Red and white book of Menzies

344 THE "RED & WHITE" BOOK OF MENZIES. [a.d. 1709.
Chieftain Alexander Menzies of Garth. He inherited the estates of
Garth, being served heir to his uncle, Alexander Menzies of Garth, 17th July 1703.
He sat in the Scottish Parliament of 1704.
Chieftain John Menzies of Cambo, in Edinburghshire, succeeded his
father in these estates. He sat in the Parliaments from 1690 to 1707.
Chieftain Captain James Menzies of Enouch sat in the Scottish
Parliament of 1702.
Chieftain Alexander Menzies of Culterallers. He succeeded to the
estates of parts of Culter, Woodlands, Wolfclyde, &c, Lanarkshire, in 1708.
WILLIAM Menzies, bailie of Lochmaben, was representative of Lochmaben
in the Scottish Parliaments from 1693 to 1702. He was appointed one of the
commissioners for the defence of the kingdom in 1696, and again in 1698
and 1700. His name is given in the last Scottish Parliament before the
Union, 1707.
Chieftain Sir William Menzies of Gledstanes. These estates lie near
Biggar, in the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, being part of the ancient possessions
of the Menzies' of Culter. Sir William Menzies, in the time of Queen Anne,
contracted with the Government for the Excise on Malt ; but in the first year
he experienced a dreadful famine, which destroyed the whole crops throughout
Scotland ; consequently, the revenue was far short of his contract. The Govern-
ment treated him and his family in the most tyrannical and unsparing manner,
which resulted in his complete ruin and the loss of his whole fortune, and drove
him out of Scotland to the Court of St Germain's to the exiled king. His
family, who remained, being greatly reduced in circumstances, were forced to take
the name of their estate — Gledstanes, afterwards changed to Gladstone. From
Sir William and his family traditionally descend Wm. E. Gladstone, ex-Prime
Minister of Britain. The records relating to transactions in the life of Sir William
would make a volume in itself.