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John, Lord of the Isles (died 1387), fourth in succession from Donald progenitor of the clan, had two wives: (1) Amy MacRuari; (2) the Princess Margaret, daughter of Robert II., to marry whom he repudiated or divorced Amy. The lordship of the Isles went to the descendants of the Princess. The hereditary clan chiefship, which ordinarily descends to the senior heir-male, did not necessarily follow the title. The lordship of the Isles was taken from the Macdonalds and annexed to the Crown in 1494, and the question who is supreme hereditary chief of Clan Donald has ever since been a matter of strife. Glengarry and Clanranald descend from Amy MacRuari, the first wife, and are therefore senior in blood, but it is doubtful which of these two families is the elder; last century the general preference was for Glengarry, but the new _Scots Peerage_ and the Clan Donald historian favour Clanranald. Sleat and Keppoch descend from the Princess Margaret, Sleat coming from Hugh, third son of Alexander, Lord of the Isles (died 1449), grandson of John, and son of Donald of Harlaw, while Keppoch comes from the fourth son of John and Princess Margaret, and could only have a claim if there were a flaw in the pedigree of Sleat. Doubts have been expressed of the legitimacy of Hugh of Sleat, but these have been set aside. Glencoe’s progenitor was Ian, son of Angus Og (died 1330), Bruce’s friend who fought at Bannockburn, the father of John, Lord of the Isles, mentioned above, but the Seannachies have pronounced him illegitimate. From this Ian the Glencoe clan has been known as MacIan for centuries.

It is interesting to know that in the summer of 1911, the three hereditary heads of the families having serious claims on the supreme chiefship of the clan, Glengarry, Clanranald, and Sleat (Sir Alexander of the Isles), signed an indenture mutually agreeing to cease from active assertion of their claims, and that in the event of more than one of them being present with the clan, precedence for the occasion would be decided by lot.

APPENDIX VII

GENEALOGICAL TABLES SHOWING THE KINSHIP OF CERTAIN HIGHLAND CHIEFS AND LEADERS IN 1745.

SIR RODERICK MACLEOD, 13TH OF DUNVEGAN, d. 1626,
m. Isabel, daughter of Donald, 7th of Glengarry.
+------------------------------------+-----------------------+
| | |
John of Sir Norman of Bernera, Donald
Dunvegan. m. (1) Margaret m. (2) Catherine Greshornish
| Mackenzie. Macdonald |
| | of Sleat. |
+-------------+ | | |
| | | | |
John, Sibella, John William Alexander
m. Florence m. Thomas Macleod Macleod of Macleod of
Macdonald Fraser, of Bernera. Luskintyre. Greshornish.
of Sleat. 10th Lord | | |
| Lovat. | | |
| | +--------+ +----+ Janet,
| | | | | m. Sir
+----+-------+ Simon, John of Donald Margaret, James
| | Lord Lovat Muiravon- Macleod, Lady Macdonald.
| | of the ’45. side. Bernera Clanranald |
| | | | of the ’45. of the ’45. |
Norman, Janet, | | |
m. Anne, m. Sir James | +---------------+ |
daughter of Campbell of | | |
9th Lord Auchinbreck. +----------+ Alexander Sir Alexander
Lovat. | | | Macleod, Macdonald,
| | Simon Janet, A.D.C. to Sleat
Norman Anne, Fraser, m. Ewen Prince of the ’45
Macleod m. Donald Master Macpherson, Charles.
of the ’45. Cameron, of Lovat Cluny
Lochiel of the ’45. of the ’45.
of the ’45.

SIR EWAN CAMERON, 17TH OF LOCHIEL, d. 1718,
m. (1) Mary, daughter of Sir Donald Macdonald of Sleat, 1st bart.
m. (2) Isabel, daughter m. (3) Jean, daughter
of Sir Lachlan Maclean of Col. David Barclay
of Duart, 1st bart. of Urie.
| |
+--------+-----+---------------+ +-----+-------+
| | | | |
John, 18th Margaret, Janet, Jean, Marjory,
of Lochiel. m. Alexander m. John m. Lachlan m. Allan
| Macgregor Grant of Macpherson Macdonald
| of Balhaldies. Glenmoriston. of Cluny. of Morar
+-----+----------+ | | | of the ’45
| | | | |
Donald Margaret, William Patrick Ewen
Cameron, m. Ranald Macgregor, Grant, Macpherson,
Lochiel Macdonald Balhaldy Glenmoriston Cluny
of the ’45. of Kinloch- of the ’45. of the ’45. of the ’45.
moidart.
|
Donald,
Kinlochmoidart
of the ’45.

ALLAN MACDONALD
9TH OF CLANRANALD,
d. 1593.
|
|
| Angus,
+--- 10th
| Clanranald.
|
|
| Sir Donald, Allan,
+--- 11th +---- 14th
| Clanranald. | Clanranald,
| | | killed at
| | John, | Sheriffmuir.
| +-- 12th |
| Clanranald. |
| | | Ranald,
| | Donald, +---- 15th
| +---- 13th | Clanranald.
| Clanranald. |
| | |
| | | Marion, Mrs. Donald
| +--------+---- m. Ranald --+--- Campbell,
| | Macdonald | the Prince’s
| | of Baleshare. | hostess in
| | | Scalpa, ’46.
| | |
| | |
| | | Donald
| | | Roy
| | +--- Macdonald
| | | of the ’45.
| | |
| | |
| | | Hugh
| | +--- Macdonald,
| | Baleshare
| | of the ’45.
| |
| |
| |
| +-- Janet
| Ranald Ranald,
| || ----- Macdonald, ---- young
| Clanranald Clanranald.
+--- Ranald of Donald, of the ’45. of the ’45.
| Benbecula. . +-- 16th
| | | Clanranald.
| +---- Ranald of ----+ Alexander
| | Benbecula || --------------- Macdonald,
| | Boisdale
| | Margaret Mackenzie, of the ’45.
| | of Kildun, sister-in-law
| | of Lady Kildun,
| | the Prince’s hostess
| | in Lewis, ’46.
| |
| | Angus
| +--- of Milton.
| |
| | Ranald Flora
| +-- of Milton. ----- Macdonald
| Letitia, | of the ’45.
+--- m. Alexander |
| Macdonald of +----Daughter
| Glenaladale. John of Alexander
| | || -------+--- Glenaladale.--- Macdonald,
| | | Glenaladale,
| | John Macdonald | of the ’45.
| Roderick. --- of Glenaladale. | Angus of
| +---- Borradale,
| | the Prince’s
| | host in
| | 1745-46.
| |
| |
| | Catherine,
| | m Donald
| | Macleod of
| +----- Gualtergil,
| the Prince’s
| ‘_Palinurus_’
| in ’46.
|
|
| John of Donald
+--- Kinloch- --- Alexander. --- Ranald. --- Macdonald,
| moidart. Kinlochmoidart
| of the '45.
|
|
|
|
| Alexander,
| +--- 10th
| | Glengarry.
| | |
| | | John
| Margaret, | +--- Macdonell,
+-- m. Donald | Glengarry
7th of Glengarry. | of the ’45.
| | |
| Donald Gorm | | Alexander,
+--- of | +------ young
Scotus. | | Glengarry
| | | of the ’45.
| Ranald, | |
+--- 9th ----+ | Angus
Glengarry. | | Macdonell
| +----- killed at
| Falkirk, ’46.
|
|
| Angus Donald,
+--- Scotus --- young
| of the ’45. Scotus
| of the ’45.
|
|
| John Donald
+--- of ----- Macdonnel,
| Sandaig. Lochgarry
| of the ’45.
|
|
| Archibald, Coll, Archibald,
+-- Barisdale -- young ---- youngest
of the ’45. Barisdale Barisdale
of the ’45. of the '45.

