Alexander Erskine, 4th son of the 7th earl of Mar, brother-in-law to the earl: sir Gideon Baillie, of Lochend; James Inglis; and John, of Gogar. A report prevailed that Dunglas was treacherously blown up by Edward Paris, an English boy, page to the earl of Haddington, on account of his master jestingly telling him, that his countrymen were a pack of cowards, to suffer themselves to be beaten, and to run away at Newburn; which so much enraged him, that he took a hot iron and thrust it into one of the powder barrels, himself perishing with the rest. He m., 1st, Catherine Erskine, 4th da. of John, 7th earl of Mar, and by her (who d. 5 Feb. 1635) had issue,

1. THOMAS, 3d earl.

2. JOHN, 4th earl.

3. MARGARET; 4. ROBERT; 5. JAMES; all d. young.

And 2dly, Jane Gordon, 3d da. of George, 2d marquess of Huntly, and by her had a posthumous da.,

6. MARGARET, b. 15 Jan. 1641, m. John, 1st earl of Kintore.

THOMAS, 3d earl, m., at Chatillon, in France, 8 Aug. 1643, Henrietta de Coligny, eldest da. of Gaspard, comte de Coligny, mareschal of France, (by Anne de Polignac, da. of Gabriel, sieur de St. Germain,) sister of the duke de Chatillon, and great grandda. of the celebrated admiral de Coigny. The earl d. of a consumption, under age, 8 Feb. 1645; his countess, celebrated for her beauty, her wit, and her romantic adventures, m., 2dly, Gaspard de Champagne, comte de la Suze, a Hugonot nobleman; from whom she was divorced, and turned Catholic, 20 July 1653, in order," said Christina, queen of Sweden, "that she might never more see him, either in this world or the next." The countess d., at Paris, 10 March 1673. The earl dying 8 Feb. 1645, without issue, was succeeded by his brother,

JOHN, 4th earl, m. Christian Lindsey, 2d da. of John, 15th earl of Crawfurd, and Lindsey, (by Margaret Hamilton, 2d da. of James, 2d marquess of Hamilton,) and had issue,

1. CHARLES, 5th earl.

2. MARGARET, m. John Hope, of Hopetoun, who was lost in his passage to Scotland, with the duke of York, 5 May 1682, leaving issue,

Charles, 1st earl of Hopetoun.

3. HELEN, m. sir William Anstruther, of Anstruther, co. Fife, and had issue.

4. SUSAN, m. Adam Cockburn, of Ormistoun, esq., and had issue.

The earl d. 1 Sept. 1669, and was succeeded by his son,

CHARLES, 5th earl, b. 1650, m., 7 Oct. 1674, Margaret, countess of Rothes, eldest da. of John, duke of Rothes, lord high chancellor of Scotland: on her father's death, in July 1681, the dukedom became extinct; but she succeeded as countess of Rothes. In the contract of this marriage, it was stipulated, in order to prevent the two earldoms of Rothes and Haddington from being united, that the earl should surrender his title of Haddington in favour of his 2d son; which settlement was subsequently confirmed by two patents, dated 18 Dec. 1689, and 22 Oct. 1702. By the countess of Rothes (who d. 20 Aug. 1700) he had, 1. JOHN, 8th earl of Rothes, from whom the present earl of Rothes descends through an heir female; but, his male line being extinct, the earl of Haddington is now heir male of the body of sir Thomas Hamilton, 1st earl of Haddington.

2. THOMAS, 6th earl.

3. CHARLES, d. young. The earl d. 1685, and the earidom of Haddington descended to his 2d son,

THOMAS, 6h earl: he had a charter of the earldom of Haddington, 25 Feb. 1687, and another of the hereditary office of the keeper of the park of Holyrood house, 23 Jan. 1601: m. his cousin german, Helen, only da. of John Hope, of Hopetoun, esq., sister of Charles, 1st carl of Hopetoun; and by her (who d. 19 April 1768, aged 91) had issue,

1. CHARLES. lord Binning, b. 1607, who d. during his father's lifetime, at Naples, 13 Jan. 1783, having m. Rachel, sole h. of George Baillie, of Jerviswood, co. Lanark, (by Grizel Hume, eldest da. of Patrick, 1st earl of Marchmont,) and by her (who d. 1773) had issue,

