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 Residence—Clopton House, Stratforcl-on-Avon, co. Warwick.

Estate—Eton Vale, Darling Downs, Queensland.

Clubs—Windham, St. James's Square, S.W., and Australian, Sydney.

OBERT BARCLAY-ALLARDICE, of Broadville, Canadn, b. at Hamilton, Canada, 19th May, 1844, assumed, by royal license, the surname and arms of Barclay-Alladice. in lieu of his patronymic, 2nd July, 1883. He is twentieth in lineal descent from Robert II, King of Scotland.

Robert II, King of Seotland (ancestor of the Royal Stuart line by his first marriage with Elizabeth Mure), m. secondly, in 1356, his cousin, Lady Euphemia Ross, daughter of Hugh, sixth Earl of Ross, by Lady Matilda Bruce, (daughter of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, sister of King Robert I, and widow of John Randolph, Earl of Moray), and d. 19th April, 1390, having by her (who d. 13761 had issue, I. David, of whom presently. II. Walter, Earl of Athol, who was executed with his grandson, Sir Robert Stewart, for the murder of King James I.

The elder son,

David, Earl Palatine of Strathren, (so created 1371, to him and to his heirs), b. between 1356 and 1360, m. a sister of Sir David Lindsey, of Glenesk (afterwards first Earl of Crawford) and d. before 1389, leaving an only daughter and sole heiress,

Eupemia, Countess Palatine of Strathern, in her own right, b. 1375, m. Sir Patrick Graham, Knt., second son of Sir Patrick Graham, of Kircardine, ancestor of the Duke of Montrose and immediate elder brother of Sir Robert Graham, who had with his own hands murdered King James I. Sir Patrick became jure uxoris Earl of Strathern, and was murdered by his brother-in-law. Sir John Drummond, 10th August, 1439, having by his wife, who d. before 24th August, 1420, had issue,

I. Malise, of whom presently.

I. Euphemia, m. first, Archibald, fifth Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraiue; and secondly, James, first Lord Hamilton.

II. Elizabeth, m. Sir John Lyon, of Glamis.

The only son,

Malise (a minor in 1421) s. his mother as Earl Palatine of Strathern, but was deprived of the Earldom by James I, in 1427, under pretence that it was a male fief. The King then conferred it on his aged uncle, Walter, Earl of Athol, by charter, 22nd July, 1427, and on 6th September, 1427, erected the lands of Craynis, etc., into the Earldom of Menteth (or Monteith), and gave it to Malise, and the heirs male of his body, failing which to return to the Crown. The Earl went to England, 9th December, 1427, as a supplementary hostage in place of Robert Erskine, and was not released till 17th June, 1453, when he was ordered to be liberated out of the Castle of Pontefract, Alexander, his son and heir, surrendering himself as a hostage in his stead, and the Earl of Douglas and Lord Hamilton becoming sureties for his return in the event of Alexander dying or escaping. Malise, Earl of Menteth, d. before 17lh May, 1491, when Marioun, Countess of Menteth, John of Drummond, her spouse, and John, Lord Drummond, appeared as pursuers in a civil cause, and the deciased Malise, Earl of Menteth, is mentioned, also Alexander, then Earl of Menteth. Malise, Karl of Menteth, m. first, Lady Anne Vere, daughter of Henry, Earl of Oxford, or Jane Rochford, and had four sons,

I. Alexander, son and heir, 17th June, 1453, a prisoner at Pontefract, as hostage for his father.

II. John, of Kilbryde, was son and heir, 6th April, 1649; he was called "Sir John with the Bright Sword," from whom the Grahams, Viscounts of Preston (extinct 1738); the Grahams of Gartmore; the Grahams of Netherby; the Grahams of Norton Conyers; and other illustrious families claim descent, but of this there is no proof.

III. Patrick, son and heir, 1478.

IV. Walter, first of the Grahams of Barnstaple.

His successor,

Alexander Graham, second Earl of Menieth, was served heir to his "grantseyr," Malise, 6th May, 1493, m. Margaret, daughter