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 20 CARDROSS Privy Council [S.], on I2 Feb. 1680, accused him of misrepresentation, on which he emigrated to Carolina, in North America, establishing a colony there. He accompanied the Prince of Orange to England in 1688, for whom he raised a regiment of Dragoons; Col., Apr. i689.(^) P.C. [S.], and Gov. of the Mint to William III. He m., 3 Mar. 1671, Catherine, 2nd and yst. da. of Sir James Stewart, of Kirkhill, co. Linlithgow, sister and coh.C") of Sir William S. He d. at Edinburgh, 21 May 1693, in his 44th year. His widow d. at Edinburgh, Jan., and was bur. i Feb. 1725, in the Abbey Church of Holyrood there. IV. 1693. 4. David (Erskine), Lord Cardross [S.], s. and h., b. 1672. By the death of his cousin, William (Erskine), Earl of Buchan [S.], in 1695, he sue. to that Earldom. See "Buchan," Earldom of [S.], cr. 1469, under the 9th Earl. CARDWELL OF ELLERBECK VISCOUNTCY. I. Edward Cardwell, 1st s. of John C, of Liver- pool, merchant, by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Birley, I. 1874 of Blackburn, CO. Lancaster, was i^. 24 July 1 8 13. Ed. to at Winchester; matric. at Oxford (Ball. Coll.) 25 Mar. 1886. 1 831; Pres. of Oxford Union Soc. 1833 and i835;(<^) B.A., double first class, and Fellow of Balliol Coll., 1835; M.A. 1838; cr. D.C.L. 1863. Barrister (Inner Temple) 1838. M.P. (Conservative) for Clitheroe 1 842-47 ; for Liverpool (Peelite) 1847-52; and for Oxford City (Liberal) 1853-57, and i857-74.('^) Joint Sec. to the Treasury, 1845-46; Eccles. Commissioner 1852-82 ; President of the Board of Trade 1852-55; P.C. [G.B.] (sworn) 28 Dec. 1852; Ch. Sec. to the Lord Lieut, of Ireland 1859-61; P.C. [I.] 5 July 1859; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (with a seat in the Cabinet) 1861-64; Sec. of State for the Colonies, Apr. 1864 to July 1866; Sec. of State for War, Dec. 1868 to Feb. 1874, when he introduced various changes, aboHshing purchase in the Army, re-naming regiments, i^c. F.R.S. 18 Dec. 1873. On 6 Mar. 1874, he was cr. VISCOUNT CARDWELL OF ELLERBECK, co. Lancaster. He m., 14 Aug. 1848, Annie, da. of Charles Stuart Parker, of Fairlie, Ayrshire. He d. s.p., at "Villa Como," Torquay, Devon, in his 72nd year, 15, and was bur. 23 Feb. 1886, at (=') For a list of the principal persons in arms for the Prince of Orange, see vol. ii. Appendix H. V.G. C") Nicola, the other sister, m. Alexander (Cunningham), lOth Earl of Glen- cairn [S.]. (<=) For a list of peers who were presidents of the Union Soc. of Oxford or of Cambridge, see vol. iv, Appendix F. V.G. (<^) He lost his seat at the general election in 1857, but was re-elected (on the unseating of his opponent) the same year, after a contest with the novelist Thackeray. V.G.