_Note._--These tables have been compiled chiefly from the
genealogical information given in the third volume of the
_History of Clan Donald_.

APPENDIX VIII

LISTS OF CERTAIN HIGHLAND GENTLEMEN WHO TOOK PART IN THE FORTY-FIVE[646]

MACDONALDS

_Clanranald Branch_

Ranald of Clanranald, chief.[647]
Ranald, young Clanranald.
Æneas, br. of Kinlochmoidart.
Allan of Morar.
Allan, brother of Kinlochmoidart.
Alexander of Boisdale, Clanranald’s brother.[647]
Alexander of Glenaladale, major.
Alexander, brother of Dalelea.
Alexander, his son.
Angus of Borradale.
Angus of Dalelea.
Angus Maceachain, Borradale’s son-in-law (surg. in Glengarry’s regt.).
Donald, son of Clanranald.
Donald of Kinlochmoidart.
Hugh, bishop, br. of Morar.[647]
John of Guidale, br. of Morar.
James, uncle of Glenaladale.
James, br. of Kinlochmoidart.
John, son of Morar.
John, brother of Glenaladale.
John, son of Borradale. (Killed at Culloden.)
John (_bis_), son of Borradale (author of narrative, _Lyon in
Mourning_, vol. iii. p. 375).
John, doctor, br. of Kinlochmoidart.
Neil Maceachain.
Ranald, son of Borradale.
Ranald of Belfinlay.
Ranald, brother of Kinlochmoidart.
Ranald, son of Morar.
Roderick, uncle of Glenaladale.

_Glengarry Branch_

John of Glengarry, chief.[647]
Alastair, young Glengarry.
Alexander of Ochtera.
Angus, son of Glengarry.
Angus, br. of Lochgarry.
Allan, brother of Leek.
Allan of Cullachie.
Archibald, youngest Barisdale.
Coll, young Barisdale.
Donald of Lochgarry.
Donald of Lundie.
Donald, his son.
Donald, young Scotus.
John, his brother.
John of Arnabea.
John of Leek.
Ranald, doctor, uncle of Glengarry.
Ranald of Shian.
Ranald, brother of Leek.
Ronald, nat. son of Barisdale.
Ranald, brother of Arnabea.

Donald Roy Macdonald, brother of Baleshare of the Sleat branch,
served in Glengarry’s regt.

_Keppoch Branch_

Alexander of Keppoch, chief.
Alex, of Dalchosnie, Atholl Brig.
Allan, his son.
Angus, natural son of Keppoch.
Archibald, br. of Keppoch, capt.
Archibald of Clianaig.
Donald, brother of Keppoch, major.
Donald of Tirnadrish, major.
Donald Glass, son of Bohuntin.
John, br. of Dalchosnie, Atholl Brig.
John Og, son of Bohuntin.
Ranald of Aberarder.

_Glencoe Branch_

Alexander of Glencoe, chief.
James, his brother, captain.
Donald, his brother.
Donald, a Glencoe cadet (poet).

CAMERONS

Donald Cameron of Lochiel, chief.
John, his father (retired chief).
Alexander of Dungallon, major.
Alexander, his son, standard-bearer.
Alexander of Druimnasaille.
Alexander, br. of Lochiel, priest.
Alexander of Glenevis.
Allan of Lundavra, lieut.
Allan of Callart, lieut.
Allan, brother of Glenevis.
Archibald, doctor, br. of Lochiel, A.D.C. to Prince Charles.
Donald of Erracht.
Donald of Glenpean.
Duncan, Fortingal, Epis. chaplain.
Duncan, Nine Mile Water.
Ewen of Inverlochy, capt.
Ewen of Dawnie, capt.
Ewen, uncle of Callart.
Ewen, brother of Druimnasaille.
Hugh of Annock.
James, ensign, k’ld at Prestonpans.
John, brother of Callart.
Ludovick of Torcastle.
Cameron of Arroch, capt.
---- of Clunes.
---- of Kinlochleven.
---- of Strone.
John, Presb. minister, Fortwilliam.

MACKENZIES

_Lord Cromartie’s Regiment_

The Earl of Cromartie.
Lord Macleod, his son.
Colin Mackenzie, br. of Ballone, capt.
John of Ardloch, capt.
William, brother of Kilcoy, capt.
William, br. of Allangrange, capt.
Donald, Irnhavanny, capt.
Colin, Cullecuden, capt.
Donald, Fetterboy, capt.
John, Elgin, surgeon.
Alexander, br of Dundonald, lieut.
Roderick, br. of Keppoch, lieut.
Alexander of Corrie, lieut.
Hector Mackenzie, lieut.
Alexander, Miltown of Ord, lieut.
Alexander, Una Ross, lieut.
Alexander, Killend, ‘officer.’
Colin of Badluachrach, ‘officer.’

_Barisdale’s Regiment_

Alex. Mackenzie of Lentron, major.
Kenneth and Colin, his brothers.
Kenneth, brother of Fairburn, a schoolboy, capt.[648]

John Mackenzie of Torridon was a nephew of Macdonell of Keppoch,
and attached himself and his following to his uncle’s regiment.

MACLEODS

Alexander, son of Muiravonside, A.D.C. to Prince Charles.
Donald of Bernera.
Donald of Gualtergil, Skye.
Malcolm of Raasa.
Malcolm, cousin of Raasa.
Murdoch, son of Raasa, surg.
John of Glendale.
Roderick, his brother.
Roderick of Cadboll.

