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 H A M of succession, and the earidom of Angus devolved on Sir William horsy Stirling, of Ardoels; 3 Mary-Sidney, orfe of Willia,n Douglas, of Glenbervia, descended from Sir William is. Lord Jutnes, who signaliced himself in the Proocis Douglas, 2nd son of Archibald, 6th Earl of Angus. Dy Elizabeth Anehinlock, heiress of Glaubervie, ha had Sin ARU[IIBALO DOUGLAS, of Glenbervie. He so. 1st, 5. hlargaret. wife of William, Lerd Alexander, son and Agnes Keith, dan of William, 4th Earl Marhaehal, by Is. Jean, wife of Johts I landlteu, I ot t.ord Bargeny. whons he had a son, William. lie so. indly, Mary, dan. of Is,. Grieel, wife of W’illions, eon and Iseir of Lord Cartnielsael. Sir Alexander irvine, of Drum, hy whom he had issue, s. James Douglas, minister of Glenbarvie. His grandson, The Marqucos 10. Indly, Lady Mary Gordon, dan.of George, Babsrt Douglas, was bishop of Dunhlane in 1684, and ci. lot Marqus.ss efHssntly,bywhom hohad, s. Leon l’sLLt.sos, 1716. He was ancestor of Sylvester Douglas, created Lord 6. 24 Dec. 1034, who, isa 1643, was created Earl of Selkirk: Glenhervie, of Kineardine, in 1860 and of Denglas, of of him presently. sc. George, Earl of D,tnbaetoo. iii. Brigton, in Forfar. is. John, ancestor of Douglas, of James, esslonel in the arsny, ci. s. p.; 1. Henriot, os. to Janooo, Croixton, Qoarrelholes, and Dlaekmill. SIR WILLIAM DOUGLAS, of Glsnbervie, the eldest son, s. veIl. cs, Isabel, sc. te William, lot llnho of Queenshom’y. on the death of his relative, as 9th E cr1 of Angus. He nc sv. Jean, ,o. to James, Earl of l’erth. v. lucy, so. to Egidia, dan. of Sir Robert Graham, of 9torphte, by whom Robert, Earl of Nithodale aud Stare. The eldrst son s.f he had, s. William, his heir; sI. Sir Robert Doiiglaa, of this, tho duke’s second snarriago, vie., T,onn W1LLIAM Glenbervie, whose eldest son, Sir Robert Douglas, was B000LAe, Rant of Srtscsose, cc, Ann, Deoncos of HAMILTON, created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625. He was ancestor of the family of Douglas, Baronet of Glenbervie. Of this os IIAaIIL’rssN, EtC en created with remainder iss default family was Sir Robert Douglas, Dart., author of the Peerage of the heirs male of his body to his brother William, Earl and of tha Baronage of Scotland. Its. Gavin, of Dridgeford; of 3.anauk (afterwards 2nd DIlko of llalnilten) and the iv. John, of Barras. Me is said to have had two ethel heirs male of his body, and in detult thoroef to his eldor sons. The sari ci. 101191, and was s. by WILLIAM, 10th Earl of Angus. Ho was a member of the (_t full history of the illustrious hence of Hamilton0 will church of Rome, and ci. in devout retirement, in Parts, in 1611. He so. Elinaheth,dan. of l.anrenee, 4th Lord Oliphant, seventeentlt eentarv in Sweden, vi s. that of by whim he had, I. WILLIAM, his heir. is. James, created ItAOIILTON, COUNT IIAMILT5SN, and 1IA5IILTON, BAEON HAMILTOO, in 1641, Lord Mordington. lOis male line is extinct, lie is represented as heir of line by the BARONESS SEMPILL. and powerf’sl heacsches ccl the leslIe of tta:,tilton, and dnring tiso lii. Sir Francis of Sandilands, who had no bone. The eldest two eeotnries of its estahlisl,,oenl itt Sweden, it has risen to lisa son, WILLIAM, 11th Earl of Angus, ]ivsd in great magnidcence ius,nense wealth. hlaay of its monsters have been beld-a,ar’ at the Castle of Douglas, and was, by CHARLES 