THE First of this Collateral Branch of the Family of Hamilton, was Lord Claud Hamilton, third Son of James Duke of Chatlerault, Gover­nour of Scotland by the Lady Mar­garet Douglass, Daughter of James, fourth Earl of Mortoun.

Which Lord Claud, was promot­ed to be Commendator of the Ab­bacy of Paisly, upon the Resigna­tion of John Arch-Bishop of St. An­drews, Anno 1553, which was rati­fied 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 Com­manders of her Army at the Field of Langside, Anno 1568, where he perform'd the Part of a brave and valiant General, and resolutely per­sisted 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 Testi­mony 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 Colo­nel 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 ap­pointed one of the Commissioners on the Part of Scotland, to Treat of an Union with England; His Ma­jesty being pleas'd further to Dignify him with the Title of Earl of Aber­corn, 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.

2 d. Claud, whom he provided in his Irish Fortune, which he had by the Bounty of King James, after his [Page 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 Ire­land by the Designation of Lord Straband ^a.

3 d. Sir William died sans Issue.

4 th. Sir George, of whom is de­scended the present Earl of Aber­corn.

5 th. 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 Capring­toun. He dying on the 3 d. 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 E­state in Scotland, and retired into England: his Male Issue failing, the Dignity came to Claud Lord Stra­band, his Heir Male, who dying with­out 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 Hamilton 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 Vis­count of Straband, of the Kingdom of Ireland, and is one of the Lords of the Privy Council in that King­dom.

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

THE first who enjoyed this Dignity, was Sir James San­dielands of St. Monans, de­scended 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.

DESCENDED of an Anci­ent 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 Baro­net 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 ei­ther 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 Exe­cuted 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 Novem­ber 1681, was constituted President of the Session, in Room of Sir James Dalrymple of Stair, and the next en­suing 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 Imploy­ments, 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 Af­fection to the Interest of the Monar­chy, 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 Tor­breaks, 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 Sal­toun, Son and Heir of William Lord Saltoun, and has Issue.

Margaret unmarried.

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

THE First of this Noble Fami­ly I have found upon Re­cord, 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 [Page 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 Forrestry, by a Charter dated the 15 of May, the Eight Year of his Reign. He left a Son

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

Alexander, Lord Abernethy, his Successor, in the Reign of King Robert Bruce, dying without Male Succession, 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 Craw­ford.

Mary, to Andrew Lesly of Rothes.

AMONG many others, who by reason of their special Merits, were advanced to Titles of Honour, upon the Restau­ration 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 Elisa­beth his Wife, Daughter of John Earl of Strathmore, Charles his Successor.

2 d. George.

3 d. 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.

THE Ogilvies, according to our Historians, derive their De­scent from Gilbert Son of Gile­bred, 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, [Page 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 prin­cipal 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 Li­brorum debiti nobis de Thanagio de Kinclyes in Vic. de Forfar. He like­wise had the Barony of Auchterouse by the Marriage of the Heir-Female of Sir William Ramsay, and was there­after 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 con­tinued 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 mar­ried to John Forbes of Pitsligo ^d Elizabeth to . . . . Kieth of Inve­rugy, 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 Re­alm, by the Title of Lord Ogilvy. He married Elizabeth, a Lady of the Family of the Kennedies, and had John his Successor, and again Eliza­beth, Daughter to Archbald Earl of Angus. By her he had Walter Ogil­vy, the first of the Branch of the Ogilvies of Balfour, of the County of Forfar.

Which John married Jean Daugh­ter of William Lord Graham, and had Issue, James his Successor, Anthony, Abbot of Glenluce, and Two Daugh­ters, 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 mar­ried 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 Suc­cessor, 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 Inner­meath.

Which James married Catharine, Daughter of Sir John Campbel of Cal­der; and departing this Life in the Month of May 1554, left Issue James his Son and Heir, and two Daugh­ters, 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 te­dious Imprisonment till King James VI. took the Government on him­self, that he was releas'd; and in 1596, sent upon a solemn Embassy to Den­mark, [Page 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, Da­vid Ogilvy of Pitmouies, George Ogil­vy of Fornalt, and Sir Francis Ogilvy of Grange; likewise a Daughter Mar­garet married to George Earl Mares­chal; 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 ha­ving given several eminent Instances of his Loyalty and Fidelity to King Charles I. at the Beginning of the Troubles, was, in Consideration there­of, 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 perso­nally engage himself in the King's Service, and in all Actions and In­terprises of the greatest Hazard and Danger; whereby he became in the first Form of those who were most obnoxious to the Parliament. By Iso­bel 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 Inver­lochy 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 faith­ful 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 decla­red for the King, the Lord Ogilvy frankly engaged his Person in the Ser­vice, and always behaved with sig­nal Courage. At the unfortunate Ad­venture 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 Es­cape the very Night before his Execu­tion, 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, Mar­garet to Alexander Lord Halkertoun, Mary to Sir John Wood of Bonnieton, and had Issue, Helen to Sir John Gor­don of Park, and had Issue.

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

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 [Page 7] Earl of Menteth, came to that Ho­nour, 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 Bro­ther 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, Daugh­ter 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 Halli­burton of Dirleton, Marjory to Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow, and Eli­zabeth to Sir Malcolm Fleming of Big­gar; next, Mauriella, Daughter of Sir William Keith Mareschal of Scot­land; 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 Fa­ther, for being a weak Man, and of small Parts, was scarce able to go­vern his own Family, much less the Kingdom: But that which should attone for all his Oversights, and pre­serve 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 Instru­ment. 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 Priso­ner 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 Stew­art 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 Evan­dale 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 cre­ated 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 [Page 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 in­vincible Constancy and Courage, till the King came to Age, that he reti­red into France, where he had a fair Fortune in Right of his Wife. In the Service of that Crown he exer­cised 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 be­fore 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 incom­parable Prince, Prince Henry his elder Brother, he became Prince and Stew­ard of Scotland, Anno 1612; after which this Title lay dormant, till his Majesty King Charles II. on the Re­stauration, did create his Royal Bro­ther 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.

SIR Robert Ker, having long serv'd his Majesty King James VI. and King Charles I. in the Qua­lity of a Gentleman of the Bed­chamber, and being a Person of very fine Parts, was rais'd to the Ho­nour of Earl of Ancrum, the 24th of June 1633. He married first Elisa­beth, 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.

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

Malcolm Comes de Angus was his Son and Successor ^b, who dying without Issue, the Earldom devol­ved to Matilda, Comitissa de Angus, his Father's Sister ^c, who married Sir Gilbert de Umfraville, an English [Page 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 Ba­liols.

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 Hallydown­hill, 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 Sin­clair of Rosline ^b, had Thomas his Successor; Margaret Countess of Angus, and Elizabeth Wife of Sir A­lexander 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.

THE ancient Family of Cockpool in Dumfries-Shire, took Be­ginning in the Reign of King Robert I. Thomas Earl of Murray then gave Willielmo de Moravia, Nepoti suo, pro homagio & servitio suo, omnes ter­ras, & omnia Tenementa, cum perti­nen. totius Medietatis tenementorum de Cumlongan, & Rivell, in vallis An­nandiae ^e. This Branch of the Mur­rays were well known by the Title of Cockpool. Cuthbert Murray of Cock­pool, 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 Com­missioners 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 Son ⁱ, 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 [Page 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 Gentle­men 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 Mur­ray waited on his Master into that Re­alm, 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 E­states 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 Vis­count 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 Fa­vour 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.

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 Ro­bert II. ^d. Sir Adam Johnston of that Ilk, was very remarkable for his Loy­alty to his Prince, and Love to his Country in the Time of James II. and was particularly instrumental in sup­pressing the Rebellion of the Earl of Douglas ^e; for which eminent Service to the Crown, he got a Gift of the [Page 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 Kirkon­nel, in the unnatural Invasion of the Duke of Albany, against his own Brother King James III. Anno 1483. By Mary his Wife, Daughter of Max­well 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 . . . . . Daugh­ter 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, Daugh­ter 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 Drumlan­rig, 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 mani­fested in suppressing of Inroads on the Borders, which much abounded in his Time. He married Margaret, Daughter of Sir John Hamilton of Sa­muelstoun, by whom he had John his Son and Heir, and a Daughter Mor­garet, 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 Justici­ary, Anno 1579 ^f; and he dis­charged the Office with singular Cou­rage 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, An­no 1596, after his Father, and conti­nued in the Office, till the King's En­trance to England, that all National Animosities were remov'd by the hap­py Union of the Two Nations. He was kill'd in a Family Quarrel by the Lord Maxwell, the 6th of April 1608 ⁱ, 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 [Page 12] I. rais'd to the Honour of Lord Johnston, 20th June 1633 ^a, and that for the greater Splendor of his Ma­jesty'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 Daugh­ters, Mary married to Sir George Graham of Nedderby, Ancestor to the Viscount of Preston, Janet to Sir Wil­liam Murray of Stanhope, and had Is­sue, Margaret to Sir Robert Dalziel of Glenae, Ancestor to the Earl of Carn­wath.