MACKINNONS

John of Mackinnon, Skye, chief.
John, his nephew, Elgol, Skye.
John of Coriechattan.

MACLEANS

Sir Hector of Duart, chief, major in Lord John Drummond’s French
regiment; made prisoner in Edinburgh, 9th June ’45, and retained
in custody throughout the campaign.
Allan, son of Calgary, Mull, lieut.
Allan, son of Drimnin, Morvern.
Charles of Drimnin, major.
Hugh, son of Kilmory, Mull, capt.
John, writer, Inverness.
John, brother of Kingairloch, capt.
Another brother of Kingairloch.
Lachlan, nat. son of Drimnin.

MACLACHLANS

Lachlan of Maclachlan, chief.
Alexander, son of Corrie, capt.
Alex. tidewaiter, Fortwilliam, major.
Archibald, Maryburgh, ensign.
Dugald, Inversanda, capt.
James, Morvern, lieut.
Kenneth of Kilinachanich, adj.
Lachlan of Inishconel, capt.
John, Rev., Epis. chaplain.

FRASERS

Simon, Lord Fraser of Lovat.
Simon, Master of Lovat.
Alexander of Fairfield, major.
Alexander, Stratherrick.
Alexander, son of Relich, capt.
Alexander, Leadchune.
Alexander of Balchreggan, capt.
Alexander, br. of Culduthel, capt.
Donald, Moy, capt.
Charles, yr. of Fairfield, adj.-gen.
Charles, yr. of Inverallochy, lt.-col.
Hugh, son of Fraserdale, capt.
Hugh of Leadclune.
Hugh, Mirton.
Hugh, Inverness, adj.
Hugh, Dorburn, Borlum.
Hugh, Littlegarth.
James of Foyers, lt.-col.
John, son of Moydie.
John, yr. of Bochruben.
John of Bruaich.
John, Kilmorach, ensign.
John, Byrefield, capt.
John, Rossie, Kincardine.
Simon, Dalhaple, capt.
Simon of Achnacloich, capt.
Simon of Auchnadonch, capt.
Simon, vintner, ‘officer.’
Thomas of Gortuleg.
William, yr. of Culbockie, capt.
William of Culmiln, capt.
William, Fort Augustus, capt.
William of Dalernig.

MACPHERSONS

Ewen of Cluny, chief.
Alexander, Kingussie.
Alexander, Blanchybeg.
Andrew, son of Benachar, capt.
Angus, Flichaty.
Donald of Breackachy, capt.
Donald, Ruthven, Badenoch.
Ewen, Laggan of Nood.
Ewen, Dalwhinny, lieut.-col.
Hugh, Coraldy.
John, Cluny.
John, Pitachran.
John, Garvamore, capt.
John of Strathmashie.
Kenneth, Ruthven, Badenoch.
Lachlan, yr. of Strathmashie.
Lewis, Delrady, major.
Malcolm (Dow), Ballachroan.
Malcolm of Phoyness, capt.
William, Ruthven.

MACINTOSHES

Lady Mackintosh of Mackintosh.
Alex. Macgillivray of Dunmaglas, lieut.-col.
Gillise Macbain of Dalmagarrie, maj.
Alexander Mackintosh, Elrig, capt.
Angus Mackintosh of Farr, capt.
Angus of Issich.
Duncan, Drummond.
Lachlan, Inverness, lieut.-col.
Simon, Daviot.

FARQUHARSONS

Alex., Lintrethan, capt. (Ogilvy’s).
Charles, Drumnopark, Glenmuick, ensign.
Cosmus, junior, of Tombea.
Donald of Auchriachan, capt.
Francis of Monaltrie, colonel.
Francis, Bogg, Tarland, ensign.
Henry of Whitehouse, capt.
James of Balmoral, lieut.-col.
John of Altery, capt.
John, Lintrethan, lieut. (Ogilvy’s).
John of Aldlerg.
John, Bogg, Tarland, ensign.
Robert, Tullick, Glenmuick, ens.
Robert, Mill of Auchriachan, ens.
William of Broughderg, captain (Ogilvy’s).
William, Mill of Auchriachan, ens.
Farquharsons of Inverey, names not found.

For the STEWARTS of APPIN, see _A List of Persons concerned in
the Rebellion_, Scot. Hist. Soc., vol. viii. p. 383.

For the GRANTS of URQUHART and GLENMORISTON, see _Urquhart and
Glenmoriston_, by William Mackay, Inverness, 1893.

For THE GORDONS, see _The House of Gordon_ (vol. iii., ‘Gordons
under Arms’), by J. M. Bulloch, New Spalding Club, 1912.

For the ATHOLL REGIMENTS, see vol. iii. of _Chronicles of the
Atholl and Tullibardine Families_, by the Duke of Atholl,
Edinburgh, privately printed, 1896.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] In this narrative, unless otherwise indicated, events occurring in Great Britain are given in old style dates, those on the Continent in new style.

[2] Original information on the Scots Plot is to be found in _The Life of Lord Lovat written by Himself_, London, 1797; _A Collection of Original Papers about the Scots Plot_, London, 1704; _Original Papers_, ed. by Jas. Macpherson, London, 1775; _Major Fraser’s Manuscript_, ed. by Alex. Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1889; _The Lockhart Papers_, London, 1817; and an eclectic account in Hill Burton’s _Life of Lovat_, London, 1847. Extracts from many of the original authorities on this and subsequent incidents are given usefully and ingeniously in consecutive narrative form by Professor Sanford Terry in _The Chevalier de St. George_, London, 1901.

[3] Original information: _Histoire des Revolutions d’Ecosse et d’Irlande_: The Hague, 1758, of which there is a Dublin reprint of 1761; _The Secret History of Colonel Hooke’s Negotiations in Scotland in 1707_, of which there are London, Edinburgh and Dublin editions, all of 1760 (it is practically a translation of the _Histoire des Revolutions_); _The Correspondence of Colonel Nathaniel Hooke_, an exhaustive work edited by Rev. W. D. Macray: Roxburghe Club, 1870. A not very friendly account of Hooke’s mission is given in the _Lockhart Papers_. The military state of Scotland at the time is to be found in _An Account of the late Scotch Invasion as it was opened by My lord Haversham in the House of Lords_: London, 1709. The story of the naval expedition is given in _Mémoires du Comte de Forbin_ (Amsterdam, 1730), of which there is an English translation; the third edition is dated London, 1740.