1., created ahals, knights of else Sorophiin, and presidents of lbs Islet, Marquess of Douglas, isa1631. He. If. in 1669. lie so. let, while others have hold dtstingnished loots at court, and is elsa Margaret Hamilton, dau. of Ctaud, Lard Paisley, and diplomatic and military seroica. lisa estates aesd isedohips sister to the iso Earl of Aberroru, by whom ha had issue, many of the prosinecs of Sweden, ansi, :aken altogether, are s. AaeussALu, Earl of AIIgOS, who predeeeased his snore important than eltose of atli’ othor family in that tiogdatn. father; created by King COAELEI 11. Earl of Or,noud. Their imsnadiafa asoeeslor was MALCOLM IIAnsLToes, Archbishop 11cm. 1st, Anne, dan. of Borne Stuart, 3rd Lake of Lennox, 1029. Ho had issue by lois first wife, liary, dan. of ltebert by whom he had a sost, Jaloes, 2nd ltarqoio of Ilouglas. hvihilde, of Sachfoaaill, Ho ca. lndly, Jean, dast. of David, ‘2nd Earl of Wen.yss, i. AacntsoLo, of Ballygahly and lloynor, in eo. Tyrone, who by whom he had a dau., Margaret, wife of Aloxander, by his wife, the lien. Anna Balfnor, dan. of Jatnes, Lard 1st Viscount Kingston, and a son, Archibald Douglas, who a. his father in the earldom of Orl000d, bat, is. lImo, who in 1024 entered the Ssvadisb service. Be was, in 1001, oblaiosd a new patent creatiag hilu EARL 05’ Fosraa. ills son, the 2nd earl, sO. sass, is 1715, ia consequence of his wounds iu the battle of Sherilfusair, where he served as a brigadier-general. The son and heir, JAMes, 2nd 3larquess of Dosglao, is. lot, Lady Barbara Erskine, dan. of John, 9th Earl of lIar, by whous he had a son. John, Karl of Angus, who, in lfP2, w:’s killed at the battle of Steenkirk, unmarried; and lurlly, Slaey, dau. of Robert, lot Marquis of Lothian, by whouc he had issue, i. William, ci. an infant; is. Archibald, 3rd llarqooss of 151. JOHN, of whono hereafter. Douglas; and a dau., Jane, h. in 1698, and ia. in 1746, iv. IsLes-cd-so, a clergytuan. Colonel Stewart, afterwards Sir John Stewart, Bart., of The Archbishop sc. lndiy, Jean, dau. of John Crawford, of Crawfordland, Grandtully, by whom sho had two sons, tains, b. in Paris, in 1740, 1 Arehit,ald-James-Edward Stewart, afterwardo v. Lssnss, who entered the Swedish service, and in 1054 was Lord Douglas; 2 Sholto-Thomao Stewart, sO. 1713. James, 2nd Harqoeso of Douglas, ci. in 1700, and was o. by his son, Aae,ssaALa, 3rd Marquis of Douglao, who, in 1703, was ssn, Gastavus, governor of Enniskillsn. created Done of Douotas. Ho so. in 1750, Margaret, dan. of The Aeehbithop’s 3rd son, James Douglas, of hams, by whom he hod no issue; and JOHN HAMILTON, a captain in the arnoy, was seated at Badly. dying in 1701, his dukedosn became extinct. The nlarqoessats gaily. By his wife, Joan, dan. of James Somerville, descended of Denglas and the oarlrlom of etngaa devolved on the fro,n the house of Camoethan, he had tssne tss’o sons, Duks of Hamilton, the heir male. The great estates of the s. MALCOLM, ancestor to the Barons lIa,oilton. Douglas fansily became the subject of litigation between ss. Boon, ancestor to the Coucofo Bateillon. the Date of Hamilton and Mr. Stewart, tho nephew of the The elder son, Duke of Douglas. This was The Doeglos Coaoe, a celebrated 1. lfALroLss, entered the Sovedish service in hold; ho rose to lawsuit, which excited the intarsot of Europe. Tile the rask of geserah. In 1064, he sons naturalized arneng she point at issno was the