History and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns

F1NHAVEN — THE "FALSE" CARNEGY OF 1715. 161
liament of 1703, and, unlike his nephew of Northesk, was a strong
opponent of the Union. He had a family of sons and daughters ;
one of the latter was married to Lyon of Auchterhouse, a cadet
of the noble family of Strathmore, and another to Sir John
Ogilvy of Inverquharity. Of the eldest son, Charles, we have
learned nothing ; but the youngest succeeded his father, with
consent of his brother, and had charters of the barony of Fin-
haven in 1710, and bore a conspicuous, though far from com-
mendable, part in the stirring movements of " the fifteen."
He was at one time an ardent supporter of the Stuarts,
and, although admitted as a confidant in their cause, afterwards
sided with the Hanoverians, and thus gained so unenviable a
notoriety that his conduct has formed the theme of more deroga-
tory Jacobite ditties than one. In the ballad of Sheriffmuir he
is represented as " the best flyer" from the field, and is openly
impeached in the song which follows as having been bought over
by the Government. The latter verse refers to the ejection of
the Rev. Mr. Grub, the last Episcopalian minister of Oathlaw ;
and, since it is recorded that he was "never admitted to the
parish by any Church judicatory," it is probable, from the pointed
allusion in the ballad, that he had been originally of Carnegy's
choice, though he supported the subsequent induction of Mr.
Anderson, a Royalist. The song is quaintly entitled
%)e fotnna he CSufott frg 0le.
O heavens, he's ill to be guidit,
His colleagues and he are dividit,
Wi' the court of Hanover he's sidit — ■
He winna he guidit by me.
They ca'd him their joy and their darling,
Till he took their penny of arling ;
But he'll prove as false as Macfarlane : —
He winna be guidit by me.
He was brought south by a merling,
Got a hundred and fifty pounds sterling,
Which will make him bestow the auld carlin : —
He winna be guidit by me.
He's anger'd his goodson and Fintry,
By selling his king and his country,
And put a deep stain on the gentry : —
.He'll never be guidit by me.
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