Keppoch song
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SUPPLEMENT. 227
swered (for the Lord Advocate), that the
law was made with a view to the circum-
stances of the nation at the time, on the
accession of a new family to the throne,
on which account it was thought proper
to ivnitethe subjects to loyalty by extraor-
dinary encouragements, but these sanctions
were not intended to continue, or take
place, except with regard to the rebellion
which after followed. The title of the act
is for encouraging all superiors, &c. who
should continue loyal to his Majesty King-
George, and his present Majesty is not
the King George reigning at making the
act." Replied for Invercauld. " The
treasons mentioned in the act, continue
for the life of the pretender, &c." " Du-
plied by the Lord Advocate. The law
ought to be strictly interpreted, not only
as contrary to the common rules of law, but
as a trial of an expedient, which was found
not to answer, but to have bad effects, and
is since repealed, in case it did subsist.
nefit of the clan act not competent to any person who,, on any
occasion has proved disloyal.
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swered (for the Lord Advocate), that the
law was made with a view to the circum-
stances of the nation at the time, on the
accession of a new family to the throne,
on which account it was thought proper
to ivnitethe subjects to loyalty by extraor-
dinary encouragements, but these sanctions
were not intended to continue, or take
place, except with regard to the rebellion
which after followed. The title of the act
is for encouraging all superiors, &c. who
should continue loyal to his Majesty King-
George, and his present Majesty is not
the King George reigning at making the
act." Replied for Invercauld. " The
treasons mentioned in the act, continue
for the life of the pretender, &c." " Du-
plied by the Lord Advocate. The law
ought to be strictly interpreted, not only
as contrary to the common rules of law, but
as a trial of an expedient, which was found
not to answer, but to have bad effects, and
is since repealed, in case it did subsist.
nefit of the clan act not competent to any person who,, on any
occasion has proved disloyal.
P -2
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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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