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 366 BUCCLEUCH Tarras [S.]. This manlage was the cause of considerable dispute. The Countess d. s.p., in her 14th year, at Wemyss, 12 Mar., and was bur. 17 Apr. 1661, at Dalkeith. Her husband, who was b. 25 Dec. 1644, and attainted I G%^yhit restored in 1687,^. Apr. 1693, being ancestor (by Helen Hepburne) of the (Hepburne-Scotts) Lords Polwarth [S.]. See "Tarras," Earldom of [S.], cr. 1660. EARLDOM [S.] IV. BARONY [S.] V. 4, 5 and I. Anne, suo jure Countess of BuccLEUCH, i^c. [S.], only surv. sister and h.,(^) .. b. II, and bap. 18 F~eb. 1651, at Dundee, and served h. 17 Oct. 1661. On 20 Apr. 1663, she m., at the house of her stepfather (the Earl of Wemyss [S.]) in London, James (Scott, formerly Crofts), DUKE OF MONMOUTH, DUKEDOM rSl EARL OF DONCASTER, co. York, and "- ■-■ BARON SCOTT OF TINDALL, Northum- ^" ^"o3- berland, who had been thus cr. 14 Feb. pre- viously under the name of " Sir James Scott," having already assumed that surname in anticipation of this marriage. He was b. 9 Apr. 1649, being recognized as illegit. s. of Charles IL K.G. 28 Mar., inst. 22 Apr. 1663. On the day of his marriage (20 Apr. 1663) he was cr. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, EARL OF DALKEITH, and LORD SCOTT OF WHITCHESTER AND ESKDALE [S.], with rem. to the heirs of his body by Anne, Countess of Buccleuch, whom failing, rem. to the heirs of his body who shall succeed to the estates and Earldom of Buccleuch [S.]. The Duke's career, and his rebellion against his uncle, James II, are matters of history. He was attainted, and executed for high treason on Tower Hill, London, 15 July 1685, and was bur. in the chapel there, in his 37th year. See " Monmouth," Dukedom of, cr. 1663. His English dignities were of course forfeited, but the Scottish Peerages were not affected. The King granted to his widow her husband's real and personal estates in England, which else would have gone to the Crown. " She, after the attainder of her husband in 1685, made convey- ance of her estates and honours to their children nominatim, which the King authorized and confirmed (by a regrant upon the Duchess's resignation (16 Apr. 1687), under the sign manual in 1687, (17 Nov.) on record), but these were also rehabilitated the next reign in 1690, by an Act in that year.''^") She m., 2ndly (as 2nd wife), 6 May 1688, at St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, Midx., Charles (Cornwallis), 3rd Baron Cornwallis, her children by whom bore her surname of Scott. He, who was bap. 28 Dec. 1655, d. 29 Apr. 1693, and was bur. at Brome, Suffolk. The Duchess resided at Dalkeith House in a style of princely splendour, and d. 6 Feb. ij^^l'^j (^) See note " a " on previous page. (*>) Riddell, p. 766. By this means the question as to whether the father^ attainder would affect honours derived /raw the mother, would not be raised.