til-4. H E R A L D H Y. 
•in<r iri : iS02. was fucceeded bv his eldeft foil, Alexari- Charlotte, who married .Henry Wol'fely, eft*, third fon 
der, the prefent and feventh earl, and the twentieth in a 
direCt male line of this ancient family. 
Creations.— Lord Melville, April 30, 1616; Ear.l 
of Leven, and Lord Balgony, November 1.5, 164s, and 
Earl ofMelville. 
Residence.— Melville Houfe, in Fifelhire. . 
Motto .—Pro fege ct pdtria .—“ For king and country.” 
TOLLEMACHE (WILBRAHAM), Earl of DY- 
SART,.and Lord Huntingtower, and a Baronet; High 
Steward o-f Ipfwich ; born in 1793 ; fucceeded his ,bro¬ 
ther, the late earl, February 22, 1799; married, Febru¬ 
ary 6, 1773, Anne-M iria Lewis, eldeft daughter of Da¬ 
vid Lewis, efq. of Malvern, in the county of Warwick, 
which lady died without ilfue, September 14, 1804. 
Of this noble family, which is of Englilh extraction, 
there lived in the 25th of Edward I. Hugh de Tolle- 
njache, a chief baron, who held of the crow n the manor 
of Bentley, in the county of Suffolk; and, in the 29th, 
had fummons, to attend Edward’s expedition into Scot¬ 
land. Sir Lionel Tollemache fucceeded to the earldom 
and,baronage in right of his mother, Elizabeth Murray, 
co-heir to William Murray, earl of Dyfart; and married 
in 1680* Grace, daughter and co-heir of fir Thomas Wil- 
braham, of Woodhey, in the county of Chefler, baronet; 
and by her had an only 1 'on, Lionel, and four daughters ; 
whereof Mary and Grace died young.; Elizabeth, mar¬ 
ried to firR. Cotton, of Cumbermere, in the county of 
Chefler, baronet; and Catharine,.to John Bridges, mar¬ 
quis of Caernarvon, heir apparent to James, late duke 
of Chandos, and died in January 1754. Lionel, lord 
Huntingtower, their brother, who died in his father’s 
lifetime, in 1712, left a fon, Lionel, the late earl, born 
in June 1707, who, on the death of his grandfather, in 
1726, fucceeded to the title. In 1731, he married Grace, 
eldeft daughter of John Carteret, earl of Granville; and 
by her, who died July 23, 1755, he had ifl'ue, Lionel, 
the third earl, born in 1735; married, October 3, 1760, 
Charlotte, daughter of the late fir Edward Walpole, by 
whom he had no iflue. He married, fecondly, April 29, 
1791, Magdalen, daughter of the late David Lewis, efq. 
and lifter to the prefent countefs, by whom he had no 
ifl’ue; and, dying February 22, 1799, was fucceeded by 
his brother, Wilbraham, .the prefent earl; George, the 
third fon, was drowned, October 1760; John, born 1730, 
married, 1773, Bridget, daughter of the firft earl of 
Northington, and widow of George-Fox Lane, efq. by 
which lady, who died March 13, 1796, he had one fon, 
Lionel-Robert, born November fo, 1774, who was killed 
before Valenciennes, July. 14, 1793; and their father, 
John, was a captain in the navy, and killed in a duel, 
September 25, 1777, at New York; William, born in 
1751, a captain in the navy, caft away in the Repulfe, 
December 1 6, 1776; Grace, died young; Frances, born 
1737 ; Louifa, born in 1745, married John Manners, efq. 
eldeft fon of the late lord William Manners, by which 
lady, who died September 3, 1792, he had ifl'ue feven 
children: 1. William, created a baronet in 1792, mar¬ 
ried, in 1790, Catharine, third daughter of Francis 
Grey, efq. of Ireland, by whom he had four fons; Lio¬ 
nel; Felix; Arthur; Hugh; and four daughters. 2. 
John, married, Auguft 19, 1806, Mary, reliCt of Wil¬ 
liam, fourth duke of- Roxburgh. 3. Sophia-Gatharine, 
married to fir Gilbert Heathcoate, bart. of Normanton 
Park, in Rutlandfljire, and has ifl'ue. 4. Charles, mar¬ 
ried to Mils Hay, and has iffue two fons. 5. Maria.Ca- 
rolina, married James Duff, efq. nephew to the earl of 
Fife, and died in December 1805, without ifl'ue. 6. 
