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RIGHT REVEREND BISHOP KEITH. XIV
a similar position. He was the eldest son of William sixth
Viscount of Kenmure by the only sister of the Earl of Oarn-
wath. The Viscount was attainted, forfeited, and beheaded
on Tower Hill, in February 1716, for the Enterprize of 1715.
The Master of Nairn appears to have been the eldest son of
the Hon. John Nairn, the eldest son of Lord William Mur-
ray, fourth son of John first Marquis of Atholl, who suc-
ceeded the first Lord in 1G83. Both father and son were
taken prisoners at Preston in November 1715, were attainted
and forfeited in 1716, and the former sentenced to be be-
headed; but he was respited, and afterwards pardoned. The
Earl of Panmure also appears on Bishop Keith's list of sub-
scribers. This must have been the Hon. Harry Maule
of Kelly, otherwise Auchterlony, in the parish of Arbir-
lot, near Arbroath. He was the youngest son of George
second Earl, and brother of the third and fourth Earls,
the latter of whom he rescued when taken prisoner at the
battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. The Hon. Harry Maule,
who died at Edinburgh in 1734, is described as a gentle-
man " spending much of his time in the study of the laws,
history, and antiquities of his country.' 11 Another name
appears on the list, which is thus printed — " Right Hon.
the Earl 31 V This was George Keith tenth Earl
Marischal, to whom Bishop Keith was preceptor, and who was
attainted and forfeited for engaging in the Enterprize of
1715, though he was always designated the Lord Marischal.
He was the intimate friend of Frederick III. of Prussia.
His brother, the Hon. James Keith, the celebrated Field-
Marshal Keith in the Prussian Service, appears also as a sub-
scriber to the Bishop's "History." In the List is the name
of the " Bight Hon. the Marquis of Seaforth." The Noble-
man so designated was William fifth Earl of Seaforth, who
was attainted and his estates forfeited for the Enterprize of
1715. His father Kenneth, fourth Earl, followed King James
II. to France after the Revolution, accompanied him to
Ireland, was created Marquis of Seaforth, and died in 1710
at Paris. The other Noblemen who patronized the Work
were not implicated in the Affair of 1715. Those were the