, who by the Lady Mary, Daughter of Edmund Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Pre⯑ſident of the North, Anceſtor of John now Duke of Buckingham, had Iſſue,

Thomas Lord Cameron.

Charles, Colonel of Horſe, ſlain at the Battle of Marſton-Moor near York, Anno 1644.

And John, who died an Infant.

Alſo ſix Daughters. Urſula; who died unmarried;

Ellen, married to Sir William Selby of Twiſtle, in the County of Nor⯑thumberland, Baronet.

Frances to Sir Thomas Weddrington, Knight.

Eliſabeth, to Sir William Craven, Knt.

Mary, to Henry Arthington of Ar⯑thington, Eſq and

Dorothy, to Richard Hutton of Pop⯑pleton, Eſq all of whom had Iſſue.

He married 2dly Rhoda, Daugh⯑ter and Heir of Thomas Chapman, Eſq and had by her one Daughter, Urſula, born at Denton, a few Days before the Death of her Father, who died March 31ſt, 1648, & was ſucceeded by,

Thomas Lord Cameron, his eldeſt Son and Heir, who married Anne, Daughter and Co-heir of Horatio Lord Vere, Maſter of the Ordinance, and General of all the Engliſh Forces in the Palatinat, Holland and the Netherlands, by whom he had Iſſue two Daughters,

Mary the eldeſt, married to George Duke of Buckingham, Knight of the moſt noble Order of the Garter, and Maſter of the Horſe to King Charles II. and Eliſabeth died young.

Which Thomas Lord Cameron, ſo fam'd in Engliſh Hiſtory, by the Name [63] of General Fairfax, was born at Den⯑ton Caſtle, 17th January 1611, and going into the Low Country Wars in 1627, gave then (tho but ſixteen Years old) ſuch Proofs of a great Spirit and Martial Genius, as occaſion⯑ed his being particularly noticed by the Lord Vere, above-mentioned, one of the greateſt Captains of that Age, whoſe Daughter he afterwards married.

In 1640 he was knighted (his Father being then on Life) and the civil Wars beginning not long after, he came ſoon, to make no ſmall Figure in them, by the many Proofs he gave, of his great Courage and Conduct, in the Service of the Parliament, whoſe Cauſe he early eſpouſed, and in 1645, being then but 34 Years of age, was choſen ſupreme General of their Armies, which he command⯑ed, with great Succeſs and Glory, till 1650, in which time, he performed ſuch Actions, as wanted nothing but a better Cauſe, to have made his Fame immortal: But War being then de⯑creed againſt Scotland, by the Parlia⯑ment, and an Army appointed to march thither, he declared his Re⯑ſolution not to command it, or in⯑vade that Kingdom, and, thereupon, laid down his Commiſſion, which, ſoon after, was beſtowed on Oliver Cromwell, then Lieutenant General under him:

What the Reaſons were, that in⯑duced this great Man, to lay down ſo high and important a Command, was at that time, variouſly, reported, ſome (as Clarendon relates) impu⯑ting it, to his Affection and Kindneſs to Scotland, of which he had always been a great favourer, and whereof he was born a Peer; but others, to his not being ſatisfied, with the Parliaments, having puſht things, ſo far, againſt the King, and to his, ſecretly, favouring the Intereſt of his Son K. Charles II. then admitted to the Government in that Kingdom, and crowned there; which Opinion was confirmed, by the Part he afterwards acted at the Reſtau⯑ration; In order to which, he en⯑tered, very early, into Meaſures with General Monk, to whom he gave con⯑ſiderable Aſſiſtance, in the Proſecu⯑tion of that glorious Deſign, upon the happy iſſue whereof, he had the Honour, to be one of the Commiſ⯑ſioners which compoſed the ſolemn Deputation, ſent by the Parliament to the King, upon that great Oc⯑caſion, and arriving at the Hague, was received by his Majeſty, with ſingular Favour and Goodneſs, and great Marks of Honour and Eſteem, which he ever after continued to wards him; notwithſtanding where⯑of, being weary of the great hurry and Confuſion, in which he had ſpent much of his Time; he re⯑tired, ſoon after the Reſtauration, to his Houſe in the Country, where, he paſſed, in peace and quiet, the re⯑mainder of his Life, highly beloved and honoured by all good Men, for his many great and heroick Qualities, and ſhining Vertues, for which, he is juſtly celebrated, by the greateſt Pens of that Age, all ſides and Par⯑ties agreeing, in giving due Praiſe, to his conſummate Merits. He died of a ſhort Sickneſs, Novemb. 11th. 1671, the 60th Year of his Age, and lyes buried at Bilbrough, near Tork, where a ſtately Monument was erected to his Memory, being ſucceeded in his Honour and Eſtate by,

