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bravely supported the cause of Charles II. He
raised a troop of horse at his own expense, and went
at their head to the battle of Dunbar, where he was
severely wounded, and all but five of his men slain.
He then assisted his brother Andrew to raise
another company, which he led with spirit equal to
his brothers, going with his men to Worcester,
and there was deputed to hold the bridge with the
assistance of another company, which he did long
and gallantly, " making the rebels flee before his
sword like swallows," until they forced before them
a large herd of cattle, which, pressing upon them,
broke their ranks, and many of his followers fell, and
he himself lost his leg. After the Restoration the
King made him postmaster of Newcastle, with a
salary of five hundred pounds a year. His brother
had new charter of Edgerston and Broundoun
baronies, with all towers, fortalices, manor-place,
mills, &c, ratified by Parliament in 1672. He was
father of Andrew Ruthirfurd of Edgerston, who
died unmarried, having executed a strict entail of
the estates, and of Thomas (styled of Wells before
he succeeded to Edgerston, — this property having
been regained by the Ruthirfurds).
Thomas Ruthirford, who was an Advocate by pro-
fession, obtained, during his father's lifetime, assign-
ment from Robert, last Lord Ruthirfurd, of the
residue of his estate, Scraisburgh or Hunthill,
erected into the Barony of Ruthirfurd, the
greater portion of their broad lands having been
disposed of by him to Sir John Scott of Ancrum.
With his lands Lord Ruthirfurd made over also the
reversion of his title (George Ruthirfurd, his cousin,
the next heir-male, having died without male issue),
and received an annuity from Edgerston to enable