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berlain of Dumfermline, a Representative Peer for Scotland, Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of co. Haddington, and a major-general in the army; born 1 Feb. 1787; succeeded his father, George, the late marquess, 9 Aug. 1804. The Marquess was Aid-de-Camp to the duke of Wellington, at the battle of Busaco, 27 Sept. 1810, where he was wounded: married, 1st, 18 Aug. 1813, da. of John Forbes, of Seaton, co. Aberdeen, esq., deceased; and 2dly, 28 March 1816, Susannah Montagu, 2d da. of William, duke of Manchester, and has issue, 1. SUSAN-GEORGIANA, b. 12 March 1817, m., 21 Jan. 1836, James Andrew, lord Ramsay, son of the earl of Dalhousie ; 2. HANNAH-CHARLOTTE, b. 12 April 1818; 3. LOUISAJANE, b. 29 July 1819; -4. ELIZABETH, b. 27 Sept. 1820;- -5. GEORGE, earl of Gifford, b. 26 April 1822;- -6. MELLICENT, b. Sept. 1823, d. Jan. 1826; -7. ARTHUR, b. 9 Nov. 1824;- 8. WILLIAMMONTAGUE, b. 27 Jan. 1826; 9. A SON, b. 28 Aug. 1827 ; - 10. A DA., b. 1 April 1830; -11. A son, b. 26 Feb. 1833; -12. A SON, b. 8 Aug. 1835.

THE first person of this name who appears in the Scots records, is William de Haya, who settled in Lothian at the close of the 12th century, and had the office of pincerna domini regis (king's butler) during the reigns of Malcolm IV. and William the Lion. He d. about 1170, leaving issue two sons, 1. William, ancestor of the earls of Errol; and 2. Robert, ancestor of the marquess of Tweeddale.

JOHN HAY, 12th in descent from Robert, was, 29 Jan. 1487-8, created lord Hay, of Yester, which title descended in regular succession to WILLIAM, 5th lord, who d. 1576, leaving two sons; 1. WILLIAM, 6th lord, who d. without issue male; and 2. JAMES, 7th lord, who d. 1609, and was succeeded by his son,

JOHN, 8th lord Yester, created, 1 Dec. 1646, earl of Tweeddale; m., 1st, Jean, da. of Alexander Seaton, 1st earl of Dumfermline, by whom he had,

1. JOHN, 2d earl.

He m., 2dly, Margaret, da. of Alexander Montgomery, 6th earl of Eglinton, by whom he had a son,

2. WILLIAM, of Drumelzier, m. and had a numerous issue.

The earl d. 1654, and was succeeded by his son,

JOHN, 2d earl, created, 17 Dec. 1694, viscount Walden, earl of Gifford, and marquess of Tweeddale; m. Jean, da. of Walter Scott, 1st earl of Buccleuch, and had issue,

1. JOHN, 2d marquess.

2. DAVID, of Belton, m. and left issue. 3. ALEXANDER, of Spott, m. and left issue.

4. GILBERT.

5. WILLIAM.

6. MARGARET, m. Robert, 3d earl of Roxburgh.

7. JEAN, m. William, 1st earl of March. The marquess d. 11 Aug. 1697, and was succeeded by his son,

JOHN, 2d marquess, b. 1645, m., 11 Dec. 1666, Anne, only child and h. of John Maitland, duke of Lauderdale, and d. 20 April 1715, having had issue by her,

1. CHARLES, 3d marquess.

2. JOHN, brig.-gen. under the duke of Marlborough, and col. Scots Greys, d. 1706,

s.p.

3. WILLIAM, of Newhall, m. Margaret, only child of John Hay, of Linplum, and had a numerous issue, of whom John was of Newhall, and d. 1755, leaving, besides other issue,

1. William, of Newhall, m., 1st, 23 April 1774, Catherine, only surviving child

of John, 4th marquess, (who d. 11 July 1776,) and had issue, 1. Frances, b. 1775, m., 1797, hon. Charles Tollemache, son of the countess of Dysart; he m., 2dly, 6 March 1779, Mary, only da. of William Nisbet, esq., (who re-m. Walter Campbell, esq.,) and had issue, 2. George, b. 28 April 1783.