Henry Fairfax, his Couſin Ger⯑man, eldeſt Son and Heir of Henry, 2d Son of Thomas the firſt Lord Cameron.

Which Henry, married Frances, Daughter and Heir of Sir Robert Barwick of Tolſton, Knight, by whom he had Iſſue Thomas, who ſucceeded him. Henry, Bryan, and Barwick,

Alſo four Daughters,

Dorothy, married firſt to Robert Stapleton of Wighill Eſq afterwards to Bennet Sherrard of Whiſſenden, in the County of Rutland, Eſq

Anne, to Ralph Ker of Kocken, Eſq [64] in the County of Durham, and Urſula and Mary who died young.

Which Thomas Lord Cameron, mar⯑ried Katharin, only Daughter and Heir of Thomas Lord Colepepper, and dying 6th January 1710, left Iſſue

Thomas, now Lord Cameron, about 18 Years of Age: Henry and Robert.

Alſo three Daughters,

Margaret.

Katharine.

And Mary, All unmarried.

ERSKINE Lord Cardroſs.

THE Honour and Title of Lord Cardroſs, had its beginning in anno 1604, when James VI. of Scot⯑land, and firſt of Great Britain, by his Charter under the Great Seal, bear⯑ing date on March 27th in the ſaid Year, erected the ſaid Lordſhip, in favours of John Earl of Mar, Lord Treaſaurer of Scotland, and Knight of the moſt noble Order of the Garter, his Heirs and Aſſigns; In purſuance whereof, the ſaid Earl, in anno 1615, aſſigned and diſponed the ſame, and whole Rights thereto be⯑longing, to Henry Erskine, his 2d. Son, by the Lady Mary Steuart, his 2d. Wife, Daughter of Eſme, Duke of Lennox, a Lady near in Blood to his ſaid Majeſty; who, as a further Mark of his Royal Favour, was alſo pleaſed to beſtow on the ſaid Henry, the Abby of Dryburgh in Teviotdale, for⯑merly a Seat of Monks of the Order of Promontre; the ſaid Abby, with the Lands and Tythes thereto be⯑longing, being, by a ſpecial Act of Parliament, for that purpoſe, diſſolved from the Crown.

Which Henry Lord Cardroſs, mar⯑ried Margaret, only Daughter of Sir James Ballanden of Broughtoun, and Siſter of William firſt Lord Ballanden, by whom he had David his only Son and Heir, and one Daughter, Mary, who was married to Sir John Buchan⯑nan of that Ilk in the County of Stirling, and had Iſſue; and dying Anno 1636, was ſucceeded by,

David Lord Cardroſs, his only Son, who, an. 1645, married Anne, Daughter of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, Lord Advocate, Great Grand-father to the preſent Earl of Hopeton, by whom he had Iſſue, Henry, who ſucceeded him, and a Daughter, Margaret, mar⯑ried to William Cuningham of Bo⯑quhan, in the County of Stirling, Mother, by him, of Henry Cun⯑ningham of Boquhan, Junior, Re⯑preſentative of the Burgh of Stirling, and Diſtrict thereof in this preſent Parliament, anno 1712.

