SIS HERA 
fcnt and fourth earl. --The prefumptive heir is William, 
brother to the earl. 
Creations. —Earl of Aberdeen, Vifcouot Formar- 
tine, and Baron Haddo, November 30, 1682. 
Residence.— -Hadd.o-houfe, in Aberdeenfhire. 
MoTT(j.—'Fortuna Jequatur. —“ Let fortune follow. 1 ’ 
MURRAY (JOHN), Earl of DUNMORE, Vif- 
count Fiilcaftle, and Baron Murray, of Blair, Moulin, 
' and Tillement; fucceeded his father, December 1, 1736; ■ 
married, February 21, 1759, Charlotte, daughter of the 
feventh earl of Galloway; by which lady he has iffue, 
George, lord Fincaftle, heir apparent ; married, Auguft 
4, 1803, lady Sufan Hamilton, third daughter of Archi¬ 
bald duke of Hamilton, by lady Henrietta Stewart, 
daughter of Alexander earl of Galloway, by Catharine, 
daughter of John earl of Dundonald ; William, who 
died in 1773 ; Alexander, in the army; John, in the 
navy, died in July 1805 ; Catharine, married to Edward 
Bouverie, brother to the earl of Radnor, and died July 
. 7, 1783; Augufta, (authorized by his ma.jefty, October 
15, 1806, to take and ufe the furname of De Ameland, 
ijifiead of herprefent furname of Murray,) married at 
Rome, April 4, 1793, to his royal highnefs prince A11- 
guftus Frederic, duke of Suffex, his majefty’s fixth fon, 
by whom the has iffue a fon, born January 15,1794 ; and 
was re-married, December 3, 1793, at Sr. George’s, 
Hanover Square, London; to diffolve which a fuit was 
inftituted in Dodtor’s Commons, and tlie marriage was 
declared void, in Auguft 1794. Sufan, married July 7, 
1788, Jofeph Thorpe, efq, and had a fon, born lyiay 23, 
1794, fince deceafed ; and married, fecondly, John Drew, 
jun. efq. who is alfo fince deceafed. Levifon Granville 
Keith, born December 16, 1770, on the Eaft India Com¬ 
pany’s eftabliftunent at Madras; married, December 14, 
1804, Wpmyfs, daughter of the late fir John Dalrymple, 
hart, and had iffue a fon and daughter, both deceafed'. 
Virginia, born in that diftridl of America, and named 
after it, at the requeft of the council and affembly of 
Virginia, of which his lordfhip was then governor. 
The earl of Dunmore is a defcendant of the noble fa¬ 
mily of the duke of Athol. His lordfhip’s grandfather 
Charles, firft earl of Dunmore, married Catharine, daugh¬ 
ter of Robert Watts, of the county of Hertford, efq. and 
had iffue, Henrietta, married to Patrick, third lordKin- 
naird ; Anne, to John Cochran, fourth earl of Dundo¬ 
nald ; Catharine, to John lordNairne. The fons were, 
James; John; William; Robert, who died 1738 ; Tho¬ 
mas. James, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father, as fe¬ 
cond earl, in 1710 ; and, dying without iffue., John, his 
next brother, became earl of Dunmore ; and died April 
jS, 1752, unmarried. William, fucceeded his brother 
John, as fourth earl, and married Catharine,^daughter 
of lord William Murray, his uncle, who became lord 
Nairne, by marrying Margaret, the heirefs of that fami¬ 
ly ; he had iffue, John, the prefent earl; Charles; Wil¬ 
liam, a captain in the royal navy, who died unmarried, 
December 23, 1786 ; Margaret, married to John Drum¬ 
mond, efq. ; Jane ; Elizabeth, left a widow in 1790, by 
the Rev. John Murray, uncle to the duke of Athol, with 
two daughters. His lordfhip, dying in December 1756, 
was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, John, the prefent and 
fifth earl. 
Creations. —Earl of Dunmore, Vifcount Fincaftle, 
and Baron Murray, of Blair, Moulin, and Tillement, 
Auguft 16, 1686. 
