Memorial as to the Ruthven peerage

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" tium est legitimis et propinquior hseres taillise et provisionis in
" generali diet, quondam Jacobi Domini Ruthven avi sui," in terms
of the Entail executed by him on 2nd May, 1775.
2. Upon the 20th December, 1792, the Procurator for "James, Lord
" Ruthven," " in the presence of the Lords Barons of His Majesty's
" Court of Exchequer," resigned the lands of Freeland and others
" hi the hands of James Montgomery, Esquire, Lord Chief Baron of
" His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, for himself and in the name of
" the remanent Barons thereof, as in the hands of His Majesty,"
" In favor and for new Infeftment " " to the said James now Lord
" Ruthven, eldest son of James Lord Ruthven, who was only son and
" the only child living of the marriage between James Lord Ruthven
" and the deceast Janet Lady Ruthven, daughter of William Nisbet,
" Esquire, of Dirleton."
3. Crown Charter of Resignation following thereon, dated 20th December,
1792, whereby the King gave, granted, and confirmed, " confeso et
" Dilecto nostro consanguineo Jacobo nunc Domino Ruthven, filio
" natu maximo Jacobi Domini Ruthven, qui filius solus erat et proles
" viven, ex maritagio, inter Jacobum Dominum Ruthven et demor-
" tuam Janetam Dominam Ruthven, filiam Gulielmi Nisbet, Armigeri
" de Dirleton."
4. Instrument of Sasine following thereon in favor of James, Lord
Ruthven, dated 19 th February, and recorded in the Particular
Register at Perth, the 30th March, 1793.
On the 25th June, 1847, an Act of Parliament was passed (10 and 11
Vict., cap. 52), " for the correction of certain abuses which have frequently
" prevailed at the Elections of Representative Peers for Scotland." Part of the
preamble of that Act thus refers to the Roll of Peers made up in 1707 : " And
" whereas an authentic List of the Peerage of the North part of Great Britain,
" called Scotland, as it stood the first day of May, 1707, was returned to the
" House of Lords the 22nd day of December, 1707, and entered into the Roll of
" Peers, by order of the House of Lords, on the 12th day of February, 1708, to
" which List sundry Peerages of Scotland have since been added by order of the
" House of Lords at different times, which List of the said Peerage is caUed at
" the Election of a Peer or Peers to represent the Peerage of Scotland in the
" Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland."
In terms of this Act a new Roll was prepared of the Peerage of Scotland,
in which Lord Ruthven is entered between Lords Rollo and Nairn.
James, fifth Lord Ruthven, was recognised as such by the Crown, and
exercised all the rights pertaining to the Peerage by voting at the Election of
Peers and otherwise. He enjoyed the title uninterruptedly till his death, in
the present year (1853), when he was succeeded by his only surviving sister,
MARY ELIZABETH THORNTON RUTHVEN, or HORE, Tbied
LADY or BARONESS RUTHVEN.
She expede a Service before the Sheriff of Perthshire, under the October,
designation of Lady or Baroness Ruthven, and this has been followed by 3853-
infeftment.