1. THOMAS, 7th earl.

An

2. George, of Jerviswood, who, on sueceeding to the estates of his maternal grandfather, took the name and arms of Belle; m. Elizabeth, da. of drews, esq., and d. 16 April 1797, leaving issue by her, (who d. 24 April 1799.) I. George, b. 8 Oct. 1763, m., 13 July 1801, Mary, da. of sir James Pringle, bart., and has issue, 1. George, b. 15 April 182, m., 16 Sept. 1824, Geor tana, da. of archdeacon Robert Markham, and has had issue; 2. Elizabeth, 5. 29 June 1803, m., 23 Nov. 1621, John, marquess of Breadalbane: 3. Charles, b. 3 Nov. 1804, m., 27 Dec. 1831, Anne, da. of Hugh, lord Polwarth, and has issue; 4. James-Pringle, b. 30 Jan. 1806, in the army; 5. Robert, 5. 25 June 187; 6. John, b. 23 Jan. 1810; 7. Thoinas, b. 30 May 1811; 8, Grizel; 9. Georgina, m., 11:35, hon. Henry-F.-H. Scott, eldest son of lord Polwarth-2. Charles, in holy orders, b. 27 Nov. 1764, m., 16 April 1797. lady Charlotte Home, 3d da. of Alexander, 9th earl of Home, and d. 19 June 18.0, having had issue, 1. sir George, K.C.H., b. 4 Oct. 1798, secretary of legation at Berlin; 2. Charles-John, b. 4 Jan. 180, m., 23 Jan. 1821, Caroline, 4th da. of Willoughby, 4th earl of Abingdon, and has issue; 3. Eleanor, b. 1801, m., July 1833, hon. William-Hugh Scott, son of lord Polwarth; 4. Charlotte-Augusta, b. 1 Aug. 182. m., 9 Aug. 1821, Evan Baillie, of Dochfour, N.B., esq., and d. 1822; 5. William-Alexander, captain R.N., b. 1803, m., 17 May 1836, Harriet, da. of James, viscount Hamilton, and sister of the marquess of Abercorn, and has issue, a son, b. 5 March 1837; 6. Ker, b. 1804; 7. Thomas, b. 1805: 8. Gerard, b. 17 March 188, in the army, m., 26 Sept. 1833, Augusta, 4th da. of col. Henry-Anderson Morshead; 9. A da., b. 6 April 1809, young; 10. Clementina, b. 16 May 1812; 11. Cospatrick.

3. Charles, lieut.-col. and governor of Blackness Castle, d. 28 Sept. 1806.

4. Grizel, m. Philip, 2d earl Stanhope.
5. Rachael, d. unm.

2. JOHN, d. 11 Feb. 1772, leaving four das., 1. Margaret, m. sir George Home, of Blackadder, bart.

2. Catherine, m. Sholto-Charles, late earl of Morton.

3. Helen, m. Dunbar, 4th earl of Selkirk. 4. Mary, m. sir George Halkett, bart. 3. MARGARET, d. unm. 1768. 4. CHRISTIAN, m. sir James Dalrymple, of Hailes, bart.

The earl d. 28 Nov. 1735, and was succeeded by his grandson,

THOMAS, 7th earl, b. 1720, m., 1st, 28 Oct. 1750, Mary, da. of Rowland Holt, of Redgrave, co. Suffolk, esq., relict of mr. Lloyd,

and by her (who d. 7 Sept. 1785) had, 1. CHARLES, 8th earl.

2. THOMAS, d. 1 April 1774.

The earl m., 2dly, 6 March 1786, Anne, eldest da. of sir Charles Gascoigne, knt., by whom (who m., 2dly, 1796, James Dalrymple, esq.) he had,

3. CHARLOTTE, b. March 1790, d. 3 May 1793.

The earl d. 19 May 1794, and was succeeded by his son,

CHARLES, 8th earl, b. 5 July 1753, m., 30 April 1779, lady Sophia Hope, da. of John, 2d earl of Hopetoun, and d. 17 March 1828, having had issue by her (who d. 8 March 1813) an only son,

THOMAS, present and 9th earl.

Heir Presumptive-To the Scots titles, the earl's cousin, GEORGE BAILLIE, of Jerviswood, esq.; to the English barony, none. Creations-Baron Binning and Byres, 30

Nov. 1613, and Earl of Haddington, 27 Aug. 1627, with precedency of 20 March 1619; Scots honours. Baron Melros, 1827.

Arms-Quarterly. 1st and 4th. Gules, on a cheveron, argent, between three cinquefoils ermine, a buckle azure between two ermine spots, the whole within a bordure argent, charged with eight thistles, vertHAMILTON. 2d and 3d. Argent, a fess wavy between three roses gules,-arms of the earldom of MELROSE, granted in 1619 to the 1st earl of Haddington, but afterwards exchanged for the title of Haddington.

Crests-Two dexter hands issuing out of clouds; conjoined in fess, and holding between them a slip of laurel proper.

Supporters-Two talbots argent, plain collared gules.

Motto-Præsto et persto. I undertake and persevere.