2. GEORGE, 7th marquess.

3. Edward Hay-Mackenzie, m., 3 May 1790, Maria, da. and co-h. of George, 6th lord Elibank, and had issue, 1. Isabella, m. John Buckle, esq.; 2. Dorothea, m., 2 July 1813, sir David Hunter-Blair, bart., and d. 22 May 1820; 3. Georgiana, m., 4 Aug. 1821, James, viscount Kelburne, son of George, earl of Glasgow; 4. John, m., 23 April 1828, Anne, 3d da. of sir James Gibson-Craig, bart., and has issue.

4. Dorothea, m., 20 June 1780, James Hay, of Belton, esq.

5. Margaret, m. Alan Macdougal, esq. The marquess d. 20 April 1713, and was succeeded by his son,

CHARLES, 3d marquess, m. Susan, da. of William and Anne, duke and duchess of Hamilton, relict of John, 2d earl of Dundonald, and had,

1. JOHN, 4th marquess.

2. CHARLES, major-gen., d. unm. 1 May 1760.

3. GEORGE, 6th marquess.

The marquess d. 17 Dec. 1715, and was succeeded by his son,

JOHN, 4th marquess, m., April 1748, Frances Carteret, da. of John, earl Granville, and by her (who d. 21 Dec. 1788) had, besides other children, who d. young,

1. GEORGE, 5th marquess.

2. CATHERINE, m. capt. William Hay, 2d son of John, of Newhall, above named, great-grandson of the 2d, and elder brother of the 7th marquess.

The marquess d. 1 Dec. 1762, and was succeeded by his son,

GEORGE, 5th marquess, d. a minor 4 Oct. 1770, and was succeeded by his uncle,

GEORGE, 6th marquess, who d. without issue 16 Nov. 1787, and was succeeded by his distant cousin,

GEORGE, 7th marquess, grandson, as before stated, of lord William Hay, of Newhall, 2d son of John, 2d marquess, b. 1753, m., 18 April 1785, Hannah-Charlotte Maitland, da. of James, 7th earl of Lauderdale, and by her (who d. 8 May 1804) had

1. GEORGE, present marquess.

2. JAMES, col. in the army, m., 18 Aug. 1813, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Forbes, of Seaton, co. Aberdeen, esq., and has issue,

11. JANE, b. 7 Sept. 1797.

12. JULIA-TOMLINSON, m., 28 July 1828, sir John Cam Hobhouse, bart., and d. 3 April 1835.

The marquess d. at Verdun, in France, 9 Aug. 1804, and was succeeded by his eldest

son,

GEORGE, present and 8th marquess.

Heir Apparent - GEORGE, earl of GIFFORD, son of the marquess.

Creations Lord Hay, of Yester, 1487; Earl of Tweeddale, co. Peebles, 1646; Viscount Walden, Earl of Gifford, and Marquess of Tweeddale, 1604.

Arms Quarterly. 1st and 4th. Azure, three cinquefoils argent-FRASER. 2d and 34. Gules, three bars ermine GIFFORD, of Yester. Over all, in an escocheon, the marquess's paternal coat of HAY, viz. argent, three escocheons two and one, gules.

or.

Crest-A goat's head erased argent, armed

Supporters-Two stags proper attired or, each gorged with a plain collar azure, charged with three cinquefoils argent. Motto-Spare nought.

