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fon, fucceeded his father, as fecond earl, and joined with 
the covenanters in the beginning of tiieir civil war; he 
was governor of the cattle of Dunglas; where his fervant 
vvas ftorekeeper; who, in Auguft 16+0, treacheronfly 
fet fire to the magazine, which blew up himfelf, the 
earl his matter, the ttieriff of Haddington, and nine other 
perfons of quality, befides many who were wounded. 
Earl Thomas had married, firtt, Catharine, daughter 
of John fixth earl of Mar, by whom he had two fons, 
Thomas, who died without iffue ; and John, his fuc- 
celfor; fecondly, Jane, daughter of George marquis 
of Huntley : he had alfo a daughter, Margaret, mar¬ 
ried to John Keith, fecond earl of Kintore. The earl, 
on his premature death, was fucceeded in 1640, by 
3 iis fon, John, the third earl ; who married Chriftian, 
daughter of John, fourteenth earl of Crawfurd ; and by 
her had Charles, the fourth earl, who fucceeded Sep¬ 
tember 1, 1669. He married Margaret, countefs of 
Rothes; by which lady he had, befides Thomas earl of 
Haddington, a fon, John, who took the name of Lefiie, 
and was the eighth earl of Rothes. Thomas, the fifth 
earl, who fucceeded, died in 1735; having married He¬ 
len, fitter to Charles Hope, earl of Hopetoun, and had 
two fons, Charles lord Binning, and John; and two 
daughters. Charles lord Binning, in 1718, married Ra¬ 
chael, daughter and heir of George Bailey, of Jervifwood, 
who died in 1773 ; and dying before his father, in 1732, 
left three fons and two daughters; Thomas, the fixth 
earl; George; Charles; James; Grizel, married to the 
fecond earl Stanhope; Rachael. Thomas, the eldeft fon, 
fucceeded his grandfather as earl of Haddington, in 
*73*>> and married Mary, daughter of Rowland Holt, 
elq. of Suffolk ; by which lady, who died September 7, 
1785, he had iffue, Cha'rles, the prefent earl, and Tho¬ 
mas, who died April 1, 1774. His lordfhip married, fe¬ 
condly, March 4, 1786, Mifs Gafcoign, by whom he 
had no iffue; and, dying May 19, 1794, was fucceeded 
by Charles, his eldeft fon, the prefent and feventh earl. 
The countefs re.married, in February 1796, Janies Dal- 
rymple, efq. 
Creations.' —Baron of Binning, November 30, 1613 ; 
and Earl of Haddington, in Ealt Lothian, March 20, 
1619. 
Residence. —Tyningham Cattle, in Haddingtonfhire, 
Scotland. 
Motto .—Prajlo et perfto .— i( Undertake, and perfe- 
vere.” 
STUART (GEORGE), Earl of GALLCWAY, 
Lord Vifcount Garlies, and Baron Stuart, in Great Bri¬ 
tain, a Captain in the Royal Navy, Lord Lieutenant of 
the county of Wigtoun ; f ucceeded his father, the late 
earl, November 13, 1806 ; married, April 19,1797, Jane, 
fecond daughter of Henry earl of Uxbridge, and has 
iiTue a fon, vifcount Garlies, heir apparent, born Sep¬ 
tember 12, 1800. 
Alexander, tlie feventh earl of Galloway, married 
Anne Keith, daughter of William eighth earl Marifchal; 
■by which lady lie had two fons, and a daughter, viz. 