James Earl of Hartfiel, upon the Restauration of King Charles II. with the Approbation of the Crown, ex­changed his Title of Hartfiel to An­nandale, 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 Hen­rietta his Wife, Daughter of William, first Marquis of Douglas, by Mary his second Wife. Daughter of George Marquis of Huntley, William his Suc­cessor: Also Three Daughters,

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

2d, Margaret, to Sir James Mont­gomery of Skelmurly, Bart. and had Issue.

3d, Henrietta, to Sir John Carmi­chael of Bonnytoun, Baronet, and had Issue.

Which William was after the Re­volution, chosen one of the Lords of the Privy Council to King William and after that one of the Commissio­ners 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 Maje­sty 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 con­junct Secretary of State, Anno 1704. From which Office he was soon re­moved, the Earl of Mar being put in his Room. In the Parliament 1706, his Lordship opposed the Union, and deliver'd several Speeches and Prote­stations, containing the Reasons of his Dissent, which were all enter'd in the Records of Parliament, where they will remain as lasting Monu­ments 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.

THIS noble antient Family is de­riv'd from a Series of illustrious Ancestors, who possess'd Lochow in Ar­gyle-Shire, according to the traditio­nal Accounts by the Bards and Sana­chies, as early as the Time of King Fergus II. who restor'd our Monar­chy, 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 flou­rish'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 Acti­ons 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 denominate from his being the King's Trea­surer, having no Male Issue, his Estate went to his Daughter Eva, who mar­ried 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 Ser­vice 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 ac­quire 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 Ber­wick upon the Part of Robert de Bruce, in the Competition with John de Ba­liol 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 Blood­shed in those Parts, and kindled such a Flame betwixt the Two Families [Page 14] of Lochow and Lorn, as was not ex­tinguished for many Years thereaf­ter, 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 illustri­ous 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 parti­cularize 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 re­ferr'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 acknow­ledged 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 re­covering his own Right, and of re­deeming his Country from the Sub­jection 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 com­mand a Party of Loyalists that were sent to Argyle-Shire, to curb and o­verawe the Lord of Lorn ^f, who was a declared Enemy to his Coun­try, and of Consequence to the Bru­cian Title; and he perform'd that Service committed to him with Ho­nour 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 con­trary ^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 [Page 15] Scots Patriots, who accompanied him to Scoon, and assisted at the So­lemnity of his Coronation, anno 1306. After which he gave many signal In­stances of his Stedfastness and Loy­alty 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 Alex­ander Seton, wherein, in a most so­lemn 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 Ab­bay of Cambuskenneth, 9 Sept. 1308.

Anno 1314, he was one of the Commissioners upon the part of Scot­land, authoris'd to Treat with the En­glish 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 Con­sideration 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 ad­hered to the Interest of the Baliol; and to oblige him the more, the King be­stow'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 fur­ther 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 obtain­ed a Grant of diverse Lands in Argyle Shire, by a Charter yet extant, ^b, having faithfully demean'd him­self 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 Af­fairs 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 establish­ed upon the Throne, he made him hereditary Governour, which his De­scendants still enjoy ^c.

He married a Daughter of the Fa­mily 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 descend­ed Campbel of Succoch

3 d. 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 de­rive their Descent.

He departing this Life about the Year 1340, was succeeded by Arch­bald his Son, who constantly adhered to King David, during his Captivity in England, after the Battle of Dur­ham, 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.

[Page 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 ra­tifying the Alienation made by Chri­stian, Daughter and Heir of Sir Dou­gal Campbel, of the Lands of Craig­nish, 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 em­ploy'd by King Robert II. in restrain­ing the Incursions of the Highlan­ders, who then infested the Western Parts of this Realm, whom he re­duc'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, Auch­vwillen, and Dergachie are Branches.

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

He had likewise two natural Sons, Dougal, Progenitor of the Family of Dunstafuage, of whom Colin Camp­bel 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 Ally­ance 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 ran­som and restore the King to his Fa­thers Throne. This prudent Prince, discerning so much his Abilities, he constituted him one of his Privy Council, and his Justiciar, and Lieu­tenant 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 San­dale, in Kintyre, the Lands of Blair­natiber, 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 sa­lute Animae olim recolendae Memo­riae Jacobi Regis & Joannae Reginae suae; nec non pro salute Animae Jacobi moderni Regis Scotorum meaque propria salute & animae quondam Marjoriae Con­jugis meae & modernae Consortis meae, & quondam Caelestini filii mei primogeniti omnium Autecessorum & Successorum meorum.

This noble Lord left Issue by Mar­jory his first Wife, aforesaid, Daugh­ter of Robert Duke of Albany; three Sons. 1 st. Caelestine, dyed sans Issue.

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

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

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

Duncan, first of the Branch of Ach­inbreak, of whom Sir James Campbel, 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 Ances­tor of Campbel of Ellengreg, whereof the Heir is Sir Niel Campbel. Of this Family, is Colin Campbel of Or­mandale, now Major General in the Muscovite Service.

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

Lord Duncan departing this Life, 1453, was buried in the Church of Kil­mun, 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 In­scription, ‘ Hic Jacet
Dominus Duncanus, Dominus le Camp­bel, Miles de Lochow.’

To Duncan Lord Campbel succeed­ed 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 Abi­lity 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 bar­barous 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 Steu­art, 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.

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

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

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

5 th. 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 Flow­den, 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 [Page 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 Camp­bel's of Archattan, Airds, and Sir Archbald Campbel of Clunies descend­ed.

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 like­wise four Daughters. Margaret, mar­ried 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 Lord­ship 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 Asso­ciation to oppose the then intended Match betwixt Queen Mary and King Edward VI. of England, and conse­quential Union of the Crowns, as tending, To the high Dishonour, per­petual Skaith, Dammage and Ruin of the Liberty, and Nobleness of this Realm, as it runs in the Original yet ex­tant, 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 Quali­ty who imbrac'd the Protestant Re­ligion, in the Beginning of the Re­formation, of which he was a hearty Promoter, and continu'd stedfast in the Profession thereof; when a­dying he recommended to his Son, to propogate the preaching of the Gos­pel, according to the reform'd Prin­ciples, 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, Daugh­ter 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.

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

Archbald Earl of Argyle, his Son being a Person of singular accom­plishments, [Page 19] was by the Estates of Scot­land, sent Ambassador to the Queen, then in France, anno 1559, to Suppli­cate 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 esta­blish'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 Candi­date for that Post; but the Earl of Marr being preferr'd to the Regency, he was constituted Lord High Chan­cellor. 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, 1 st. Lady Jean Steuart, natural Daughter of King James V. 2 dly. 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 Steu­art, Daughter of Henry Lord Meth­ven, 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 suc­ceeded 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 Insur­rection 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 Per­mission returning to England, he dyed at London, anno 1638 ⁱ. He mar­ried 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.

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

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

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

2 dly. 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. dignified 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, singular 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 Ma­jesty's hands the Justiciary of all Scotland (which had been in his Family for divers Ages) reserving to himself and his Heirs, the Ju­sticiary of Argyle and the Western Isles, and where ever else he had Lands in Scotland, which was ratified by Act of Parliament, in 1633, where his Majesty was present in Per­son. Not long after which, in re­spect 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 Parlia­ment 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 Corona­tion 1 st. January 1651, he assisted soeminently as to put the Crown upon his Head: But upon the Resto­ration of his Majesty, anno 1660, he was attainted of High Trea­son, for corresponding and comply­ing 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 Dunbar­toun Castle, married first Vere, Daughter of William Earl of Lothian, by whom he had Mr. Archbald Camp­bel his Son and Heir, a Gentleman of eminent Learning, and other Accom­plishments: Also by his second Wife Susanna, Daughter of Sir Alex­ander Menzies of Weim, he had two Sons, Mr. Neil Campbel Advocate, and Mr. Alexander Campbel. The Marquess had likewise three Daugh­ters.

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

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

3 d. Mary, to George Earl of Caith­ness, 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 [Page 21] Archbald, his Majesty was graci­ously 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 Maje­sty'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 in­cens'd Oliver Cromwel so much a­gainst him, that tho he granted a Pardon and general Indemnity to the People of Scotland, by his Proclama­tion the 12 of April 1654, yet was he, with several other Loyalists, par­ticularly 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 Or­der from the King so to do, bear­ing 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 one­rous Cause of restoring him to his Fa­ther'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 imagin­able were devis'd to ruin him, which at last was effected, under a Pre­tence 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 re­concile 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 Ad­vantage of the Church or State, not repugnant to the Protestant Religion, and my Loyalty: And this I under­stand, as part of my Oath.

