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GEORGE FIRST VISCOUNT OF TAR BAT. [1630-
Revolution principles, and was made Secretary for Scotland in 1692. But
upon the passing of the bill for establishing the African Company in the
Scottish Parliament, he was dismissed from all his offices, and never restored
by King William. Queen Anne made him Lord Eegister in 1704, but he
retained the office for one year only. As it was then the most lucrative
office in Scotland, Secretary Johnstoun seems to have been aiming at it while
making the charges in his private letters to Mr. Carstares against the official
proceedings of Lord Tarbat. From the minuteness with which these charges
are detailed, it is quite possible that a sharp, critical eye like that of Mr.
Johnstoun, whose father had been Lord Eegister, may have detected some
irregularities in the proceedings of Lord Tarbat and his subordinates in office.
But these may have arisen from a difference of opinion between the two
officials as to the proper mode of transacting the public business, and not
from any criminal forging or falsifying of documents. So far as appears from
the Carstares Correspondence, no notice seems to have been taken by King
William of the charges privately made in the letters from his public to his
private secretary. Secretary Johnstoun is described as honest, but some-
thing too credulous and suspicious. 1 Whether his charges against Lord
Tarbat arose from credulity and suspicion, or from any other cause, they
cannot be held, while unsubstantiated, to affect the character and official
integrity of Lord Tarbat, who retired from office with the approbation of the
King, and a pension for life of £400 per annum. The Duke of Queensberry,
in writing to his Lordship, thus alludes to this grant : — " If his Majestie's
servants there " (London) " are not sensible of the value of my dear Tarbat
for their master's interest, I am sure that I have an advantage over them in
knowing his worth. The small things that were procured to your Lordship
from the King, I doe assure you, were very readily granted ; and he expresses
1 Carstares' State Papers and Letters, p. 93.
Revolution principles, and was made Secretary for Scotland in 1692. But
upon the passing of the bill for establishing the African Company in the
Scottish Parliament, he was dismissed from all his offices, and never restored
by King William. Queen Anne made him Lord Eegister in 1704, but he
retained the office for one year only. As it was then the most lucrative
office in Scotland, Secretary Johnstoun seems to have been aiming at it while
making the charges in his private letters to Mr. Carstares against the official
proceedings of Lord Tarbat. From the minuteness with which these charges
are detailed, it is quite possible that a sharp, critical eye like that of Mr.
Johnstoun, whose father had been Lord Eegister, may have detected some
irregularities in the proceedings of Lord Tarbat and his subordinates in office.
But these may have arisen from a difference of opinion between the two
officials as to the proper mode of transacting the public business, and not
from any criminal forging or falsifying of documents. So far as appears from
the Carstares Correspondence, no notice seems to have been taken by King
William of the charges privately made in the letters from his public to his
private secretary. Secretary Johnstoun is described as honest, but some-
thing too credulous and suspicious. 1 Whether his charges against Lord
Tarbat arose from credulity and suspicion, or from any other cause, they
cannot be held, while unsubstantiated, to affect the character and official
integrity of Lord Tarbat, who retired from office with the approbation of the
King, and a pension for life of £400 per annum. The Duke of Queensberry,
in writing to his Lordship, thus alludes to this grant : — " If his Majestie's
servants there " (London) " are not sensible of the value of my dear Tarbat
for their master's interest, I am sure that I have an advantage over them in
knowing his worth. The small things that were procured to your Lordship
from the King, I doe assure you, were very readily granted ; and he expresses
1 Carstares' State Papers and Letters, p. 93.
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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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