JOHN-WILLIAM-ROBERT KERR, MARQUESS and EARL of LOTHIAN, Earl of Ancrum, Viscount of Brien, Baron Kerr, of Newbottle, Morphet, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphingston, Nisbet, and Long-Newton, in Scotland, Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh; and Baron Kerr, of Kerraheugh, co. Roxburgh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; born 1 Feb. 1794; succeeded his father, William, the late marquess, 27 April 1824; married, 19 July 1831, lady Cecil Talbot, only surviving da. of earl Talbot, and has,1 A SON and heir, earl of Ancrum, 5. 12 Aug. 1832;- -2. A SON, b. 2 Dec. 1833;--3. A DA., b. 23 Jan. 1835;4. A DA., b. 4 June 1836;- 5. A soN, b. 11 Aug. 1837.

THE marquess of Lothian is male representative of the house of Kerr, of Fernihurst, whose ancestor, Ralph Kerr, settled in Teviotdale about 1330; and, at the same time, represents and derives some of his titles from a junior branch of the Kerrs, of Cessfurd (in which family is the title of duke of Roxburgh).

Sir Andrew Kerr, of Fernihurst, 8th in descent from Ralph above-named, d. 1545, leaving two sons, 1. John, of Fernihurst, who was grandfather of Andrew, created, 1622, baron Jedburgh; and of Robert, earl of Somerset, K.G., the favourite of king James I.; 2. Robert, of Ancrum, whose grandson,

ROBERT, in 1633, was created earl of Ancrum, to him and his issue male by his 2d wife, with remainder to his issue male whatsoever; m., 1st, Elizabeth, da. of sir John Murray, of Black-barony, by whom he had

a son, WILLIAM, 3d earl of Ancrum and of Lothian; and 2dly, Anne, only surviving da. of William Stanley, 6th earl of Derby, by whom he had several das., and one son, CHARLES, who, in 1654, succeeded his father, as 2d earl of Ancrum, and d. s.p.; whereupon the title of Ancrum devolved upon his half (and elder) brother,

WILLIAM, who having m. Anne, countess of Lothian, eldest da. and co-h. of Robert Kerr, 2d earl of Lothian, and grandda. of Mark Kerr, who was created baron Newbottle 1591, and earl of Lothian 1606, (which Mark, earl of Lothian, was son and h. of Mark Kerr, of Newbottle, 2d son of sir Andrew Kerr, of Cessfurd, ancestor of the dukes of Roxburgh,) was himself created earl of Lothian 1631; and, on his half-brother's death, became also earl of Ancrum. He d. 1675, leaving issue, by the said countess,

ROBERT, 4th earl of Lothian and Ancrum: appointed by king William III. lord justice-general and high-commissioner to the general assembly of the church, in Scotland; and, 1701, created marquess of Lothian; m. Jean, da. of Archibald Campbell, marquess of Argyll, and by her (who d. 31 July 1712) had issue,

1. WILLIAM, 2d marquess.

2. CHARLES, director of the chancery in Scotland, m. Janet, da. of sir David Murray, of Stanhope, co. Peebles, bart., and d. 1735, leaving a numerous issue.

3. JOHN, col. 31st foot, d. 1728, unm. 4. MARK, general in the army, and governor of Edinburgh Castle, d. unm. 1752. 5. JAMES, d. unm.

6. MARY, m. James, marquess of Douglas. 7. 8. 9. 10. Four other das., all d. young. The marquess d. 15 Feb. 1703, and was succeeded by his son,

WILLIAM, 2d marquess, who, on the death of his kinsman, Robert, 3d lord Jedburgh, in 1692, inherited the title of baron Jedburgh, by virtue of a special limitation in the patent of that honour; m. Jean, da. of Archibald, earl of Argyll, and d. 28 Feb. 1722, leaving issue by her 4 das., and an only son,

WILLIAM, 3d marquess, K.T., m., 1st, Margaret, da. of sir Thomas Nicholson, of Kemnay, co. Aberdeen, bart., and by her (who d. 30 Sept. 1759) had issue,

