Earls of Middleton, Lords of Clermont and of Fettercairn

128 The Earls of Middleton.
of Middleton and his heirs male, whom failing, his
heirs male and assignees whatsoever, of the Barony
of Old Montrose, which had belonged to James
Marquis of Montrose, had been disposed by him to
John Graham of Fintrie, and by him to the Earl
of Middleton." x
August 30th, 1668, he was again present at a
committee for Tangiers. " Lord Middleton would,
I think," says Pepys, " have found fault with me for
want of coles, but I slighted it, and he made nothing
of it, but was thought to be drunk ; and I see that he
hath a mind to find fault with me and Creed, neither
of us having yet applied ourselves to him about
anything ; but do talk of his profits and perquisites
taken from him, and garrison reduced, and that it
must be encreased, and such things ; as, I fear, he will
be just such another as my Lord Tiviott, and the rest,
to ruin that place."
On October 12th, Lord Middleton sent a gentle-
man of his to Pepys, to ask about the payment of
the ;£iooo lately ordered to him upon the advance
of his pay as Governor of Tangiers. Pepys went to
Lord Middleton's lodgings to speak to him on the
subject, and there conversed with him for the first
time. He thought him a shrewd man, but a drinking
man, as the world said ; a man that had seen much
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