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 FAIRFAX — FA LCONEil. 309 secondly, his cousin, Mary, only sister ami h. of Charles, (ith VYsoonOT Fairfax [I.], da. <-f Nicholas Fairfax, by Maw, da, of William Weld nboveaaawd. She (by whom be had 0 clifWrcn) d, 1 July 174 J. He rf. B i p.m.8.,(») at York, 20 Jan. 1772, when the Yticounlcy became extinct. Aduion. 0 March 1 772 and again Nov. 1795. FAIKFORD. i.e., " Fairford, co. Gloucester," Visootmtcy (Hill), cr. 1772, with the Earldom of Hillsborough. See "DowxsnirE," Marquessate [I.], cr. 1780. FALCONER OF HALKEKTODN. Barony [S]. J. R 1R Alexander Falconer, of Halkertoun, s. and I 1647, ''' °f Alpxnnder R, of the same, by Agnes, sister of David, 1st Karl OF Suuthesk [S.], da. of Sir David Carnegie, was 6. about 1595 ; made one of the Lords of Session B. 9 July 1G39, M.P. for co. Kincardine, 1(513-47: Commissioner of the Treasury [S.], 1615, and was cr. 20 Dea 1847, LOUD FALCONER OF HALKERTOUN [S.], with rem. to heirs male whalsoevcr.( 1 ') He was superseded as a Lord of Session, in 1649 for "maliguaey," but restored in 1600. He hi. Anne, only da. and 1). of John (Lindsay), Sth Lord Lindsay of thk Byres [S.], by Anne, da. of Lawrence Oiathant, Master of Ourii.vsT. She, being then of legit, age, was served heir to her father, 17 April 1610. He d. 1 Oct. 1671. II. 1G71. 2. Alexander (Falconer), Lord Falconer of Halker- toun [S.], only s. and h. He m. Margaret, 2d da. of James (Ocilvy), 2d Earl of Airlik [S.], by his first wife, Helen, da. of George (Ogilvy), 1st Lord Banff [8]. He d. i March 1684. EEL 16S-1. 3. David (Falconer), Lord Falconer of IIalkeh- TOUH [S.], s. and h. He was found of unsound mind 24 March 1710, and that he had been so for twenty years previously. He d. num. Feb. 1724. IV. 172 1. J f . Alexander (Falconer), Lord Falconer of Hal- kkrtOun [S.], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Sir Alexander Falconer, Bart. [S.], of Glenfarquhar, who was s. and h. of Sir David F. of the same, which last named David was next br. to the first Lord. He sue. his father in the Baronetcy [cr. 20 March 1670/1], many years before he sue. his cousiu in the Peerage. He d. s.p. 17 March 1727, when the Baronetcy [S.] became extinct. V. 1727. 5. David (Falconer), Lord Falconer of HALKER- TOUN [S.I, cousin and h. male, being 1st surv. s. and h. of Sir David Falconer, of Newton, a Lord of Session [S.] under the style of " Lord Newton " by his second wife, Mary, da. of George Norvell, of Boghall, co. Linlithgow, which Sir David was 2d s. of "Sir David F., of Glenfarquhar, abovementioned, the next br. to the first Lord. He was b. 16S1 and was "a man of great honour, probity, and iutegrity."(°) He m. (contract 27 Nov. 1703, the lady being 13A years old) at Keith Hall, Catharine Margaret, 1st da. of William (Keith), 2d Eari, of Kintork [S.], by Catharine, da. of David (Murray), 1th Viscount Stormont [S.J He d. 24 Sep. 1751, in his 71st year at Inglismaldie. His widow, who was bap. at Keith Hall, 29 June 1690, d. at Edinburgh, 1 March 1762, in her 72d year. ( B ) Anne Fairfax, his only surv. child inherited his estates ; she d. unm. 8 May 1793, when they passed to her cousin, Charles Gregory Pigott, afterwards Fairfax, s and h. of Nathaniel Pigott, the b. and h. of Ralph Pigott, by Alethea, only sister of the 9th and last Viscount. ('') " The patent in the register is so much defaced, it can hardly be read, according to Hardies MS., Advocates library." " There is a charter, to Alexander, Lord Falconer of Halkertoun, of the lands of Diracroft, co. Kincardine, dat 24 June W,G, which would indicate that his creation took place at an earlier period " [than 20 Dec. 1647]. See Wood's l: Douglas," vol. ii, p. 680 and vol. i, p. 56. ( c ) Wood's " Douglas." «