HERA 
the prefent and twelfth earl, defcended from Alexander, 
fecond fon of William, the fecond earl. 
Creation. —Earl of the county of Caithnefs, April 
29, 1456. 
Motto.—C ommit thy work to God. 
DOUGLAS (GEORGE), Earl of MORTON, and 
Lord Aberdour, in Fifelhinr; and Baron Douglas, of 
Lochleven; Knight of the Thillle, Lord Chamberlain 
of her Majefty’s Houfehold; born in 1759; fticceeded 
his father, the late earl, September 27, 1774. 
His lordlhip’s grandfather, James Douglas, fourteenth 
earl of Morton, married, firft, Agatha, daughter of- 
Halliburton, of Pitcur, efquire; by which Hdy he.had 
i(Tue, Charles, who died young; Sholto-Charles, the fif¬ 
teenth earl; James; George; Robert; Frances; Mary, 
married to Charles Gordon, fourth earl of Aboyne, and 
has iflue. His lordlhip married, fecondly, Bridget, daugh¬ 
ter of fir John Heathcote, bart. of Normanton, in Rut- 
landlhire, and had iflue by her, who died March 3, 1805, 
John, married to Frances Lafcelles, eldeft: daughter of 
Edward lord Harevvood, and has id'ue; of which his 
eldefi daughter married, April st, 1804, the honourable 
colonel William Stuart, fecond fon of John earl of Gal¬ 
loway. Bridget, born April 28, 1758, married the ho¬ 
nourable William-Henry Bouverie, brother of the earl 
of Radnor, and has ifiue. The earl, dying October 12, 
1768, was fucceeded by his fon, Sholto-Charles, the fif¬ 
teenth earl, who married Catharine, daughter of John 
Hamilton, efq. by whom he had ifiue one fon, George ; 
and dying September 27, 1774, was fucceeded by his 
only fon, George, the fixteenth earl. The prefumptive 
heir is James, the earl’s uncle. 
Creations.— Earl of Morton, March 14, 1457, and 
Baron Douglas, of Lochleven, in the peerage of Eng¬ 
land, Auguft 11, 1791. 
Residences. —Aberdour Caftle, Fifelhire.—Town- 
houfe, in Park-ftreet, Piccadilly. 
Motto.— Lockficker. —“ Be fure.” 
ERSKINE (DAVID-STUART), Earl of BUCH¬ 
AN, and Baron Cardrofs, of Monteith and Auchter- 
houfe, in the county of Perth ; fucceeded his father, 
December r, 1767 ;'married, Oflober 15, 1771, Marga¬ 
ret, daughter of William Frafer, of Fraferfield, efq. 
nephew to the late earl of Buchan. - 
David, the grandfather of the prefent earl, was the 
ninth earl of Buchan, and married, in 1697, Frances, 
daughter and foie heir of Henry Fairfax, of Hurd, in 
the county of Berks, efquire, eldefi fon of Henry, fecond 
fori of Thomas vifcount Fairfax, in Ireland, by whom 
he had ifiue, Henry-David, who fucceeded to the earl¬ 
dom ; Catharine-Anne, married to William Frafer, efq. 
fon of Alexander lord Saltoun, by whom Ihe had iflue, 
William Frafer, of Fraferfield, efquire, father of Mar¬ 
garet, who married her coufin, the prefent earl; and 
Frances, married to colonel Gardner, killed in the bat¬ 
tle of Preftonpans, in 1745 ; and alfo eight fons and five 
daughters, who died unmarried. His lordlhip married, 
fecondly, I fabella, daughter of fir William Blackett, bart. 
by whom he had no ifiue ; and, dying October 11, 1745, 
was fucceeded by his eldefi fon, Henry-David, the tenth 
earl, born April 16, 1710; married, Januai'y 31, 1739, 
Agnes, fecond daughter of fir James Stuart, of Coltnefs 
and Goodtrefs, baronet; by which lady, who died De¬ 
cember it, 1778, he had ifiue, 1. Anne-Agnes, died 
October 5, 1804. 2. David-Stuart, the prefent earl. 
3. Henry, married to Chriftiana, daughter of George 
'Fullafton, efq. 4. Thomas, who was advanced, Febru¬ 
ary 8, 1806, to the dignity of the peerage, by the title of 
baron Erlkine, of Refiormel Caftle, in Cornwall, fpeaker 
of the houfe of lords, and lord high chancellor of Great 
Britain. (See p.592.) 5. Ilabella, married to William- 
Leflie Hamilton, efq. who died October 1780, without 
ifiue ; and her ladylhip married, fecondly, the laft earl 
of Glencairn, who died, September 24, 1796, leaving his 
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countefs without iflue. Henry-David, dying December 
r, 1767, was fucceeded in the earldom of Buchan, and 
barony of Cardrofs, by his eldeft fon, David-Stuart, the 
prefent and eleventh earl,—The prefumptive heir is 
Hejiry, next brother to the earl. 