Which David married 2dly, (anno 1655,) Mary, 2d Daughter of George Bruce of Carnock, and Siſter of Ed⯑ward and Alexander, both Earls of Kincardin, by whom he had Iſſue four Sons, and three Daughters.

Alexander the eldeſt Son, died young.

William the 2d, late Deputy Go⯑vernour of Blackneſs Caſtle, a Per⯑ſon of great Integrity and Honour, married Magdalen, Daughter of Sir James Lumſden of Innergelly, in the Shire of Fife, and had Iſſue by her, William, his eldeſt Son and Heir, unmarried, and James, yet in his Minority.

John, the 3d. who, upon all oc⯑caſions, has appeared, with great Zeal, in the Cauſe of Religion and Liberty, and has thereby acquired an univerſal Eſteem, retired into Holland, ſome Years before the Re⯑volution, in 1688. When he ac⯑companyed [65] the Prince of Orange, in his Expedition into England, a little before which, he had a Company of Foot beſtowed upon him in Holland; and ſoon after, upon that Prince's Acceſ⯑ſion to the Throne, was made Lieu⯑tenant Governour of Stirling Caſtle, and afterwards Governour of Dum⯑barton, and a Lieutenant Colonel of Foot.

In 1695, he was choſen a Di⯑rector of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies, and by them ſent, with others, in 1696, into Holland, and other Foreign Parts, to manage the Affairs of that Com⯑pany; In purſuance whereof, ſuch Progreſs was made at Hamburgh, and Encouragement given from other Parts, as had, in all appearance, been attended with the deſired Succeſs, had it not been for ſome Things, very unexpected, and ſurpriſing, and too well known to need mentioning.

He married 1ſt. Jean, Daughter and Heir of VVilliam Muir of Cald⯑well, in the Shire of Renfrew; but ſhe dying ſoon after, without Iſſue, he married 2dly, Anne, eldeſt Daughter, and Co-heir of VVilliam Dundaſs of Kincavill, in the County of Linlith⯑gow, Advocate, by whom he has John his eldeſt Son and Heir, and ſeveral other Sons; alſo one Daughter, Mary, yet unmarried.

Charles the 4th Son, being a Cap⯑tain of Foot in the Low Countries, in the Service of the late King Wil⯑liam, was killed there, at the Battle of Stenkirk, the 24th of July 1692:

Veronica, his eldeſt Daughter, mar⯑ried to Walter Lockhart of Kirtoun, in the County of Lanerk, and has Iſſue,

Magdalen the 2d. to Alexander Monypenny of Pitmilly, in the Shire of Fife, and has Iſſue.

And Mary the 3d died young.

To which David Lord Cardroſs ſucceeded, Anno 1671. Henry his eldeſt Son and Heir, who, eodem anno, married Katharine, 2d Daughter, and at length ſole Heir, of Sir James Steuart of Strabrock, in the Country of Weſt-Lothian, by which Katharine, he had Iſſue.

David who ſucceeded him, now Earl of Buchan.

Charles Erskine Advocate.

William, deputy Governour of Blackneſs Caſtle, who married Marga⯑garet Daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Erskine, deputy Governour of Stirling Caſtle, and has Iſſue by her, one Son John, in his Infancy, and a Daughter Jean, yet very young:

Thomas, yet in his Minority; and five more, who all died young.

Alſo three Daughters,

Katharine the eldeſt, married to Sir William Denham of Weſtſhields, in the County of Lanerk, Baronet, but has no Iſſue by him.

Mary the 2d, yet unmarried.

And Anne, the 3d. married to Ar⯑chibald Edmondſton of Duntreth, in vice comitatu de Stirling.