For which, by the insinuating Per­swasions of some who bore him no good Will, the King was so far in­cens'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 E­scape out of the Castle, very dexte­rously, 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 a­bove 2000 Men, was soon after totally routed near Kilpatrick, and taken Pri­soner: He was Beheaded at the Cross [Page 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 3 d. Earl of Murray, by Mar­garet his Wife, Daughter of Alex­ander Earl of Home, by whom he had four Sons, viz.

Archbald late Duke of Argyle.

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

Colonel Charles Campbel 3 d. Son.

Colonel James Campbel 4 th. 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 Lo­thian, 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 Nobi­lity, 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 1 st. 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 Ma­jesty 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 Re­giment to Flanders for King William's Service, consisting almost, both Of­ficers 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 Wil­liam 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, 2 d. 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, ac­cording to the Rule of his great An­cestors, betook himself to a Mili­tary Life, was Colonel of a Regi­ment 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.

[Page 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 Cap­tain 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 Em­ployments, that of Lord High Com­missioner to Represent Her Royal Person in the Parliament, when not above 23 Years of Age: And upon his Return to Court, in Conside­ration 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 Ge­neralissimo of Her Majesty's Forces in Spain, elected Knight of the Garter, and dispatch'd with the Character of Ambassador-Extraordi­nary, 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.

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 be­longing ^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 rati­fied 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 Re­gis: 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 Alex­ander 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 Tho­mas of Galloway, by Marriage of Isa­bel, the Heir Female. Patrick Earl of Athole their Son, was burnt in his own Lodging at Haddingtoun, anno 1241 ^d, whereupon his Estate [Page 24] and Title descended to his Mother's Sister, then the Wife of David Hastings, 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 Beginning 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 fa­vour 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 be­stow 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, Daugh­ter 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 Collegi­ate Church of Methven, anno 1433, which he amply endow'd with Lands and Tithes within his own Territo­ries, 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.

THE First of this Illustrious Branch of the Family of Steu­art, 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 Somer­set; 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 Lieu­tenant, 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 [Page 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 seve­ral others, to treat of a Peace with the English, which they then con­cluded. He married first Beatrix, Daughter of Archibald fifth Earl of Douglas, by whom he had a Daugh­ter Elisabeth, married to Patrick Lord Gray.

2 dly. Eleanor Sinclair, Daughter of William Earl of Orkney, by whom he had John his Successor, 2 d. 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 Septem­ber 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 mar­ried first to Alexander, Master of Sutherland, and had Issue. Then to Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains. And 3 dly. To Henry Steuart Lord Meth­ven, and had Issue. Helen to John Lord Lindsay, and had Issue. Elisa­beth, to John Mackenzie of Kintail, Ancestor to the Earl of Seaforth.

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

John, 4 th. Earl of Athole; his Son who was on the King's side, in the Mi­nority of James VI. He was constitut­ed Chancellour 19 April 1578, in the Room of John Lord Glamis deceas­ed, 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. 2 dly. To Robert Steuart Earl of March. And 3 dly. She became the Wife of James Steuart, then called Earl of Arran.

Grisal, to David Earl of Craw­furd, and had Issue.

Ann, to Francis Earl of Errol, sans Issue.

Jean, to Duncan Campbel of Glen­urchie, 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 Inner­meath, sans Isue.

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

He departed this Life 18 Novem­ber 1594 ^a, whereby the Honour became Extinct, but did not so con­tinue 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.

THIS Noble Family is of great Antiquity, in vice comitatu de Perth, and descends from Sir William Murray, Son of Sir Malcolm [Page 26] Murray Knight. He obtained the Barony of Tillibairn, by marrying of Adda, Daughter of Malyse, Senescal of Strathern, as is clear from an Origi­nal 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 Tillibairn, which had formerly been in Dis­pute between him and the said Con­vent, 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 Edward Baliol, for which disloyal Action his Estate was forfeited, and he be­headed at Perth in 1332, leaving Issue.

William his Son, who obtained a Grant of the Barony of Tillibairn, u­pon the Resignation of Adda de Mo­ravia, 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 Annum 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, Wil­liam his Successor, and a Daughter Marion married to Malcolm Drummond of Cargill, the Ancestor of the Fami­ly of Perth.

Which William, received the Ho­nour 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 mar­ried Mary Daughter to the Earl Marishal, by whom he had

Sir John, who dyed without Issue.

William, his Successor.

The 3 d. Sir Andrew Murray of Arn­gosk, ancestor to the present Viscount of Stormont.

4. David Murray of Strathgeth.

And Christian, a Daughter mar­ried 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.

2 d. Alexander.

3 d. James.

And Daughters, 1. Anabella married to John Earl of Mar, and had Issue. 2. Eu­pham first to Robert Steuart of Rosyth, then to Robert Pitcairn Commenda­tor of Dunfermling, Secretary of State in the Minority of King James VI. 3. Katharin, to Robert Morray of Aber­cairny, 4. Jean to James Henderson of Fordell, and had Issue; he depar­ting this Life anno 1562, was suc­ceeded by

William his Son and Heir, who was of the Privy Council to Queen Mary, and Comptroller of Her Ma­jesty'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 Mur­der 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 [Page 27] Safety of the young Prince, and Punish­ment 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 Tilli­bairn 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 Fa­vour of the said King, advanced to the Dignity of Lord Murray of Tilli­bairn, 25 April 1604, and July 10 1606, to the Dignity of Earl of Til­libairn. He married Katharin Daugh­ter of David Lord Drummond, by whom he had Issue.

1. William his Successor, 2. Sir Pa­trick Murray Knight of the Bath, and one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Bed-Chamber, and afterward Earl of Tillibairn. 3 d. 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 Glen­eagles, and had Issue.

Katharine to David Ross of Balna­goun.

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 Ser­vice, 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 Suc­cessor, Mungow who died unmarried, and Anne married to James Earl of Tillibardin, but had no Issue.

Which John Earl of Athole, in De­fence of King Charles II. loyally took up Arms, and had several En­counters 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 con­stituted 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, com­missioned 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 Dar­by, by whom he had Issue,

John, the present Duke.

Charles, Earl of Dunmore.

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

William Lord Nairn, fourth Son.

Lord Edward Murray 5th. Son, mar­ried 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 Monu­ment 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 Let­ters 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 Incor­porating 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 con­tain'd in the Articles of the Treaty of Union is contrary to the Honour, Inte­rest, fundamental Laws and Constituti­ons of this Kingdom, the Birth-right of the Peers, the Privileges of the Ba­rons and Burgesses, and Act 10. Parl. 8. Ja. 6. it is ordain'd, that none of the Leiges presume to take upon them to im­pugn 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 con­trary to the Claim of Right, Property and Liberty of the Subject. And the 3 d. 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 endea­vour by writing, or malicious and advis­ed 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 Le­gislative and Judicative Powers in the British Parliament is very unequal, to that of the English, tho the one be Re­presentative of as Free and Indepen­dent a Nation as the other, and is therefore a plain Forfaulture of the Peer­age of this Kingdom, contrary to the [Page 29] Honour of the Monarchy, disgraceful to the Kingdom, and prejudicial to the Ba­rons 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 Expecta­tion, 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.

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

THIS Family hath been of great Antiquity in the Shire of Kincardin, and long pos­sessed of the Barony of Arbuthnet there. The Name hath been origi­nally 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 Do­minus 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 Vis­count of Arbuthnet 16 November, 1641. He married first Marion Daugh­ter 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, Daugh­ter of John Gordon of Pitlurg, he had Issue John Arbuthnet of Fordon, Alex­ander, 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 Ex­chequer [Page 30] in Scotland, 3 d Thomas; also several Daughters.

This Lord dying anno 1684, was succeeded by Robert his Son, who de­parted 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 Arbuthnet who married Jean Daughter of William Morison of Prestongrange.

THIS noble and spreading Fa­mily 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 An­wick, anno 1609 ^b. The next is Wil­liam Cummin, who was Lord high Chancellor of Scotland, in the Reign of King David I. anno 1142, he left Issue Sir William, who was Chamber­lain 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 there­unto 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 cal­led The Reid Cummin, had Issue Sir John and three Daughters, the first married to Sir Godfrey de Murray, the 2 d to Alexander of Argyle, Lord of Lorn, the 3 d to Sir VVilliam Murray of Bothwell.

Sir John Cummin of Badenoch, usual­ly 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 expi­red.

