Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

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fones, David and James Douglaffes. David fucceeded to his uncle
Earle Archbald, who dyed without aires male, he was Earle of Angus
not above a year. David married Elifabeth Hamilton, daughter to
John Hamilton, called John of Cliddefdale, brother-gerinan to James
Duke of Chaftelheraut, Governour ; fhe had to him a fone Archbald,
who alfo was Earle of Angus after his father, and tuo daughters,
Margaret Douglas, firft lady Balcleuch, then Comtefs of Bothwell.
Margaret had to her firft hufband, called Sir Walter Scot of Balcleuch,
a fone Walter Scot, married to a daughter of Ker of Sefffoord ; Walter
was a Collonell in Holland, and created a Lord of Parliament by King
James the Sixth, upon the 17th of May 1606. He was father to Wal- 1606.
ter firft Earle of Balcleuch, married to Hay, daughter to Francis
Earle of Errol, who did bear to him Francis, laft Earle of Bucleuch,
father to the prefent Duches of Balcleuch. Sir George Douglas of Pit-
tendrich his fecond fone, James Douglas, married the Earle of Mor-
ton's third daughter, who was alfo Douglas, and in her right was made
Earle of Morton by provifion ; her elder lifters being married before,
one of them to Duke Hamilton the Governor, and the other to the
Lord Maxwell.
James Douglas Earle of Morton was Chancellor of Scotland, and a
zealous promotter of the Reformation. He did enter in great frindfhip,
and run all hazard with James Earle of Murray, and after the Regency
of Murray, Lennox, and Marre, Morton was chofen Regent to the
young King in the year 1572 ; which office he demitted again in the 15J2.
year 1577> that the King might take the goverment in his own hands ; 1577.
bot in the year 1580 he was accufed by Captaine James Stuart, fone 1580.
to the Lord Ochiltree, for being airt and pairt of the murther of the
late King Henrie. James Stuart the accufer was foone after preferred
to be a privie councellor, Barron of Bothwellhaugh, Lord Hamilton,
Earle of Arran, and Captaine of the Kings Guard ; and Morton by ane