The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom PDF
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w'^^.4t-v.':;^-:^.^ \} THE SCOTS PEERAGE FOUNDED ON WOOD'S EDITION OF SIR ROBERT DOUGLAS'S l&eerage of S)Cotlanti CONTAINING AN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE NOBILITY OF THAT KINGDOM EDITED BY SIR JAMES BALFOUR PAUL LORD LYON KING OP ARMS WITH ARMORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME I EDINBURGH DAVID DOUGLAS : 1904 All ri<jlits reserved "^ 1182930 -J Co tfie Q^emotp of ^ SIR WILLIAM FRASER, K.C.B. ^ WHOSE ^ LABOURS AND MUNIPIOENOE HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE WORK THIS V IS DeHicateD Z. \ CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Frontispiece, TheRoyalArms ofScotland. THE KINGS OF SCOTLAND, 1 ABERCORN, HAMILTON, EARL OF, . . . . . 37 Withfull-pageIllustration. ABERCROMBIE, SANDILANDS, LORD, 75 Withfull-pageIllustration, ABERDEEN, GORDON, EARL OF, 82 Withfull-pageIllustration. ABOYNE, GORDON, VISCOUNT MELGUM AND LORD, . 100 ABOYNE, GORDON, VISCOUNT OF, 101 ABOYNE, GORDON, EARL OF, 102 Withfull-pageIllustration. AIRLIE, OGILVY, EARL OF, 106 Withfull-pageIllustration. AIRTH, GRAHAM, EARL OF 133 Withfull-pageIllustration. ALBANY, STEWART, DUKE OF, .146 . . . . . ALTRIE, KEITH, LORD, 156 ANGUS, CELTIC EARLS OF, 160 ANGUS, UMFRAVILLE, EARL OF, . . . .- • .167 ANGUS, STEWART, EARL OF, 169 ANGUS, DOUGLAS, EARL OF, 172 Withfull-pageIllustration. ANNANDALE, MURRAY, EARL OF, 214 Withfull-pageIllustration. VUl CONTENTS PAGE ANNANDALE, JOHNSTONE, MARQUESS OF, 230 Withfull-pageIllustration. ARBUTHNOTT, ARBUTHNOTT, VISCOUNT OF, 272 Withfull-pageIllustration. ARGYLL, CAMPBELL, DUKE OF, . 318 Withfull-pageIllustration. ARRAN, STEWART, EARL OF, 394 ASTON OF FORFAR, ASTON, LORD, 399 Withfull-pageIllustration. ATHOLL, ANCIENT EARLS OF, 415 ATHOLL, CAMPBELL, EARL OF, 434 ATHOLL, STEWART, EARL OF, 436 ATHOLL, STEWART, EARL OF, 440 ATHOLL, STEWART, EARL OF, 447 ATHOLL, MURRAY, DUKE OF, 449 Withfull-pageIllustration. BADENOCH, COMYN, LORD OF, . 503 BALCARRES, LINDSAY, EARL OF, 511 Withfull-pageIllustration. BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH, BALFOUR, LORD, 530 Withfull-pageIllustration. BALMERINO, ELPHINSTONE, LORD, 556 . Withfull-pageIllustration. PEEFACE HE ^PeerageofScotland, brought out in one volume folio by Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, in 1764, was a work which at once took its place as a high authority on the sub- ject with which it dealt. Halfa century later a new and re- vised edition was com- pleted by Mr. John Philip Wood, in two volumes folio. The works both of Douglas and Wood were for their time admirable examples of ability and research. The former author, himself a member of an ancient Scottish house, was in a position which made it easy for him to collect information from the mem- bers of the Scottish nobility, and many of their charter-chests were opened to him. But he and his editor, Wood, laborious and painstaking though they were, lived at a period when the historical records of the country were very much less acces- sible than they now are. With the exception 1 Theshield intheinitialbearstheofficialcoatofLyon King ofArms. X PREFACE ofthe Acts ofParliament inan abridged and mutilated form, absolutely nothing in the way of records had in Douglas' days been printed, and references and authorities had to be patiently sought with much expenditure oftime and trouble in the badly arranged, insufficiently housed, and wholly unindexed public documents. The natural consequence was that while their information, so far as it dealt with their own times or the generation immediately preceding, was on the whole commendably accurate, the particulars regarding the earlier centuries were scanty and too frequently untrustworthy. But though every student of family history has to acknowledge a deep debt of gratitude to their labours, after a time a general desire arose that a more accurate and detailed account of the Scottish Peerage should be pre- pared. Especially of late years, owing to the official publication of several important series of records, such as the Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, the Exchequer Rolls, the Register of the Great Seal, the Register of the Privy Council, and the Lord Treasuixrs Accounts, it was evident that these in themselves afforded a deep mine from which information might be drawn. Again, many private collections have within the last century seen light. The publications of the Bannatyne, Maitland, and Spalding Clubs have revealed what a rich store of ancient documents remained in Scotland, and the Historical mss. Commissioners have made accessible many most valuable collections, which had lain more or lessneglected in the charter-rooms ofmany a noble house.
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