Alexander,and James, who both died young; and Mary, 
married to Kenneth lord Fortrofe, and was mother to 
the late earl of Seaforth. His lordfhip married, fecond¬ 
ly, Catharine, daughter of John Cochrane, earl of 
Dundonald; by whom he had iffue four fons and fix 
daughters; John, the eighth earl; George, killed at 
Ticonderoga, 1111758; William, died young; Keith, 
an admiral in the royal navy, married Mifs Daggalier; 
Catharine, married to James Murray, of Broughton, 
efquire;' Sufanna, married to Granville, firtt marquis 
of Stafford, had iffue, and died in Augult 1805 ; Marga¬ 
ret, married to Charles Gordon, fourth earl of Aboyne; 
Euphemia ; Harriet, married to Archibald, ninth duke 
of Hamilton; Charlotte, married to William, fifth earl ■ 
of Dunmore. His lordfhip died Odiober 14, 1773, and 
was fucceeded by his fon, John, the eighth earl j who 
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married, firtt, Charlotte-Mary, daughter of Francis, firtt 
earl of Warwick; by whom he had a fon, which died 
an infant. He married, fecondly, Anne^ daughter of 
the late fir James Dafliwood, bart. by whom he had 
iffue eight fons and eight daughters; the fons were, 
Alexander, who died young ; George, the prefent earl; 
Levifon, died young ; William, a colonel in the army ; 
Charles-James; Montgomery-Granville-John; Edward- 
Richard ; and James. The daughters were, Catharine, 
married to fir James Graham, of Netherby, baronet ; 
Sufan, married to George marquis of Blandford, eldeft 
fon of the duke of Marlborough ; Harriet, married, 
Augufl 8, 1795, to lord Spencer Chichefier, brother to 
the marquis of Donegal; Elizabeth, married, in January- 
1798, toW. P. Inge, efquire ; Georgians ; Charlotte, 
married, September 12, 1801, to fir Edward Crofton, 
bart. eldeft fon of baronefs Crofton ; Caroline, married, 
January 10, 1803, to the honourable and reverend George 
Rufhout, brother to lord Northwick ; and Sophia, mar¬ 
ried, July 2, 1806, to the honourable William Bligh, 
brother to the earl of Darnley. His lordfhip died No¬ 
vember 13, 1806, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, 
George, the prefent and ninth earl. 
Creations. —Baron of Garlies, April 2, 1607; Earl 
of Galloway, September 19, 1623; and Baron Stuart, of 
Great Britain, June 6, 1796. 
Residence.— Charles-ftreet, St. James’s-fquare. 
Motto. — Virefcit vulnere virtus. — “Virtue, when 
wounded, is increafed.” 
MAITLAND (JAMES), Earl of LAUDER¬ 
DALE, Vifcount Maitland ; Baron of Thirliftan, Muf- 
felburgh, and Bolton; and a Peer of the United King¬ 
dom, by the title of Baron Lauderdale, of Thirliftan ; 
Hereditary Royal Standard-bearer of Scotland ; and a 
Baronet; fucceeded his father, the late ear), Augufl: 17, 
1789; married, Augufl: 15, 1782, Eleanor, only daugh¬ 
ter of Anthony Todd, efquire ; by whom he has a fon, 
Janies, vifcount Maitknd, heir apparent, born July 12, 
1784; and other iffue. 
The family of Maitland is defcended from James II. 
king of Scotland. The grandfon of the firft lord vif¬ 
count Maitland enjoyed the diftinguiflied confidence of 
Charles II. at the reftoration, by whom-he vvas, in 1672, 
created marquis of March, and duke of Lauderdale; 
and, in 1674, was farther advanced to the Englifh ho¬ 
nours of baron Peterfham, and earl of Guildford ; but 
dying without iffue male, in 1682, thefe titles became 
extindl. 
Charles, fixth earl of Lauderdale, married Elizabeth 
Ogilvy, daughter <*f James, fourth earl of Findlater and 
Seafield, the laft chancellor of Scotland; by whom he 
had iffue, James, the late earl; Charles, married, fir ft, 
to Mifs Barclay, heir of Towie, by whom he had no 
furviving iffue ; fecondly, to Mifs Haldane, of Glenea- 
gles, without iffue ; and, thirdly, to Janet, daughter of 
fir Richard Moncrief, baronet; George, au archdeacon 
in Ireland, died in 1763; Richard, adjutant-general in 
America, died Augufl 24, 1772; Alexander, a general 
in the army, and colonel of the 49th regiment of foot; 
Frederic, a captain in the navy, married to Mifs Dick, 
and died December 16, 1786, leaving iffue a daughter, 
married, April 4, 1793, to Henry Scrymgeour, efquire ; 
Patrick, married to the countefs-dowager of Rothes, and 
died May 17, 1797, leaving iffue one daughter, Mary- 
Turner, born in 1775; Jolm, died June 29, 1779; Eli¬ 
zabeth, married, tint, to James Ogilvy, eiq. of Rothe- 
moy ; and, fecondly, to general Anflruther; Margaret, 
died unmarried • Janet, married Thomas Dundas, of 
Fingafk, efquire, and died December 30, 1805; Thomas, 
a general in the army, who died in the Weft Indies; 
and Charles, M. P. for the county of Berks.. His lord¬ 
fhip, dying July 19, 1744, was fucceeded by his foil, 
James, the leventii earl, who was born in 1718, and 
married Mary, daughter and co-heir of fir Thomas 
Lombc, 
