5I(> ANEC. OF THE tATE E.4RL OF ERROL. N.OV. 9, 



cline was great, and perceptible to all who faw him. 

 Still, however, the beneficence of his mind continued 

 unabated ; — nor did his chearfulnefs of difpofition for- 

 fake him; till at lafl: he funk to reft, on the 3d day of 

 June 1778, i« the hfty-tiiird year of his age, leaving 

 not one enemy behind him. 



In this flight fketch biographical accuracy has not 

 l>een aimed at. The few following fails and dates it 

 may prove fatisfaftory to fome to know. James, Earl 

 of Errol, was born April 20th, O. S. 1726. — He was 

 educated firfl at the fchool of Dalkeith, and afterwards 

 at the Univtrfity of Glafgow. He married, ift, Re- 

 becca Lockhart, daughter of Alexander Lockhitit of 

 Craig-houie, Eiq. September 15, 1749. She died May 

 ifi;, 1 761, leaving ifTue one daughter. He married 2d, 

 Ifabella Carr, daughter of William Carr of Etal, Efq; 

 Auguft 3d 1762, who furvived him, and is flill in lite, 

 by whom he had three fons and nine daughters. 



Addii'ional Remarks on the Poetry of Biichntiatu 



( Cor.t'tr.si:J from p. ij')-J 



X o write a regular criticifm on the poetical works of 

 Buchanan, or to give even but a faint idea of the won- 

 derful variety of their contents and beauties would re- 

 quire a large volume. They were puhlifhed at very 

 different times, and a confiderable part of them did not 

 appear in print till long after his death. No author 

 appears to have beftowcd more attention in the compo- 

 fuion of his writings ; but if we except his verfion of 

 the Pfalms, few feem to have bellowed lefs care upon 

 their publication. It has been faid, that negligence and 

 modefly are the common attendants of true genius. — 

 The example of Buchnnnn,'at leaft in his character as 

 a poi:t, may be adduced to juftify this maxim. The 

 reader may be amufed by a lliort account of each of 