Loiufa-Grace, married, Auguft 12, 180a, Aubery duke 
of St. Albans. 7. Laura. 8. Jane, the youngeft daughter, 
married, firft, in October 1770, John Deiap Hailiday, 
efq. who died July 1794, and had iffue, John, married 
February 1797, to lady Elizabeth Stratford, daughterof 
John earl of Aldborough ; William; Francis-; and 
of fir W. Wolfely barf, and lady Jane, their mother, 
married, fecondly, March 4, 1802, G. D. Ferry, efq. and 
died Aug. 28, 1802. Lionel, the third earl, died Feb. 29, 
1799, without ifl'ue, and was fucceeded by his only bro¬ 
ther, Wilbraham, the prefent and fourth .earl. The pre- 
fumptive heir is fir William Manners, nephew to the ear!. 
Creations. —Lord Huntingtower, in the county of 
Perth, and Earl of Dyfart, in the county of Fife 
by Charles I. 1643. * 
Residence.— Ham Houfe, in the county of Surrey. 
Motto. — Cov.jido conquicfco. ■ — “ Confidence infures 
content.” 
DOUGLAS (THOMAS), Earl of SELKIRK 1 , 
Lord Daer and Shortcleugh, and Lord Lieutenant of 
the Stewartry of Kircudbright; fucceeded his father 
the late earl, May 24, J799. 
William, the firft earl of Selkirk, after his marriage 
with the duchefs of Hamilton, was created duke of .Ha¬ 
milton ; and in 1687, refigned the honour of earl of Sel¬ 
kirk into the handsof James VII. king of Scotland. His 
majefty was pleafed to confer the title, with The firft 
precedency, on the duke’s third fon, Charles Hamilton, 
who, dying unmarried in 1739, was fucceeded by hi4 
next brother, John, who, in 1697, had been created earl 
of Ritglen; and he married, firft, Anne, daughter of 
John, feventh earl of Calfilis, by whom he had ifl'ue 
William, lord Daer, who died unmarried in his father’s 
lifetime; Anne, married to the earl of March ; Sufannah 
married John, eighth earl of Cafliiis. The earl died in 
1745, when the title of Ruglen devolved on the heir of 
the countefs of March, the prefent duke of Queenlben y ; 
and the other defeended to his great nephew, Dunbar) 
the late earl of Selkirk, who married Helen, daughter of 
John Hamilton, grandfon of the earl of Haddington, by 
whom he had ifl'ue, Sholto-Bafil, who died young; Bafil-' 
William, died November 5, 1794; John, died Auguft 6, 
1797; Dunbar, died November 1796; Alexander, died 
at -Guadalqupe, in 1794; Thomas, the prefent earl ; 
Ifabella; Helen, married, November 9, 1796, to fir 
Janies Hall, bait, and had iffue; Mary; Elizabeth 
married Auguft 1, 1806, to fir James Montgomery, bart! 
and Catharine. His lordfliip died.May 24, 1799, when 
he was fucceeded by his fon Thomas, the prefent earl. 
His lordfliip is the author of “ Obfervations on the pre¬ 
sent State of the Highlands of Scotland;” which work 
appears to have been the refult of his lordfhip’s exer¬ 
tions in extending the bleftings.of agriculture, and a fu- 
perior breed of Iheep,. into North Britain; an exertion 
which at firft produced a clamour againft the heinoufnels 
of engroffing farms, and the' crime of baniftiing tire 
plough to make room for Iheep. But the mind 0° lord 
Selkirk was of too high an order to countenance this ill- 
judged complaint; and, while he lamented the fuft'erings 
of fome individuals, lie difeerned the interefts which 
the community poflefled in the revolution that he was 
gradually effecting. As a well-wilher to the improved 
' hulbandry, his benevolence prompted him to become 
the benefactor of. thole who luftered through its intro¬ 
duction; and lie conceived the laudable project which 
was at once to provide for their comfort, and to advance 
hia country’s welfare. The advantageous change in the 
rural economy of the Highlands, is confeffetf on all 
hands ; and to thofe who applaud the principles of Dr. 
Adam Smith, the admired author of the “ Wealth of 
Nations,” and the more recent illuftrations of Mr. Mal- 
thus, the well-founded claim of the earl of Selkirk to 
public approbation will be fufficiently obvious; asjveli 
for his genuine philanthropy, as for the information 
conveyed through the pages of his work ; in which 
precifion of ideas, and felicity of ftyle, unite with 
importance of the matter, to (lamp a high value An it, 
and to eftablilh the qualifications of its noble author to 
excel in the republic of letters. 
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