[4] The possibility of treachery was suggested by Hooke, and his story is to be found in a Gask MS. Hooke, who had been bred to the sea, found the steersman going on the wrong course. He was put right, but as soon as Hooke’s back was turned he went wrong again. See _Jacobite Lairds of Gask_, p. 15: London, 1870.

[5] _Esmond_, bk. III. chap. i.

[6] The authorities on the ’Fifteen are to be found noted in most standard histories.

[7] This statement bears the authority of a MS. in the Bibliothèque Nationale, and a casual reference in a letter of Bishop Atterbury’s. (See Martin Haile, _James Francis Edward, the Old Chevalier_: London, 1907, p. 210.)

[8] A full account from the original authorities of Clementina’s rescue and marriage is to be found in _Narratives of the Detention, Liberation, and Marriage of Maria Clementina Stuart_, edited by J. T. Gilbert, LL.D.: Dublin, 1894.

[9] _Clementina_, by A. E. W. Mason.

[10] The best account of this expedition is in Mr. W. K. Dickson’s exceedingly clear and exhaustive introduction to _The Jacobite Attempt_, Scottish History Society, vol. xix.: Edinburgh, 1895. All the original authorities for this incident and the preceding Swedish plot are indicated in the Notes.

[11] Original authorities: _Life of Christopher Layer_: Norwich, 1723; Howell’s _State Trials_, vol. xvi. A full account is given by Lord Mahon, _History of England_, chap. xii. The dispositions by the Court at Rome are to be found in _James Francis Edward_, M. Haile; and _The King over the Water_ (London, 1907), A. Shield and Andrew Lang.

[12] Hon. Arthur Dillon, second surviving son of Theobald, seventh Viscount Dillon. Born at Roscommon, 1670. His father raised a regiment for James II. at the Revolution, which Arthur accompanied to France, where he became its colonel, 1690. Served in Spain, Germany, and Italy. Lieut.-General under the Duke of Berwick at Barcelona, 1714. Created viscount (Jacobite) in the peerage of Ireland, 1717. Created earl (Jacobite) in the peerage of Scotland, 1721. Made Knight of the Thistle, 1722. Died at Paris, 1733.--Ruvigny, _Jacobite Peerage_.

[13] Shield and Lang, _The King over the Water_, pp. 360, 363.

[14] Mahon, _History of England_, chap. xii.

[15] Ruvigny, _Jacobite Peerage_, p. 16.

[16] It is worthy of note that although the new _Scots Peerage_ as a rule chronicles the Jacobite titles conferred on Scottish nobles, there is no mention of this peerage to Sir James Grant in that work (see _Scots Peerage_, vol. vii. pp. 480-483), nor is it referred to in his biography in the Grant family history (Sir W. Fraser, _The Chiefs of Grant_, vol. i. pp. 371-392). For the action of the Grants in the ’Forty-five, see _infra_, p. 269 _et seq._

[17] _The Lockhart Papers_ are the principal authority for Jacobite history in Scotland from 1702 to 1728.

[18] James Urquhart was the only son of Jonathan Urquhart of Cromarty and his wife Lady Jean Graham, daughter of the second Marquis of Montrose. Jonathan was the last of the Urquharts who owned the estate of Cromarty, famous owing to its possession by Sir Thomas Urquhart, the translator of Rabelais. Jonathan’s affairs having got into disorder, he sold his ancestral property to George Mackenzie, Viscount Tarbat, who was created Earl of Cromartie in 1703. James Urquhart married Anne Rollo, daughter of Robert Rollo of Powhouse, and had an only child, Grizel, who died unmarried. Colonel Urquhart ‘was a man of noble spirit, great honour, and integrity; he served in the wars both in Spain and Flanders with great reputation, but left the Army, and lived a retired life.... In him ended the whole male line of John, only son of the first marriage of John, tutor of Cromarty ... the representation devolved upon William Urquhart of Meldrum’ (Douglas, _Baronage_). Colonel Urquhart was born in 1691, and died on January 3rd, 1741 (Family papers). His appointment as Jacobite Agent for Scotland is dated May 28th, 1736 (Ruvigny, _Jacobite Peerage_, p. 234).

[19] Not the famous conqueror of Almanza, who was killed in the War of the Polish Succession when besieging Philipsburg, on June 28th, 1734, but his son, known until then as the Duke of Liria.

[20] His commission as colonel is dated October 22nd, 1715.--Ruvigny, _Jacobite Peerage_, p. 244.

[21] For general information about Gordon of Glenbucket, the reader is referred to Mr. J. M. Bulloch’s monumental work, _The House of Gordon_ (New Spalding Club, Aberdeen, 1912). For Glenbucket’s character and his actions in 1745, see _infra_, p. 113 _et seq._ It is remarkable how the designation ‘of Glenbucket’ has adhered to the family for generations, although the land from which it was derived was parted with a hundred and seventy-nine years ago. Gordon’s descendants are still tenants of the farm of St. Bridget’s, in Glenlivet, which was old Glenbucket’s home in 1745, and are still termed ‘Glenbucket’ in the district. For the Macdonell marriages see the genealogies in _History of Clan Donald_, vol. iii.

[22] M. Haile, _James Francis Edward_, p. 367.

[23] French historians generally blame Fleury for his timidity, and ascribe to him the decline of the splendid French navy, which he allowed to fall into decay for fear of English jealousy.

[24] The commission is dated January 28th, 1738. See Stuart Papers in Browne’s _History of the Highlands_, vol. iv. p. 21.

[25] See _infra_, p. 25.

[26] The terms of this message are given from a state paper in the French Archives of which the following is an extract: ‘il manda en Angleterre que le zèle de ses sujets écossais était si vif, qu’il lui semblait qu’on pourrait opposer les Montagnards de ce pays à la plupart des troupes que le gouvernement avait alors sur pied, et qu’il y aurait lieu de tout espérer même sans secours étranger, pourvu que les Anglais affidés prissent de leur côté de justes mesures.’ See Colin, _Louis XV. et les Jacobites_, p. 1.

[27] For Sempill’s descent and claim to the title, see Appendix, p. 421.

[28] See _infra_, p. 21.

[29] See _infra_, p. 25.

[30] A. G. M. Macgregor, _History of the Clan Gregor_, vol. ii. p. 358.

[31] Of the Associators only three were ‘out’ in the ’Forty-five: the Duke of Perth, Lovat, and Lochiel. Lord John Drummond, who was brother-in-law of Traquair, remained inactive. Prince Charles spent the night of February 2nd, 1746, at his house, Fairnton, now Ferntower, near Crieff. Lord Traquair remained in England; he was arrested at Great Stoughton in Huntingdonshire, on July 29th, 1746, and committed to the Tower; but was released without trial before August 1748. Traquair’s brother, John Stuart, married in 1740 and retired from the Concert then. Sir James Campbell was too old for action. Macgregor of Balhaldies was in Paris during the campaign.

