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on my cowl." Mr Winram did considerable service 

 to the cause of the Covenant during his residence 

 in England. He was one of the Commissioners 

 for the county of Edinburgh in the Parliaments of 

 1643 and 1649, and a member of the various com- 

 mittees of estate and war which were formed from 

 time to time. He was appointed colonel of one of 

 the regiments in the army ordered to be raised for 

 the defence of the country in February 1649, and 

 in the following month was sent by the General 

 Assembly to accompany the Commissioners from 

 the Estates appointed to treat with Charles H., 

 then in Holland, as to the terms on which he could 

 be allowed to assume the government of Scotland. 

 Mr Winram was a second time sent, in November 

 1649, as the bearer of a letter from the Estates 

 urging Charles to comply with their requests. He 

 was admitted as an Ordinary Lord, under the title 

 of Lord Liberton, on 22d June 1649, immediately 

 after his first return from the Continent. 



Lord Liberton took part in the Battle of Dunbar 

 on September 3, 1650, and was so severely wounded 



