HISTOEY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



lace of Kelly, Mr H. D. Erskine, afterwards Earl 

 of Buchan, son of the Hon. Henry Erskine of 

 Amondell Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, and 

 nephew of the Lord Chancellor, Mr James Bruce 

 of Kinnaird, Mr Louis H. Ferrier, younger of Bel- 

 syde, Mr D. Monro Binning of Auchenbowie, the 

 Hon. George Abercromby, afterwards Lord Aber- 

 cromby, Mr William Murray, younger of Polmaise, 

 Sir James Dalyell of The Binns, and Captain Bobert 

 Dalyell, Mr Michael Nicolson of Carnock, Mr James 

 Russel of Woodside, the Marquis of Huntly, Major 

 Maclean of Ardgour, Captain the Hon. A. Murray, 

 Mr William Maxwell of Carriden, General Maxwell, 

 Colonel Maxwell, Mr Thomas Livingstone of Park- 

 hall, and Mr James Wilkie of Foulden ; also, within 

 the next few years. Sir James Biddell of Mount- 

 riddell, Captain, afterwards Admiral, William John- 

 stone Hope, B.N., Sir Charles Edmonstone of Dun- 

 treath, Mr James J, Hope Vere of Blackwood 

 and Craigiehall, and Sir Michael Shaw Stewart 

 of Greenock. 



At this time a race meeting was held at Stirling 

 annually in the autumn of the year, and with such 

 stewards as the Duke of Montrose, Lord Primrose, 

 Lord Kinnoull, Lord Doune, the Hon. George 

 Abercromby, Lord Elphinstone, and Mr Bamsay, 

 and with the hounds, by arrangement, hunting the 

 surrounding country, the meeting was no doubt 

 a popular one. The Linlithgow and Stirlingshire 

 Hunt Stakes " of five guineas each for hunters 

 bond Jide the property of the members qualified 



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