Oliation of Archibald Stewart, whose Swedish nobles, and in 1089 he was created Baron hiamillon do claim to ho the son of Lady Jane Donglas and Sir JoI,n Hagbsy. He sO. in 1099. Bis descendant in the 5th degree is Stswart was disputed by tho Links of Hamilton. But after Huoo-AO0LFHE, the present llarsn Hanoilton do itaghey, born an nofavouraHe decision in tl,e Scottish law courts, a final in 1002. The younger son of Capt. John liansilton, decision in his favoar was given by the house of Lords in II. lInGo, like his elder brother, ontorcd the Ssvedish service, 1771. ARCOIRALD-JAME5-EnwARn STEwART-D000LAO, of Douglas, where he attained to groae distinction. Be was general and thus legally aeknowledgsd to bs heir of the Douglas noaster-goneral of floe Swedish artillery; Ice was created, along family in the female line, was created a British peer as with his brother, Barso Ilatnilton do llagboy, in 1009: he ci. to BARON DOUGLAS, sf Dsuglns Oastle, in 1790. Ha 01. lot, 1724. Besides several sons whose littes are now extinct, he had Lady Lney Graham, dan. of William, 2nd Duke of liontrose, a son, GosTAvr’a-DAvsn, Baron hlannlton, b. 1059, who was one by whom, with other issue, ho had, Archibald and of the snsst distinguished generals in the Ssvedtsh service. in Charles, 2nd and 3rd Lords Douglas, and Jane hlargarel, 1751, he was created Count Ilansilten do Barorbeck; in 1765, wife of Henry-James, Lord Mosstague; and 2adly, Lady ho was Oold-marsltal; ho was knight of the Seraphim; he ci. Trances Scott, sister of Henry, Duke of Bnreloneh, by 1780. Be had, with other isone, fisree sons, ancestors of the whom, wilh other iesuo, he had a son, JAMEs, 4th Loan Counts Ilautilton, D000Lss, in holy orders, who so. Wilhehcnina, dau. of t. Itugh-Whihiam, 2nd Count Bantillan do Baroebeek, whose General the lion. James Murray, but ci.. without issue in 1837, whereupon his oldest sister, Lady Montagno, inherited the Douglas estates. By his 2nd wife, the lot Lord Douglas Gustavns, 3rd Count Banoiltun do Darsebock, in 1834. hsd issue several dane., 1 Caroline-Lucy, wife of Adm. is. AnoLpHE-hOnIs, Count Ilamilbon, load issne, Sir Goo. Scott, brother of Gala; 2 Feaneos-Eliza, wife of 1 Coune GnsTAvus.WALTEa, who ci. in 1095. His grandson 535 II A XI Robert Dorsg as of Stratheodry. arl,, icc, acid ci. at the siege IIf I ls,nav, in 1057’. heir of Lillian,, 1st Earl s,f Stirling. Earl of Annandale. it. Catherine, sss. to Sir William Ruth— cIder clan, and heiress of JAMES HAMILTON, DUKE dan.. ANNE, wile of WILLIAM I.5OrOLAO, Earl sf Selkirk. A cadet branch of the house af ilalnilten settled in the s.c owes/as. ‘l’lns laaoly is one of thIa otost ‘Vi drl3’-spread highest honones, roatracted the noblest alliances, and acquired belonging to the dilfetvnt branches of the faaoily extend oser of Cashel, who was cooseeeated in 1023. and died in Glenasvley, had no issue. in load, created Baron liannlfoa de Dcscrf, in Sweden ; and in 1000, Lord Gla,sawly, in ireland. By Icis second soife, Susanaah, dan. of Sir Williatn Balfour, of Piteahlo, he had, I Wifliam. 2nd Lord Glenasvly. seho bach no issue; and tsvn dans., 1 AEA5eLLA-SU5AN, wife of Sir Jsha 3Iagill, Bert.; 2 NtcoLA-SovnsA, wife, lot, of Sir Tristeaio Brreaford, and, by him, noather of 3laswas, let Earl of Tyrone ; wife, 2ndly, of Lient.-Geu. Itiehard Gorges. by whotu he had, created Baron hlantileon do Deserf, ist Sweden. He had a line failed in his son,