[32] The name ‘Macgregor’ was then proscribed, and all members of the clan had to adopt another name; that adopted by Balhaldy’s branch was ‘Drummond.’ Balhaldy’s father, Alexander, was a man of some consequence. He had been a trader about Stirling, and made some money, and he married a daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, his son Balhaldy being thus a first cousin of Lochiel of the ’45. In 1714 the Clan Gregor being chiefless, certain of its leading members elected Alexander to be hereditary chief. (A. G. M. Macgregor, _Hist. of Clan Gregor_, vol. ii. p. 270.) He was created a Scots baronet by the Chevalier in 1740, and he died at Balhaldie House, Dunblane, in 1749. His son, William, was born in 1698. Though never in Scotland after 1743 he was attainted in 1746, and specially exempted from the act of indemnity of 1747. He married Janet, daughter of Laurence Oliphant of Gask, at Paris in January 1758. He died near Paris in 1765.

[33] The designation Balhaldy is spelt variously in contemporary documents, Bohaldy, Bochaldie, Bahady, etc. Cf. R. L. Stevenson’s _Catriona_, last chapter.

[34] War was declared with Spain, October 19th, 1739.

[35] Abridged from a State Paper in the French archives, of which portions are printed in Capitaine J. Colin’s _Louis XV. et les Jacobites_: Paris, 1901.

[36] The Emperor Charles VI. died on October 20th, 1740, and France interfered in the War of the Austrian Succession the following August.

[37] Colin, p. 7.

[38] A. G. M. Macgregor, _Hist. of Clan Gregor_, vol. ii. p. 359.

[39] Colin, p. 8.

[40] Lord Marischal wrote to the Chevalier in June 1740, telling him that the King of Spain had refused an audience to the Duke of Ormonde on this account. Mahon, _Hist. of England_, 3rd ed., vol. iii. App. p. iv.

[41] Se _infra_, pp. 12, 22.

[42] ‘Le roi très chrétien, touché du zèle des Ecossais, était porté à leur accorder les secours dont ils avaient besoin: qu’en conséquence, Sa Majesté voulait bien faire transporter dans ce royaume toutes les troupes irlandaises qui étaitent à son service, avec les armes et munitions et les 20,000 livres sterling qu’on demandait pour aider les montagnards à se mettre en campagne’ (Colin, p. 8).

[43] This document is printed by the special permission of the French Government. The original signed and sealed with seven seals is preserved in the National Archives in Paris.

[44] It was very disappointing to find that no trace of this list of Highland chiefs referred to could be discovered.

[45] Balhaldy’s Memorial, _History of Clan Gregor_, vol. ii. p. 359.

[46] See Appendix, p. 422.

[47] He died on January 29th (18th O.S.).

[48] That Fleury had proposed something is most probable. He had for some time been complaining of the ‘insults’--what to-day we call pin-pricks--with which the British Government had been annoying France in a time of peace. These pin-pricks culminated in June 1742 when a British army under Lord Stair landed in the Netherlands, with the intention of thwarting the French in their campaign against Austria.

[49] _Infra_, p. 16 _n._

[50] ‘Il n’y a pas grand inconvénient que le ministre voie que le rempart de la mer ne met pas entièrement l’Angleterre à couvert des enterprises de la France.’

[51] Colin, p. 35.

[52] _Infra_, pp. 41, 42.

[53] _Memorials_, pp. 93, 428.

[54] _The Affairs of Scotland_, 1744-46, by Lord Elcho. Edited by Hon. Evan Charteris: Edinburgh, 1907, p. 63. Lord Elcho gives a list of members of the club who undertook to join the Prince in any event.

[55] _Memorials_, p. 64.

[56] Anxious to learn the sources of this information, I wrote to the author of the volume to inquire, and received a courteous letter informing me that these statements were made on the authority of the Stuart Papers.

[57] _Memorials_, p. 444.

[58] _Infra_, p. 116.

[59] _Trial of Lord Lovat_, p. 36.

[60] _Memorials_, p. 50.

[61] _Life of the Duke of Cumberland_: London, 1766, p. 242.

[62] Lord Macleod wrote a Narrative of the campaign, including the march to Thurso. It is printed in Sir Wm. Fraser’s _Earls of Cromartie_, vol. ii. pp. 379 _et seq._

[63] P. 123.

[64] _Chiefs of Grant_, vol. ii. p. 155.

[65] Family information.

[66] See _The Earl of Aberdeen_, by the Hon. A. Gordon, p. 4: London, 1893.

[67] Cumin of Kininmont, Gordon of Cobairdie, and Erskine of Pittodrie.

[68] See _Blackwood’s Magazine_ for May 1829.

[69] _Scottish Historical Review_, vol. v. p. 288.

[70] _Chiefs of Grant_, vol. ii. p. 152.

[71] _Spalding Club Misc._, vol. i. p. 403.

[72] _Ibid._, p. 406.

[73] Compare p. 189.

[74] MS. Order Book in Editor’s possession. The story is told with considerable fulness in Henderson’s _Life of Cumberland_ (p. 239), where the schoolmaster’s name is given as Macaty, and where the blame of the sentence is ascribed to Hawley. The punishment was five hundred lashes at each of the cantonments.

[75] In a biographical appendix to his Life of Colonel Gardiner who was killed at Prestonpans. (London, 1747.)

[76] Original correspondence on the relations between the Prince and Lord George Murray, together with references to contemporary authorities on the battle of Culloden, will be found in the _Itinerary of Prince Charles Edward_, Scot. Hist. Soc., vol. xxiii., 1897.

[77] Scottish History Society, vol. xxiii.

[78] For Flora Macdonald’s relationships, see Genealogical Table, p. 452.

[79] See _Lyon in Mourning_, vol. i p. 176.

[80] _Ibid._, vol. ii. p. 100.

[81] Cf. _infra_, p. 372 _n._ 2.

[82] Ruvigny, _Jacobite Peerage_.

[83] This letter, dated Kinlochiel, August 22nd, arrived after Sir James Grant went to London, and was forwarded to him. He sent it unopened to Lord Tweeddale, Secretary for Scotland. The letter is preserved in the Tweeddale Archives.

[84] _Urquhart and Glenmoriston_: Inverness, 1893.

[85] P. 271.

[86] Pp. 275-276.

[87] Pp. 292-294.

[88] Pp. 307-309.

[89] _Chiefs of Grant_, vol. ii. p. 267.