THE origin of the royal house of Stewart is traced, by the indefatigable researches of Chalmers, to ALAN FITZ-FLEALD, a Norman companion of William the Conqueror. He had three sons; 1. William, ancestor of the Fitz-Alans, earls of Arundel, in England; 2. Walter, who settled in Scotland, and obtained from king David I. the office of lord high steward, from whence his descendants adopted the name of Stewart; 3. Simon, who also settled in Scotland, and was progenitor of the family of Boyd.

ALEXANDER, high steward of Scotland, great-grandson of Walter, had two sons; 1. James, whose grandson, Robert, ascended the throne of Scotland 1371, and whose male line ended in the person of king James V., father of Mary, queen of Scots; 2. sir John, of Bonkyll, who had four sons, who left issue, viz.: 1. Alexander, ancestor of the earls of Angus, whose male line became extinct 1377; 2. Alan, ancestor of the house of Darnley, earls and dukes of Lennox, and of the kings of Scotland and England; 3. Walter, of Garlies, whose great-grand-da. and h. m. the ancestor of the earl of Galloway; 4. James, ancestor of the earls of Atholl, Buchan, and Traquair, and the lords Lorn and Innermeath.

This branch of the house of Stewart is descended from sir William Stewart, of

-3. A SON, b. 14 Oct.

Jedworth, who lived in the beginning of the 15th century, and whose precise connection with the royal line has been the subject of much and warm controversy. On the part of the earl, it is contended that the above sir William was 2d son of sir Alexander Stewart, of Darnley, who was grandfather of the 1st Stewart, earl of Lennox; and, in that case, the whole male line of sir John Stewart, sir Alexander's eldest son, having failed on the death of cardinal York, in 1807, the earl of Galloway must be the undoubted male heir and representative of the Darnley family. That sir William was of the house of Darnley, is clear from the words of the patent, creating his descendant earl of Galloway, wherein his origin, "ab antiqua domo de Lennox derivata," is expressly enumerated as one of the reasons of his elevation to the peerage.

Sir JOHN STEWART, son of sir William, m. Marion, da. and h. of sir Walter Stewart, of Dalswinton, who was son of sir John Stewart, of Dalswinton, one of the hostages for king David II., 1357, and grandson of sir Walter Stewart, of Garlies, 3d son of sir John Stewart, of Bonkyll, above mentioned. They had issue,

Sir WILLIAM Stewart, of Dalswinton and Garlies, who had three sons; 1. ALEXANDER, his successor; 2. Thomas, of Minto,

ancestor of lord Blantyre and the earls of Londonderry; 3. Walter, of Tondhergie.

Sir ALEXANDER Stewart, eldest son, left an only surviving son, sir ALEXANDER, who m. Elizabeth, da. of sir Archibald Douglas, of Cavers, and had issue, Alexander, his successor; and Archibald, ancestor of the Stewarts, earls of Blesinton, and viscounts Mountjoy, in Ireland.

ALEXANDER, the eldest son, m. Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Kennedy, of Blairquhan, and had issue by her, sixteen das. and a son, ALEXANDER, who was greatgrandfather of the first earl.

ALEXANDER, 1st earl, was created lord Garlies in 1607, chiefly in consideration of his descent from the noble house of Lennox. In 1623, he was created earl of Galloway, and made one of the privy council to king James I. He m. Grizel, da. of John Gordon, of Lochinvar, ancestor to the viscounts Kenmure; and by her had Alexander, who d. in his father's lifetime, 1642; and JAMES, 2d earl. The earl d. 1649, and was succceded by his 2d, but eldest surviving son,

JAMES, 2d earl, who, during the usurp ation, was very active for the royal cause, and a great sufferer in it; and dying (671, left, (by Nichola, his wife, da. of sir Robert Grierson, of Lag,) 1. ALEXANDER, 3d earl; 2. Robert; 3. Wübam; 4. Grizel, m. Alexander Gordon, 5th viscount Kenmure.

ALEXANDER, 3d earl, succeeded his father, and m. Mary Douglas, da, of James, 2d earl of Queensberry, by whom he had issue, 1. ALEXANDER, 4th earl; 2. JAMES, 5th earl; 3. John, brigadier-gen. in the army.

