liament, which received the royal assent, 17 June 1824. Heir Apparent - WILLIAM-HENRY, the viscount's eldest son. Creations-Baron Maderty, 31 Jan. 1609; Baron Drummond, of Cromlix, and Viscount Strathallan, 6 Sept. 1686. Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th. Or, three bars wavy gules-DRUMMOND. 2d and 3d. Or, a lion's head erased, within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules. A coat of augmentation. Crest-A falcon rising, proper. Supporters Two wild men wreathed about the temples and loins with oak, and each holding a club resting on his exterior shoulder, proper. Motto-Lord have mercy. MARK SOMERVILLE, LORD SOMERVILLE; born 26 Oct. 1784; succeeded his half-brother, John-Southey, the late lord, 5 Oct. 1819. THE first of this name on record is sir GAULTIER DE SOMERVILLE, lord of Wichnor, &c., co. Stafford, and Aston-Somerville, co. Gloucester, who came into England with William the Conqueror; he left two sons, WALTER, ancestor of the Somervilles of Wichnor and Aston-Somerville; and WILLIAM, who settled in Scotland temp. David 1., and from whom descended THOMAS DE SOMERVILLE, baron of Carnwath; was one of the ambassadors who, 1423, came to London to treat for the ransom of king James I. He was a warden of the border, 1424, and sat as one of the assize by whom Murdoch, duke of Albany, was attainted of high treason. His lordship, 136, founded, and, 1424, endowed with some lands, the collegiate church of Carnwath, the burial place of this ancient family; he m. Jane Stewart, da. of sir Alexander Stewart, of Darnlie, and had issue, 1. WILLIAM, 2d lord. 2. MARGARET, m. Roger Kirkpatrick, of Closeburn, esq. His lordship d. 1445, and was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM, 2d lord. His lordship was present at the coronation of king James II., at Edinburgh, 10 March 1437, and was in great favour with that monarch; 1449, he was appointed one of the Scots conservators of the truce between England and Scotland, then concluded (see Rymer's Feed., vol. xi. p. 254); in 1451, he was one of the ambassa esq. Somerville, of Plain, His lordship d. 1569, and was succeeded by his son, HUGH, 7th lord, who was attached to the party of queen Mary of Lorraine, and we find him employed as an active agent between the princess when regent, and the duke of Chastelherault; m. Eleanor, da. of George, lord Seton, and among other issue had, 1. WILLIAM, d. before his father. 2. ROBERT, accidentally killed by his brother. 3. GILBERT, 8th lord. 4. HUGH, 9th lord. His lordship d. 1597, and was succeeded by his son, GILBERT, 8th lord, who splendidly entertained king James VI., at Cowthally (styled by the king jocularly, Cow-daily, from his observing of a cow and ten sheep killed daily); his lordship's prodigality compelled him to sell the baronies of Carnwath and Cambusnethan; m. Margaret, da. of John Somerville, of Cambusnethan, esq., and had issue, 1. JAMES, d. an infant. 2. MARY, m., 1st, James, lord Torphichen; and, 2dly, William Douglas, of Pumphirstoun, esq. 3. MARGARET, m. sir Humphry Colquhoun, of Balire. 