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

Which Mr. John being a Man of great Parts and Learning, more e­specially in the Laws, he was con­stituted one of the Senators of the College of Justice in 1584 ^a, and after some time, one of the Commis­sioners of the Thesaury ^b, and Se­cretary 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, Daughter 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 pre­ceeding his Majesty's Coronation. He married Sophia Daughter of Ale­xander 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 Fa­mily 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, ex­amplary Loyalty, and singular Affecti­on to King Charles II. was by his Majesty's Favour raised to the Digni­ty of Earl of Balcarass, in 1651. U­pon the depression of the Royal cause in Scotland, anno 1654, he fol­lowed 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, 1 st. 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. 2 dly. Jean Daugh­ter of David Earl of Northesk, by whom he had one Daughter Anne, married to Alexander Earl of Kelly, and had Issue. To his 3 d. Wife, he mar­red 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. 4 thly. He married Mar­garet Daughter of James Earl of Lon­don, by whom he had Issue,

Alexander Lord Cumberland.

James in Her Majesty's Sea Service.

Lady Elisabeth.

Lady Eleanor, all unmarried.

THIS Family began its Rise in the Reign of King James V. at which time Thomas Ballen­den 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 mar­ried 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 Aber­deen.

Which Sir Lewis was made one of the Senators of the College of Ju­stice, anno 1584, he married Marga­ret Daughter of William Lord Living­ston, 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 Suc­cessor, and a Daughter Margaret mar­ried to Henry Lord Cardross.

Which Sir William having given many signal testimonies of his Loyal­ty 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 Thesau­rer 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 4 th. Son of William Earl of Roxburgh, who thereupon changed his Name to Ballenden; he married . . . . Mure Daughter to the Earl of Droghe­da in the Kingdom of Ireland, Widow of William Earl of Dalhousy, by whom he had the present Lord, who suc­ceeded his Father in the Honour u­pon his Death, anno 1706.

THE First of this collateral Branch, raised to the Dignity of Peerage, was Sir James El­phinston 3 d Son of Robert Lord Elphin­ston, 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 Sena­tors 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 Lind­say 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 [Page 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 2 dly. 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 like­wise 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 Fernie­hirst, 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 10 th. 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 Bal­merino, was one of the Peers, who in 1706, opposed the Union with Eng­land 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 e­lected 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 Of­fice of Chamberlain, which he at pre­sent 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 Bal­merino, also two Daughters;

Margaret married to Sir John Pre­ston of Prestounhall, and had Issue.

Jean to Francis Stuart Esq Bro­ther to the Earl of Murray, and has Issue.

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

Arthur.

Alexander.

Anne, all unmarried.

THE Progenitor of this Fami­ly 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 That­ilke ^c.

This Sir Walter acquired a fair E­state by the Marriage of Alison, one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Pa­trick Hume of Fastcastle, tempore Jacobi [...]arti, he left Issue.

George Ogilvy of Dunlugass his Son and Heir, who married Beatrix Daugh­ter of George Lord Seaton, by whom he had Walter his Successor, and a [Page 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. 2 dly. Mary Daughter of Sir Alexander Su­therland 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 Halker­toun, by whom he had George the pre­sent 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 Ju­stice.

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 trans­mitted to his Posterity, and left Issue by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Mr. Alexander Campbel Bishop of Brechin, (a Son of the Family of Ar­kinlass,) 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 2 d. of this Family, was by the boun­ty and favour of King Charles I. created into the Dignity of Lord Bar­geny, anno 1639 ^b, in 1648. He cordially put himself in Arms with o­thers 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 suf­fered diverse other Hardships.

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

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

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

3 d. Katharine to Mr. William Cuning­ham of Enterkin, and had Issue.

4 th. 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 Bar­geny, 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 Daugh­ter Grisal unmarried, and by Marga­ret his second Wife Daughter of Ro­bert Dundass of Arniston, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, James now Lord Bargeny, a Child very young.

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 con­tinued in the same Office to King Charles I. by whom he was also con­stituted Master of the Houshold, and one of the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council; And finally, in Re­compense of all his acceptable Ser­vices he was by Letters Patent bea­ring date 24 June 1633, created Vis­count of Belhaven ^b, the Honour being limited to the Heirs Male of his Body. He married Nicolas Daugh­ter to Robert Moray of Abercair­ny, but dying without Issue 14 Janu­ary 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 Acti­ons are taken notice of.

QƲod Reliquum apud nos est hic conditur Ro­berti Vicecomitis de Belhaven, Baronis de Spot, &c. Regi Carolo a secretioribus consiliis, & inter familiares intimi; quippe qui & prius Henrico Valliae gratissimus, ejusque stabulis prae­fectus erat: Illo vero fatis cedente, fratri Carolo, nunc rerum potito, in quaesturam Domus adscitus est, singulari favoris gradu acceptus, re & honori­bus auctus. In juventute Nicolaae Moraviae Abercarniae Comarchae natae ad octodecim non am­plius menses, [...]nicae uxoris in puerperio simul cum faetu extinctae, lectissimo, consortio fruebatur. Ingravescente senectute ab aulico strepitu se sub­trabens in patriam reversus est. Archibaldum & Robertum Duglassios Equites auratos, primaevi fratris filios, terris & bonis, praeter quae Testamen­to legavit aequa lance divisis haered [...]s seripsit; qui memoriae ejus gratitudinis suae pignus hoc monu­mentum 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; Of­ficiis, in Amicos; Charitate, in Egenos, nulli so­cundus: Cui, in Prosperis, modus & Comitas; In Adversis, Constantia & Magnanimitas, ad su­premum usque diem, invaluere. Obiit Edin­burgi prid. Idus Januarii, anno, ab Incarnati­one Messiae, supra MDCxxix; aetatis vero, ultra Clymactericum magnum, tertio.

AMONGST those who pro­fessed 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 natu­ral 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 Sil­vertounhill, 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 Hamilton 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 concur­red with them in addressing the Prince of Orange to call a Convention of the Estates in Scotland for the set­ling 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, consti­tuted him one of their Privy Council, and one of the Commissioners for exe­cuting 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 Ap­probation.

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 Silvertoun­hill, by Anne Daughter of John Lord Belhaven, by whom he had only two Sons,

John the present Lord.

Mr. James Hamilton Advocate, mar­ried Anne Daughter of John Walking­shaw of that Ilk. He departed this Life at London 21 June 1708, was succeed­ed by,

John his Son and Heir, who mar­ried 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.

THIS noble Family took begin­ning 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 [Page 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 Recto­ry of Lochmaben; after that he was preferred to the Provestry of Linclu­den and then to the Bishoprick of Aberdeen: ^b Likewise a Daughter Agnes, married to John Stewart of Car­donald. ^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 La­dy of the Family of the Hepburns, by whom he had Sir Matthew his Succes­sour 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 Thesau­rer 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 10 th 1606. He Married Nicolas Daughter of Sir James Somervel of Camnethan, by whom he had Sir James Stewart Knight of the Bath his El­dest Son, who was killed in a Duel by Sir George Wharton Anno 1609, William his Successor, Walter Stew­art Esq ^e and a Daughter Marga­ret married to George Lord Saltoun, and dying Anno 1616, ^f was suc­ceded by

William his Son, who died in the be­ginning of the Troubles in the Reign of King Charles I. November 29 th 1638, ^g leaving Issue by Helen his Wife, Daughter of Sir William Scot of Ard­ross, Walter his Successor, Alexander, who succeded his Brother in the Ho­nour: Likewise a Daughter - - - mar­ried to Sir John Swinton of that Ilk.

Which Walter married Margaret Daughter of Sir William Mure of Row­allan, 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 Bredie­solm and had Issue.

Which Alexander married first Mar­garet Daughter of Sir John Henderson of Fordel, but by her he had no Issue; next Anne Daughter of Sir Ro­bert Hamilton of Pressmenen one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice, and departing this Life 20 th July 1704, left Issue by the Lady afore­said, [Page 38] Walter his Successour, Robert the present Lord Blantyre, John Stew­art 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 No­bleman 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 en­suing British-Parliament. He died at London the 23 d of June 1713 un­married, his Estate and Honour de­volving 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.

AS this noble Family was undoub­tedly very antient, and said to be of a Hungarion Extraction, so it was no less illustrious for it's Ally­ances, 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 De­duction 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.

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 rela­ted 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 An­cestor 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 ap­pears from the frequency of his Wit­nessing 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,

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

Walter de Moravia Miles, who is designed filius Domini Willielmi deMo­ravia, ^c He gave to the Church of Elgin and the Chapter of the Episco­pal See of Moray Ecclesiam de Ineral­lel cum pertinen. pro salute animae suae, and is the same Walterus, as I take it, who is one of the great Men, Magna­tes 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 Dona­tions made by the Heirs of this no­ble House to the Chapter of the Epis­copal 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 sum­moned to Bervick as an Auditor of the Claims of the Bruce and the Baliol, a­nent the Succession to the Crown ^g when that great Affair was in Agitati­on, 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, accor­ding to the Devotion of those Times gave for the Safety of his Soul, Eccle­siae & Capitulo Glasguen: jus Patronatus Rectoriae Ecclesiae de Woolstoun coram Ro­berto Epo Glasguen. & D. Andrea de Moravia fratre suo. ^h Likewise he gave Dicto Capitulo Glasguen. jus Pa­tronatus Ecclesiae de Smalum ⁱ under the Seal of his Arms, Exhiben. dictum Willielm. de Moravia design. Domi­num de Bothwel equestrem, & in scato tres slellulas, multum attrito, much de­faced, says my Authority, but still to be seen by the learned and curious in the great Chartulary of the Episco­pal See of Glasgow in the Scots Col­ledge at Paris, ^k where they were de­posited by Bishop Beaton at the Re­formation 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, [Page 40] who was the Ancestor of the Mur­rays of Abercarny ^a in Perthshire.

