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 14 BREADALBANE. contained in the first patent) viz. a power for him to nominate as successor^ 1 ) any younger son, by his (then deed.) first wife and the heirs male of the body of such son, with a rem. to the heirs male of his own body, rem. to his heirs male, rem. to his heirs whatsoever. ( b ) P.O. [S.] 16S5. Being implicated in the massacre of Glencoe, 10 June 1695, he was imprisoned for high treason but discharged without a trial. He refrained from voting during the time of the Union [S.J, but was (at the age of 78) chosen a Hep. Peer [S.I 1713-15. In the rising of 1715 he sent 500 men to join the "Chevalier," but escaped punishment. He m. firstly 17 Dec. 1657 at St. Andrew's Wardrobe, London, Mary, da. of Henry (Kich), 1st Earl op Holland, by Isabel, da. and h. of Sir Walter Cope of Kensington, Midx. She </. S Feb. 1666. He in. secondly, 7 April 1678, Mary, Dow. Countess ok Caithness [S.], 3rd and yst da. of Archibald (Ca.wchkll), Marquess of Argyll [S.] by Margaret, da. of William (Douglas), Earl of Morton [S.] He in. thirdly, Mildred Littler. He d. 19 and was bur. 28 March 1717 aged 81, having nominated, 11 July 1685, his second s. John, as his successor in the Peerage.( c ) His widow d. 1716. [Duncan Campbell, styled Lord Ormelie, being 1st s. by 1st wife, was, on account of his incapacity passed over in his Father's nomination of a successor. He d. s.p.C) 1727 aged 67.] Earldom [S.] 2. John (Campbell), Earl of Breadalrane and IIol- II 1717 land &c. [S.], 2nd s. by 1st wife and h. under his Father's nomination dat. 14 July 1685'. He was b. 19 Nov. 1662. He was sum. to surrender after the rising of 1725, but escaped punishment. His right to the Peerage was im- pugned in 1721 "his elder br. Lord Ormony being then alive &c.( e ) After his brother's (•) This is one of the class of Peerages [S.] in which the Grantees were authorised to nominate their Successors in the dignities granted. Chronologically arranged they appear to be comprised in the following list, 1604, June 7. Hume op Berwick, Barony, No nomination made. 1610, June 10. Cardross, Barony. Nomination made 30 Jan. 1617-8. 1646, July 31. Roxburghe, Earldom. Nomination made 23 Feb. 1648. To this dignity that of a dukedom was attached, 25 April 1707. 1661, Jan. 19. Rutherford, Barony. Nomination made 23 Dec. 1663. Dormant 1724. 1663, Nov. 3. Erroll, Earldom, new destination of. Nomination made 13 Feb. 1675, which (tho' it did not receive any subsequent sanction from the Crown) was, on 19 May 1797, held to be valid by the House of Lords. 1670, Dec. 5. Dvsart, Earldom, regrant of. No nomination made. 1672, May 30. Kinghorne, Earldom. No nomination made. By charter, 1 July 1677 this Earldom was designated as " .Strathmore and Kinghorne." 1681, Aug. 18. Brf.adalbane, Earldom. Nomination made 14 July 1685. 1688, May 16. Sempill, Barony, regrant of. No nomination made. 1706, June 17. Queexsuerrv, Dukedom. Nomination made. 1706/7, Feb. 27. Stair, Earldom, regrant of ; but, in this case, the nomination dated 31 March 1747, was (as being made after the Union with Scotland) declared, on 4 May 1748, by the House of Lords, " not valid in law." Along with these should, perhaps, be classed the Barony of Dingwall. Adam (Keith), Lord Dingwall, had 24 Nov. 1591, on his resignation, a charter of his lands and titles " suis ha.-redibus masculis el assiunatis quibuscumque," under which he assigns them both to Sir William Keith of Delney, who had, accordingly a charter of the same, 22 Jan. 1592/3. ( b ) There is a curious proviso that, in the event of the nonpossession of the family estate of Glenurchie, half of these honours (viz. Breadalbanc, Tay, (Jlenurohie and Benederaloch) should cease and the other half (viz. Holland, Paintland, Ormelie and Weiek) remain. ( c ) In Macky's " Memoirs " it is said of him " It is odds, if he lives long enough, but he is a Duke. He is of a fair complexion and has the gravity of a Spaniard, is as cunning as a Fox, wise as a Serpent and as slippery as an Eel." ( d ) John Campbell of Fortwilliam co. Inverness claimed the title in 1863 on the grounds of his descent from this Duncan, which, if proved, would have constituted him h. male of the grantee to which class of heirs, failing the issue male of the 2nd Earl, the succession had then opeDed. (•) " Robertson," p. 88.