1. WILLIAM-HENRY, 4th marquess. 2. ROBERT, capt. in the army, killed at Culloden, 16 April 1746.

3. JANE, d. young.

The marquess m., 2dly, his cousin, Jean, da. of lord Charles Kerr, 2d son of the 1st marquess, but by her (who d. 26 Dec. 1787) had no issue. He d. 28 July 1767, and was succeeded by his son,

WILLIAM HENRY, 4th marquess, m. Louisa-Caroline, only da. of Robert, earl of Holdernesse, great-grandda. of Frederick, duke of Schomberg and Leinster, (killed at the battle of the Boyne 1690,) and of CharlesLouis, elector-palatine, by whom (who d. 15 Nov. 1758) he had,

1. WILLIAM-JOHN, 5th marquess. 2. LOUISA, m., in 1759, lord George Lennox, brother to Charles, 3d duke of Richmond, K.G.

3. WILHELMINA-EMILIA, b. 1756, m., 2 Jan. 1783, major-gen. John Macleod, of the royal artillery, and d. 23 Sept. 1832.

The marquess d. 20 April 1775, and was succeeded by his son,

WILLIAM-JOHN, 5th marquess, general in the army, col. 11th regt. of dragoons, and K.T., b. 1737, m., 15 July 1760, Elizabeth, only da. of Chichester Fortescue, of Dromisken, co. Louth, (by Elizabeth Wellesley, eldest da. of Richard, 1st lord Mornington,) and by her (who d. 27 Dec. 1787) had issue,

1. WILLIAM, 6th marquess.

2. CHARLES-BEAUCHAMP, b. 19 July 1775, d. 20 March 1816, having m. Elizabeth, da. of William Crump, of Farnham, co. Surrey, esq., and by her (who d. 10 Nov. 1830) had issue,

1. Charles-William-John, in holy orders, b. 3 Sept. 1801.

2. Mark-Henry-James, b. 9 Nov. 1802. 3. Caroline, b. 31 Aug. 1804, m., 4 April 1826, Thomas Pearse, of Highway House, Froyle, Hants.

4. Beauchamp, b. 29 May 1806, m., 15 Aug. 1832, Caroline-Eliza, youngest da. of James Irwine, esq.

5. Charlotte, b. 22 June 1807.

6. Frances, b. 31 March 1809, m., 8 Jan. 1834, K.-G. Hubbock, esq.

7. William, b. 8 Feb. 1811.

8. Elizabeth, b. 19 April 1813, m., 11 Aug. 1835, capt. Edgar Bayly.

3. MARK ROBERT, rear-admiral of the red, b. 12 Nov. 1776, m., 18 July 1799, Charlotte M'Donnell, countess of Antrim, (see that title in the Peerage of Ireland,) and by her (who d. 26 Oct. 1835) had issue,

1. Letitia Louisa, b. 5 May 1800, d. 1819.

2. Sydney, b. May 1801, d. an infant.
3. William, b. Aug. 1802, d. 1819.
4. Mark, b. 12 Aug. 1803, d. young.

5. Georgiana Anne - Emily, b. 3 July 1806, m., 17 Oct. 1825, the hon. and rev. Frederick Bertie, brother to the earl of Abingdon.

6. Caroline Mary, b. 4 July 1807, m., 29 July 1826, the rev. Horace-Ř. Pechell. 7. Charles-Fortescue, viscount Dunluce, b. 2 April 1809, d. 28 July 1834.

8. Charlotte-Elizabeth, b. 31 May 1811, m., 29 Aug. 1835, Bertie-George Osborn, eldest son of sir John Osborn, bart.

9. Hugh-Seymour, earl of Antrim, who succeeded his mother, b. 7 Aug. 1812. (See EARL of ANTRIM, in the Peerage of Ireland.)

