HERA 
Sutherland, daughter of William earl of Sutherland, 
by whom he had a fon, born Oftober 8, 175S, and 
other children. The daughters were, Frances, mar¬ 
ried to fir James Stewart* baronet, who died in 1789; 
Walpole, married to Mr Chattel de la Barte, a Frenc h 
gentleman of diftindbion ; Anne, married to John Hamil¬ 
ton, efq. Helen, married to Hugh Dalrymple, efq. of 
Fofdel. Francis Charte/is, the late earl, was born in 
j72.3•; and married, in 1745, Catharine, daughter of 
Alexander, fecond duke of Gordon; by, which lady, 
■who die'd in 1786, he had iffue, Francis, lord Elcho; 
who fucceeded to the titles and eftate on the death of 
his father, in September 1808. 
Creations. — Baron Elcho, April r, 1628 ; and Earl 
ofWemyfs, in the county of Fife, May 15, 1633. 
Residences. —Weniyfs Cattle, in Fifelhire, and 
Amisfield’ Park, in Haddington ft) ire. 
Motto.— Jepcnfe. —>“ I think.” 
RAMSAY (GEORGE), Earl of DALHOUSIE, 
and Lord Ramfay ; a Brigadier-general in the Army; 
Lieutenant-colonel of the Second Regiment of Foot; 
and a Director Extraordinary of the Bank of Scotland; 
born in 1770; fucceeded his father, November 15, 1787 ; 
married, May 14, 1805, Mifs Brown. 
William, the fourth earl, grandfather of the prefent 
earl, marrying Jane, daughter of George lord Rols, by 
her had' three fons, Charles, George, and Malcolm ; 
and two daughters. George, lord Ramfay, the eldeft 
Ion, married Jane, daughter of Harry Maul, of Kelly, 
efquire, and fitter to William earl of Penmure, in Ire¬ 
land ; and the earl, dying in December 1739, w:,s f uc - 
ceeded by his grandfon, Charles, fifth ear], who, dying 
in January 1764, was f ucceeded by his brother, George, 
fixth earl, who married, Auguft 27, 1767, Mifs Glen, 
niece of governor Glen; by whom he had the prefent 
earl; William, who changed his name to Maule on in¬ 
heriting theeltates of the earl of Panmure, married Mifs 
Hunter, and had Lucy, who died in March 1806, and 
other ittue; James, a lieu,tenant-colonel in the army; 
and Andrew, in the Eaft India Company’s civil efta- 
blifhment, married, January 29, i8oo r Mifs Rachel Cock, 
ofRampore, in Hinriooftan. His daughter, Elizabeth, 
married, July 1, 1786, fir Thomas Moncriefte. Charles- 
Frederic, uncle to lord Dalhoufie, died on December 16, 
1796. Plis lordfhip died, November 15, 1787, and was 
fucceeded by his fon, George, the prelent and fevcnth 
earl. The prefumptive heir is Maule-William, the 
eari’s brother. 
Creations. —Lord Ramfay, Auguft 25, 1618; and 
Earl of the Cattle of Dalhoufie, in Mid-Lothian, June 
19, 1633. 
Residence. —Dalhoufie Cattle, in Mid-Lothian. 
Motto.— Ora et labora. —“ Pray and labour.” 
STUART (CPIARLES), Earl and Baron of 
TRAQUAIR, and Lord Linton ; fucceeded his father, 
the late earl, in April 1779; married, Auguft 19, 1773, 
Mifs Ravenfcroft ; by which lady, who died July 11, 
3796, lie had iffue, a fon, John, lord .Linton, heir appa¬ 
rent, born in January 1781; and a.daughter, born Au¬ 
guft 16, 1784. 
His lortiihip’s grandfather, Charles, the fourth earl, 
fucceeded his brother, William, in 1741. He married 
Mary, daughter of Robert Maxwell, fourth eari of 
Nithefdule; by whom lie had iffue, Charles, the fifth 
earl; John, the fixth earl; Lucy; Anne; Mary, mar¬ 
ried to John Drummond, efq. and died in 1773 ; Catha¬ 
rine, married to William lord Maxwell; Barbara, died 
November 15, 1794; Margaret, died April 12, 1791. 
And his lordfhip dying, in 1741, was fucceeded by his 
fon, Charles, the fifth earl, married to Therefa, daugh¬ 
ter of fir aldwin Conyers, and file died in 17783 and 
liis‘lordlhip dying without iffue, in 1764, was fucceeded 
ly his brother, John, ffxth earl; who married Chrilti- 
ar.a, daughter of fir Peter Anttrilther, of Anftruthei field, 
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baronet; by which lady, who died in 1778, he had ittue, 
■ Charles, the prefent and feventh earl. 