Creation. —Earl of Buchan, and Baron Cardrofs, of 
Monteith, in Perthlhire, 1469. ' 
Motto.—J udge nought. 
MONTGOMERY (HUGH), Earl of EGLIN- 
TON, and Lord Montgomery, of Skermoile and Coils- 
field, in.Ayrlhjre, and a Peer of the United Kingdom, 
by the title of Baron Ardroffan; fucceeded Archibald, 
tite late earl, October 30, 1796 ; married his coufin, 
Eleonora Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton, efq. 
Bower-tree-hill, in the county of Ayr; and has iflue, 
Archibald lord Montgomery^ heir apparent, a colonel 
in the army ; married, March 29, 1803, lady Mary Mont¬ 
gomery, eldeft daughter of Archibald, eleventh earl of 
Eglinton ; Roger, who died January 1799 ; Lilias, mar¬ 
ried to Dundas Macqueen, efq. and Jane. 
Alexander, the fixth earl of Eglinton, died in i66r, 
and left iflue the following fobs: 1. Hugh, the feventh 
earl. 2. Sir Henry Griften, who died without ifiue. 
3. James, a colonel in the army, who died in Ireland. 
4. James, of Coilsfiel,d, a colonel in the army, and pre- 
deceflorof the prefent earl. 5. Robert, a general in the 
army. Hugh fucceeded his father, as feventh earl ; 
married Mary, daughter of John earl of Rothes; and 
was fucceeded by his fon, Alexander, the eighth earl, 
who married Elizabeth, daughter of William earl of 
Dumfries; who was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, Alex, 
ander, the ninth earl; mah'ied, firft, to Margaret,daugh¬ 
ter of William lord Cochrane, eldeft fon of the earl of 
Dundonald, and had iflue two fons, who both died 
young, and four daughters; 1. Catharine, married to 
James earl of Galloway; 2. Grace, married to the earl 
of Carnwarth; 3. Eupheme, married to George Lock¬ 
hart, efquire; 4. Margaret, married to fir Alexander 
Maxwell, bart. His lordfliip married, fecondly, Anne, 
daughter of George earl of Aberdeen ; and had iflue, 
one daughter, Mary, married to fir David Conyngham, 
bart. His lordlhip married, thirdly, Sufanna-, daughter 
of fir Archibald Kennedy, bart. and had iflue, three 
fons and feven daughters, viz. James, died young; 
Alexander, the tenth earl; Archibald, the eleventh 
earl. The daughters were, Elizabeth, married to fir 
John Conyngham, baronet; Helen, married the honour¬ 
able Francis Stewart, fon of the earl of Moray; Sufan, 
married to John Renton, efquire ; Margaret, married to 
fir Alexander Macdonald, baronet; Frances; Chriftiana, 
married to Janies Murray, efquire; Grace, married to 
-Boyne, efquire. The earl, dying in 1729, was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his eldeft fon, Alexander, the tenth earl; who, 
dying unmarried, was fucceeded by his only brother, 
Archibald, the eleventh earl; who married, firft, Octo¬ 
ber 16, 1770, Jane, daughter of George, eighteenth earl 
of Crawford, who died in January 1778 ; and, fecondly, 
Frances, filler to fir William Twylden, bart. of Ray- 
don Hall, in Kent; and has ilfue, Mary, born March 5, 
1787, married, March 29, 1803, to Archibald lord Mont¬ 
gomery, fon of the prelent earl of Eglinton ; and Jane, 
who died November 16, 1805. The earl, dying in 1796, 
without male ilfue, the honours and eftates of Eglinton 
devolved upon the d,efeendants of the above-named co¬ 
lonel James Montgomery, of'Coilsfield, fourth fon of 
Alexander, fixth earl of Eglinton; who married, firft, 
Jane, daughter of William Primrofe, of Carrington, efq. 
and by her had ifiue two daughters; and, fecondly, 
Catharine Arbuckle, widow of John Bail lie, elquire ; 
by which lady he had ilfije a Ion, Alexander, of Coils- 
field, who married Lillias, daughter and-dieir of fir Ro¬ 
bert Montgomery, of Skehnorlie, and had iflue by this 
marriage; and, dying, was fucceeded by His eldeft fon, 
Hugh Montgomery, the prefent and twelfth earl. 
7 Q Creations. 
