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 438 DOUGLAS Session [S.] 9 Feb. 1 63 8/9, C*) continued by Act of Pari. 13 Nov. 1641; suc- ceeded his br. in the command of the Douglas regt. in France 1646-53, but was in Scotland most of the time; High Chamberlain at the Coronation [S.] of Charles II, i Jan. 1651, by whom, 3 Apr. 1651, he was cr. EARL OF ORMOND, LORD BOTHWELL AND HARTSIDE [S.], with rem. to the heirs male by his 2nd marriagejC") but owing to Cromwell's invasion of Scotland, the patent never passed the Great Seal, and was therefore inept. He, like his father, was fined /^ 1,000 by Cromwell's Act of Grace, 1654. He w., istly (cont. Nov. 1629 and May 1630), Anne (dowry ;^48,ooo Scots), 2nd da. of Esme (Stuart), 3rd Duke of Lennox [S.], by Katherine, suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold. She, who was bap. at St. Anne's, Blackfriars, 23 Nov. 1614, d'. 16 Aug. 1646, in her 32nd year, and was bur. at Douglas. He »?., 2ndly, 26 Apr. 1649, ^'^ Wemyss, Jean, ist da. and h. of line of David (Wemyss), 2nd Earl of Wemyss [S.], by his ist wife, Jean, da. of Robert (Balfour), Lord Balfour of Burleigh [S.]. He d. v.p., 16 Apr.('=) 1655, at Edinburgh. His widow, who had a jointure of 12,000 marks, w., 11 Aug. 1659, at Edinburgh, George (Gordon), Earl of Sutherland [S.], who d. 4 Mar. 1702/3, aged 70. She d. Jan. 17 14/5, nearly 66 years after her first marriage.] II. 1660. 2. James (Douglas), Marquess of Douglas, Earl OF Angus, fsfc. [S.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Archibald Douglas, styled Earl of Angus, by Anne, his ist wife above- named. He was b. 1646; styled Earl of Angus from 1655 till 1660; P.C. to Charles II and James II. He m., istly (cont. dat. 7 Sep. 1670), at Edinburgh, Barbara, ist da. of John (Erskine), Earl of Mar [S.], by his 2nd wife, Jean, da. of George (Mackenzie), Earl of Seaforth [S.]. She was separated from him Feb. i68i,('^) and d. Aug. 1690, at her mother's house. He m., 2ndly (cont. dat. 13 Dec. 1692), at Newbattle Abbey, Mary, 3rd da. of Robert (Kerr), ist Marquess of Lothian [S.], by Jean, da. of Archibald (Campbell), Marquess of Argyll [S.]. He d. at Douglas, 25 Feb., and was bur. there privately i Mar. 1699/ 1700, in his 54th year.(^) His widow, who was bap. Oct. 1674, at Newbattle, d. slain 21 Oct. 1645, at the siege of Douai, and was bur. at St. Germain des Pr^s, Paris. M.I., where his age is given as 27. (^) Not 1 63 1, as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G. C') Archibald Douglas, his 1st s. by his 2nd wife, who would have inherited these titles, was cr., 2 Oct. 1 661, Earl of Forfar, Lord Wandell and Hartside [S.], with the precedency of the patent of 165 I. These titles became extinct at the death of the 2nd Earl of Forfar in 17 15. V.G. (') Not Jan., as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G. (^) The separation was the subject of the ballad "O waly, waly, up the bank." V.G. (^) He sold the Barony of Tantallon and other estates. G.E.C. He appears to have been morose and peevish, and incapable of managing his affairs, for which purpose he was induced, a few years before his death, to appoint a commission. V.G.