Andrew de Moravia Panetarius Sco­tiae & 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 Sub­jection and Slavery it was under to the English on the memorable 13 th Sep­tember 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 Con­duct in diverse Encounters with the opposite Party, that he was thought worthy to be joined with Sir William Wallace, in the Command of the Ar­my which Anno 1298 entered Eng­land, 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 Scot­land, and declared his Purpose of do­ing all was in his Power toward the Redemption of his Country, and the retriving of the Independency of the Nation, no body appeared more hear­ty in his Interest than Sir Andrew Mur­ray, or stood more firm to that Glo­rious 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, unanimous­ly elected Regent in his Room, and he held that great Office (except a little time he was a Prisoner in Eng­land) with the universal Approbation of the whole Nation, and the Ap­plause of all Men, even till his Death Anno 1338, ^d whose Character drawn [Page 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 Magi­stratu fuit, gessit, ut suffecturae cujuslibet magni Ducis aetati viderentur. He was solemnly interr'd with his Ancestors in the Cathedral Church of Elgin un­der a Canopy of free Stone in Ar­mour as big as the Life, with his Coat of Arms over him. Dr. Johnstoun celebrates his praises in a very hand­some Poem, which I shall take the Liberty to insert here by way of Epi­taph.

And tho' Mr. Winton the old Pri­or 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 like­wise amuse the Reader with his Words in Commendation of the Governour,

By the Lady Christian Bruce his Wife he left Issue John de Moravia Paneta­rius 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 per­form 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 af­terward one of the Commissioners appointed to treat about the King's final Redemption Anno 1357 ^c which was then happily brought about; like­as he gave, ratified and confirmed to the Church of Elgin his Brother's dona­tion, adding by a new Deed of his own ten pounds to be distributed among the Chanons on the Day of his Fa­ther Sir Andrew's Anniversary ^d. But he dying without Male Issue, left a Daughter Jean his sole Heir, marri­ed 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 Fa­mily was continued in Sir John de Mora­via 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 [Page 42] dicti Domini Johannis de Moravi­a 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 Vas­sal, Sir John Murray obtained a new Charter from Malise Earl of Strath­ern his Brother in Law, whereby he narrates, quod nobilis vi [...] Malisius bonae memoriae Comes de Strathern infeodavit Dominum Joannem de Moravia de Drum­shargard, Militem, de diversis terris in­frascript. viz. Ogilvie, Abercarny, Glensherop & medietat. de Kincousy, nec non annuo reditu de Mochuverd, cum Hybergis infra Comitatum deStrathern, ac etiam de terris de Egy & Arthsme­then prout in Cartadicti Domini quondam Patris mei eidem Domino Joanni & here­dibus 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 Allexander Murray; and VValter, who got off the Lands of Drumshargard, from which he is afterward designed VVal­terus 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 Issue of his Body, the Title of Earl be­came extinct, his paternal estate de­scending to,

Sir Alexander de Moravia de Drum­shargard his Brother, who was served Heir to his Father Sir John on the 30 th of July 134-- ^f He married Janet Daughter of Hugh Earl of Ross, Wi­dow 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 alpha­beti facta, testatur quod vicesimo quarto die mensis Novembris anno Domi­ni millesimo trecentesimo septuagesimo quinto apud Perth, inter excellentissimam Dominam Dominam Euphemiam Dei gra­tia Reginam Seotie illustrem, & nobi­lem virum ac potentem dominum David Comitem Palatinum de Strathern & Co­mitem Cattanie ex parte una, & Ale­xandrum de Moravia de Drumsergorth ex altera, in hunc modum extitit con­cordatum, videlicz quod dictus Alexander ducet in uxorem Dominam Jonetam de Munymusk sororem dicte Domine Regine; & predicta Domina Regina ac Comes fide­liter promiserunt facere cum toto consilio suo & auxilio dictum Alexandrum habe­re consilium Jurisperitorum & Advoca­torum sumptibus suis propriis & expensis, pro recuperatione sue hereditatis secun­dum visum fuerit quod jus habet ad pro­secutionem. Insuper concordatum est in­ter eosdem, quod dicta Domina Regina in­veniet sufficientem sustentationem predicte sororis sue ad tempus unius anni vel du­orum annorum. Preterea concordatum est [Page 43] inter eosdem quod Walterus de Moravia frater dicti Alexandri, si velit, pro vo­luntatis sue libito seniorem filiam pre­dicte domine Jonete habebit in uxorem. In cujus rei testimonium perimplende & fideliter observande parti hujus indentu­re penes dictum Alexandrum remanenti sigilla predictorum Domine Regine & Co­mitis sunt appensa, parti vero hujus inden­ture penes predictum Dominam Reginam remanenti sigillum predicti Alex. est appensum. Acta die anno & loco supradictis.

The Article whereby the Queen and the Earl of Strathern her Son do oblige themselves to assist and patro­nize Sir Alexander Murray cum confilio suo & auxilio habere consilium Juris­peritorum & Advocatorum pro recupera­tione 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 A­bercarny, who by Agnes his Wife Daughter of Cunningham of Glengar­nock 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 Alex­ander Robertson of Strowan. By her he had a Son George, who in the Lifetime of his Father was killed in the Ser­vice 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 Grand­father, to whom he was served and re­toured 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 10 th of September 1547 and was succeeded by,

William his Son, who married Mar­garet Daughter of Lawrence Lord Oli­phant, 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 unfortu­nate Princess, and was much esteemed by her, as appears by several Docu­ments 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 Gor­thy, 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 Gen­tleman, and of Sir William Murray of Dreghorn, Mr. John Murray Minister of Dumfermling, also two Daughters, Nicolas married to Robert Viscount of [Page 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 Auchter­tyre.

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 sur­vived 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 pre­sent Earl of Errol, Sir Robert his Suc­cessor, William, and Captain George Murray. Also two Daughters.

Isabel, married to Sir Archbald Stew­art of Burro,

Helen, to Mungo Graham of Gorthie.

Sir Robert his Son was a Gentleman of Parts, and who in a good Degree in­herited 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.

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.

THIS Noble Family is descended of Sir Adam Hepburn, an English Knight, who transplanted himself in­to Scotland, in the Reign of King Da­vid 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 Mar­garet 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, Daugh­ter to the Earl of Buchan, Patrick his Son, who was Father of the unhappy James Earl of Bothwell, who was crea­ted by Queen Mary Duke of Orkney, but was in the same Reign forfeited for Treason, whereupon he fled be­yond Sea to Denmark, where he died Anno 1577.

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 Col­dingham, 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 ob­serve, is, that he transported himself into France, and thence into Italy, where he passed the remainder of his Days. ^a.

DAvid of Scotland Earl of Hunting­toun 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 Donati­on of John de Scotia Comes de Hunting­toun & 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 de­sign'd himself Willielmus de Brechin, filius Henrici de Brechin, filii Comitis David, in his Foundation of the May­son 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 Mo­ther, and for the Welfare of his own Soul, to which Albinus Bishop of Bre­chin, 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 Aber­brothock & Panmure; which Alexander Cumin Earl of Buchan, Justiciary of Scot­land, 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 [Page 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 Ba­liol, 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 il­lustrious 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 Conspi­racy to deliver the Town of Berwick to the English; but that Combination be­ing happily discovered, he was made Prisoner, and being tryed before the Parliament, was found guilty of high Treason, for as much as he had con­ceal'd and not reveal'd the Design, Ab conjurationis popularibus appel­latus nunquam assenserat: tantum eicrimini dabatur, quod in conscienti­am 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 suij [...]venum & belli &, pacis artibus longe primus habebatur, says my Author. And ^d continues he, Dederat etiam suae vir­tutis in Syria bello sacro praeclarum spe­cimen. His Estate was not forfeited as the rest of the Conspirators were, but went to Margaret his Sister, who was his Heir.

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 remark­able 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, Ma­rion, married to William Maule of Pan­mure, Ancestor to the Earl of Pan­mure. ^g

This last mentioned Sir David Barclay Lord of Brechin was eminent for his Activity and Valour in be­half of King David Bruce, to whom he performed many Actions of Ho­nour and Courage; but at last falling into a fatal quarrel with the Douglas­ses, he was murdered by the Contriv­ance 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 Eng­land, one of the Hostages for the Ransom of King James the I. and Alan Earl of Caithness, who was kil­led [Page *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 accord­ingly 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 Bre­chin, 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 Pa­trick Earl of Panmure, and has ever since been used as a Title of that noble Fa­mily, who are undoubted Heirs in Blood of the antient Lords of Brechin, both of the Brechin and Barclay Line.

