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Briefly, Sir Henry Wardlaw is said to have married Margaret (widow of Lord Inner- meath, d. 1499), dau. of John, Lord Lindsay, and his wife Anne Stewart of Lorn, and to have been the great-great-grandfather of a Sir Alexander Wardlaw of Torrie, who married Lady Agnes Leslie and was father of Sir Andrew Wardlaw of Torrie, who m. in 1578 Agnes Dalgleish, and had a second son Sir Cuthbert of Balmule, whose son Sir Henry Wardlaw (b. 1565) called by Foster and Lodge the ninth successive knight of his family had a charter of Balmule in 1596.

Now Henry Wardlaw of Torrie (whose knighthood, like that of his eight successors, is a myth) and Margaret Lindsay are certainly incorrectly placed in the pedigree ; there was no Sir Alexander Wardlaw of Torrie at the period mentioned ; and the husband of Lady Agnes Leslie was Andrew Wardlaw of Torrie (who d.s.p.), and they were married in 1605, exactly forty years after their alleged great-grandson Sir Henry was born ! The husband of Agnes Dalgleish was a modest Andrew Wardlaw, tenant in Gask* ; and Cuthbert Wardlaw, whose knighthood is equally a myth, was only

Wardlaw in Gask, 28 June, 1583. Her dau. Kathe riue is named executor, and Cuthbert W. in Bal mule is cautioner, and George W. in Balmule witness.
 * See the will of Agnes Dalgleish, wife of Andrew

in Balmule," and was certainly not

heir son, and his connexion with

he Torrie family remains to be proved.

When in addition I mention that the

succession of baronets is incorrectly

tated, the need for this revision may be

apparent.

The following particulars were noted at odd moments when I was making some esearches concerning the Moodies and other Fifeshire families. I was not at the time par- ticularly interested in the Wardlaws, and it was only after I noticed how untrust- worthy the published Wardlaw pedigrees were that I began taking notes of them. It must therefore be understood that these notes are not the result of an exhaustive or systematic search. I had always hoped to be able at some time to complete them ;. but as this is now very doubtful, I think it better to place those I have upon record, in the hope that they may prove of use, and perhaps induce some one with more leisure and opportunity than I have to make out a really trustworthy pedigree of this old and interesting family, who played a prominent part in Scottish history. Should they have this desired result, I shall be most happy to place what information I have (which is necessarily somewhat condensed here) at the disposal of the compiler. The following tables will show at a glance the position :

Pedigree according to the Peerages.

Sir Henry Wardlaw of Torrie^Margaret, dau. of John, Lord Lindsay, and Anna Stuart. Sir Robert W. of T. only son= Sir Robert W. of T.= Sir John W. of T. Sir Alexander W. of T.=rLady Agnes Leslie.

Sir Henry W. of T., 1560, s.p.

Sir Andrew W. of T. m. 1578=T=Agnes Dalgleish.

Sir Henry W. of T., line extinct.

Sir Cuthbert W. of Balmule=y=Catherine Dalgleish.

Sir Henry of Balmule, m. 1596=f=Elizabeth Wilson. 1st Bt.

Sir Henry W., 2nd Bt., m. 1653=f=Elizabeth Bethune.

Sir Henry W., 3rd Bt., m. 1672=pElizabeth Skene.

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