ALEXANDER, 4th earl, succeeded his father; but dying in 1604, unm., was succeeded by his brother,

JAMES, 5th earl, m. Catherine Montgomery, da. of Alexander, 9th earl of Eglinton, and by her had,

1. ALEXANDER, 6th earl.

4. JOHN, 7th earl.

5. GEORGE, killed at Ticonderago, in 1758.

6. WILLIAM, d. young.

7. KEITH, an admiral, b. 1739, m., 13 May 1782, Georgiana - Isabella, da. of Simha D'Aguilar, esq., and d. 5 May 1795, leaving issue by her, (who re-m., 16 Feb. 1797, capt. Richard Fitzgerald,)

1. James - Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie, P.C., governor, and commander in chief in Ceylon, b. 23 Sept. 1784, m. MaryElizabeth-Frederica, eldest da. and co-h. of Francis, lord Seaforth, (and widow of sir Samuel Hood, bart.,) on which occasion he assumed the surname of Stewart-Mackenzie; they have issue, Keith-William,

in the army, and a da., b. 16 Nov. 1819.

2. Leveson Douglas, 5. 24 July 1756, m., 19 Oct. 128, Elizabeth, da. of sir John Dalrymple Hay, bart., and d. Dec. 1816. 8. CATHERINE, m. James Murray, of Broughton, esq., d. 11 Dec. 1816.

9. SUSANNA, m. Granville, 1st marquess of Stafford, K.G.

10. Margaret, m. Charles Gordon, 4th earl of Aboyne.

11. EUPHEMIA, d. 9 Nov. 1818.

12. HARRIET, m. Archibald, 9th duke of Hamilton.

13. CHARLOTTE, m. William, 5th earl of Dunmore.

The earl d. 14 Oct. 1773, and was suc ceeded by his son,

JOHN, 7th earl, K.T., b. 15 March 1736, created baron Stewart, of Garles, in the Peerage of England, 6 June 1796, m., 1st, 14 Aug. 1762, Charlotte Mary Greville, da. of Francis, 1st carl of Warwick, by whom (who d. 31 May 1763) he had one son, who did not long survive his mother; and he m., 2dly, 13 June 1764, Anne, da. of the late sir James Dashwood, bart., by whom (who d. 8 Jan. 1830) he had issue,

1. ALEXANDER, b. 18 Feb. 1706, d. 29 March following.

2. GEORGE, 9th earl.

3. LEVESON-KEITH, b. 4 Oct. 1772, d. 12 Sept. 1750.

4. Sir WILLIAM, G.C.B., a lieut-gen. in the army, and col. commandant of the rifle brigade; b. 10 Jan. 1774, m., 21 April 1804, Frances, da. of the hon. John Douglas, and grandda, of James, 14th earl of Morton, and d. 7 Jan. 1827, leaving issue by her, (who d. Aug. 1833,)

1. Horatio, b. 3 Aug. 1806, capt. in the army, m., Nov. 1833, his cousin Sophia, da. of the hon. Montgomery-Granville-John Stewart, and d. 20 Sept. 1835.

2. Louisa, b. 15 Feb. 1810, m., 29 Oct. 1829, David Baillie, of Audley-square, esq. 5. CHARLES-JAMES, b. 15 April 1775, in holy orders, consecrated bishop of Quebec, 1 Jan. 1826, d. unm. 13 July 1837.

6. MONTGOMERY GRANVILLE-JOHN, b. 15 April 1780, m., 22 Oct. 1801, Catherine, da. of Patrick Honeyman, esq., (who d. 16 Jan. 1833,) and has issue,

1. Anne, b. 29 Sept. 1802, m., Nov. 1833, rev. mr. Lockhart.

2. Susan, b. 12 Oct. 1803, m., 12 Nov. 1828, rev. Edward-Willoughby Sewell. 3. Mary, b. 2 May 1805.

4. Montgomery, b. 26 Sept. 1806, lieut. R.N., d. 8 Jan. 1829.

5. Alexander, in holy orders, b. 12 April 1808, m., Nov. 1833, Mary Lawson. 6. Sophia, h. 24 July 1810, m., 1833, capt. Horatio Stewart.

7. Catherine, b. 12 Feb. 1812.

8. Caroline, b. 28 Nov. 1813, m., 7 Nov. 1833, John-Heron Maxwell, 2d son of sir John Maxwell, of Sprinkell, co. Dumfries, bart.

9. Jane, b. 25 July 1815.

10. James, b. 22 June 1819.

11. Harriot, b. 7 Oct. 1820, d. 1833. 7. EDWARD-RICHARD, b. 5 May 1782, deputy chairman of the commissioners of customs, m., Nov. 1805, Catherine-Charteris, 3d da. of Francis, lord Elcho, and has issue,

1. Edward, b. 9 Oct. 1808, m., 27 Feb. 1838, Louisa-Anne, da. of Charles-John Herbert, of Muckruss, Killarney, in Ireland, esq.

2. Susan-Catherine, b. 11 Oct. 1809. 3. Algernon, b. 7 March 1811, m., in Ceylon, Oct. 1833, Charlotte, da. of lieut.-col. James-A. Clement, R.A.

4. Katherine, b. 1812.