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 308 HYNDFOED. II. 1710. 2. James (Caumiciiael), Karl op Hyndford, &c. [S], a. and h., styled Lukd Oarmichaf.l, 1701, till he sue. to the parage [S.], 20 Sep. 1710, was Col. of a Keg. of Dragoons In 17u6 ; Brig. Geu. in 1710. He m. Elizabeth, <la. of John (Maitland), 5th Earl of L.U'ukudale, by Margaret, only da. and h. of Alexander (Ciinninuham), lOtli Eaul of Glf.nc.ukn [S.] tied. 16 Ang. 1737. Will pr. 1737. His widow d. at Bath 27 Nov. 1753, aged 71. ill pr. 1753. III. 1737. 8. John (Caumiciiael), Earl of Hyndford, 8tc. [S.], a. and h., b. 15 March 1701, at Edinburgh; styled Loud Car.miciiakl from 1710 till he svc. to the peerage [S.], 16 Aug. 1737, having been sometime (1733] Capt. in the 3d Foot Guards; Rep. Pebh [S.J, 1748 (1 1 March) to (his death in) 1767 ; one of the Lords of Police [S.], 173S-68; High Commissioner to the gen. assembly of the Kirk [S.], 1739 and 1740 ; Lord Lieut, co. Lanark, 1730. He was a successful diplomatist ; was Envoy to the King of Prussia, during the invasion of Silesia, in 1741 and was greatly instrumental in effecting the treaty of Bresiau, 11 .Inn.' 1742. In reward he was uom. K.T., being invested (by the King of Prussia himself) 29 Aug. 1742, at Charluttenburg. (") Envoy to Russia, 1 ,"14-19, taking part in effecting the treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 7 Oct. 1748 ; P.O. and a Lord of the Bed- chamber, 1750 ; and finally, 1752 and 1704, Ambassador to Vien u. was Vicc- Admiral of Scotland, 1764. He m. firstly, Sep. 1734, Elizabeth, Dow. Ba!!ONKSS Rom- net, da. of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovkll, by Elizabeth (w: low of Sir John Nar- uorough), da. of John Hill, a Commissioner in the Navy. Six-, who was // 2 Nov. 1 692, in Prescot street, Goodman's Fields, Midx., was a Lady oi the Bedchamber to the Princess of Orange, and d. at the Hague 17 Nov. 1750 aged 59, bein« bur. the 30th at Crayford, Kent. He m. secondly, 22 Dec. 17.16 at Fulham, Midx., Jean, da. of Benjamin Viook, of Fulham. He d. s.p.s.( b ) at Carmichael House, near Thankerton, co. Lanark, 19 July 1767, in his 67th y*ar.( a J Admou. 1 Dec. 1769 to "Thomas Coutts, Esq.," princ. creditor. His widow survived him 40 years, and d. at Carmi- chael House, 8 Feb. 1807 in her 81st year. IV. 1767. 4- John (Carmichael), Earl of Hyndford, &c. [S.*], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of the Hon. William Carmhiiaei., of Skirling (rf. 29 Dec. 1759 in his 88th year) by his first wife Helen, only child of Thomas Craig, of Biccartoun, which William, was 2d s. of the 1st Earl. He was 5 May 1710; was a Member of the Faculty of Advocates, 1737 ; and sue. tn the peeraye [S.J 19 July 1767. He m. 16 Jan. 1749, Janet, 1st da. and h. of William Grant, of Preston Grange, co. Haddington, a Lord of Session [S.]. He d. s.p. at Edinburgh, 21 Dec. 1787, in his 78th year, and was bur. at Kirkurd, co. Peebles.p 1 ) His widow d. about 1818. Will pr. 1818. V. 1787. 5. Thomas (Caumiciiael), Earl of Hyndford, &c, [Si], cousin and h. male, being 4th but 1st surv. s. of iJnniel Carmiciiakl, of Mauldsley, co. Lanark [d. 25 Oct. 1765), by Emilia, da. of the Rev. John Hepburn, (") '' He received from the King of Prussia a Royal grant dak at Berlin 30 Sep. 1742, for adding to his paternal coat the Bogle of Silesia and this motto Ex bene merito, and this grant was ratified by a diploma from the Empress Queen, dat. at Vienna 29 Nov. 1742." [Wood's Douglas.] ( b ) His only child was a sou, Frederick, by his first wife, who d. of the small pox v.p. before his father's accession to the peerage) 13 Aug. 1736, being bur. the 15th at St. Clement Danes. ( c ) He had six sisters of whom three married. Sir John Anstruther. 3d Bart. [S.], was the s. and h. of the eldest. He d. 4 July 1799, aged 81, being heir of line of the Lords Carmichael [S ] His grandson and heir, Sir John, the 6th Bart. [S.] inherited in 1817 on the death of (the heir male), the 6th Earl of Hyndford [8.J, the Carmichael estates in Lanarkshire and took the name of Carmichael in addition to that of Anstruther. ( d ) jThe estate of Skirling, &c., went to his great nephew and heir, Sir John Gibson- Carmichael, grandson of his sister Helen, by John Gibson, of Durie, co. Fife.