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lord Crichton, who died young ; Anne, countefs of 
Dumfries, died April 15, 1755; and his brother, James, 
third earl of Stair, dying in November 1760, he fuc- 
ceeded alfo to the title of Stair. He married Anne, 
daughter of William Duff, of Crombie, efq. and dying 
without furyivihg•iflfue,' in 1768, the title of Stair de- 
fcended to John Dalrymple, efq. foil of George Dal- 
rympl.e, baron of.the exchequer, who was third fon of 
John,'firft earl of Stair; and the title of Dumfries de- 
fcended tb his nephew, Patrick M'Dowal, now Crich¬ 
ton, the fifth earl: Anne,'widow of the late earl, mar¬ 
ried, fecondly, the honourable Alexander Gordon,' bro¬ 
ther to the earl of Aberdeen. Patrick, the late earl, 
married, in 1771, Margaret, daughter of Ronald Craw- 
furd, of Reftalrigg, efq hire,, by whom he had iflue one 
daughter, Elizabeth-Penelope, married .Oftober 12, 
1792, John earl of Windfpr, eldeft fon of John marquis 
of Bute; and by her left ififue, John, the prefent earl, 
and a pofthumous fon, Patrick-James-Herbert, born Oc¬ 
tober 25, 1794. The earl, dying April 7, 1803, was fuc- 
ceeded by hisgrandfon, Jolm, the prefent and lixth earl. 
The prefumptive heir is Patrick, brother to the earl. 
Creations. — Baron Crichton, of Sanquhar and 
Cumnock,-1414; Vilcount Ayr, in the county of Ayr, 
in 1622; and Earl of Dumfries, June 10, 1633. 
Residence.— Dumfries Hou'fe, in Ayrihire. 
Motto.— “ God fend-grace.” 
BRUCE (THOMAS), Earl of ELGIN and KIN¬ 
CARDINE, Baron Bruce, of Kinlofsand Torry, Knight 
of the Crefcent, and a Colonel in the Army, Lord-lieu¬ 
tenant and - Sheriff'of Fifelhire ; fucceeded his brother, 
the late earl, in 1777 ; married, March 11, 1799, Mifs 
,Nilbet, daughter of the late Wiliiam-Hamilron Nilbet, 
efq. of Dirleton; and has iflue, a fon, lord Bruce, heir 
apparent, born April 1800; a daughter, born March 4, 
1801; and another daughter, born January 21, 1806. 
The earl after the expulfion of the French from Egypt, 
was appointed ambaffador tothe courtof Conftantinople 5 
where he received the mod diftinguifhed honours from 
the fultan, Selim III. lately maffacred, by whom he 
was honoured with the Turkifli order of the Crefcent, 
in 1801, which his majeffy granted him permifiion to 
wear, March 20, 1802. 
Robert Bruce, of Kinlofs, and Blair-hall, in Elgin- 
fhire, had a brother, George, from whom descended the 
earl of Kincardin; and Edward, who, in 1610, was 
created baron of Kinlofs, whofe Ion, Thomas, was cre¬ 
ated earl of Elgin, and a baron of England, by the title 
of lord Bruce of Worlton ; and, dying in 1663, his fon 
Robert was, by Charles II. created baron of Skelton, 
vifcount Ampthill, and earl of Aylefbury ; whofe grand- 
fon, Thomds,> was the grandfather of the princeis of 
Stoiberg. Charles, the fourth earl, in 1711, was called 
up to the houfe of peers by writ, as lord Bruce of 
Whoriton, and fucceeded, in 1741, as earl of Elgin and 
Aylefbury. In April 1746, he was created baron Bruce, 
of Tottenham, in Wiltfhire, with remainder-to his 
nephew, Thomas Bruce Brudenell, the youngeft fon of 
George earl of Cardigan, by Elizabeth Bruce; and his 
lordihip dying in February following without male ilfue, 
the title of lord Bruce, of Tottenham, defcended to his 
nephew, Thomas Brudenell. 
This earl married three wives: firft, Anne, eldeft 
daughter and co-heir to William marquis of Halifax ; 
by whom he had two fons, and two daughters : George, 
who died young ; and Robert, who marrying Frances, 
daughter of fir William Blacker, bart. died without 
iffue. Mary was-the firft wife of Henry Brydges, duke 
of Chandos; by whom fhe had iflue, James, the late 
duke of Chandos, whofe title became extinct in OCt. 
