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 396 FORRESTER. FORRESTER OF CORSTORPHINE. Barony [s.] J. Sir George Forrrster, Bart. [S.], of Corelnphiiie, I 1 633 C0- Edinburgh, b. and h. o£ Henry F. of the same, by Helen Preston, - of the house of Craigiuilhir, his wife, which Henry was br. and h. of Sir James F. of Corstophiue afsd., sue. his father before 15 Nov. 1607j was cr. a Baronet [S.], 17 March 1625 (sealed 4 Dec. 1030), with rem. to heirs male, and was by pat. 22 July 1633, cr. LOUD FORRESTER OF CORSTOPHINE [S.] with rem. to his heirs male whatever.( a ) He m. before 15 Nov. 1607, Christian, da. of Sir William Livingstone, of Kilsyth. Having no male iRsue living( b ) he resigned his peerage and obtained a regraut thereof, 5 July 1651, with rem. to James Baillie, of Tonvoodhead,( c ) husband of Joanna, his 4th da., and their issue in tail male, rem. to William Baillie (yr. br. of the said James) husband of Lilias, his 5th and yst. da. and their issue iu tail male, rem. to the issue of James and William (by their said wives), iu tail general, the eldest da. of such issue to be heir of line, with a final rem. to the said James and his heirs male or of an entail by him made, all parties to bear the name and arms of Forrester jointly with their own. This limitation^ 1 ) corres- ponded to one of the estate of Corstorphine made 1 March 1650. He d. 1654. II. 1654. 2. James (Baillie alia* Forrester), Lord Forrester or Corstorphine [S.], son in law and heir according to the spec, rem. in the regrant(°) of the peerage in 1651. He was b. 29 Oct. 1629, being s. and h. of Major-Gen. William Baillie,(0 of Letham and Torwoodhcad, co. Stirling, on whose death he sue. to the estate of Torwoodhead. Being a zealous Loyalist he was fined £2,500, in 1054, under Cromwell's "act of grace." He m. firstly, about 1650, Joanna, 4th da. and coheir of George (Forrester), Lord Forrester ok Corstor- phine [S.] and Christian, his wife, both next abovenamed. By her, who was living 8 Feb. 1652, he had no surv. issue. He m. secondly, before July 1661, Jean, da. and coheir of Patrick (Ruthven), Earl of Forth [S.] and Earl of Brentford [E.], by Clara, da. of ( — ) Barnard. He d. at Corstorphine 26 Aug. 1679, in his 50th year, being murdered by Christian Nimmo,(E) niece of his first wife. Hia Becond wife by whom he had issue, all of whom took the name of Ruthven, was living Oct. 1668. III. 1679. 3. "William Baillie de jure Lord Forrester of Corstorphine [S.], br. [but not heir] to the above, who, according to the spec. rem. in the regrant of that peerage in 1651, was, on his brother's death without issue by the first wife, entitled to the dignity. He who was 4. 12 Dec. 1632, did not however assume the title. He m. before 1 March 1650, LiliaB, 5th and yst. da. and coheir of George (Forrester), Lord Forrester of Corstorphine [S.j, and Christian, his wife, both abovenamed. He d. May 1681, in his 49th year. IV. 1681. 4- William (Baillie alias Forrester), Lord For- rester of Corstorphine [S.], s. and h. Ho voted (as a Commoner) in 1681, which vote being questioned "as a Lord," he "disclaimed" his Peerage. He, however, continuing, to style himself as a Peer, was ordered by the Pari, and Trivy Council [8. J to relinquish the title until he had " instructed his right" ; upon this Tho preamble is given in Wood's " Douglas," vol. ii, p. 682. ( b ) His son, the Master of Corstophine, m. in 1634 the widow of Alexander Keith and d. v.p., and s.p. (<=) To this James " the title of Master of Forrester is extended as a Beparate dignity during the lifetime of his father-in-law, failing whom [i.e., and failing the said James] to the other heirs." [Riddell, 124.] ( d ) It is set out fully in Wood's " Douglas," vol. ii, p. 682, but see remarks thereon in "Riddell," pp. 123 — 125, especially (p. 125), those on the ultimate remainder. ( e ) "The chief singularity in the case is that the right under the regrant does not seem to have been known during the lifetime of the Becond Lord as hia pretensions to the Peerage were questioned in 1676." [Riddell, p. 124.] ( f ) He was an illegit. son of Sir William Baillie, of Lamington, born to him during the lifetime of his wife, and therefore was incapable of being legitimated by tho subsequent marriage of hia paronta. See Wood'a "Douglas," vol. i, p. 601. (B) She was wife of James Nimmo, Merchant, and da. of James Hamilton, o£ Grange by (— ), 3d da. and coheir of tho 1st Lord Forrester of Corstorphine.