4. -, m. Stewart, of Minto. His lordship d. 1618, and was succeeded by his brother, HUGH, 9th lord, who, however, did not assume the title, which remained dormant till it was claimed, in 1723, by his descendant, James, 13th lord. He d. 1640, and was succeeded by his son and heir, JAMES, 10th lord, m. Lillias, da. of sir James Bannatyne, of Newhall, and dying 3 Jan. 1677, was succeeded by his son, JAMES, 11th lord, author of the Memoirs of the House of Somerville; m. Martha, da. ofBannatyne, of Corhouse, and had issue, cient barony was admitted by the house of lords, 27 May 1723, who resolved that his lordship had a right to the dignity of baron Somerville, and ought to be placed on the roll of the peers of Scotland, in which his ancestor, lord Somerville, sat in parliament, 15 Feb. 1524. His lordship acquired, by purchase, from Somerville, the poet, the last male of the English branch of the family, the estate of Aston-Somerville, co. Gloucester. His lordship m., 1st, 1724, Anne, uterine sister of William, earl Brooke and earl of Warwick, sole da. of Henry Bayntun, of Spye Park, co. Wilts, esq., (by Anne Wilmot, eldest da. of John, earl of Rochester,) and widow of Thomas Rolt, of Sacombe Park, co. Herts; by this lady (who d. 1735) he had issue, 1. JAMES, 14th lord. 2. HUGH, lieut.-col., b. 1729, d. 7 May 1795, m., 1st, 23 Nov. 1763, Elizabeth, da. of Christopher Lethbridge, of Westaway, co. Devon, esq., by whom (who d. 11 Oct. 1765) he had issue, 1. JOHN-SOUTHEY, 15th lord. He m., 2dly, 26 Oct. 1778, Mary, eldest da. of the hon. Wriothesley Digby, of Meriden, co. Warwick, and by her (who d. 8 Sept. 1794) had issue, (who all take precedence by virtue of a royal warrant, dated 20 March 1834, as the sons and das. of a baron,) 2. Hugh, d. 1807. 3. Mary, b. 27 April 1780, m. the rev. Charles Digby, and d. 28 April 1834. 4. Frances, b. 7 Jan. 1782. 5. MARK, present lord. 6. Harriet, b. 23 May 1786, m. William, 16th earl of Erroll. 7. Kenelm, capt. R.N., b. 14 Nov. 1787, m., 3 Sept. 1833, Frances-Louisa, only da. of John Hayman, esq., and has issue, 1. a da., b. 11 Jan. 1835; 2. a da., b. 29 July 1836. 8. William, in holy orders, b. 14 Oct. 1789, m., 5 May 1830, Charlotte, 7th da. of the late rev. Walter Bagot, of Blithfield, co. Stafford, and has issue, a son, b. 17 Dec. 1835; a son, b. 1 Feb. 1838. 9. Julia-Valenza, b. 27 Aug. 1792, m., 20 May 1816, sir Francis-Bond Head, bart., late lieut.-gov. of Upper Canada. 3. ANNE-WHICHNOUR, b. 12 Sept. 1725, m., Dec. 1748, George Burgess, of Greslee, co. Berks, esq. 4. FRANCES - ANNE, m. James-Roper Head, of Hermitage, co. Kent. 5. MARY-ANNE, d. unm. His lordship m., 2dly, 1736, Frances, da. and co-h. of John Rotherham, esq., and had issue, 6. Elizabeth, b. 1737, d. an infant. His lordship d. 14 Dec. 1765, and was succeeded by his son, JAMES, 14th lord, who d. unm. 16 April 1796, and was succeeded by his nephew, JOHN-SOUTHEY, 15th lord Somerville, a lord of the king's bedchamber, b. 21 Sept. 1765, d. unm., at Vevay, in Switzerland, 5 Oct. 1819, and was succeeded by his halfbrother, MARK, present and 16th lord. Heir Presumptive -The hon. KENELM SOMERVILLE, capt. R.N., his lordship's brother. Creation-1430. Arms-Azure, seven cross crosslets fitchée, and three mullets, two and one, argent. Crest-On a wheel, a dragon vomiting flames, proper. Supporters-Two greyhounds proper, collared, gules. Motto-Fear God in life. JAMES-OCHONCAR FORBES, LORD FORBES, and a Baronet of Nova Scotia ; a General in the Army, Colonel 21st Regiment of Foot, and Knight of the Sicilian Order of St. Januarius, and one of the 16 Peers for North Britain in the present Parliament; Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland in 1826; born 7 March 1765; succeeded his father, James, the late lord, 29 July 1804; married, 2 July 1792, Elizabeth, eldest da. of Walter Hunter, of Polmood, co. Peebles, esq., (by Caroline Mackenzie, 4th da. of George, earl of Cromartie,) by whom (who d. 11 Oct. 1830) he has