[90] High Court Index Book No. 1.

[91] _Scots Magazine_, vol. ix. pp. 246, 247.

[92] The name in the original documents is spelt sometimes with one s and sometimes with one t, sometimes with one or both these letters doubled; occasionally he is called ‘Grosert.’ In modern times the name is spelt Grosett by Miss Collins, a descendant of Walter. In the new _Scots Peerage_ it is spelt Grosset, vol. i. p. 495.

[93] Newcastle Papers, British Museum, Add. MS. 32710, f. 491.

[94] Record Office, State Papers Dom., George II., Bundle 98.

[95] Newcastle Papers, previously quoted.

[96] Family Papers.

[97] See pp. 336 and 402. Grossett’s statement, corroborated by Fawkener and Sharpe, is elaborated in the Newcastle Papers quoted above. ‘He performed his duties at great hazard to his life. The Rebells robbed and plundered his house at Alloa and his house in the country [Logie] to such a degree that they did not leave his infant children even a shirt to shift them, and pursued his wife and daughter to an uncle’s house, to whose estate they knew Mr. Grosett was to succeed, plundered that house [Bredisholm, near Coatbridge], stript his wife and daughter of the very clothes they had upon their backs and used them otherwise in a most cruel and barbarous manner.’

[98] _Scots Magazine_, vol. vii. p. 538.

[99] Record Office, State Papers Dom., George II., bundle 91.

[100] This is one of the very rarest of Jacobite pamphlets. There is a long account of the harsh proceedings of the Edinburgh magistrates towards Robert Drummond, the Jacobite printer who published the poem, in Hugo Arnot’s _History of Edinburgh_, 1778, book III. chap. iv. See also _Book of the Old Edinburgh Club_, vol. viii., in which the poem is reprinted for the first time.

[101] Mr. J. R. N. Macphail, K.C., has sent me a copy of Accusations laid against Grossett in December 1747. These are nine in number: he is accused (1) Of keeping an open trade at Alloa for smugglers ‘particularly in the tobacco way.’ (2) Of secreting the public revenue for a tract of years and of vitiating and forging the accounts. (3) Of granting land permits for wine to smugglers all over the kingdom. (4) Of arranging false prices with merchants who purchased at roup goods seized from smugglers. (5) Of suborning evidence even to perjury in connection with the sale of goods taken from the Rebels. (6) Of being an accomplice of smugglers in trade and profits. (7) Of passing goods after seizure and of accepting a bribe. (8) Of mutilating the books of the public office. (9) Of fraud, circumvention and oppression in many different cases.

[102] _Scots Peerage_, vol. i. p. 495.

[103] The Jacobite accounts of this incident will be found in _Jacobite Memoirs_, p. 47; in Maxwell of Kirkconnell’s _Narrative_, p. 94; and in Sir William Fraser’s _The Earls of Cromartie_, vol. ii. p. 390.

[104] Home, _History of the Rebellion_, ch. viii.

[105] See Appendix, Cardinal York’s _Memorial_.

[106] _Lyon in Mourning_, vol. iii. p. 232.

[107] Lent to me by Lumisden’s great-grand-niece, Mrs. G. E. Forbes, Edinburgh.

[108] The winter of 1741-42.

[109] Charles (Stuart), 5th Earl of Traquair; succeeded 1741; died 1764.

[110] See Appendix.

[111] William Macgregor or Drummond of Balhaldy.

[112] James Edgar, secretary to the Chevalier de St. George. A younger son of David Edgar of Keithock, Forfarshire. Entered the Chevalier’s service as secretary 1716, and held that office for forty-seven years. Became Secretary of State in October 1763, and died 24th September 1764, predeceasing his master by fifteen months.

[113] Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury. Born 1653; became French prime minister in 1726; died in January 1743.

[114] Donald Cameron, 19th of Lochiel, ‘the Gentle Lochiel’ of the ’45. He succeeded his grandfather as chief of the Camerons in 1719, his father John (who died 1748) having transferred his rights to his son. Donald Cameron died in France, 1748.

[115] Sir James Campbell of Auchenbreck, 5th Baronet; died 1756; father-in-law of Donald Cameron of Lochiel. His wife was Janet, daughter of John Macleod of Macleod, and aunt of Norman Macleod the chief in 1745.

[116] Charles (Douglas), 3rd Duke; born 1698; succeeded 1711; died 1778.

[117] William (Douglas), 3rd Earl of March; succeeded his cousin as 4th Duke of Queensberry; died unmarried 1810. The ‘Old Q’ of George III.’s reign.

[118] George (Keith), 10th and last Earl Marischal; born 1694; succeeded 1712. Joined Lord Mar in 1715, and commanded the right wing of the Jacobite army at Sheriffmuir. Forfeited and attainted. Participated in the Spanish Invasion of 1719. See Dickson, _The Jacobite Attempt of 1719_, Scot. Hist. Soc., vol. xix. In 1744 was residing near Boulogne. Took no part in 1745. Entered service of Frederick the Great. Pardoned by George II., 1759; died at Potsdam, unmarried, 1778.

[119] James Keith, brother of the 10th Earl Marischal; born 1696. Attainted for participation in the ’15. Entered the Spanish army, and in 1728 the Russian army with the rank of major-general. Although an attainted Jacobite, he visited London in 1740, and was received by George II. as a Russian general (_Scots Mag._, vol. ii. p. 43). In 1747 entered service of Frederick the Great as field-marshal. Killed at the battle of Hochkirchen 1758.

[120] And likewise to settle a correspondence with Scotland the manner in which we had formerly conveyed Letters being very precarious and at the same time so much suspected that the Government had caused search the Ships in which the Letters generally came, but by good fortune their happened none to be aboard that time.

[121] Æneas Macdonald, a banker in Paris, fourth son of Ranald Macdonald third of Kinlochmoidart. Accompanied Prince Charles to Scotland. Surrendered in 1746. Condemned to death but pardoned on condition of residing out of the United Kingdom. Was killed in France during the Revolution.

[122] Amelot de Chaillou. French foreign minister, 1737 to 1744.

[123] Katharine Darnley, half-sister of the Chevalier; daughter of James II., by Katherine Sedley. Born 1682; died 1743. Third wife of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who died 1721.

[124] Colonel William Cecil. Long the Jacobite agent in England. Relationship uncertain. In a memorandum in the French Foreign Office he is called ‘oncle de Lord Salisbury.’ Was apprehended in 1744. His deposition, in which he denies all knowledge of a plot, is given in Fitzroy Bell’s _Murray’s Memorials_, p. 408.

[125] Secretary of the Duchess of Buckingham.

