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sent from the nobility to London, with Sir James
Montgomery, and Sir John Dalrymple, from the Barons
and Burghs, to offer the Crown of Scotland, in name
of the Convention of Estates, to William and Mary,
and to tender them the coronation oath, and after-
wards sent for their service a regiment to Flanders, of
which all the officers were of his own name and family.
He presented to their Majesties the Act of Settlement,
and having taken their oath in the Scotch form, pro-
claimed them King and Queen of Scotland, 11th April,
1689. He was admitted one of the Privy Council 1st
May, 1689, a Lord of Treasury, anno 1690, and after-
wards appointed Colonel of the Scotch G-uard of Horse,
Heritable Master of the King's Household in Scotland,
and a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
In the reign of Queen Anne, he was one of the Commis-
sioners appointed for uniting the two nations. He was
married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Lionel Talmash
in Suffolk, Baronet, sister to the Earl of Dysart, and
had issue two sons and a daughter.
1st. John, second Duke of Argyll and Duke of
Greenwich, his successor.
2nd. Aechibald, Earl of Islay, and third Duke of
Argyll.
3rd. Lady Ann, married to James, second Earl of
Bute, by whom she left two sons, and four daughters.
John and James ; Mary, married to Sir Kobert Menzies,