issue, 1. CAROLINEELIZABETH, b. 23 Oct. 1793, m., 16 Nov. 1819, George Fairholme, of Greenknow, co. Berwick, esq.; 2. JAMES, lieut..col. Coldstream regi. ment of foot-guards, b. 9 April 1796, d. 25 Feb. 1835; -3. WALTER, b. 29 May 1798, m., 31 Jan. 1825, Horatia, da. of sir John-Gregory Shaw, of Kenward, co. Kent, bart., and has, 1. Walter-Frederick, b. 19 Aug. 1826, d. 6 Jan. 1828; 2. Jonathan-Barrington, b. 4 Jan. 1828; 3. Horace-Courtenay, b. 24 Feb. 1829; 4. Charles-Murray Hay, b. 13 March 1830; 5. Emily, b. 1 March 1832; 6. a son, b. 14 May 1834;4. CATHERINE, b. 23 March 1800; d. 29 Aug. 1808;5. CHARLOTTE-ELIZABETH, 6. 28 May 1801, m., 15 Sept. 1825, sir John Forbes, of Craigeoar, bart. ;6. FREDERICK, in the army, b. 5 April 1803, d. 23 April 1826;-7. WILLIAM, b. 16 June 1804, d. 10 March 1805;-8. JOHN, b. 28 Dec. 1806, lieut. 79th foot, and aide-de-camp to the commander-in-chief in the Ionian Islands, d. 6 Nov. 1835; 9. ROBERT, b. 1 June 1808, writer in Bengal, m., at Calcutta, 26 March 1828, Frances-Dorothy, da. of Thomas-Law Hodges, of Hempsted, Kent, esq., M.P., and has issue, 1. a son, b. 17 Feb. 1829; 2. a son, b. 24 Nov. 1830;-10. MARY-STUART, b. 23 Aug. 1810;- -11. ELIZABETH, b. 16 June 1813;-12. ISABELLA, b. 25 June 1816. THE name of Forbes, which is probably local, and derived from the lands of Forbes, co. Aberdeen, is at least as ancient in Scotland as the time of king William the Lion, when we find JOHN DE FORBES possessed of those lands. Fifth in descent from him was Sir ALEXANDER DE FORBES, who was created a peer of parliament some time before the year 1444, m. Elizabeth, da. of George Douglas, earl of Angus, and grandda. of king Robert II., and d. 1448, leaving issue by her a son and successor, JAMES, 2d lord, m. Egidia, da, of William Keith, the 1st earl marischal, had 2 sons, 1. WILLIAM, his heir; 2. Patrick, ancestor of the earls of Granard, in Ireland; and dying, was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM, 3d lord, m. Christian, da. of Alexander Gordon, the 1st earl of Huntly, (ancestor of the dukes of Gordon and marquess of Huntly,) and by her had 3 sons, ALEXANDER, ARTHUR, and JOHN, successive barons, and dying, was succeeded by his eldest son, ALEXANDER, 4th lord, who, dying without issue, was succeeded by his next brother, ARTHUR, 5th lord, who, also dying without issue, was succeeded by his only surviving brother, JOHN, 6th lord, who m. Christian, da. of sir John Lundy, of that ilk, and had a son, WILLIAM, and 3 das.; and dying 1547, was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM, 7th lord, who m. a da. and co-h. of sir William Keith, of Inverury, and by her had issue, JOHN, 8th lord, m. Jane, da. of James Seaton, of Touch, esq., by whom he had a son, ARTHUR, 9th lord, who m., 1st, Jane, da. of Alexander, lord Elphinstone, and by her had a son, ALEXANDER, 10th lord, m. Anne, da, of sir John Forbes, of Pitsligo, and had issue, WILLIAM, 11th lord, who m. Jane, da, of John Campbell, of Calder, esq., by whom he had 3 sons; WILLIAM, Arthur, and Archibald; and 2 das., of whom, Mary m William Sutherland, son of James, 2d lord Duffus; and dying, was succeeded by his eldest son, WILLIAM, 12th lord, who m., 1st, Margaret, da. of Alexander, earl of Kellie; and 2dly, Anne, da. of James Brody, of that ilk, esq., and had issue, 2 sons, WILLIAM, 13th lord, and JAMES, 15th lord, and 1 da.; and dying in 1716, was succeeded by his eldest son, WILLIAM, 13th lord, who m. Dorothy, da. of William Dale, esq., by whom he had WILLIAM, and 