1789, by his death without male heir; and Elizabeth 
married Benjamin Bathtirft, efq. His fecond wife'was 
Juliana Boyle, daughter 1 of Charles earl of Burlington, 
by whom he had no ilfue. His thifd wife:was Caroline 
Campbell, only daughter of John duke of Argyll, by 
whom he had Mary, married to Charles, third duke of 
Richmond ; and the countefs was afterwards married to 
general Henry Seymour Conway, brother to Francis 
earl of Hertford. Upon the deceafe of the late earl, 
Charles earl of Elgin, and the ninth earl of Kincardine, 
fucceeded William, the eighth earl of Kincardine; mar¬ 
ried Mifs Robertfon, only daughter of Mr. Robertfon, 
one of the principal clerks of feflion, by whom lie had 
Charles; James-Thomas, a lieutenant-general in the 
army, died December 12, 1797 ; Rachel, who married, 
in November 1778, John Milnes, efq. Chriftian, who 
died unmarried', February 23, 1775. His fifter, Sarah, 
daughter of Thomas earl of Kincardine, born in 1695, 
died in July 1765. His.lordihip, dying in 1740, was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his foil, Charles ; who, upon the death of the 
fourth earl of Elgin, fucceeded alio to thofe honours. 
Fie, in 1759, married Mifs White, of London, by whom 
he had William-Robert, the late earl, who died unmar¬ 
ried, July 8, 1777; Thomas, the p/e lent earl; James, 
who died in Juiy 1798 ; Charles-Andrew, dn the Bengal 
eftablilhment, married, firft, Mils Blount, daughter 3 of 
the late fir Charles W. Blount, late poftmufter-general, 
at Calcutta: -and fecondly, in January 1802, Mils Dafti- 
wood, of Calcutta; Charlotte, married, March 28, 
1799,captain Durham, of the royal navy. The earl, on 
his death, was fucceeded by his fon, William-Robert} 
who died, July 8, 1777; and he was fucceeded by his 
brother, Thomas, the eleventh and prefent earl. 
Creations. —Baron Bruce, of Kinlois, Juiy 8,1604; 
Earl of Elgin, June 21, 1611 ; Earl of Kincardine, and 
Baron Bruce, of Torry, December 26, 1647. 
Residence. —Archerfield Houfe, in Fnelhire. 
Motto.— Fuimus .—“ We have been.” 
WEMYSS (FRANCIS), Earl of WEMYSS, Baron 
Elcho; fucceeded his father, the late earl, iaSeptember 
1808 ; married, in 1771, Sufan, daughter of Anthony 
Tracey Keck, efq. by lady Sufan Hamilton, daughter 
of the, duke of Hamilton, by whom he has illue, Fran¬ 
cis, married, May 31, 1794, Mils Margaret Campbell; 
and four daughters, Henrietta ; Charlotte-Eiizabeth, 
married to lord Grey, fon of Henry earl of Stamford and 
Warrington ; Sufan, married to lieutenant-colonel Henry 
Ciinton ; Catharine, married, in November 1805, to the 
honourable Edward-Richard Stewart, fon of John, 
eighth earl of Galloway ; and Augufta. 
David, third earl of Wemyfs, was one of the lords of 
the privy council to queen Anne. In 1706, he was con- 
ftituted lord high admiral of Scotland; and was named 
one of the commiflioners for the treaty of Union with 
England; afterwards he was appointed vice-admiral, 
which he enjoyed till the death of the queen. He fat as 
one of the fixteen peers of Scotland in the firft and fe¬ 
cond Britilh parliaments. He married, firft, Anne Dou¬ 
glas, daughter of William, firft duke of Queenfberry, by 
whom he had two fons; David, lord Elcho, who died 
unmarried, in the feventeenth year of his ag'e; and 
James, afterwards earl of Wemyfs. He married, fe¬ 
condly, Mary, daughter offir-John Robinfon, of Faring- 
wood, in Northamptonlhire, baronet; but had no ilfue. 
He married, thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry lord 
Sinclair; by which lady he hud two daughters; Eliza¬ 
beth, married to William earl of Sutherland; and Mar¬ 
garet, married to James earl of Murray. He died in 
1720, and was fucceeded by his fecond fon,JameV; who 
married the only daughter of colonel Francis Charteris ; 
by whom he had three fons, and four daughters; viz. 
David, lord Elcho, who, joining in the rebellion, in 
1745, was the next year attainted, witli many others; 
and, after the batrle of Culloden, efcaped into France, 
where he died in 1787, with whom the dignity of the 
family was fufpendea ; but leaving no iflue, it defcend¬ 
ed to his next brother, Francis-Charteiis Wemyfs. 
James, the third fon, married his coufin, lady. Elizabeth 
x Sutherland, 
