Rutherfurds of that Ilk, and their cadets

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band off his hat as he came out of church, with a
handsome compliment to his eloquence— a relic
preserved with much veneration by his daughter's
family, which suffered so severely for their loyal
devotion to the cause of the Stuarts.
The last male descendant of Walter of Capehope
was David, his grandson, who married Margaret
Ruthirford, daughter of Robert Ruthirford of Fair-
nilee, and left a daughter, Elisabeth, married as first
wife to Walter Scott of Wauchope, but died without
issue. This lady, like her Aunt Alison (Mrs. Cock-
burn), was much distinguished in the literary circles
of Edinburgh for her talents both as a writer and
conversationalist. Misconceptions have arisen re-
specting the two David Ruthirfords ; her father,
styled of Capehope, even after Lyalrods and Huntlie-
dene (or Greenhills) had passed from the possession
of the family, having been mistaken for her half
brother David, the eldest son of Robert Ruthirford
of Fairnilee by his first wife, who was also called of
Capehope, after his father settled upon him the lands
there, which he acquired from Robert Lord Ruthir-
furd in 1698. ? ovv
Ruthirfurd of Capehope.
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