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1714.] DEATH OF LORD C ROM ARTIE, 1714. clxxiii
cation of the sevnth day of evry week by Moses law, the first day of ilk week by-
apostolick and ecclesiastick practice. Calvin thought that the specification of the
day, tho' lawfull, by comeing to be judged necessar and a condition of Christian
vnity, was become a superstition, and therfore he wisht that it might be changed
to another day of the week, that so a tyme, according to the law of nature and
end of . . . [end]. 1
Worn out with long and assiduous service in many important offices,
Lord Cromartie retired to his native county of Eoss, where, in the ancient
castle of Milnton, the former seat of the Monros, and which had been created
by him into another New Tarbat, he died, on Friday, the 27th of August
1714, in the 84th year of his age. In a contemporary letter, which men-
tions the event, it is stated that upon hearing of the death of the Queen
he shut himself up in his closet for three hours, was very melancholy when
he came out, went to bed, and never rose again. He had become extremely
weak before. 2
Lord Elibank writes that everybody will regret the death of Lord Crom-
artie who was so happy as to be acquainted with him ; and the Earl of Mar
heartily condoles with the second Earl of Cromartie on the loss of his good
friend. 3 The Earl of Seaforth, the chief of the Mackenzie family, expresses
his regret for the death of his cadet, who was also his granduncle. 4
Dr. George Mackenzie, who afterwards became the historian of the Mac-
kenzie family, thus expressed himself on the death of Lord Cromartie, in a
letter, without address, but written apparently to the second Earl : —
Edinburgh, September 27, 1714.
My Lord, — I cannot express how much I am grived for the loss of your
Lordship's father, my noble and worthy friend ; but if it please God that I live
but a few years, I am hopeful to make known to the world the grateful acknow-
1 Original, holograph of Lord Cromartie, at Tarbat House.
2 Letter of 2d September 1714, vol. ii. p. 154.
3 Letter, vol. ii. p. 155. 4 Ibid. p. 157.
cation of the sevnth day of evry week by Moses law, the first day of ilk week by-
apostolick and ecclesiastick practice. Calvin thought that the specification of the
day, tho' lawfull, by comeing to be judged necessar and a condition of Christian
vnity, was become a superstition, and therfore he wisht that it might be changed
to another day of the week, that so a tyme, according to the law of nature and
end of . . . [end]. 1
Worn out with long and assiduous service in many important offices,
Lord Cromartie retired to his native county of Eoss, where, in the ancient
castle of Milnton, the former seat of the Monros, and which had been created
by him into another New Tarbat, he died, on Friday, the 27th of August
1714, in the 84th year of his age. In a contemporary letter, which men-
tions the event, it is stated that upon hearing of the death of the Queen
he shut himself up in his closet for three hours, was very melancholy when
he came out, went to bed, and never rose again. He had become extremely
weak before. 2
Lord Elibank writes that everybody will regret the death of Lord Crom-
artie who was so happy as to be acquainted with him ; and the Earl of Mar
heartily condoles with the second Earl of Cromartie on the loss of his good
friend. 3 The Earl of Seaforth, the chief of the Mackenzie family, expresses
his regret for the death of his cadet, who was also his granduncle. 4
Dr. George Mackenzie, who afterwards became the historian of the Mac-
kenzie family, thus expressed himself on the death of Lord Cromartie, in a
letter, without address, but written apparently to the second Earl : —
Edinburgh, September 27, 1714.
My Lord, — I cannot express how much I am grived for the loss of your
Lordship's father, my noble and worthy friend ; but if it please God that I live
but a few years, I am hopeful to make known to the world the grateful acknow-
1 Original, holograph of Lord Cromartie, at Tarbat House.
2 Letter of 2d September 1714, vol. ii. p. 154.
3 Letter, vol. ii. p. 155. 4 Ibid. p. 157.
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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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