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 488 CALLAN CO. Kilkenny [I.]. Rep. Peer [I.] 1 801-15, being among the first 28 so elected. He d. s.j)., 29 Oct. 1815, aged 63, when his Peerage became extinct. CALLENDAR or CALENDAR See " Livingston," [possibly " Livingston of Callendar,"] Barony [S.] {Livingston), cr. 1458. i.e. "Lord Livingston and Callendar" [S.](Zm«^j/o«),fr. 1600, with the Earldom of Linlithgow [S.] which see; forfeited 17 15. EARLDOM [S.] i. James Livingston, 3rd s. of Alexander (Living- ston), I St Earl of Linlithgow [S.], by Eleanor, da. I. 1 64 1. of Andrew (Hay), 7th Earl of Erroll [S.], having served in the wars in Bohemia, Germany, Holland, and Sweden, was, on his return home, made a Gent, of the Bedchamber to Charles I. Knighted before 1629. On 19 June 1633, he was cr. LORD LIVINGSTON OF ALMOND [S.] with rem. to " his heirs male for ever." In 1 640, he was Lieut. Gen. of the Scottish army, levied against the King, but subscribed, in 1641, the bond in the King's favour at Cumbernauld. On 6 Oct. 1 64 1, he was cr. EARL OF CALLENDAR, LORD LIVINGSTON AND ALMOND [S.]. On 28 July 1647 (misquoted, as 22 July 1646, in the patent of 21 Nov. 1660) he obtained a power, faihng heirs male of his body, to nominate his successor in this title, which power (during the usurpation), on 19 May 1657, and, again, on 7 May 1660, he appears to have exercised; the last nomination containing, it is said, an ultimate rem. to heirs male general; however (probably after resig- nation though none such is recited) he obtained another novodamus, 1 1 Nov. 1660, wherein the rem., failing heirs male of his body, was (i) to his nephew Alexander Livingston in tail male, (2) to Alexander Livingston, great-nephew of the grantee (being 2nd s. of his nephew, George, Earl of Linlithgow [S.]) in like manner, and (3) to Alexander Livingston, s. of Sir Alexander L. of Dalderse, deed., in like manner.(^) In 1644 he com- manded the forces against Montrose, fsPc. He was, however, well received by the King at Newcastle, in 1646, and in London, in 1647, when he was made Sheriff of the co. of Stirling. He was Lieut. Gen. of the Scottish army, raised, in 1648, to rescue the King, which, after having captured CarHsle, was routed at Preston, co. Lancaster, 17 Aug. 1648. The Earl fled to Holland, and was excepted in Cromwell's "Act of Grace." In 1660 he resigned his honours, obtaining a new grant thereof as abovementioned. (^) On 7 May 1660, i.e. some months previous to the patent, the Earl had (as above stated) executed a disposition of his estates and dignities in favour of the three persons abovenamed, but with a final rem. to himself "and his nearest lawful heirs male and assignees whatsoever."