Which Henry Lord Cardroſs, being a Perſon of univerſally acknowledged Merit, and, upon all occaſions, a ſtre⯑nuous aſſerter of the Rights and Liber⯑ties of his Country, met with many Hardſhips in the late Reigns, with which having ſtrugled long, with great firmneſs and conſtancy, he at laſt with⯑drew into Holland, where he was kindly received by the Prince of Orange, afterwards King of Great Britain, whom he accompanyed in his Expe⯑dition into England, in 1688, And upon that Prince's Acceſſion to the Throne (of which he was a zealous Promoter) had ſeveral Marks of his Favour beſtowed on him, being ſoon after made a Privy Counſellour, Ge⯑neral of the Mint, and Colonel of a Regiment of Dragoons, As he was, at the ſame time, appointed by Parliament, one of the Commiſſioners for treating of an Union with England. Upon all which occaſions, he behaved himſelf, ſo as to maintain the Cha⯑racter, he had all along had, of a Per⯑ſon of untainted Integrity and Ho⯑nour; and dying at Edinburgh the [66] 21ſt of May, 1693, and 44th Year of his Age, was ſucceeded by,

David Lord Cardroſs, his eldeſt Son and Heir, who, upon the Death of William Earl of Buchan, anno 1695, without Iſſue, became alſo Earl of Buchan, of whom, and of his Mar⯑riage, and Iſſue, ſee an Account in Title Buchan.

CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle.

OF this Family, which is of great Antiquity in the Stew⯑artry of Annandale, was Sir William Cairlyle, Knight, in the Days of Ro⯑bert I. who was matched with Mar⯑garet Bruce, Siſter to that King, as is evident from a Grant by that Mo⯑narch, Willielmo Cairlyle milite & Margaretae ſponſae ſuae ſorori noſtrae Cariſſimae ^a de Terris de Crumanſtoun.

Sir William Cairlyle, his Son, ob⯑tained from King Robert the Lands of Culen, una cum Tennendariis totius Baroniae de Torthorald ^b.

The Family continued in the ſtate of Barons till James III. called Sir John Cairlyle of Torthorald, into the number of his Nobility, by the Title of Lord Cairlyle of Torthorald, anno 1473^c. He had by the Grant of the ſaid King, the Lands and Barony of Duncow, then in the Crown by the Forfaulture of Robert Lord Boyd, in recompence of his great Charge in an Embaſſy to France, anno 1477^d. His Wife was Margaret Douglaſs, and dying anno 1500^e, as appears from the Probate of his Teſtament, his Eſtate and Title of Lord deſcen⯑ded and came to.

William his Grandſon and Heir (his own immediate Son dying in his Lifetime) who married Janet, Daughter of — Maxwell of —^f; by whom he had James Lord Cairlyle, who married Janet Scrim⯑geour, Daughter of — Scrimgeour Conſtable of Dundee, he died Iſſue⯑leſs, anno 1629^g.

Michael his Brother became his Heir. This Lord was on the King's ſide, in the Minority of James VI. and was one of the Peers who bound themſelves to maintain his Authority, in 1569, which many of them ſigned, and this Lord with his Hand at the Pen, he dying about the Year 1580, His Eſtate, went to Eliſabeth, Daugh⯑ter of William Maſter of Cairlyle his Grand-child, and ſole Heir, who mar⯑ried Sir James Douglaſs of Parkhead.

DOUGLASS, Lord Cairlyle.

THIS Family owes its Original to George Douglaſs, natural Son to Sir George Douglaſs of Pitten drich, (killed at Pinkie,) who obtain'd the Lands of Parkhead, in Lanerk-ſhire, by the Marriage of Eliſabeth, Daughter and Heir of James Douglaſs of Parkhead ^a. He left three Sons,

1ſt. Sir James Douglaſs of Tortho⯑rald, his Son and Heir.