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 Fa­mily 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 In­heritance. From which Sir Colin they have continued remarkable in a di­rect Line, down to the present Time, spreading themselves into several emi­nent and flourishing Branches by the Way, as are the Campbels of Lawers (sprung from a Son of a second Mar­riage of the first Sir Colin, by a Daughter of the Family of Keir) Glenlyon, Achri­ny, Lochbuskie, Mochaster, Monzie, Glen­faloch, 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 Baro­net, 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 per­sonal [Page **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 Glen­urchie. 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 se­condly Henrietta Daughter of Sir Edward Villiers Sister to Edward late Earl of Jersey, by whom he has John Master of Glenurchie.

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. constitut­ed 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 en­dued 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 con­cluded, Anno 1303 ⁱ. Upon King Robert's Accession to the Throne, Anno 1306, he adhered to the English In­terest, for which Action his Estate was seized on, and dying in England in 1329 the 1 st. Year of David II. left Issue by Isabel his Wife, Daughter of Duncan Earl of Fife, two Daughters, Alicia [Page 47] Wife of Sir Henry de Beaumont, and Margaret of Sir John Ross Knight ^a.

THE next that enjoyed any Title from hence was Alexan­der Stewart Lord Badenoch, 4th Son to King Robert II. who was dignify­ed 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 Pe­destal, there is this Inscription. ‘ Hic jacet Dominus Alexander Senescallus Comes de Buchan & Dominus de Badenoch bonae Memo­riae, 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 be­stowed by Robert Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland, upon John Steuart Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland, his Son. This Earl com­manded 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 Doug­lass, one sole Daughter and Heir, Jean married to George Lord Seaton, Ancestor to the present Earl of Win­toun ^e, which gave Occasion to the noble Family to carry quarterly in the Atchievement the Coat of Bu­chan, viz, Azure, three Garbs, Or.

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 Earl­dom, bestowed upon James Stewart, second Son of Sir James Stewart (sir­named, 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 Illustri­ous 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 constitu­ted Warden of the Middle Marches to­ward [Page 48] England ^a and Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland. He mar­ried first Margaret, Daughter and sole Heir of Sir Patrick Ogilvy of Auchter­house, 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 Tra­quair; also two Daughters ^c, Agnes married to Adam Earl of Bothwel, afterwards to Robert Lord Maxwel, and Elizabeth to John Hume of Col­ding 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, Daugh­ter 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 Sep­tember 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, 2 dly, To Beatrix; Daughter of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Boyn, by whom he had one Daugh­ter Christiana, who, anno 1551, suc­ceeded her Grandfather in the Earl­dom 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 Is­sue James, who succeeded her; and two Daughters,

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

Elizabeth married to Andrew Fra­zer of Muchil, in the County of Aber­deen, Ancestor of Charles, now Lord Fraser.

To which Robert and Christiana (Earl and Countess of Buchan) suc­ceeded

James Earl of Buchan, their only Son and Heir, who, by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Walter Lord Desk­ford, 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 Scot­land, and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, by the Lady Ma­ry Stewart, second Daughter of Esme Duke of Lennox: Upon which Mar­riage, 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 Hus­band, 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 Accom­plishments, 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 mar­ried, 2 dly Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir Philip Knevit of Bucknam Castle, in the County of Norfolk, Bart. by whom he had Issue, Dorthy married in [Page 51] England to [...] Walker in the Coun­ty of Middlesex, Esq and several o­ther Children, who died young.

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

Which William Earl of Buchan hav­ing joined himself at the Revolution in 1688 to those who took up Arms in Scotland against the late King Willi­am, 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, be­ing great Grandson and Heir to Hen­ry 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 Coun­ty 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 17 th April 1710.

Fairfax, born Feb. 8 th 1712.

George Lewis on Jan. 30 1714, and

George Augustus on December 27 th, 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 Mino­rity.

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 ap­pointed 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 univer­sal Esteem, as he has upon all other Occasions, when employed in the publick Service, wherein he has al­ways eminently distinguish'd himself by his unshaken Zeal and constant ap­pearance 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 Com­missioners of the Exchequer, and Go­vernour of Blackness Castle; in all which he continued till after the Conclusion of the Treaty of Union, anno 1707, which he opposed in Par­liament to the very last, being of O­pinion, as his Lordship then declared, that several of the Articles agreed up­on, were inconsistent with the Ho­nour of his Country, especially of the Peerage, against which he therefore entred his Protest, and was soon af­ter removed from all publick Trust. But on the Accession of his Majesty King George to the Crown, for the Security of whose Succession his Lord­ship [Page 52] had on all Occasions exerted himself with the outmost Zeal, he had again several Marks of Favour bestowed on him, having been appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of Police, and Lord Lieute­nant of the Shires of Stirling and Clackmannan, as he was also to the general Satisfaction elected one of the sixteen Peers for Scotland to the first Parliament of Great Britain called af­ter his Majesty's Arrival in this Kingdom.

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 Scot­tus, who obtained a fair Estate in Rox­burgh-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 desi­gned 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 Ro­bert Scott designed of . . . Murdistoun and Ranelburn, flourished under King Robert II. who with Consent and Ap­probation of Walter his Son and Heir apparent, gave to the Monks of Mel­ross the Lands of Hinkery in Selkirk­shire, pro salute animae suae. ^d This Walter was a gallant brave Man, and performed many Actions of signal Honour and Courage in the Ser­vice of the Crown, for which he was nobly rewarded. For King Ro­bert, 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 De­cember 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 [Page 53] a Person of that Character, that dur­ing the Reign of King James II. he was frequently employed in Negotia­tions of Peace betwixt the two Nations, as appears from Mr. Rymer's Foe­dera 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 appoin­ted one of the Conservators of the Peace betwixt the two Nations. By . . . Daughter of . . . he had Sir Walter his eldest Son, and Ro­bert; likewise a Daughter Janet, mar­ried to Sir James Douglas of Drumlan­rig, ^b and departing this Life An­no 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 ex­cellent 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 Loyal­ty on that Occasion. After the Death of King James he signalized his Va­lour and Courage at the Battle of Pinky, soon after which he was con­stituted 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 with­out Issue, and Sir William Scott Knight his Father's Heir apparent, who like­wise died before himself. His second Wife was Janet Daughter of John Be­thune of Cricht, ^f by whom he had Grisel married to William Lord Borth­wick, and again to Walter Cairncross Esq Son to John Cairncross of Colme­sly. ^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 Suc­cessor, and three Daughters, Jean married to Sir Thomas Ker of Ferny­herst, Margaret to Sir John Johnstoun of that Ilk, and Elizabeth to John Car­michael of Meadowflat, Captain of Crawfurd.

Which Walter was a Man of ex­cellent Parts and Reputation, and tho a firm Adherer to Queen Mary, yet he has a very good Character e­ven by the Historians of the other Party, particulary Sir James Melvil, who says, He was a Man of rare Qua­lities, wise, brave, stout and modest. He married Margaret, Daughter of Da­vid 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 dis­charged [Page 54] the Trust with singular Cou­rage and Fidelity, ^a till the King's Accession to the Crown of England, Anno 1603.

Sir Walter being a Person of a war­like Genius, and from his Youth much affecting a military Life, car­ried over a Regiment to the Nether­lands, where he served under that fa­mous General the Prince of Orange, in which valiant Adventures he gained so much Honour, that to counte­nance 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 appar­rent 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 Let­ters 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 singu­lar Honour and Reputation, and co­ming over to England in the Begin­ning of the Winter, 1633, died at Lon­don 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 there­upon created Earl of Tarras; but the Lady dying without Issue, Anno 1662, her Estate and Honour came to her Si­ster 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 Coun­tess his Wife, created Duke and she Dutches of Buckclugh, by Letters pa­tent, 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 In­surrection in Scotland, which com­menced with the Murder of the Arch-Bishop of St. Andrews, he was sent with a sufficient Force, as Generalis­simo 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 pro­secuting a full Discovery of the Po­pish 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 Affecti­on 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 there­with, [Page 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 him­self 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 re­tiring 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 Dut­chess 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 Roche­ster, 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, 2 d 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 Hermi­tage 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 Isa­bella Scot, yet unmarried.

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 [Page 54] vice comes de Fife, was a Member of Parliament in the Year, 1315 ^a. This Family continued in great Lu­stre 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 Baro­ny 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, Daugh­ter 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 Ma­jesty'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 Pre­sident 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 Wil­liam 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 Dun­boig, 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 con­stituted 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.

