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 MAR, MAR macion. The countess snltscqucnt]y made a free grant of all her hionoisro and iniscrilanee lo her said husband; and dying a. P. 1419, lie, ALEXANDER STEWART, designed, in sight of the deceased rotmleai, Karl of Mar an’l Lord of tiarali, resigned those hanom-s to tIn crown, when lucy score regraitted to him, 29 May, 1420, in remainder to lila natural son, Sir Tti,imao Stewart, to revert, in case of failure af niale issue of the latter, to the crown. lIla tardohip scat ausbasoador to England in l4tf, and again in 1407, setsen lie eegaged in a tournansent with the Earl if Kent. The following year he Went to France and Flantlers, with a noble company, and eminently dhtingoiihesu binssalf in tho service of the Duke of Burgundy, who employed hint to assist in quelling a rebellion of the poople of Liege againit their bishop, John of Bavaria. The earl cunm,ande,1 the royal army at the battle of llaclaw, against the Lord of the islet, in ldtl MAR, EARL OF (John-Francjs.Erakine GocstlevcErakine, and sras appointed ambaasaslor-extmordinary to England in MA.), and Baron Gariuch in the peerage of 1410 anst soon afterirards scarden of the Marches, lIe 1. in Scotland; 1’. 29 March, 1836; a. his rnatcrnal uncle, 1435, and lus natural san, uienttoned above, having predeceased 19 June, 1866; no.12 Sept. 1866, Alice.Mary-Sissclair, hini, the Eacldom of Mar, according to the charter, reverted to the crow-n, when it was claimed, in 1435, by Sir Robert Erskinc, older dau. of John Hamiltots, Eaq. of Hilaton Park, Motsmouthohirc, and has, of Ershine, is lineal doiceudant of Lady Elyne Mar (refer to Gmtney, 11th earl); hut though the descent was indisputably JonN-FaAwess-HAWLT0N-SsNcLAsa-CusaurrmDaoous-Foenos, eitabtislsed, the earldaist scat not conferred upon the Ersklnes tsntil it had been enjoyett by four cacti of different familiri, the last of whom scat the celebrated Regent Moaat, a period of 150 If. flocagc. years having elapsed, when at last it scat restored, per modam jnstitiw, in 1905, by Qsseen Man, ro Of the title of Slur, Lord Mallet ouys: “Thisis one of the Jouw, 5th Lard Erikine, who ihautd of rigId be 0th Earl of Mar of the Erakine race. Precedence was granted front 1457. condoms whose origin is lost in its antiquity. It existed before our records, and befere the era of genuine history.” bat against this the Earls of Mar hive always protested. This Maaracus, karl of Mar, is witness to a charter of donation hy nobleman was nppatnicd by charter, in 1100, heritable sheriff Istaacot.aa CAaasonc, to the Culdees of Loehleven, of the manor of the eQ. Stirling, and keeper of Stirling Castle; and chosen of Kilgad-Eumech, in 1065. From this nobleman, we pass to regent of Scotland by parliament, in 1571, during the minority of Jastas VI. Otis brother. Sir Alexander Erskine, of Gagar GRATtecY, 11th Earl of Star, who a. his father in 1294, and if. was father of Thomas, 1st Earl of KELUE; and his sister Mar, before 1300. Ste sit. Lady Christian Brace, dau. of Mehert, garet was mother, by King Jaucs V., of an illegitimate san- Earl of Catrick. and sister of ROBERT 1., and by her (who sss, the fanissus Regent Murray (she aftcrsrards os Sir Eabert lndly, Sir Christopher Seton, of Seten; and Srdty, Sir Andrew Douglas, of Lachleven, and was by Inns mother of the 7th Earl of Morton). Lord Ershine ‘a.Annat’ella, dan. of Sir William Olurray, of Ttdtihasvtine, ancestor of the Dukes of Athoti; and dying in 1571, was s. by his only son, Jona, 7th earl. This nobleman, who took a leading part in Scotch affairs in the reign of Jaasos Vt., and srho had been JANET Kmyu, as. to Sir Thomas Erskine, and was metlses ambassador to Queen ELtZABETU, in 1001, accempanied King of 5mw ROBERT Estsasac, who claimed the Earldom of Jaauas into England in 1001, and c-as sworn of the privy cairn-, cli, and invested with tho Garter, 17 July, 1001. in 1004, he was created Loan Caannoss, with the privilege of assigning Doroar.o, 12th Earl of Mar. This nobtcnasn, upon the death that title to any of his male heirs. liii lordship had a charter, of Randolph, Earl of Sloray, regent of Scotland, seas ntsaniosestsly on his own resignation, of