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 i66 COMPLETE PEERAGE annandale BERRY [S.]. He was b. 1625, sue. his father in Mar. 1653, and was served h. to him I Oct. 1653. He was fined ;£2000 in 1654 under Cromwell's Act of Indemnity. M.P. for co. Dumfries in the Pari. [E.] 1654-56, as James, Earl of Hartfell. At the restoration he was made P.C., and having resigned his peerage honours to the King (the peerage of " Annandale, " cr. 1 625, having become extinct zs above), he received a grant of the Earldom OF Annandale, fsfc, 13 Feb. 1661 (with the precedency of the resigned Earldom of Hartfell, viz. 18 Mar. 1643), under the designation of" EARL OF ANNANDALE AND HARTFELL, VISCOUNT OF ANNAND, LORD JOHNSTON OF LOCHWOOD, LOCHMABEN, MOFFAT- DALE AND EVANDALE " [S.], with rem. to the heirs male of his body, rem. to the eldest heirs female of his body and the eldest heirs male of the body of such heirs female bearing the name and arms of Johnston, whom all failing to his nearest heirs whomsoever. He obtained a grant of the offices of Hereditary Constable of Lochmaben Castle and of Hereditary Steward of Annandale. He m. (cont. dat. 29 May 1645) Henrietta, da. of William (Douglas), ist Marquess of Douglas [S.], by his 2nd wife, Maiy, da. of George (Gordon), ist Marquess of Huntly [S.]. He d. 17 July 1672, aged 47. His widow d. i June 1673, aged 40. IV. 1672. 2 and I. William (Johnston), Earl of An- MARQUESSATE [S.l ^^^^^ ^^^u^T'^^k" '^^.^'/'"'^' ^"VI ■- -■ surv. (*) s. and h., b. 17 Feb. 1663/4, was ed. at I. 1701. the Univ. of Glasgow. After first plotting against James II and subsequently for him, he, in 1690, made terms with William III and was sworn P.C. [S.]. Extraord. Lord of Session 1693 till his death ; Pres. of the Council [S.] 1693-95, ^^'^ '5 M.3.Y 1702 to 28 Feb. 1705/6 ; and of the Pari. [S.] 1695; Lord Treasurer [S.] 1696-1705 ; Lord High Commissioner to the Gen. Assembly of the Church [S.] 1701, and again 1705 and 1711. On 24 June 1701 he was cr. MARQUESS OF ANNANDALE, EARL OF HARTFELL, VISCOUNT OF ANNAND, LORD JOHNSTON OF LOCHWOOD, LOCHMABEN, MOFFATDALE, AND EVANDALE, to him and his heirs male whomsoever. Lord Privy Seal 6 May to 15 Dec. 1702 ; K.T. 7 Feb. 1703/4 ; one of the Principal Secretaries of State 9 Mar. to 29 Sep. 1705. Though opposed to the Union, he was a Rep. Peer [S.] 1 708-1 3, and 1 71 5 till his death. P.C. [U.K.] 19 Apr. 171 1. Great Seal [S.] 1714-16. P.C. again on the accession of George I, 1714, and Privy Seal again 17 15 till his death. He was active in support of the Government during the rebellion of 171 5, at which time (and till his death) he was Lord Lieut, of Dumfries, Kircudbright and Peebles. He m., istly, 2 Jan. 1682, at Edinburgh, Sophia, only da. and h. of John Fairholm, of Craigiehall, CO. Linlithgow, by Sophia, da. of Joseph Johnston, of Hilton. She was b. Earldom of Hartfell is 18 Mar. 1643. That of the Barony of Johnston of Lochwood [S.] (by which title the 1st Earl was raised to the Peerage) is 20 June 1633. See Hartfell, " Earldom of [S.]. (°) His elder br., James, i. 17 Dec. 1660, d. an infant. V.G.