THE descent of this noble Fa­mily is from Sir John Steuart, a Son of King Robert II. ^a who had by his Fathers Grant a fair Pos­session 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 Scot­land, of the Lands of Fynock, which runs thus in the Original,

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

This Sir John Steuart married Jean Daughter of Sir John Semple of Eliot­stoun ^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 Fy­nock ^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 he­reditary Constabulwick of the Castle of Rothsay, (which had been ancient­ly 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, 1 st August 1498.

To this last mentioned James suc­ceeded 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 comi­tatu 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 con­stituted 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 depar­ting this Life about the Year 1602, [Page 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 Daugh­ters, 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 ad­hered 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 continu­ed constant and unshaken in his Loy­alty, and living to see the Restaura­tion, he died at London soon after, tho the exact time I cannot assign, and was buried in the Abbay at West­minster. 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, 1 st Elisabeth married to Ninian Banatyne of Keams, in vice comitatu de Bute, and had Issue. 2 d. Anne to Alexander Mack­do [...]ald of Sana, in vice comitatu de Ar­gyle, and afterwards to Walter Camp­bel of Skipnish, of the same County, and had Issue. 3 d. Jean to Angus Campbel of Skipnish, Junior and had Issue.

Sir Dougal his Son married Elisa­beth Daughter of Sir Thomas Ruthven of Dunglass, by Mary his Wife, Daugh­ter of Alexander 1 st Earl of Leven, by whom he had two Sons, Sir James who succeeded him. Mr. Dougal Steuart of Blairhall, who having ap­plyed 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 Com­missioner 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 e­steem 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 Bar­break, 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 Coun­sellour, and appointed one of the Commissioners upon the Part of Scot­land to Treat of a nearer Union with England, anno 1702, which then took not effect, and by Letters Patent bear­ing 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 dissen­ted 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 [Page 57] Seat in the Country. He married 1 st. Agnes eldest Daughter of Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Lord Advo­cate, 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 Vis­count of Garnock, and had Issue. And by Christian his second Wife Daugh­ter 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, up­on 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 For­tune 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 Ar­gyle, and has a Daughter Lady Mary.

IN the Time of King William one Harold was Earl of this Coun­try; but for Rebellion his Estate was forfeited, anno 1187 ^a, and con­tinued 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 pay­ment of a yearly Duty of ten Pound Sterling to the King and his Succes­sors ^c. The Honour continued in this Race till it expired in a Daugh­ter 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 Ac­cession to the Sovereignty, anno gra­tiae 1370, but he dying without Male Succession, it devolved on Wal­ter Earl of Athole, his immediate younger Brother, who dispon [...]d it to Allan Steuart his Son, who was kil­led at the Battel of Innerlochy ^e, leaving no Issue; so that by his Fa­ther's Forfaulture it came to the Crown.

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.

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 convoyed this Earldom with the Ho­nour to William Sinclair, one of his Sons ^d, who married Mary Daughter 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 Ale­xander Sinclair founder of the Family of Dunbeth, which John took to Wife Mary Daughter of William Sutherland 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 2 d 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 Col­dingknows, 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 Daugh­ters, 1 st. Beatrix, married to Ale­xander Earl of Sutherland ^l, but had no Issue. 2 d. 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 Su­therland of Duffus ⁿ. Barbara to Ale­xander 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 mar­ried Mary Daughter of Henry Lord [Page 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 succeed­ed 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 with­out 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 mar­ried Jean Carmichael, by whom he had

Alexander the present Earl of Caith­ness.

John.

Francis.

Janet, All unmarried.

SIR James Livingston, First Earl of Calendar, was the 2 d Son of Alexander Earl of Linlithgow, by Elea­nor 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 Ger­many, acquired a great Reputation in Martial Affairs: Upon his Return he was constituted one of the Gentle­men 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 withdraw­ing himself from them, he freely re­sorted to the Service of his injur'd Sovereign, and was constituted Lieu­tenant-General of the Scots Army, who in the 1648 attempted to rescue the King from his fatal Imprison­ment in the Isle of Wight: But the enterprise miscarrying, he retired to Holland, where he stayed till the Murder of his Majesty. He mar­ried 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 Wil­liam Duke of Hamilton, died 1685, leaving no Issue save a natural Son. Sir Alexander Livingston of Glenterren, Baronet, his Fortune and Honour de­volved upon

Alexander Livingston, his Nephew, Son of George Earl of Linlithgow, who deceased in the Year 1694, lea­ving [Page 60] Issue by Anne his Wife, Daughter of James Marquess of Montrose, James his Son and Heir, who upon the Death of his Uncle, Alexander Earl of L [...]nlithgow, anno 1695, suc­ceeded him in that Earldom, and two Daughters,

Lady Henrietta. unmarried.

Lady Mary. unmarried.

THE Family of Fairfax, which is unquestionably one of the most Ancient and best allyed in Eng­land, 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 Fair­fax possessed of several Lands, par­ticularly 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 Walton in the same County, by which, he and his Successors were after­wards designed, and yet in the Pos­session of of his Family.

From whom, the 8th in a straight Male Line, was Thomas Fairfax o [...] Walton, to whom anno 1415, the 2 d 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.

1 st. William of Walton who succeed­ed him.

2 d. Bryan, Doctor of the Laws.

3 d. Sir Guy Fairfax, Knight, Justice of the King's Banch.

4 th. Richard.

5 th. Sir Nicholas, Knight of Rhodes.

6 th. Miles Fairfax.

And three Daughters, of whom Ellen the youngest, was Lady Prio­ress of Nunmuncton.

Of which William of Walton, eldest Son of the said Richard, who died the 31st Henry VI. anno 1453, de­scended, after five Generations, Sir Thomas Fairfax, who the 3 d 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 mar­ried 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 suc­ceeded 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 par­ticular Account of that noble House, as not belonging to this present Work, We shall proceed to a younger Son, viz. Sir Guy Fairfax above-men­tioned, 3 d Son of Richard Fairfax of Walton, of whom the Lord Came­ron 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 3 d 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 7 mo. Henry VII. and died in the [Page 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, Tho­mas, Guy, and Nicholas, and two Daugh­ters, Ellen married to Sir Miles Wilesthorp, Knight, and Maudeline to Sir John Waterson of Medley, Ma­ster 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 Daugh­ters,

Ellen, married to Sir William Pickering, Knight, by whom he had Sir William Pickering, so great a Fa­vorite 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 Coun­ty 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, 1 st Anne mar­ried 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, in­dorsed, To our Trusty and well be­loved 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 Fami­ly, and of Gabriel the younger Bro­ther, who got Steeton, is descended another Family, known by the Di­stinction of Steeton, also in the County of York, where it has its Residence to this time.

Which Sir Thomas Fairfax of Den­ton, 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 seve­ral [Page 62] of his Translations yet extant; also two Daughters,

Ursula, married to Sir Henry Bel­lasis of Newbourgh, in the County of York, Baronet, Mother by him of Thomas first Viscount Fa [...]conberg, An­cestor 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, mar­ried Ellen, Daughter of Robert Ask Esq by whom he had six Sons, viz.

1 st. Ferdinando, who succeeded him.

2 d. Henry.

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

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

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

Which Sir Thomas, being of a Mar­tial Spirit, accompanied into France the Earl of Essex, General of the English Army, sent by Queen Elisa­beth 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, recei­ved with many marks of Distinction and Favour, and imployed by her in se­veral 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 3 d Year of whom by Patent bearing date, 4 th 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 Pre­sident 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 Nor­thumberland, Baronet.

Frances to Sir Thomas Weddrington, Knight.

Elisabeth, to Sir William Craven, Knt.

Mary, to Henry Arthington of Ar­thington, Esq and

Dorothy, to Richard Hutton of Pop­pleton, Esq all of whom had Issue.

He married 2 dly Rhoda, Daugh­ter 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 31 st, 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 [Page 63] of General Fairfax, was born at Den­ton Castle, 17 th 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 occasion­ed 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 command­ed, 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 de­creed against Scotland, by the Parlia­ment, and an Army appointed to march thither, he declared his Re­solution not to command it, or in­vade 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 in­duced this great Man, to lay down so high and important a Command, was at that time, variously, reported, some (as Clarendon relates) impu­ting 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 Restau­ration; In order to which, he en­tered, very early, into Measures with General Monk, to whom he gave con­siderable Assistance, in the Prosecu­tion of that glorious Design, upon the happy issue whereof, he had the Honour, to be one of the Commis­sioners which composed the solemn Deputation, sent by the Parliament to the King, upon that great Oc­casion, 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 where­of, being weary of the great hurry and Confusion, in which he had spent much of his Time; he re­tired, soon after the Restauration, to his House in the Country, where, he passed, in peace and quiet, the re­mainder 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 Par­ties 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 Ger­man, eldest Son and Heir of Henry, 2 d 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 [Page 64] in the County of Durham, and Ursula and Mary who died young.

