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ADDENDA, ■ 135
prefer any claim. His grace of Gordon
received the sum of seven thousand pounds
for these regalities,
His grace of Argyle received the sum of
£25,666 for the regalities of Argyleshire
and Tarbert, and for justiciar-general of the
Highlands, and all the Isles, which he also
received from the house of Stuart, by suc-
ceeding donations, wholly at the expence
of the family of the Isles, and its represen-
tative, by violation of the fundamental laws
of the realm, and rights of succession;
therefore, the nation should have saved that
sum also, as nothing was legally due to him.
His grace has also the sum of ,£30,000 to
account for, received from Sir Robert Wal-
pole, " to carry on the elections in Scot-
land, 1 ' which money was so laid out, that
the recommendations were against, instead
of for, the minister, and he was forced to
resign.
Some will say, the money was properly
laid out, considering the purpose for which
it was received. But if his grace disap-
proved of the business, or of Sir Robert's
measures, he should not have taken the
prefer any claim. His grace of Gordon
received the sum of seven thousand pounds
for these regalities,
His grace of Argyle received the sum of
£25,666 for the regalities of Argyleshire
and Tarbert, and for justiciar-general of the
Highlands, and all the Isles, which he also
received from the house of Stuart, by suc-
ceeding donations, wholly at the expence
of the family of the Isles, and its represen-
tative, by violation of the fundamental laws
of the realm, and rights of succession;
therefore, the nation should have saved that
sum also, as nothing was legally due to him.
His grace has also the sum of ,£30,000 to
account for, received from Sir Robert Wal-
pole, " to carry on the elections in Scot-
land, 1 ' which money was so laid out, that
the recommendations were against, instead
of for, the minister, and he was forced to
resign.
Some will say, the money was properly
laid out, considering the purpose for which
it was received. But if his grace disap-
proved of the business, or of Sir Robert's
measures, he should not have taken the
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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