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till PREFACE.
This praise of beauty was not without foundation. Isabella Gordon, the
Countess of George third Earl of Cromartie, was popularly styled " Bonnie
Bell Gordon," and it was the beauty of her family that Lovat extolled so
highly. Nor was it only in that generation that beauty appeared. The
features of the second Earl of Cromartie, as shown in his portrait, are cer-
tainly very handsome, and his second sister, Lady Elizabeth Mackenzie, who
was wife to Sir George Broun of Coalston, in East Lothian, was so very
beautiful, that whenever she appeared in the streets of Edinburgh crowds of
people actually followed her, in admiration of her beauty. She was the Lady
Coalston, who is reported, out of feminine curiosity, to have bit out a part
of the famous Coalston pear, and thereby caused the loss of a portion of the
Coalston property, which was previously held intact by the supposed charm
of the celebrated pear of fabulous antiquity. 1
In another letter to Lord Cromartie, Lord Lovat says — " My son has
taken a military freak : he is going, whether I will or not, with all of the
name of Fraser that are fitt for it, to join the adventureing Prince. You may
be sure, my dearest earl, this must affect me, because my son is the hope
of my family, and the dareling of my soul." 2
In a notice of the "Culloden Papers" which appeared in the "Edinburgh
Eeview," in February 1816, Lord Lovat is represented as a "feudal savage,"
" a brutal provincial tyrant," and a " monster." These are strong expressions
from the pen of a writer so graceful as Lord Cockburn, to whom the notice
is attributed. It is difficult to believe that this was the true character of
Lord Lovat, as his neighbours and friends in the highest position joined with
him in cordial intimacy and social friendship. His best biographer says
that he was a laced courtier welcomed by the first circles in Europe ; and as
a specimen of the different opinions formed of Lovat by his contemporaries,
1 Information by Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland. 2 Vol. ii. p. 313.
This praise of beauty was not without foundation. Isabella Gordon, the
Countess of George third Earl of Cromartie, was popularly styled " Bonnie
Bell Gordon," and it was the beauty of her family that Lovat extolled so
highly. Nor was it only in that generation that beauty appeared. The
features of the second Earl of Cromartie, as shown in his portrait, are cer-
tainly very handsome, and his second sister, Lady Elizabeth Mackenzie, who
was wife to Sir George Broun of Coalston, in East Lothian, was so very
beautiful, that whenever she appeared in the streets of Edinburgh crowds of
people actually followed her, in admiration of her beauty. She was the Lady
Coalston, who is reported, out of feminine curiosity, to have bit out a part
of the famous Coalston pear, and thereby caused the loss of a portion of the
Coalston property, which was previously held intact by the supposed charm
of the celebrated pear of fabulous antiquity. 1
In another letter to Lord Cromartie, Lord Lovat says — " My son has
taken a military freak : he is going, whether I will or not, with all of the
name of Fraser that are fitt for it, to join the adventureing Prince. You may
be sure, my dearest earl, this must affect me, because my son is the hope
of my family, and the dareling of my soul." 2
In a notice of the "Culloden Papers" which appeared in the "Edinburgh
Eeview," in February 1816, Lord Lovat is represented as a "feudal savage,"
" a brutal provincial tyrant," and a " monster." These are strong expressions
from the pen of a writer so graceful as Lord Cockburn, to whom the notice
is attributed. It is difficult to believe that this was the true character of
Lord Lovat, as his neighbours and friends in the highest position joined with
him in cordial intimacy and social friendship. His best biographer says
that he was a laced courtier welcomed by the first circles in Europe ; and as
a specimen of the different opinions formed of Lovat by his contemporaries,
1 Information by Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland. 2 Vol. ii. p. 313.
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| Description | Their kindred, country, and correspondence. By William Fraser. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable, 1876. With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables. 2 volumes: I. History of the earls of Cromartie. Cromartie correspondence, 1662-1705.--II. Cromartie correspondence, 1706-1774. The Cromartie charters, 1257-1499. The Cromartie patents of honour, etc., 1685-1861. Narrative by John, lord Macleod ... Of the insurrection in Scotland in the years 1745-6 ... Narrative by John, lord Macleod of his campaign in the seven years' war in Germany, 1757.--The Grandvale and Cromartie branch. The Royston branch. Baronies and castles inherited and acquired by George, first earl of Cromartie, 1654-1714. History of the family of Mackenzie, by Sir George Mackenzie, first earl of Cromartie. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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