Creations. — Baron Linton, and Earl of Traquair, 
in the county of Peebles, June 22, 1633. 
Residence. —Traquair Cattle, in Tweedalefhire. 
Motto.— “ Judge nought.” 
OGILVIE (JAMES), Earl of FINLATER and 
SEAFIELD, Vifcount Redhaven, and Baron Defkford ; 
fucceeded bis father, the late earl, in 1770 ; married 
Chrittiana-Therefa, daughter of Jofeph, count Murray, 
of Melguni. 
James, the fifth earl, who fucceeded his father in 1773, 
married, firft, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, fixth 
earl of Kinnoul, and had a fon, James, the fixth earl of 
Finlater; and two daughter^, Anne, married' to John 
earl of Hopetoun ; and Margaret, married fir Ludovic 
Grant, of that ilk. His lordfhip married, to his fecond 
wife, Sophia Hope, daughter of Charles earl of Hope¬ 
toun, who died April 26, 1761. He was fucceeded by 
his fon, James, who married Mary, daughter of John 
duke of Athol; by which lady, who died December 29, 
1795* he had two foris, James and John ; he was fucceed¬ 
ed by James, the prefent and feventh earl, in 1770. The 
prefumptive heir, to the title of Seafield, is fir James 
Grant; and Ogilvie, of Inchmartin, to that of Finlater. 
Creations. —Baron of Defkford, Oftober 4, 1616; 
Earl of Finlater, February 20, 1637 ; both in the county 
of Bamff; Vifcount Redhaven, June 28, 1698;; and Earl 
of Seafield, in the county of Fife, June 24, 1701, 
Residence. —Eatter-Elchies, in Bamftfhire. 
Motto.— Toujours .—“ Always.” 
LESLIE (ALEXANDER), Earl of I.EVEN and 
MELVILLE; Vifcount Balgonie and Kircaldie ; Baron 
Melville, Raith, Monimeal, and Balwearie ; and Comp¬ 
troller of the Cuftoms in Scotland ; fucceeded his fa¬ 
ther, the late earl, June 9, 1802; married, Auguft 12, 
1784, Jane, only daughter of John Thornton, of Clap- 
ham, in Surrey, efquire ; by whom he has iffue, David, 
vifcount Balgonie, in the royal navy, heir apparent, born 
June 22, 1785; John-Thornton-Leflie-Melville; Wil¬ 
liam-Henry; Lucy, diedyoung; Robert-Samuel; Lucy; 
Jaiie-Elizabeth; Mary-Anne; Alexander. 
George lord Melville,'was, by William III. created 
earl of Melville ; and marrying Catharine, grand-daugh¬ 
ter and heir to the earl of Leven, by her had iffue, Da¬ 
vid, his heir; who became earl of Leven and Melville, 
and-was fucceeded by his grandfon, David; who-'dying 
young, the titles devolved'on his uncle, Alexander; 
who married, firft, Mary, daughter of colonel John 
Erfkine, of Carnock, by whom lie had. David, the lute- 
ear! ; and, fecondly, to Elizabeth, daughter of David 
Monneypenny, of Pitmilly, efquire ; by which lady, who 
died in 1783, he had Alexander, a lieutenant-general in 
the army, and colonel of the 9th regiment of foot, who 
married Mary, daughter of Thomas Tullidiph, efq, 
by whom he had ittue, Mary-Anne, married in 1787* to 
John Rutherford, efq. of Egerfton ; Anne, -married to 
George, fixth earl of Northetk ; Betty, married to John 
earl of Hopetoun; Mary, married to Janies Walker, efq. 
His lordlhip, dying September 2,. 1754, was fucceeded 
by his foil David, the fixth earl, lord high commiflioner 
to the general allembly, who married Wilhelmina, 
daughter of William Nefbit, of Dirlton, efquire, by 
whom, who died May 10, 1798, he had iffue, I. Alex¬ 
ander, the prefent earl. 2. Vv llliani, killed in America,, 
in January 17771 David, a brigadier-general in the ar¬ 
my, married Rebecca, daughter the reverend Dr. Gil¬ 
lies, of Glafgow. 3. John, a major-general in the army. 
4. George, married to Mil's Vandergraff, of Ceyion. 5. 
Jane, manied fir John Smart, M.P. for the county of 
Kincardine, and lias iffue, a daughter, married to V. ilham 
Forbes, elq. eldeft l'on of firWilliam Forbes; of Pitlligty 
baronet. 6, Mary-Elizabetli, married James, fourrn 
lord Ruthven, and has ittue. 7. Charlotte. The earl, 
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