[126] Charles Smith, a merchant or banker in Boulogne. His wife, daughter of Sir Hugh Paterson of Bannockburn (Prince Charles’s host when besieging Stirling Castle in January 1746), was aunt to Clementina Walkenshaw. Their son married the heiress of Seton of Touch. The ceremony was performed by Mr. William Harper of Edinburgh at Linlithgow on the day of the battle of Prestonpans. Charles Smith, who had come to Scotland for the event, posted out from Edinburgh bearing the news of the victory to the Jacobite congregation.--Ingram, _A Jacobite Stronghold of the Church_, p. 47.

[127] I daresay the Cardinal never shed a tear on that Account nor indeed allowing his concern to be never so great I think it reasonable to believe so great a minister would act the part of a Child.

[128] If he had so mean an Opinion of these folks and their memorials were so rediculous as they are represented he must either have been quite doated and consequently not capable to understand anything otherwise it would have been no difficult matter to make him sensible of the absurdity of their proposals.

[129] Maréchal de Maillebois, a great-nephew of Colbert; commander-in-chief in the War of the Austrian Succession.

[130] If this was the cause of his death I must be of the Opinion of a great many that he was then become an old woman and incapable of any enterprise that required Courage and Activity, and indeed all the world with these two Gentlemen themselves owned him to be of a very frightened timorous Disposition.

[131] It was at this Time Mr. Drummond told me the Story of the Sweedish Troops and the Discoveries of it made by the Queen of Spain, which I shall relate at large afterwards. (See _post_, p. 22.)

[132] This thought was the least reason could assign to Mr. Amalot for my coming over, as I could not tell him it was owing to a letter we had received from Mr. D[rummond], which I have repented of since, for I told him if he was instructed by the Cardinal, as they said, he certainly would have let me see that these Gentlemen had no reason to give such encouragements, which would have at once shewed them in their True Light. This Mr. Drummond and Lord Semple insisted I should say to excite the French to Action and I then did not think it any great crime to use them as they had often done us by imposing upon them.

[133] I shall leave it to the Reader to determine how far this answer of Mr. Amelot agrees with what Mr. D[rummond] advances in his Letter and if it be at all reasonable to imagine that the Cardinal had resolved upon an Invasion when the person he had employed in this affair had never read the Memorial given in concerning it nor even understood the manner in which it was concerted and carried on in Scotland and again whether or not Lord Semple had succeeded as he braged in preventing much delay by perswading the Cardinal to make Mr. Amelot privy to the whole affair.

[134] I mentioned before that the King had ordered a Sum not exceeding £900 Ster yearly to be payed to Sir J[ames] C[ampbell] provided money could be raised he had hitherto gott no more than £200 Lord T[ra]q[uai]r had payed him so I was instructed to know why it was not answered as promised, which I accordingly did, when Mr. Drummond said he thought it very odd that the people in Scotland could not give him that small pension when Lord T[ra]q[uai]r had offered Lord Semple credit for £1,000 the year before when in London. I told him people had little money to spare and that since the Gentlemen was in a manner starving I would write to the King about it as directed, upon which he said in a passion I had better not do it for it would hurt them in the King’s Eyes as it must look bad that people who profered doing so much could not advance such a trifle, and I remember he said the King would not fail to look upon them as tamperers which I never did mention to them looking upon it as the heat of passion. He then said as he had all along made it his Business to advance their Interest and Honour, he would fall upon a method of raising a sum of money to the Value of 5 or 6,000£ upon a bond payable at the Restoration with six per cent. of Interest and that D[uke of] P[erth] L[ord] T[ra]q[uai]r L[ochie]l and I should bind for it and that he would even endeavour to gett an equall sum for D[uke of] P[erth] on L[ord] T[ra]q[uai]r’s particular Use upon the same Conditions. As I then did not know my man I went on to what he proposed and did not write to the King about it, neither did I till after I found out the double fetch he had in it, he at this time was applying to have a Pension settled upon himself which my writing in behalf of Sir J[ames] C[ampbell] would certainly have prevented as the King had ordered him to stay at home in the view of receiving the forementioned Sum, then his proposing to raise this sum for the D[uke] of P[erth]’s use was a means to encourage him to advance him £100, which he desired I would tell his Grace he would draw upon him at my leaving London, which he accordingly gott.

[135] During all the time I was at London after my return from Paris I keept it secret from Coll. Cicel and Mr. Smith that I had ever been there, and gave it out that I had been in Kent making a visit to one Doctor Rutton, an old fellow student at Leyden, so upon the footing of my not knowing anything that was passing I told Coll. Cicel in Conversation upon my return to Scotland the King’s friends would inquire of me if I had not been to waite of him and what news I had gott so begg to know what I should say, he told me he at that time could say nothing positively but if the French did not do something soon the affairs of England in particular and Europe in general stood in such a way that in three moneth time he would order affairs so as to call the King over with his own attendance only this Vaunt was so rediculous that I had great difficulty to keep my Countinance and gave me a very low Opinion of every other thing he said.

[136] One evening after I had waited an hour in L[ord] T[ra]q[uai]r’s lodgings at Edinburgh till such time as he should come in to talk with me about his journey to London he told me he understood that I was no friend to Bishop Keith, and upon asking what ground he had to think so, he told me that one Mr. Gordon, a Roman Catholick Bishop, had informed him of it, it seems Bishop Keith was of his acquaintance had been complaining to him that I had not represented him in a favourable Light. By which I conjectured that Keith had been applying that way to be named Bishop of Edinburgh for how should L[ord] J[ohn] Drummond have acquainted Lady Clanronald of Mr. Rattrae’s being named, which was a thing entirely foreign to both him and her if Keith had not been endeavouring to procure that preferment through the interest of the Roman Catholicks,[649] and Lord Drummond did write to Lady Clanronald that I had procured an order for Bishop Rattrae’s Election is certain, for it was by her means quite well known in Edinburgh before I came back from London and Lord T[ra]q[uai]r assured me from Bishop Gordon that L[ord] J[ohn] had wrote it to Lady Clanranald.

[137] My Lord T[ra]q[uai]r made all the dispatch possible to settle his affairs at home, being sensible how necessary it was for him to be att London and sett out from his own house on the sixth of Aprile.

[138] For this ecclesiastical episode in Murray’s career, see Appendix.

[139] Thomas Rattray, D.D., laird of Craighall-Rattray, Perthshire. Born 1684; consecrated bishop at large, 1727; afterwards Bishop of Brechin, and subsequently of Dunkeld; Primus, 1739; died 1743.

[140] See Introduction, p. xxiii.

