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

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by  Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931, ed. dn

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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
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1904
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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
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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.
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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
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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.