HERALDRY. 
married Helen Middleton, daughter of John earl of 
Middleton ; and by her had illue, John, the fourth earl; 
and Patrick; Grizel, who married Davyd Ogilvy, third 
earl of Airley; and Elizabeth, married to Charles Gor¬ 
don, Tecond earl of Aboyne ; and, after his deceafe, to 
Patrick, third lord Kinnaird. Patrick, on his death, in 
1695, was fueceeded by John, the fourth earl, who was 
of' the privy council to'queen Anne; he married Eliza¬ 
beth Stanhope, daughter of Philip, fecond earl of Chef- 
terfield, and had ilfue, John, the fifth earf; Charle.s, 
James, and Thomas, fuccefiive earls; and two daugh¬ 
ters, of whom Helen married Robert Stewart, feventh 
lord Blantyre j and Mary, who died in 1767. The earl, 
Oh his-death, was fueceeded by his fon John, the fifth 
earl, who was killed at the battle of Dumblain. Charles, 
his brother, and fixth ear], fueceeded, and married Sufan 
Cochrane, daugjifer of John, fourth earl of Dundonald ; 
but having been accidentally killed at Forfar, in 1728, 
by James Carnegy, of Fainhaven, was fueceeded by his 
third brother, James, .the feventh earl; who dying 
without ilfue, in 1735, was fueceeded by Thomas, the 
eighth earl. v 
Tliomas, the eighth earl of Strathmore, married Jane„ 
daughter ot James Nicholfon, efquire; by which lady, - 
who died May 13, 1768, he had ilfue, John, the ninth 
earl ; James-Philip, born in 1738 ; i homas, who had re¬ 
taken the name of Lyon, and died in 1796 ; Sufan, who 
married general John Lambton, and had ilfue, William- 
Henry. Lambton, who died at Pifa, in January 1798, 
having married Anne, daughter of George earl of Jer- 
fey, and had ilfue two fons and three daughters ; and 
his widow married, fecor.dly, the honourable Charles 
Wyndham, brother to George earl of Egremont. Anne, 
married, in July 1768, John Simpfon, efq. and died in 
1773. Thomas, the eighth earl, died in January 1753, 
and was fueceeded by his eldeft fon, John, the ninth 
earl, born in 1737 ; married, February 14, 1767, Mary- 
Eleanor,- daughter and foie heir of George Bowes, efq. 
of Giblide, in the county of Durham, and took the 
name of Bowes, purfuant to adt of parliament ; and had 
iffiie, John, the prefent earl. George Bowes, born April 
12, 1769, of Paul’s Walden, in Hertfordlhire, who inhe- 
ritfe the eftates of his grandmother in that county, and 
alfo in Middlefex, married, June 14, 1805, Mary, daugh¬ 
ter of Edward Thornhill, efq;of Kinglton Lille, in Berk- 
il)ire, and died in December 1806. Thomas, married 
Mils Carpenter. Elizabeth, born April 5, 1773, mar¬ 
ried captain Barrington Price. Anna-Maria,' married, 
February 3, 1783, Henry-James Jelfopp, efq. The earl, 
dying in Apiil 1776, was fueceeded by his fon, John, 
the prefent and tenth earl. The'countefs married, fe- 
concily, January 16,1777, Andrew-Robinfon Stoney, efq. 
who took the name of Bowes,.and had ilfue a daughter, 
born November 1777. The countefs was in 1789 fepa- 
rated from Mr. Bowes, and died in May 1800. The 
prelumptive heir is Thomas, the earl’s brother. 
Creations. —Lord Glammis, Lord Lyon, and Earl 
of Kinghorn; July jo, 1606. 
Residences. —Glammis Caftle, in Forfarffiire; Gib- 
fide Park, and Streatham Caftle', in the county of 
Durham. 
Motto.— In te , Domine, Jperavi. — “ In thee, O Lord, 
have I put my trull.” 
HAMILTON (JOHN-JAMES), Earl of ABER- 
CORN, and Baron ol Pailly, in Scotland; Vilcount and 
Baron'Strabane, in Ireland; and Marquis of Abercorn, 
and Wccrunt Hamilton, ii).,England.—See Marquis of 
Abercorn, am.ong the Peers of England. 
ERSKINE (THOMAS), Earl of KELLIE, Vif- 
count Fenton, Baron Dirlelon, and Premier Vilcount of 
Scotland-; fueceeded his nephew, the late earl, Novem¬ 
ber 9, 1799 ; manied-Mifs Gordon, daughter of captain 
Gortion of Ardo'ch. 
