Earls of Middleton, Lords of Clermont and of Fettercairn

Charles, Second Earl of Middleton. 291
if her sister Catherine married Sir John Gifford. It
would seem from these lines that she was not a
favourite with her father.
A MADEMOISELLE MIDDLETON.
" Qui voit Flore en sa saison
Voit la belle Middleton.
Le ciel qui la fit
Lui mit dans l'esprit
L'exemple de sa mere,
Mais par malheur lui defendit
Les penchans de son pere. " (Bis. )
Translation.
' ' Who the fair Middleton doth view,
Sees Flora in her brightest hue.
Good Heaven placed within her mind
Th' example of her mother kind,
But, alas ! refused to move
Like portion of her father's love. "
In another song, to commemorate a voyage under-
taken by the king, princess, and the ladies of her
Court, to Pontalie, the estate of the Countess of
Grammont (Hamilton's sister), he thus speaks of
the latter : —
" B Gifford et Mademoiselle
Ploydon .....
Et vous, attraits naissans de Laure,
Fraiche et brillante Middleton,
Que 1' Amour pi enait pour 1' Aurore.