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 SOMKRVILLE. 1S7 ruined. For this cause, probably, he never appeared at " the decreet of ranking " in 160H, in which this peerage is () [After his dentli this peerage remained dormant for above 100 years the heirs ytntral (who inherited none of the estates) taking no steps in the matter, while the heirs male (who possessed Drum, Ice), made no claim thereto, till after the extinction of the descendants of the ruined Lord("), they became heirs general. If, however, the peerage be considered as one in tail male( c ) the descent would be as below.] JX( d ) 1618. 9.(->) Hucn Somervii.i.e, of Drum, 2d br. and It, male, who, as such n«V, was possibly entitled to be Lord Somerville [SJ, but who never assumed that style. He, who was 6. about 1570, obtained from his father the lands of (Jilmarton. Drum, and Guttaris. of which he had a charter of confirmation, 3 Feb. 102'!. He m. Aug. 15iil (contract 23 June), Margaret, da. of Gaviu Hamilton, of Raploch. He d. at Drum, April 1640, in his 70th year, and was bur. at Libberton. His widow d. 2 March 1644. X(«) lG.'fi. /ft( d ) James Somerville, of Drum, 1st s. and h., h, i5.°6 : bap. at Carnwath. He, as h. male ftlio' not h. -general) of the first Lord, was possibly entitled to be Loud Somervii.i.e [S.J but never assumed that style. He was ed. at Edinburgh Coll. ; served with reputation in the French ind Venetian service, and obtained the rauk of Lieut. Col. He «i. (contract 5 April 1881, the lady being 11 years his junior), l.ilias, 2.1 da. of Sir James BannaTYNE, of Newhall, a Lord of Session. She </. Dec. 1675 aged 67, and was Bur. in the Abbey of Holyrood. He d. S Jan. 1677, at Holyrood house, aged SI, and was bur. in the Abbey there. Xl.('i) 1677, James Somerville, of Drum, only s. and li., or bap. Jan. 1632, at Ester church. He, as h. male of the first 1G82. Lord, was possibli/ in 1677, but after 16S2 (wheu he became heir general also) was undoubted! entitled to be LORD SOMER- VILLE [S ] He was one of the jury, who, at the trial of Campbell of Cessnock, in March 1684, complained of the Royal proceedings therein.f) He m. firstly, 13 Nov. 165], ^in Lashmehagoe kirk (contract 17 Sep., he in 19th and she iu 18th year), Martha.Ma! of (— ) Bannatyxe, of Corhouse,(s) by (— ), da. of (— ) he observed a cow and 10 sheep killed daily." [Wood's " Douglas."] It was sold in 1602 to the Karl of Mar. (") James, his only «., b. after 1602 ; d. v.p. aged about 12. Of bis three daughters (1) Mary, M, firstly (as his second wife) James (Sandilauds), 2d Lord Tohpicheu [8.1 by whom, who d. Aug. 1617, she had no issue. She is said (in Wood's "Douglas") to have »i. secondly William Douglas, of Pomphcrstoun, by whom she had one sou, Sir Joseph Douglas, who d- s.p. 16S2 (2) Margaret, m. Sir Humphrey Colquhouu, of Balvie, and rf. s.p. (3) [ — ] in. [ — ] Stewart, of Minto, and d. s.p. In 1682, therefore, it is presumed that the issue of the 8th Lord (among whom Would be the heirs general of the first Lord) became extinct. ('') Nisbet's " Heraldry," vol. ii, app. p. 264. (°) Inasmuch as the ordinary descent of the earlier Scotch Baronies is to heirs general it seems unlikely that this one should be an exception. The Lord Somerville who d. 1693, in his " Memorie " of his family (see p. 184, note " e ") does not appear to doubt of the succession being in the male line. See, however, p. 188 below, note C) These numbers are only accurate if the succession be taken as one iu tail male. {") According to the decision of the house 27 May 1723. (') He was the author of the " Memorie of the Soinervilles," see p. 184, note " e." ( g ) He speaks (in the " Memorie ") in the highest terms, of her " clear wit, prudence conduct and virtue, the pureuess of her complexion, the sweetness of her air, the stateliuess of her port," &o.