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1714.] LOCKHART OF CARNWATH. clxxxi
rely'd upon or valu'd ; yet he had a great interest in the Parliament with many
of the northern members. Tho' his brother, Mr. Eoderick Mackenzie of Preston-
hall, was not altogether so chymerical as his Lordship, yet in their politicks they
seldom differed ; but he still pretended a greater zeal for the service of the Eoyal
Family than his Lordship did, tho' both proved alike faithful at the latter end." 1
Lockhart's lives of Scottish statesmen who entertained opinions different
from his own are all drawn in unfavourable colours. He was as much opposed
to the Union as Lord Cromartie was favourable to it ; and this divergence of
opinion on so vital a question was enough to induce Lockhart to misrepresent
Lord Cromartie. The long experience of the Union has proved that Lord
Cromartie's views about it were more sound than those of Lockhart, who
entertained the opinion that the Treaty of Union would be repealed. The
latter was an uncompromising Jacobite, and as Lord Cromartie did not con-
tinue to act with that party after the abdication of King James the Seventh,
but took office under his successors, these acts were enough to insure a cari-
cature from so keen a Jacobite as Lockhart.
He was supposed to be engaged in the plot for an invasion of Scotland
on behalf of King James in the year 1708. In a letter to the first Duke of
Montrose, Lord Cromartie suggests the best course for opposing the threatened
invasion ; and of all that he then writes, he says that he did, by a second sight,
forewarn the Duke of Marlborough in a letter above fourteen days previously.
He concludes his letter with a poetic verse upon the supposed author of the
plot : —
" But out stept ane old knight,
Call'd Lockhart of the Lie ;
And he did swar —
A step he would not flee." 2
The satirical portion of Carnwath's character of Lord Cromartie is easily
explained by the antagonistic positions which they occupied, and the keen
1 The Lockhart Papers, edition 1S17, vol. i. pp. 74-5. - Letter, vol. ii. p. 62.
rely'd upon or valu'd ; yet he had a great interest in the Parliament with many
of the northern members. Tho' his brother, Mr. Eoderick Mackenzie of Preston-
hall, was not altogether so chymerical as his Lordship, yet in their politicks they
seldom differed ; but he still pretended a greater zeal for the service of the Eoyal
Family than his Lordship did, tho' both proved alike faithful at the latter end." 1
Lockhart's lives of Scottish statesmen who entertained opinions different
from his own are all drawn in unfavourable colours. He was as much opposed
to the Union as Lord Cromartie was favourable to it ; and this divergence of
opinion on so vital a question was enough to induce Lockhart to misrepresent
Lord Cromartie. The long experience of the Union has proved that Lord
Cromartie's views about it were more sound than those of Lockhart, who
entertained the opinion that the Treaty of Union would be repealed. The
latter was an uncompromising Jacobite, and as Lord Cromartie did not con-
tinue to act with that party after the abdication of King James the Seventh,
but took office under his successors, these acts were enough to insure a cari-
cature from so keen a Jacobite as Lockhart.
He was supposed to be engaged in the plot for an invasion of Scotland
on behalf of King James in the year 1708. In a letter to the first Duke of
Montrose, Lord Cromartie suggests the best course for opposing the threatened
invasion ; and of all that he then writes, he says that he did, by a second sight,
forewarn the Duke of Marlborough in a letter above fourteen days previously.
He concludes his letter with a poetic verse upon the supposed author of the
plot : —
" But out stept ane old knight,
Call'd Lockhart of the Lie ;
And he did swar —
A step he would not flee." 2
The satirical portion of Carnwath's character of Lord Cromartie is easily
explained by the antagonistic positions which they occupied, and the keen
1 The Lockhart Papers, edition 1S17, vol. i. pp. 74-5. - Letter, vol. ii. p. 62.
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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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