[141] Thomas Cochrane; 6th earl; died 1737.

[142] Robert Freebairn, consecrated bishop at large, 1722; Primus, 1731; Bishop of Edinburgh, 1733; died 1739.

[143] Drumelzier, a Peebleshire estate adjoining Broughton. The proprietor was then Alexander Hay of Drumelzier, and Whittinghame, East Lothian (the latter now the property of Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour); a grandson of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale, ancestor of the Hays of Duns: born 1701; died 1789. He and his brother William were both Jacobites.

[144] I think there can be little doubt that this is the draft of the lost letter searched for in vain by Mr. Fitzroy Bell at Windsor (_Murray’s Memorials_, p. 50 _n_), and referred to by Mr. Lang (_History of Scotland_, iv. 441).

[145] As Traquair left on April 6th (see _ante_, p. 17 and _post_, p. 23) this letter was probably written in that month. Narsom is a cipher name for John Murray.

[146] Robert Keith, kinsman and tutor of the 10th Earl Marischal and his brother: born 1681; consecrated bishop at large, 1727; Bishop of Orkney, Caithness and the Isles, 1731; Superintendent of Fife, 1733; succeeded Rattray as Primus, 1743; died 1757. Author of a _History of Scotland_, and of the well-known _Catalogue of Scottish Bishops_.

[147] James (Barry), 4th Earl of Barrymore. Born 1667; died 1747. An ardent Jacobite, who sent his son to join the French army when the invasion of 1744 was expected.

[148] French minister in London.

[149] It wont be amiss to insert here the Story mentioned before about the design of sending over some Swedish Troops which my Lord T[ra]q[uai]r mentioned to me on his return from London the last time he went up. Mr. Drummond told me at Paris as an Instance of the sincere intention the Cardinal had to serve the King, that he was sensible of the great hatred the English bore to the French and for that reason proposed to the Spanish Ambassador at Paris, Campo Florido, that provided his master would take 10,000 Swedes into his pay he would endeavour to procure them by the means of some of the chief nobility, the King[650] not being to be trusted on that head as he was looked upon as friends to the Family of Hanover and would take care to have them transported, that the Spanish Ambassador immediately wrote to his Master who sent back an answer Willing to pay the Troops but upon some condition which I now cannot charge my memory with, this the Cardinal took highly amiss and told him that his Master was not to bargain with in such cases, upon which the Spanish Ambassador immediately dispatched a Courier, but before the return of it their was a paragraph in the Amsterdam Gazette telling that the King of Spain and some of his Ministers were carrying on a scheme of great consequence but being known by the Queen was prevented. It seems as he said the Queen had been informed of it by some of the Ministers and judging that should it be putt in execution it would necessarily putt an end to war with England that she was very fond of and to putt a stop to it she putt in that paragraph in the Amsterdam Gazette to the Cardinal which had its object for their was not any more mention made of it.

[150] It was no great wonder then I was deceived of his Lordship having not the least reason to suspect, and he a little shy cunning fellow on all occasions professing an attachment to nothing but truth and most disinterested loyalty.

[151] This must have proceded from wrong information for since that time they have made considerable levys and everybody agrees their are not above ten or eleven thousand in the Island.

[152] _i.e._ George II.

[153] This was in the year 1737. If Gordon of Glenbucket went over to Rome, so far as ever I could learn without having any authority from the Gentlemen in the Highlands, unless it was from his son-in-law Glengary and General Gordon,[651] praying the King to come to Scotland that all were ready to rise in arms; but His Majesty was too wise to give in to such a rash and inconsiderate a project and sent over Captain Will Hay[652] to have the Opinion of his friends by which he might judge how far what Glenbucket had said was to be credited. Mr. Hay sent for me then in Holland and insisted upon my coming which I did, but I believe found few people of Glenbucket’s Opinion save the late Lord Kinmore[653] who I went to the Country and brought to toun to see him; but the case was now greatly altered as all the World were becoming sensible of; that the Interest of Great Britain must ever be sacrificed to that of Hanover as long as this family continued upon the Throne; that Parliamentary Schemes were nothing but Chimerical, together with the few Troops that were left in the Island and the distance they were then from the Coast which prevented their coming in time before the Country was reduced; as likewise the miserable prospect of the Country being ruined by the vast standing Army that would necessarily follow upon a peace as the Levys during the War would be considerable and no prospect of a reduction after their Return but rather a Certainty of their being continued; this seeming the fairest opportunity to bring us under a military Government. These and many other reasons made L[ochie]l be of Opinion that now was the time to strike a bold stroke for the King, and by Sir A[lexander] M[acdonald]’s letter to the Duke of P[erth], it would seem these reasons did influence him and were sufficient Grounds for the proposal.

[154] John (Lindsay), 20th earl, born 1702. Entered Russian army; was badly wounded at Krotzka, 1739, fighting the Turks, and never properly recovered. First colonel of the 43rd (afterwards 42nd) Highlanders. Brig.-gen. at Fontenoy; maj.-gen. 1745. Came to Scotland February 1746, and commanded the Hessian troops under the Prince of Hesse in Stirling and Perthshire. Died 1749.

[155] _Née_ Hon. Anne Stewart, daughter of Alexander, 6th Lord Blantyre. Died March 1743.

[156] _i.e._ John Murray.

[157] This is evidently the letter that Murray complains bitterly Traquair showed to Balhaldy, and on his advice destroyed (_Murray’s Memorials_, pp. 58-60).

[158] This Letter I wrote in the smoothest stile possible purposely to show him that the King’s friends were so far from having any Inclination to Dictate to him, that on the Contrary they wished by all means to have him Heartily to promote the Restoration, and shewed the letter to Lord T[ra]q[uai]r and L[ochiel]l before I gave it his Lordship to carry and they both approved of it.

[159] I had mentioned in my Letter to the King that the Ship by which our Letters used to come was much suspected and had been searched, so one of my Errands was to have a new Conveyance settled which was done from London to Paris by Mr. D[rummond] but could be so easily done from London here.

[160] His Grace the Duke of P[erth] when I had the honour of seeing him at York on my Road, desired I would acquaint his Majesty that he had a Scheme for taking Stirling Castle and desired His Majesty would impower him upon the Seizing of it to give a commission to whom he should think fitt to name as Governour for the Time it was garrisoned with his men as they would the more willingly obey if the Commander was named by him, but told me no particulars of his project neither did he since when I told him what the King had wrote.

[161] Mr. Edgar having wrote about it in a former Letter occasioned my telling him that it was borrowed by Lord T[ra]q[uair].

[162] A frequent cipher name for the Chevalier de St. George.

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