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1714.] ARGYLL'S INSURRECTION, 1685. cix
beseeches an exoneration for all actings while in office, are in the handwriting
of a secretary. But the conclusion of the letter is holograph of the Duke
himself, in a feeble and tremulous scroll — " It was my right arme, wher I was
bled this day, which makes (me) use another hand." 1
The bodily ailments here alluded to were aggravated by his retirement,
and they proved to be the beginning of the end. Lauderdale lingered on in
disappointment and chagrin for two years, and died in August 1682.
Alexander, sixth Earl of Morray, who is alluded to by Lauderdale as his
successor in the office of Secretary, was on terms of intimacy with Lord
Tarbat. In a letter to his Lordship, dated 15th September 1684, Secretary
Morray writes that he values the correspondence of the latter as much as he
can express, and that he loves him, and desires to serve him ; and that the
King and Duke were extremely pleased with the accounts which Lord Tarbat
had given concerning Spence and Carstares. 2
Lord Tarbat had the chief management of the business of Scotland during
the remainder of the reign of King Charles the Second, and during the reign
of King James the Second. He was very active in opposing the invasion of
Scotland by the ninth Earl of Argyll. One of the measures adopted by the
Government for crushing that ill-fated expedition was the appointment of
the Marquis of Athole as Lord Lieutenant and Justiciary of the county of
Argyll. Several letters written by Lord Tarbat to the Marquis are printed
in this collection. 3 In a letter, dated 6th September 1684, Athole is informed
of the proceedings of the Privy Council. It is stated that " Argyl's letters,
now discovered, show a plaine, open, violent intended rebellion both in
1 Original letter in Invermay Charter-chest. of his grandfather, the Chancellor, who was a
A Prince of the House of Brunswick once greater. — [Biddell's Peerage Law, 1842, vol. i.
bluffly asked an Earl of Lauderdale if he was p. 217.]
descended of that great b — kg — d, the Duke 2 Letter, vol. i. p. 42.
of Lauderdale ? No, was the cool reply, but 3 Vol. i. p. 33, et seq.
beseeches an exoneration for all actings while in office, are in the handwriting
of a secretary. But the conclusion of the letter is holograph of the Duke
himself, in a feeble and tremulous scroll — " It was my right arme, wher I was
bled this day, which makes (me) use another hand." 1
The bodily ailments here alluded to were aggravated by his retirement,
and they proved to be the beginning of the end. Lauderdale lingered on in
disappointment and chagrin for two years, and died in August 1682.
Alexander, sixth Earl of Morray, who is alluded to by Lauderdale as his
successor in the office of Secretary, was on terms of intimacy with Lord
Tarbat. In a letter to his Lordship, dated 15th September 1684, Secretary
Morray writes that he values the correspondence of the latter as much as he
can express, and that he loves him, and desires to serve him ; and that the
King and Duke were extremely pleased with the accounts which Lord Tarbat
had given concerning Spence and Carstares. 2
Lord Tarbat had the chief management of the business of Scotland during
the remainder of the reign of King Charles the Second, and during the reign
of King James the Second. He was very active in opposing the invasion of
Scotland by the ninth Earl of Argyll. One of the measures adopted by the
Government for crushing that ill-fated expedition was the appointment of
the Marquis of Athole as Lord Lieutenant and Justiciary of the county of
Argyll. Several letters written by Lord Tarbat to the Marquis are printed
in this collection. 3 In a letter, dated 6th September 1684, Athole is informed
of the proceedings of the Privy Council. It is stated that " Argyl's letters,
now discovered, show a plaine, open, violent intended rebellion both in
1 Original letter in Invermay Charter-chest. of his grandfather, the Chancellor, who was a
A Prince of the House of Brunswick once greater. — [Biddell's Peerage Law, 1842, vol. i.
bluffly asked an Earl of Lauderdale if he was p. 217.]
descended of that great b — kg — d, the Duke 2 Letter, vol. i. p. 42.
of Lauderdale ? No, was the cool reply, but 3 Vol. i. p. 33, et seq.
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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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