Genealogical account of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath

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Alexander in i66r. The sons of the above marriage became next in the line of succession,
but predeceased the last Earl, by whose death the titles became extinct in 1 758.
Note 58, Page 53.
Archibald, ninth Earl of Argyle, who was executed for high treason at Edinburgh in
1685, by his wife, Lady Mary Stewart, daughter to the Earl of Moray, had four sons and
three daughters, of whom the eldest, Archibald, was created first Duke of Argyle, and was
succeeded in his dukedom by his two sons, John the celebrated Duke of Argyle and
Greenwich, who left only daughters, and Archibald Earl of Isla, who left no children.
John, second son of the Earl, married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John eighth Lord
Elphinstone, by whom he had four sons — first, John, who on the death of his cousin
succeeded to the dukedom, married the Honourable Mary Bellenden, daughter of John
Lord Bellenden, from whom the present family is descended ; second, Charles, third Neil,
fourth William,— and six daughters, first, Mary, married James, second Earl of Rosebery,
from whom the present family is descended ; second, Anna, married Archibald Edmon-
stone, Esq. of Duntreath ; third, Isabella, married William Montgomery, Esq. of Rose-
mount ; fourth, Jean, married Captain John Campbell of Carrick, killed at the battle of
Fontenoy ; fifth, Primrose, married Simon Lord Lovat, who was executed for high treason,
and sixth, Elizabeth, died unmarried.
Note 59, Page 54.
The Harenes were an ancient family settled in Normandy before the Conquest. In
the Gallery des Croisades at Versailles is a picture of ' Le combat du Harene' under the
walls of Antioch. The story told by Monsieur de Condamines is, that the ancestor of the
Harenes le Comte de Condamines at the first crusade conquered the valley of the
Hauranne, and took the Princess of Antioch, to whom it belonged, captive, and then
married the Princess and took the name of ' Hauranne de Condamines.' It is problema-
tical enough.
The De Presle family is now represented by the Comte de Taucourt, who has
succeeded to the property of the De Presles in Normandy, being descended from another
branch of the Harenes. The Condamines were a third branch. They were considered
belonging to the ' Haute Noblesse' before the Revolution. A branch of the family came
to England and took the English name of Heryng or Herring, and obtained property in
Dorsetshire, of whom there is an account in Wiffen's Memoirs of the House of Russell.
There is no document to trace the connection of this branch with Roger Harene, but
himself came to England about the year 1 720, I apprehend, from a family tradition, one
of the victims of Law's Mississippi scheme. The Marquis du Presle, before the French
Revolution, was by name Harene, probably an elder branch of the same family. Benjamin,
Roger's son, purchased Footscray Place in Kent, which was again sold by his son Ben-
jamin to Lord Bexley.