2 das.; and dying, was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM, 14th lord, who, dying a minor, in 1734, was succeeded by his uncle, JAMES, 15th lord, m. Mary Forbes, sister to Alexander, lord Pitsligo, by whom he had 2 sons and 3 das., (of whom, Sophia m. Cummin, of Kinninmount, esq.,) and dying, was succeeded by his son, JAMES, 16th lord, who m., 1st, Mary Forbes, sister to Alexander, lord Pitsligo, and relict of John Forbes, esq., by whom he had issue, 1. JAMES, 17th lord. 2. SOPHIA, m. Charles Cumming, esq. 3. MARY, m. James Gordon, esq. 4. ANNE, m. Thomas Erskine, esq. His lordship m., 2dly, Elizabeth, da. of sir James Gordon, and by her (who d. 5 Nov. 1777) he had no issue, and dying in 1763, was succeeded by his son, JAMES, 17th lord, b. 1724, m., Jan. 1760, Catharine, only da. of sir Robert Innes, bart., by whom (who d. 16 April 1805) he had issue, 1. MARGERY, m., 1st, 4 June 1786, John Mackenzie, commonly called lord Macleod (eldest son of the earl of Cromartie, who had forfeited his title by joining in the rebellion of 1745, who d. 2 April 1789); and 2dly, John, 4th duke of Atholl. 2. JAMES-OCHONCAR, present lord. 3. ROBERT-ALLASTER-CAM, capt. R.N., d. 7 Oct. 1795. 4. ANDREW, d. unm. 12 June 1808. 5. WILLIAM, lieut. R.N., d. unm. 1 Feb. 1792. 6. MARY-ELIZABETH, m., 9 July 1785, sir John Hay, of Smithfield, and Haystoun, co. Peebles, bart., and d. 2 Nov. 1803. His lordship dying 29 July 1804, was succeeded by his eldest son, JAMES-OCHONCAR, lord. present and 18th Heir Apparent-WALTER, his lordship's eldest surviving son. Creation-Lord Forbes, 1440; and a Baronet of Nova Scotia, 1628. Arms-Azure, three bears' heads couped argent muzzled gules. Crest-A stag's head, couped at the neck proper. Supporters-Two greyhounds argent collared gules. Motto-Grace me guide. ་ ALEXANDER-GEORGE FRASER, LORD SALTOUN, and a Baronet of Nova Scotia ; one of the 16 Representative Peers for Scotland in the present Parliament, C.B., K.M.T., and K.S.G., a Major-General in the Army, and Major Grenadier Guards; born 22 April 1785; succeeded his father, Alexander, the late lord, 13 Sept. 1793; married, March 1815, Catharine, natural da. of Edward, lord Thurlow, lord high chancellor of Great Britain, which lady d. without issue, 9 July 1826. LAURENCE ABERNETHY, of Saltoun, was created lord Saltoun, 28 June 1445, and had issue 2 sons, WILLIAM and JAMES, successively lords Saltoun; from the latter descended GEORGE, 7th lord, who d. 1600, leaving issue, JOHN, 8th lord; and 2 das., 1. Margaret, m. sir Alexander Fraser, of Philorth; and 2. Jean, m. sir John Lindsay, of Kinfauns. JOHN, 8th lord, left an only son, ALEXANDER, 9th lord, who d. without issue 1669, when the title devolved on his first cousin, sir ALEXANDER FRASER, of Philorth. The name of Fraser is of great antiquity in Scotland. Sir Simon Fraser enjoyed half the territory of Keith, in East Lothian, as early as the reign of David I.; and GILBERT FRASER, the immediate ancestor of this family, was sheriff of Traquair in that of Alexander II. His grandson, sir ALEXANDER, was one of the most faithful adherents of king Robert Bruce, and m. his sister, Mary, widow of sir Neil Campbell, of Lochow. Eleventh in descent from him was ALEXANDER, who, as before mentioned, became 10th lord Saltoun, and dying 1693, aged 90, was succeeded in that title by his grandson, WILLIAM, 11th lord, m. Margaret, da. of dr. James Sharpe, archbishop of St. Andrew's, and had issue, 1. ALEXANDER, 12th lord. 2. WILLIAM, of Fraserfield, d. 1727, m. 1 |