10. Mark, b. 3 April 1814.

11. Fanny, b. 26 May 1815.

12. Arthur-Schomberg, b. 16 May 1820. 4. ROBERT, lieut.-col. in the army, secretary to the order of the Thistle, and deputy adjutant - general in Scotland, b. 14 Sept. 1780, m., 14 June 1806, Mary, da. of the rev. Edward Gilbert, of Windsor House, co. Cornwall, and has issue,

1. Elizabeth-Anne, b. 16 May 1807, m., 13 Jan. 1830, major-gen. sir WilliamMaynard Gomm, K.C.B.

2. Louisa-Grace, b. 15 Sept. 1808, lady of the bedchamber to the duchess of Cambridge.

3. William-Walter-Raleigh, b. 26 Nov. 1809, lieut. in the Austrian service.

4. Georgiana-Christina, b. 22 Feb. 1811, d. 10 July 1827.

5. Edmund-Henry-Sydney, b. 25 Dec. 1812, d. 15 July 1813.

6. Mark-John, b. 4 March 1814, d. 23 July 1821.

7. Mary-Frances, b. 11 July 1815. 8. Emily-Caroline-Fortescue, b. 27 June 1817.

9. Charles-Hope, b. 12 Nov. 1818, in the army.

10. Henry-Ashburton, b. 28 Jan. 1821. 11. Lucy-Maria, b. 21 June 1822. 12. Robert-Dundas, b. 1 Jan. 1824. 13. Schomberg-Frederick-Ayliffe, b. 12 Sept. 1825, d. July 1832.

5. ELIZABETH, 6. 2 Sept. 1765, m. JohnEvelyn-Pierrepoint, 10th baron Dormer.

6. CAROLINE-SYDNEY, b. 8 Sept. 1766, d. unm. Feb. 1829.

7. MARY, b. 5 Dec. 1767, m., 8 Dec. 1788, the hon. gen. Frederick St. John, 2d son of Frederick, 2d viscount Bolingbroke, and d. 6 Feb. 1791.

8. LOUISA, b. 30 Nov. 1768, m., 2 June 1793, Arthur Atherley, of Southampton, csq., M.P., and d. 23 June 1819.

9. HARRIET, d. young.

The marquess d. 4 Jan. 1815, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

WILLIAM, 6th marquess, K.T., created a peer of the United Kingdom, by the title of baron Kerr, of Kerraheugh, co. Roxburgh, 14 July 1821; b. 4 Oct. 1764, m., 1st, 14 April 1793, Harriet, da. of John Hobart, 2d earl of Buckinghamshire, (whose former marriage with Somerset Lowry, earl of Belmore, was dissolved by act of parliament,) and by her (who d. 14 July 1805) had issue,

1. JOHN-WILLIAM-ROBERT, present marquess.

2. SCHOMBERG-ROBERT, b. 18 Aug. 1795, d. unm. 1825.

3. ISABELLA-EMILY-CAROLINE, b. 7 Dec. 1797.

4. HENRY-FRANcis-Charles, b. 17 Aug. 1800, in holy orders, rector of Dittisham, co. Devon, m., 10 Sept. 1832, Louisa, only da. of the hon. sir Alexander Hope, G.C.B., and had issue, 1. Georgina-Caroline, b. 25 Aug. 1834, d. 4 April 1836; 2. a sun, b. 25 July 1836.

The marquess m., 2dly, 1 Dec. 186, Henrietta, da. of Henry Scott, 3d duke of Buceleuch, K.G., and by her (who d. 18 April 1833) had issue,

5. ELIZABETH-GEORGIANA, b. 25 Sept. 1807, m. Charles-Rodolph, baron Clinton."

6. HARRIET - LOUISA - ANNE, b. 19 Oct. 1808, m., 23 June 1834, sir John - Stuart Forbes, of Pitsligo, bart. of N.S.

7. FRANCES, 6, 9 Oct. 1810.

8. ANNE, b. 19 May 1812, d. unm. 6 Dec. 1829.

9. CHARLES - ARTHUR, b. 1814, in the army.

10. MARK-RALPH-GEORGE, & 14 Dec. 1816.

11. FREDERICK, b. 28 Sept. 1818. 12. GEORGIANA - AUGUSTA, b. 19 July 1821, to whom his majesty king Geo. IV. stood sponsor.