Which Thomas Lord Cameron, mar­ried Katharin, only Daughter and Heir of Thomas Lord Colepepper, and dying 6 th 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.

THE Honour and Title of Lord Cardross, had its beginning in anno 1604, when James VI. of Scot­land, and first of Great Britain, by his Charter under the Great Seal, bear­ing 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 be­longing, to Henry Erskine, his 2 d. Son, by the Lady Mary Steuart, his 2 d. 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, for­merly a Seat of Monks of the Order of Promontre; the said Abby, with the Lands and Tythes thereto be­longing, being, by a special Act of Parliament, for that purpose, dissolved from the Crown.

Which Henry Lord Cardross, mar­ried 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 Buchan­nan 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, mar­ried to William Cuningham of Bo­quhan, in the County of Stirling, Mother, by him, of Henry Cun­ningham of Boquhan, Junior, Re­presentative of the Burgh of Stirling, and District thereof in this present Parliament, anno 1712.

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

Alexander the eldest Son, died young.

William the 2 d, late Deputy Go­vernour of Blackness Castle, a Per­son 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 3 d. who, upon all oc­casions, 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 Re­volution, in 1688. When he ac­companyed [Page 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 Acces­sion to the Throne, was made Lieu­tenant Governour of Stirling Castle, and afterwards Governour of Dum­barton, and a Lieutenant Colonel of Foot.

In 1695, he was chosen a Di­rector 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 Com­pany; 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 1 st. Jean, Daughter and Heir of VVilliam Muir of Cald­well, in the Shire of Renfrew; but she dying soon after, without Issue, he married 2 dly, Anne, eldest Daughter, and Co-heir of VVilliam Dundass of Kincavill, in the County of Linlith­gow, Advocate, by whom he has John his eldest Son and Heir, and several other Sons; also one Daughter, Mary, yet unmarried.

Charles the 4 th Son, being a Cap­tain of Foot in the Low Countries, in the Service of the late King Wil­liam, was killed there, at the Battle of Stenkirk, the 24 th of July 1692:

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

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

And Mary the 3 d died young.

To which David Lord Cardross succeeded, Anno 1671. Henry his eldest Son and Heir, who, eodem anno, married Katharine, 2 d 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 Marga­garet 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 2 d, yet unmarried.

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

Which Henry Lord Cardross, being a Person of universally acknowledged Merit, and, upon all occasions, a stre­nuous asserter of the Rights and Liber­ties of his Country, met with many Hardships in the late Reigns, with which having strugled long, with great firmness and constancy, he at last with­drew into Holland, where he was kindly received by the Prince of Orange, afterwards King of Great Britain, whom he accompanyed in his Expe­dition 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, Ge­neral 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 Cha­racter, he had all along had, of a Per­son of untainted Integrity and Ho­nour; and dying at Edinburgh the [Page 66] 21 st 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 Mar­riage, and Issue, see an Account in Title Buchan.

OF this Family, which is of great Antiquity in the Stew­artry of Annandale, was Sir William Cairlyle, Knight, in the Days of Ro­bert I. who was matched with Mar­garet Bruce, Sister to that King, as is evident from a Grant by that Mo­narch, Willielmo Cairlyle milite & Margaretae sponsae suae sorori nostrae Carissimae ^a de Terris de Crumanstoun.

Sir William Cairlyle, his Son, ob­tained 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 descen­ded 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 Scrim­geour, Daughter of — Scrimgeour Constable of Dundee, he died Issue­less, 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, Daugh­ter of William Master of Cairlyle his Grand-child, and sole Heir, who mar­ried Sir James Douglass of Parkhead.

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,

1 st. Sir James Douglass of Tortho­rald, his Son and Heir.

2 d. 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 Ambassa­dor from King Charles II. to the Crown of France. Sir George Lock­hart of Carnwath, President of the College o [...] Justice, and Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill, also one of the Lords of Council and Session.

3 d. John Douglass Doctor in Di­vinity. Also three Daughters,

— married to Sir James Dun­dass 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 31 st July, 1608 ^c, leaving

Sir James his Son and Heir to suc­ceed 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, & Tor­thorald married Elisabeth Daughter of Sir John Gordon of Lochenvar; but ha­ving 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.

THIS ancient Family original­ly 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 Niths­dale, where now there principal Seat is. Mr. Nisbet, a famous Herauld, ^f, gives this Story of the Origine [Page 68] of this Sirname, when he is accoun­ting 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 Ex­ploit 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 Subjects who would adventure to rescue his Corps, from the Disgrace his Enemies, had put upon him; But (adds he) When none would undertake this ha­zardous Interprise, at last a certain Gen­tleman came to the King, and said, Dalziel, which signifies I Dare, and actually did perform that noble Exploit to his immortal Honour: And in Me­mory of it, got the foresaid remarkable Bearing, and afterward his Posterity took the Word Dalziel for their Sir­name, 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, du­ring his Captivity in England, ob­tained 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 Ro­berti III. was in 1392, joined in Com­mission 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 qua­lified Person to celebrate three Masses once every seven Years, for the Sal­vation of Robert III. King of Scotland, Anapbella his Queen, and all their Children for ever ^c.

Hence after several Generations, descended Robert Dalziel of that Ilk, who was killed in the Burgh of Drum­fries, 30th July 1508 ^d, a in Skir­mish betwixt the Lords Maxwel and Crichton, leaving Robert his Son and Heir, Father of another Robert, who approv'd himself a loyal Subject to Queen Mary, when the civil War broke out in that Reign: I find he was one of the Barons, who upon her Majesty's escape from her Imprison­ment in Lochliven, bound themselves upon Conscience and Honour, to ad­here to her, against her rebelious Subjects, as may be seen from the original yet extant, bearing date, 8th May 1568 ^e, and accompanyed her to the Battle of Langside ^f, where the Queen's Party was totally defeat.

He married Janet, Daughter of Gavin Hamilton of Raploch, Commen­dator of Kilwinning ^g, by whom he had Robert his Son and Heir, and a Daughter, Christian, married to John Hamilton of Orbestoun, and had Issue. He dying circa annum 1588, was suc­ceeded by,

Robert his Son and Heir, who re­ceived first the Honour of Knight­hood from King James VI. and be­ing a Baron of an opulent Fortune, was in Consideration of his own pro­per Merit, as well as the constant Loyalty of his Ancestors in all times [Page 69] past was by the special Favour of King Charles I. raised to the Honour of Lord Dalziel 18th of September 1628 ^a, and thereafter Created Earl of Carn­wath, anno 1639. He married Margaret, Daughter of Sir Robert Crichton of Cluny ^b, by whom he had Robert his Successor, Sir John Dalziel of Glenae Ancestor to the present Earl of Carnwath, and a Daughter Lady Mary married to Sir James Muirhead of Lachop.

Which Robert was a Nobleman of great Honour and Reputation, and whose Loyalty and Affection to King Charles I. was very Remarkable, for as i [...] on as the Civil War broke out he was among the first who raised both Horse and Foot upon his own Charge, and served in the Command of them with great Courage and Fidelity, till the very end of the War, for which he suffered very much, both by Se­qu [...]stration and otherways: But all these hardships did not in the least discourage him in venturing Life and Fortune again in the Service of King Charles II. for as soon as an Army was raised to March into England with the King, the Earl accompanied his Majesty into that Kingdom, and was with him in the Fight at Worcester, where his Lordship had the Misfortune to fall into the Enemies Hands, who kept him Prisoner diverse Years which he sustained with great Patience and Magnanimity. He married Christian Daughter of Sir William Dowglas of Drumlanrig, ^c by whom he had

Gavin his Son and Heir, who mar­ried Margaret, Daughter of David Lord Carnegy, ^d and departing this Life in the Month of June 1674, ^e left Issue two Sons and a Daughter, viz. James and John both Earls of Carnwath, and a Daughter Jean, mar­ried to Claud Muirhead of Lachop.

Which James married Mary Daugh­ter of George Earl of Winton ^f, by whom he had only one Daughter, Elizabeth married to Lord John Hay, Son to John Marquis of Tweddale, and dying anno 1683 ^g, was succeeded by,

John his Brother who died a Ba­tchelour on the 7th of June 1702 ^h, his Estate and Honour devolv­ing on Sir Robert Dalziel of Glenae Baronet his Heir Male. This Earl married Grace Daughter of Alexander Earl of Eglinton, by whom he had a Daughter Lady Margaret Dalziel.

DUncan of Galloway, Son of Gilbert Lord of Galloway, in the 20th of King William, anno 1185, had by the Bounty of that Prince, the Country of Carrick, erected to him in an Earldom ⁱ, out of which he found­ed the Abbacy of Crosragwell, for [Page 70] Cluniack Monks, and amply indued it with Lands and Tithes within his own Territories, and likewise gave to the Monks of Paisty and Melross several Donations out of his Estate, for the welfare of his Soul. ^a He left a Son,