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clxxxvi GEORGE FIRST EARL OF CROM ARTIE. [1630-
attend a very imposing array of the Archers, on the 1 4th of June 1714, on
the occasion of shooting for the Edinburgh arrow on the Links of Leith. The
Earl of Cromartie, as Captain-General, was upon the front, and in their march
through the streets of Edinburgh and Leith, all arrayed in their new uniform,
they received military honours from all guards and others. His letter of
resignation before referred to is so characteristic that the following extracts
from it may fitly close tins notice of Lord Cromartie and the Archers : —
He writes, — " If your generosity will not cutt me of, yet I think discre-
tion obliges me to slip of, so that for and in place of dissatisfaction, I may
have the pleasure to see you have a captain general worthy of so great an
honour. . . . My great esteem of this noble station I have evidenc'd in de-
mitting many, whilst I keep'd this. ... I need not tell you that, tho' absent,
yet with a friend or two this clay I will remember you ; for indeed you
cannot be forgott by him who is att once your old captain, your faithfull
friend, and most humble servant." l
The Earl of Cromartie was also a benefactor to the Eoyal College of
Physicians of Edinburgh. In June 1685 the Viscount Tarbat, as Clerk to
his Majesty's Parliament, Council, Eegisters, and Bolls, signed a ratification
of the privileges granted to them by their charter of 1681. In 1707, Lord
Cromartie presented to their library several volumes of the manuscripts of
his maternal grandfather, Sir George Erskine of Innerteil, chiefly on
Alchemy, in which Sir George was well versed, and held in great repute
for his knowledge of the occult sciences. An inscription by Lord Cromartie
on one of the volumes, gives an account of the way in which it came into
the possession of his ancestor.
I haveing found, by letters directed from one Dr. Politius (a Polonian or
Silesian) to my grandfather, Sir George Areskine of Innertile, brother to the Earle
1 Letter, vol. ii. p. 131.
attend a very imposing array of the Archers, on the 1 4th of June 1714, on
the occasion of shooting for the Edinburgh arrow on the Links of Leith. The
Earl of Cromartie, as Captain-General, was upon the front, and in their march
through the streets of Edinburgh and Leith, all arrayed in their new uniform,
they received military honours from all guards and others. His letter of
resignation before referred to is so characteristic that the following extracts
from it may fitly close tins notice of Lord Cromartie and the Archers : —
He writes, — " If your generosity will not cutt me of, yet I think discre-
tion obliges me to slip of, so that for and in place of dissatisfaction, I may
have the pleasure to see you have a captain general worthy of so great an
honour. . . . My great esteem of this noble station I have evidenc'd in de-
mitting many, whilst I keep'd this. ... I need not tell you that, tho' absent,
yet with a friend or two this clay I will remember you ; for indeed you
cannot be forgott by him who is att once your old captain, your faithfull
friend, and most humble servant." l
The Earl of Cromartie was also a benefactor to the Eoyal College of
Physicians of Edinburgh. In June 1685 the Viscount Tarbat, as Clerk to
his Majesty's Parliament, Council, Eegisters, and Bolls, signed a ratification
of the privileges granted to them by their charter of 1681. In 1707, Lord
Cromartie presented to their library several volumes of the manuscripts of
his maternal grandfather, Sir George Erskine of Innerteil, chiefly on
Alchemy, in which Sir George was well versed, and held in great repute
for his knowledge of the occult sciences. An inscription by Lord Cromartie
on one of the volumes, gives an account of the way in which it came into
the possession of his ancestor.
I haveing found, by letters directed from one Dr. Politius (a Polonian or
Silesian) to my grandfather, Sir George Areskine of Innertile, brother to the Earle
1 Letter, vol. ii. p. 131.
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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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