The marquess d. 27 April 1824, and was succeeded by his son,

JOHN WILLIAM-ROBERT, present and 7th marquess.

Heir Apparent-The EARL of Ancrum, the marquess's son,

Creatina-Baron of Newbottle, 15 Oct. 1587; Baron of Jedburgh, 2 Feb. 1622; Viscount of Brien, Earl of Ancrum, and Marquess of Lothian, 23 June 1701 (Scots titles); Baron Kerr in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 14 July 1821.

Arms Quarterly, 1st and 4th. Azure, a sun in splendour or. A coat of augmentation for the earldom of LOTHIAN." 2d and 3d. Gules, on a cheveron argent three mullets of the field--KKRR.

Crest-A sun in splendour or.

Supporters-Derter, an angel, wings displayed and inverted proper. Sinister, an unicorn argent armed, unguled, maned and tufted or.

Motto-Sero, sed serio. Late, but seri

ously.

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ELIZABETH LEVESON-GOWER, COUNTESS of SUTHERLAND,

and Baroness of Strathnaver, co Sutherland; Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; born 24 May 1765; succeeded her father, William, the 17th earl, 16 June 1766; married, 4 Sept. 1785, George, 1st duke of Sutherland, K.G., (who d. 19 July 1833); for her issue by whom see Duke of SUTHERLAND, in the Peerage of Eng

land.

THIS title is the most ancient of any in Great Britain, having continued, without interruption, in the lineal course of descent, for six centuries. While nearly all the other ancient Scotch titles have been changed in their destinations by resignations and new patents, this earldom has remained unaltered, and been transmitted through twenty generations, in regular order of descent, to ELIZABETH, the present possessor.

WILLIAM, 1st earl of Sutherland, was great-grandson of Freskin, a Fleming, who settled in Scotland during the reign of David I. His father, Hugh Freskin, had obtained the territory of Sutherland forfeited by the earl of Caithness, when he rebelled 1197; and he was created an earl, by Alexander II., in reward of his assistance in crushing the rebellion of Gillespoe, in 1228, and at the same time to balance the power of the earl of Caithness. He d. 1248, and from him the earldom descended, in an unbroken line from father to son, to WILLIAM, 4th earl, who m. Margaret, eldest da. of king Robert I., and full sister to king David II., who erected the earldom of Sutherland into a regality, by charter, 10 Nov. 1345. From William, the title descended to JOHN, 9th earl, who d. without

issue, 1514, when it devolved on his only sister, ELIZABETH, wife of Adam Gordon, of Aboyne, 2d son of George, 2d earl of Huntly, and she was accordingly enfeoffed in the earldom, 30 June 1515. On her death it descended to her grandson and heir, JOHN, 10th earl, and from him, through a series of eight generations, to the present countess's grandfather,

WILLIAM, 16th earl, b. 1707, m., 2 April 1734, Elizabeth Wemyss, eldest da. of David, 3d earl of Wemyss, and by her (who d. 20 July 1747) had issue,

1. WILLIAM, 17th earl.

2. ELIZABETH, m., 29 Dec. 1757, her cousin, the hon. James Wemyss, 3d son of James, 4th earl of Wemyss, and d. 24 Jan. 1803.

The earl d. 7 Dec. 1750, and was succeeded by his son,

WILLIAM, 17th earl, b. 29 May 1735, m., 14 April 1761, Mary, eldest da. and co-heiress of William Maxwell, of Prestoun, Kircudbright, esq., and had issue, Catherine, d. 3 Jan. 1766, and ELIZABETH, the present countess. The earl d. 16 June 1766, having survived his countess (who d. of the fatigue and anxiety attendant upon nursing her husband in his fatal illness) only 16 days.

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