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 STRATHMORE. 289 the Earl of Mar at Perth and was killed, unm.,( a ) 13 Nov. 1715, at the battle of Shariffmuir, IV. 171. r >. 4- Charles (Lyon), Earl of Strathmore and King- Hoiin, See. |8.]. br. and h, sue. to the peerage [S], 13 Nov. 1715. He l». in 172"), Susan, 2d da.i'q of ,l(.lin (Cot'llHANK), -J ttt E.Mir. op DUMDOtfAU) [S.] by Anne, da. of Charles (Minitw), 1st Kabl ok DuNMOBR [S.] He d. s.p. at Forfar, 11 May 1738, in consequence of an accidental wound on the Bth in a scutrje.i 0 ) Funeral entry in Lyon office. Adroon. 26 Feb. 1728/9. His widow m. 2 April 1745, at Castle Lyon, George FoBBBS, " her factor," who was Master of the Horse to Charles Kdward "the young rretender." She, who became a Rumen Catholic, d. ill a convent near Paris, 2 1 June or 9 Aug. 1751, or (possibly) in Oct. 1752. V. 172S. 5. James (Lyon-), Earl of Strathmorh and KiNGnonx, 4c. [S.], br. mill h. ; sue. to the peerage fs.], 11 May 172S; was in command of a company in Barrel's Foot, in 1732. He m. 6 March 1731, Mary, da. of Charles or Qeorge OUPBaSJ.C 1 ) M.D., sonictiine (1710-19) M. P. for Ayr. She, who wai b. 6 Aug. 1701, rf. at Edinburgh, 7 Sep. 1731, in her Slat year. He d. there s.p., 14 Jan. 1731/5. Admnii.(=) 20 Feb. 1731/5. VI. 1 7 3 5 . 6. Thomas (Lyon), Earl of Strattimore and King- hokn, &c, [SJ, yal. br. and h.( f ) He was M.P. for co. Forfar, 1734, till he sue. In the peerage fS.J, W Jan. 1734/5. He hi. 2.S July 1730', at Houghton-le- Spring, co, Durham, Jean (" worth A'20,000"), da. and h, of James NICOUOIf, of West liainton, in that county. He (/ at Glainis Castle, IS Jan. 1753.(8) His widow d. at Hetton, 13 aud was 6i3. 7. .Ions (Lyon, aflenoarSa Bowes), Earl of Stratii- mobk and KlKOBOBH, tic [S.], 1st s. and h., b. 1737 ; stijhd Loud QUIiri till he sue. to the peeroffe [S.j as above, IS Jan. 1753 ; Kei Peek [S.] from I Oct. 17ti7, till his death in i77tl. He m. 21 Feb. 1767, at St. Geo., Han. sq. (Lie. Pne.), Mary Kleauor la very rich heiress), da. and li. of George Bowes, of Strtatlam Castle and Gibside, co. Durham, by his second wife, Mary, da. of Edward Gilbert, of Pauls Wahlen, co. Hertford. By Act of Pari. 1767, he and she took the name of Boives (*) "When he found all turning their backs, lie seized the colours and persuaded fourteen, or some such number, to stand by him for some time, which drew upon him the enemy's fire ; ... he was' the young man of all lever saw, who approached the nearest to perfection. . . and his least quality was that he was ... a man of quality." [" Munoirs oj the Master of Sinclair," p. 227.] He, " being massacred outright in rebellion, by a dragoon, after his capture. . . Would (had not our old treason law been superseded by the English, in terms of Queen Anne's act), have heeu tried and attainted thro' the guise of his helpless remains, with the forfeiture of his honours aud estates- According to the cotemporary Master of Sinclair, a 'millstone' thus ' crushed a Brilliant.' " [" Riddel!," p. 757, note 3.] ( b ) See vol. iv, p. 6, note " b," sub " Galloway," as to her beauty and that of her sisters. (") James Carnegie, of Finhaven, was tried for this murder, but acquitted by the Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, 2 Aug. 1728. C) There is great confusion about her father's christian name. Stodart ("Scottish iron," 11., p. 41G) gives "her sei:c ijuurticrs, but not intelligibly." She d. 7 Sep. 1731, not in March 1731, as stated by Stodart. Ex. inform. M. J. Shaw-Stewart.] Her death in " Gent. Mai/." is given as at Edinburgh not (as in Wood's "Douglas") at Qlamis Castle. ( e ) In it he is (erroneously) described as "Bachelor" instead of "Widower." ( r ) He was the yst. of 6 brothers, who, all successively had (as is shewn in the text) 'wine the family titles of Glauiis or Ktrathruore, tho' in the case of the two elder it "ad been but a courtesy title. Such a succession is probably unique. ( 6 ) He obtained .£600 in lieu of his claim for £2,500 for the Constabulary of Forfar, under the act for abolishing heritable jurisdictions.