2d. Sir George Douglaſs of Mording toun, one of the Gentlemen of the Bed chamber to King James VI.^b who by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Archibald Dundaſs of Finzies, had Iſſue Sir George Douglaſs, who was Ambaſſador to Poland and Sweden, from King Charles I. anno 1633, and 1635, and died in that Character; likewiſe a Daughter Martha, married to Sir James Lockhart of Lee, one of the Senators of the College of Juſtice, and Juſtice Clerk, in the Reign of K. Charles II. Mother by him of Sir William Lockhart of Lee, who was Ambaſſa⯑dor from King Charles II. to the Crown of France. Sir George Lock⯑hart of Carnwath, Preſident of the College o [...] Juſtice, and Sir John Lock⯑hart of Caſtlehill, alſo one of the Lords of Council and Seſſion.

3d. John Douglaſs Doctor in Di⯑vinity. Alſo three Daughters,

— married to Sir James Dun⯑daſs of Arneſtoun.

Martha, married to Mr. Robert Bruce of Kinnaird, one of the Miniſters of the City of Edinburgh, Mary to John Carruthers, of Holmains.

This Sir James Douglaſs, was kill'd by William Steuart 31ſt July, 1608^c, leaving

Sir James his Son and Heir to ſuc⯑ceed him, who marrying Eliſabeth, Grandchild and Heir of Michael Lord Carlyle, was in her Right, created into the Dignity of Lord Carlyle of Torthorald: He had a Son James, who ſuceeded him.

Which James Lord Carlyle, & Tor⯑thorald married Eliſabeth Daughter of Sir John Gordon of Lochenvar; but ha⯑ving no Iſſue, he reſigned his Honour to William firſt Earl of Queensberry, anno 1638^d, who had acquir'd his Eſtate, and thereby the Title became extinct in this Family.

DALZIEL, Earl of Carnwath.

THIS ancient Family original⯑ly of Dalziel, in vice comitatu de Lanerk, is of great Antiquity in that County, having matched with many worthy Families there, before they remov'd to the Shire of Nithſ⯑dale, where now there principal Seat is. Mr. Nisbet, a famous Herauld,^f, gives this Story of the Origine [68] of this Sirname, when he is accoun⯑ting for there old Bearing, which was anciently, A Man hanging on the Gallows, and was given (ſays he) as a Reward to one of the Progenitors of the Earl of Carnwath, to perpetuate the Memory of a brave and hazardous Ex⯑ploit perform'd in taking down from the Gallows the Body of a Favorite of King Kenneth II. hung up by the Picts. For, as the Story goes, the King being exceedingly grieved that the Body of his Minion and Friend ſhould be ſo diſgracefully treated, he profer'd a conſiderable Reward to any of his Sub⯑jects who would adventure to reſcue his Corps, from the Diſgrace his Enemies, had put upon him; But (adds he) When none would undertake this ha⯑zardous Interpriſe, at laſt a certain Gen⯑tleman came to the King, and ſaid, Dalziel, which ſignifies I Dare, and actually did perform that noble Exploit to his immortal Honour: And in Me⯑mory of it, got the foreſaid remarkable Bearing, and afterward his Poſterity took the Word Dalziel for their Sir⯑name, and the Interpretation of it, I Dare, as the Motto of their Family.

But the firſt of this Name I have found upon Record, was Sir Robert de Dalziel, Knight, who faithfully adhering to King David Bruce, du⯑ring his Captivity in England, ob⯑tained in Conſideration thereof, a Grant from the ſaid Monarch of the Barony of Selkrig, of the date 15th May 1365^a, his Succeſſor.

Sir John Dalziel, Knight, tempore Ro⯑berti III. was in 1392, joined in Com⯑miſſion with diverſe others to treat about the Prorogation of a Peace with the Engliſh ^b, and the next enſuing Year, he obtained by the Gift of the ſaid King to himſelf in Liferent, and to Walter Dalziel his Son in Fee, the whole Revenue belonging to St. Leonard's Hoſpital, within the Burgh of Lanerk, upon Condition that he and his Heirs ſhall provide a qua⯑lified Perſon to celebrate three Maſſes once every ſeven Years, for the Sal⯑vation of Robert III. King of Scotland, Anapbella his Queen, and all their Children for ever^c.