C0§ 
Thomas, fir ft ear! of Kellie, died in 1639, and was 
fueceeded by his grandfon, Thomas, fecond earl of Kel¬ 
lie, who was a heady adherent to king Charles. He died 
in 1644, and was fueceeded by his brother, Alexander, 
third earl, who alfo, adhered moll faithfully to the royal 
family, and fuffered many hardlhips, being taken pri- 
foner at the battle of Worcefter, and was in confinement 
'many • years. After the reftoraiion, he was'appointed 
governor of the fort and town of Ayr, lieutenant-colo¬ 
nel of the guards, and one of his majelly’s molt honour¬ 
able privy council ; he married Mary Kilpatrick, daugh¬ 
ter to lieutenant-general Kilpatrick; by whom he'had 
ilfue one daughter, Anne, married to her coufin, fir 
Alexander Erlkine, of Cambo,. baronet. He married, 
fecondly, Mary Dalziel, lifter of Robert, third earl of 
Carnwarth ; by which lady he had one’.fon, his fuc- 
celTor, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. The 
earl died in 1677, and was fueceeded by his fon, Alex¬ 
ander, fourth earl of Kellie; who married Anne, daugh¬ 
ter of Colin,-„third earl of Balcarras ; by whom he had 
ilfue one fon, and one daughter, Jane, married to Wal¬ 
ter Scott; of Harden, efquire. This earl was a great 
oppofer of the union : be died in 1710, and was fuc- 
ceeded by his fon, Alexander, fifth earl of Kellie, who 
married Mifs Murray, daughter of William Murray, of 
Abercairny, efquire, but had no ilfue ; he married, fe¬ 
condly, Janet, daughter of Dr. Archibald Pitcairn; by 
whom he had four fons and four daughters; one fon 
and one daughter died infants ; the fons were, Thomas, 
Archibald, and Andrew; of. the daughters, Elizabeth 
married Walter M'Farlane, efq. and,' fecondly, Alex¬ 
ander,- fifth lord Colville, of Culrols, rear-admiral of 
his rnaje fly’s-navy; file died in November 1794; the fe¬ 
cond daughter, Anne, unmarried ; Janet, married fir 
Robert Anftruthcr, of Balcalkie, baronet, and died in 
1770, leaving three fons and three daughters. Alexan¬ 
der, fifth earl of Kellie, died in 1756, and was fueceeded 
by his eldeft Ion, Thomas, fixth earl of Kellie, who 
died at Bruffels in OStober 1781 ; and was fueceeded by 
his brother, Archibald,-feventh earl of Kellie; who 
ferved many years in the army, and was one of the repre- 
fentatives of the Scots peers in the late parliament. 
Andrew died in 1793, and Archibald, dying unmarried, 
was fueceeded by fir Charles Erlkine of Cambo, baronet, 
the eighth earl; who alfo dying unmarried, in Novem¬ 
ber 1789, was fueceeded by his nephew, Thomas Erl¬ 
kine, of Cambo, efquire, the prefent and ninth earl. 
Creajtions.—B aron of Dirleton, 1605; Vilcount 
Fenton, being the firft of that dignity, created in'Scot- 
land, 1606; and earl of Kellie, March 12, 1619. 
Residence.:—C ambo Park, in Fifelhire. 
Motto.— Decori decu $ addit avilo . — “ Fie adds honour 
to the fame of his anceliors.” - 
HAMILTON (CHARLES), Earl of HADDING¬ 
TON, and Baron of Binning and Byres; fueceeded his 
father, May 19, 1794; and in April 1799, married So¬ 
phia Hope, daughter of the fecond earl of Hopetoun; 
and has ilfue, Thomas lord Binning, heir apparent ; 
married, November 13, 1802, lady Maria Parker, only 
daughter of George'earl of Macclesfield. 
Thomas Hamilton, great anceltor of the prefent earl,- 
was, by James VI. made one of the fenators in the col¬ 
lege of jultice, lecretary of Hate, and created baron Bin¬ 
ning, and earl of Melrofs, which he afterwards changed 
to the title of Haddington; in 1627, he was conilitiited. 
lord privy leal, which office he held for ten years. He 
married, firft, a daughter of James Bothyvick, elq. by 
v'hom heha'd a daughter, Chriltiah, firft married to John 
lord Lindley, by whorn Ihevhad a ion, John, the lo'ur- 
teenth ear! of Crawford ; and, fecondly, to RoberjrJord 
Boyde : his lord (hip’s lecond vvife'wab a daughter ot fir 
James Fouli's, bai t, and lus third wife was a daughter 
ot fir Thomas Ker : by his .fecond wife he had three 
foils and three daughters; whfereof Thomas, the eldeft 
