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 HOME. 251 Earldom [&] ~ an j 13 Alexander (Home), Earl of Home, VAL f &c [S.], s. and h., sue. to the peerage ML] 20 Aug. 1700. Barony [S.] 1706. Rep. Peer [S.] 1710-13 ; Gen. of the Mint 1711. He was XII. ) imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle on suspicion of favouring the rising of 1715, but released 24 June 1716 ( a ). He m. Anne, 2d da. of William (Kkh), 2d Marquess ok Lothian [S.], by Jean, da. of Archibald (OAMBBEtx), Eaul ok Argyll [S.] He d. 1720. His widow m. Henry Ogle, and d. 1727. [Charles Home, Master of Home, styled Lord Dunglass, s. and h. ap. He d. young and v.p.]. Earldom [S.], £ and 18. William (Home), Eaul of Home, &c. >iiJ- I [S.], 2d, but 1st surv. s. and h. ; styled Loud Duxglass Barony [S.] > 1 < 20. till he sue. t" the peerage [S.] in 1720 ; joined the army in XIII. I 1735; served abroad in 1743 ; assisted the Government / troops 21 Sep. 1745, and was at the defeat at Prestonpans ; becoming finally Lieut.-Gon. in the army ; Col. 48th Foot, 1750 ; Col. 29th Foot, 1752 ; Gov. of Gibraltar, 1757-61. He was' also a Rep. Peek [S.j 1741-61. He nu 25 Dec. 1742, at Hampstead, Elizabeth, widow of James Lawes, da. and h. of William Gibbons, of Vere, in the island of Jamaica. He d. s.p. 28 April 1761, at Gibral- tar. Admon. 10 March 1762, and Feb. 1784. His widow d. 15 Jan. 1784, aged 80, at Portman square, Midx. and Was bur. the 23rd, at Weatm. Abbey, Will dat. 19 Nov. 1783 ; pr. 24 Jan. 17S4. Earldom [S.] v .'/ and L 1 ,. Alexander (Home), Earl of Home. IX, J [S.J, br. and h. was in holy orders ; site, to the peerage Barony [S.] ' 1761. |S.] 28 April 1761. He m. firstly, Primrose, 2d* da. of XIV. Charles (Elphixstgne), 9th Loud Elpiunstone) [S.], by } Elizabeth da. of Sir William Primrose, Bart. [S.] She d. 18 Dec. 1759. He m. secondly, Marion, da. and coheir of his paternal uncle, the Hon. James Home, of Ayton, by Janet, da. of Zerobabel Haig, of Bemersyde. She d. s.p. 30 Oct. 1763, at the Hirsil afsd. He m. thirdly, 10 Feb. 1768 at Yarmouth, Abigail-Browne, da. and coheir of John Kamey, of Yarmouth, Barrister-at-Law, by Abigail, his wife. He d. 8 Oct. 1786, and was bur. at Home Castle. Will pr. June 1793. His widow d. 5 Feb. 1S14, and was bur. at Ormesby. [William Home, Master of Home, styled Lord Dunglass, s. and h. ap. by first wife, only son of his mother, 4. 27 Nov. 1757. He joined the Coldstream Guards in 1774, becoming Lieut, in 1778. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Guild- ford (in the American war), 15 March 1781, and d. uum. and v.p. a few days after- wards, aged 23], Earldom [S.] * 10 and 15. Alexander (Home afterwards X. ) K.uiey-Home), Karl of Home, Arc. [S.I., yst.and only surv. Barony [S.] ' 17S6. s. and k, by third wife ; b. 11 Nov. 1769, at Hirsel afsd. ; XV. styled Lord Dunglass, 1781-S0 ; sue. to the peerage [S.] / S Oct. 1786 ; Hep. Peer [SI, 1807-41 ; Lord Lieut, of Berwickshire ; Col. of the Berwick, Haddington. &c. Militia. By Royal lie. 1 March 1814, he took the name of Jlamey in addition to that of flume. He m. [ b ) 9 Nov. 1798, at Dalkeith House, Elizabeth, 2d da. of Henry (Montagu-Scott), 3d Duke of Buc- cleuch [S.]. by Elizabeth, da. and h. of George (Brudenell- Montagu), Duke of Montagu. She, who was b. 10 Oct. 1770, d. 29 June, 1837. He d. 20 Oct. 1841, aged 71, at Hirsel afsd. Earldom [S.]. 11 and 16. Cospatiuck Alexander (Home), XI. I Earl of Home, &c. [S.], s. aud h., b. 27 Oct. 1799, Barony [S.] > 1811. at Dalkeith House ; styled Lord Dunglass till 1841 ; XVI. mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 22 Jan. 1S10 ; attache J at St. Petersburg 1822-33 ; Precis writer in the Foreign (") Macky [1706 ?] calls him " A tall slovenly mau, past 60 years old, endued, with very good parts ; is a firm countryman, but never would acknowledge King William." ( b ) The Scots Magazine (lii., 257), contains the following inexplicable notice among the marriages noted therein for 1790: " Lately, in Italy, the Earl of Home, to Miss Couttes, da. o£ Mi". Couttes, Banker in London."