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 250 HOME. da of Francis (Faxe), 1st Eaiil of Westmorland, by Mary, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Mddmay. He d. s.p. at St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, MidJL, Fob. 1632/3, and was bur. at Dnnglas (■). Will dat, i Dec. 1632, pr. 3 June. 103:5. His widow d. at Ape- thorpe, co. Northampton. Will dated 20 April, and pr. 13 May 1633. Earldom [S.]. .; an ,i ,sM AMEH (Home), Earl or Home, Lord j Home ( b ), and Loud DUNOLAS8 fS.], cousin and h. male, Barony[S.] lb'.Vo. being s. and h. of Sir James Home, by Anne, 1st da. and co- VIII. heir of George (Home), Eaiil of DuNBAH [S.] which James I was s. and h. of John Home, s. and h. of Sir James Home (d. before l.'.OO), 8. and h. of Sir John Home, s. and h. of Mungo Home, all of Colding, knows, which Mungo was s. and h. of John Home of Whiterigs, next br. of Alexan- der, 2d Lord Home [S.] above mentioned. He sue. to the peerage [S.] Feb. 1633, and was on the 22 March following served heir male in general to the late Earl ( c ). He obtained a new charter, dat. 22 May 1636, at Hampton Court, which ratified all the honours enjoyed by his predecessors to him and fail heir male. He appears to have been among the Covenanters in 163S, but. since 1611, supported the King, aud was in command of the Berwickshire regiment in 16-IS, at Preston, in the attempt for Ins rescue. His estates were forfeited during the Usurpation, but he was reinstated in 1661 ; made P.C. [S,], and, in 1664, a Commissioner for church affairs. He m.Jane, 4th da. of William (Douglas), Earl of Morton [S.], by Anne, da. of George (Keitu), 5th Eaul Maiuschal [S.] He d. Dec. 1666. Earldom [S.] N j f am i g. Alexander (Home), Earl of Home, &c. ■I ' • J [8.], s. and h., styled Loud Dunglass till he sue. to the Barony fS.] 1666. peerage fSJ Dee. 1666. Ho in. Anne, da. of Richard IX. (Sackville), 5th BaBX of DORSET, by Frances, da. of / Lionel (Cranfield), Earl of Middlesex. She was 6. June 1650. He d. s.p. about 1674. Earldom [S.] v 5 and 10. James (Home), Earl of Home, &e, V. I [S.], br. aud h. sue. to the peerage [S.] about 1671. He m. Barony [H.] VlGrl? Anne, 2d. da. of George (Ramsay), 2d Earl of Dal- X. housie [s.l, by Anne, da. of John (Fleming), Earl of July 1706, and was bur. the 24th, in the family burying place at Home Castle. Fun. entry in Lyon office. Earldom [S.] v $ and 11. Charles (Home), Earl oe Home, VI. &c. [S.], br. and h., was chosen M. P. for co. Berwick in Barony [S.] 170C. 1681, but his election was not sustainec. He sue. to the XI. peerage [S.] 22 July 1706; took an active part in op- posing the Union ( e ). He m. about 1680 Anne, da. of Sir William Purvis, Bart. [S.] He d. (a month after his predecessor), 20 Aug. 1706. (•) Hi3 coheirs were his two sisters, viz. (1) Margaret, m. James Stewart, then styled Lord Doune, who in 1638 became Earl of Moray [S ] ; and (2) Anne, first wife of John Maitland, theu staled Lord Maitland. who in 1645 became Earl (anil who in 1672 was cr. Duke) of Lauderdale [S.] These two ladies had a charter of the Barony of Home, 20 Feb. 1643. ( b ) The Barony, even if originally one inheritable by heirs general, appears to have followed the course (tho' not without opposition from the heir of line, Lady Doune), of the Earldom, and to have devolved on the heir male. See, also some remarks, p. 143, note "c " (circa finen), under " Hamilton." ( c ) i.e., " Heir male in general of James, Earl of Home, great great grandson of Alex- ander Lord Home, br. of John Home of Quhitrig, great grandfather of James Homo, of C'oldingknows, Knight, his great grandfather." See Wood's " Douglas," vol. i, p. 738. ( d ) He received a confirmation as " Earl, Lord and Baron of Pari." See vol. ii., p. 397., note " c " sub. " Cramond," as to the use in Scotland of this word •' Baron." ( c ) He is spoken of by Lockhart, of Carnwath, with great respect as to his judg- ment and honesty, tho' as being without " any tolerable share of eloquence."
 * Wigtoun [8.] He d. s.p. at the Hirsel, co. Berwick, 22