the Earldom ssf Star, Lordship of nppointed to fill his place by the parliament asscnsbted at Strathdon, Sirathdee, Garioch, Allaa, die., the heritable offices Perth, 2 Aug. 1152. His lordship immediately sasnmed the of captain of the castle of Stirling, and sheriff of tlse attire command of the Scottish army, whhch, Isy his ignomnce of thereof, k-c., to him and hts heirs, and erecting the whole into military disciptine, was totally defeated by an inferior force the EnLnoas or SIaa, 1 Feb. 1010. His lordship so. 1st, Anne, under Edward Ballot, 12th of the same month, and the Earl of 2nd dan. of David, Lard Drummond, and had an only son, Star paid for his inexperience with his life, being smothered in Jona, his successor. The earl so. lndiy, Lady Mary Stewart, 2nd dan. of Esme, Duke MABOABET, of whom presently, with an only son, his sac. of Lcanox, and had, with other issue, cessor. Tuoaiaa, 13th Earl of Star, a person of much political imper’ Jaasas, created Earl of Bitchan. tance in the reign of Davsn II. His lordship was great-cham- Itensy, to whom his father assigned the peerage of Cardross, ancestor of tise modern Earls of Duchan. berlain of Scotland in 1356, ambassador to England in 5102, and Alexander (Sir), a senator of the College of Justice, who was one of the guarantees of a truce with the English in 1309. The blown up at Dunglass, with his brother-in-law, the Earl et earl obtained from King Dawn a charter of confirmation of the Itaddingtun, in 1040. lordship of Gariech. Re ci. a. p. in 1177, and with hint termi- Charles (Sir), of Alva, ancestor of the Earl of Eassayzo. (See nated the direct scale tine of the old Earls of Mar. Oils lordship flsaf slig,sstzs.) seas s. by his sister, his lordship ci. 14 Dec. 1014, and was a. by his eldest oon, SLattoaazT, Countess of Slat; who to. 1st, William, Earl of Joan, fth earl. This nablcnsan sold to the crown the Douglas (who in her right became 14th Earl of Slur, and sras heritable-sheriffship of Stirtingshire, and the baffiary sf the designed Earl of Douglas and Star), and had issue, water of Forth, for £0005, and he accordingly resigned those Johm, Earl of Danglaa and Mar, killed at Otterhtsrn, in 11ff, offices, 4 Nov. 1041. Mis lordship so. Lady Christian Ifay, 2nd and d. P dan. of Francis, 9th Earl of Erroll, and had issue a eon, JonN, Isabel. and a dun., Elizabeth, wife of Archibald, Lord Napier, and Her ladyship being divorced from Lord Douglas, sit. lndty, Sit ancestress ef the noble and distinguished family of Napier. John Swinton, of Swintan, who fell at Ilomtldon, in 1402. Her The earl st. hi Sept. 1654, and was s. by his son, ladyship d. in 1165, and was a. by tier son, mentiancd above, Joua, 9th earl, who fought under lhtsntrooe, an the king’s who was 5. in tise Earidom of STar by his only sister, - side, at Philiphangh, nnd, consequently, had his estates conS IsABEL, Cotmtess of Mar. Her ladyship m. 1st, Sir Malcolm fiscatcd, and was fined 24,Of I marks. lie becanoe hlind, and Drnmmond, of Drmaamend, who ci. without issue; and 2ndly, lived seith his family in a small cottage at tbe gates of Shea Alexander Stewart, natsiral son ef Alexander, Earl of Enchan, house till the Eestoratttn of Cssaes.cs 11., when his estates 4th son of Eeacn 11. The flmt appearance in life of this were restored to him. JOe at. 1st, Lady Mary Scott, eldest dan. person, called “the wolfe of Badenoch,” was at else head of a of Walter, 1st Karl of Buelsan, bnt had no issue. Otis lordship formidable band of robbers, in the highlands of Scotland, when, ra. 2ndly, Lady Jane Mackenzie, eldest dan. of George, 2nd Earl stos’ming the Countess ef Slur’s castle of Kildruaamie, he oh- of Seafarth; and dying in Sept. 1006, less 5. by his son, tamed her ladyship in mai’riage, either by violence or per- CnaitLEa, 10th earl, who was obliged, in order to satis’ the 743 Boroa Gssrisch, 6. 17 Feb. 21ff. his descendant, Moray, of Bethweil) had issue, s. DONALO, his successor. i. Elyne, who is. Sir John Menteath, and had a dan., 1 Cawss’ruaw, s;s. to Sir Edward Keith, and had a dan., Star in 1415. The earl svas a. by his san, the rout. He had ‘a.Isabel, only dan, of Sir Alexander Sleseart, of Benldill, and had a dun.,