Residence.— Dunmore Park, in Stirlingflsire. 
Motto.— Furtk Fortune ; as explained under the 
Duke of Athol, p. 602. 
CARMICHAEL (THOMAS), Earl of FIYND- 
FORD, Lord Carmichael, and a Baronet; fucceeded 
his coufin, the,late earl, December 21, 17S7'. 
John, the'fon of John, firft baron Carmichael, having 
been among the-earlieft of the Scots peers who promoted 
she revolution, was, by king William, in recompenceof 
LDR Y. 
his fervices, appointed a commiftioner cf the privy feal, 
a colonel of dragoons, a privy counfellor, high.commif- 
fioner to the general affembly, one of the fecretaries of 
Rate, and created firft earl of Hynfford. He married 
Beatrix, daughter of David Drummond lord Maberty, 
by Beatrix, daughter of John Graham earl of JVJont- 
rofe, and niece to William the firft yifcouhf Strathal lan ; 
by which lady he had iffue three fons 1 and three daugh¬ 
ters ; the eldeft of the daughters married John Cock- 
burn, efquire; the fecond, John Montgomery, of Gif- 
fen, efquire ; and the third, fir John Maxwell, of Ne¬ 
ther Pollock, baronet; and all of them had iffue : tlie 
two younger fons were, William, bred an advocate ; and 
Daniel, of Mauldflie. James lord Carmichael, the eldefc 
foil, fucceeded his father as fecond earl, and was one of 
the lords of the police ; he married Betty, .daughter of 
John Maitland, fifth earl of Lauderdale, by whom he 
had Margaret, married to fir John Anftruther, baronet; 
alfo five fons, of whom William, the fecond, married 
Mil's Godfchal ; was archdeacon of Bucks, and doc¬ 
tor of laws; Archibald, died a captain in the army, 
at Mahon, in 1774 ; and James;.who died without iffue. 
John, the eldeft fon, and third earl, fucceeded; and in 
1732, married, firft, Elizabeth, relidt. of Robert firft 
lord Romney, and daughter of fir Cloijdefley Shovel, 
knight; and, fecondly, Jane, daughter of Benjamin 
Vigor, of Fulham, efquire; and his lordfhip dying in 
1768, without iffue male, the title devolved on'William, 
fecond fon of the firft earl; which William Carmichael 
married Helen, daughter of Thomas Craig, cf Riccar- 
ton, efquire; by whom he had iffue, John, the fourth 
earl ; James, the fifth earl ; Elizabeth ; Helen, married 
to John Gibfon, efq. John, the eldeft fon, and fourth 
earl, fucceeded in 1768 ; he married Janet, daughter of 
lord Preftongrange, by whom he had no iffue.; and, dy¬ 
ing December 20, 1787, was fucceeded by his brother, 
James, the fifth earl, who married Janet, daughter of 
fir John Clarke, baronet; and dying without iffue male, 
December 2, 1787, was fucceeded by his coufin, Tho¬ 
mas, the prefent and fixth earl. 
Creations. —Baron of Carmichael, in the county 
of Lanark, December 21, 1647; and Earl of Byndford, 
in the fame county, June 23, 1701. 
Residence. —Carmichael Houfe, in Lanerkfhire. 
Motto.— Toujours prejf. —“Always ready,” 
DALRYMPLE (JOHN), Earl, Viscount, and 
Baron, of STAIR, and Vifcount Dalrymple, and a 
Baronet; fucceeded his father, the late earl, in Odtober 
1789. • 
John, the fecond vifcount, who fucceeded John, his 
father, was. the firft earl of Stair, fworn of the ,priTy 
council to queen Anne, and was one of the commiflioners 
in the treaty of union. He married Elizabeth, daughter 
and heir of fir John Dundas, of Newlifton, in the county 
of Linlithgow ; by which lady he had iffue three Ions, 
and one daughter, Margaret, married to Hugh Camp¬ 
bell, third earl of Loudon. The fons were, John; Wil¬ 
liam ; and George. John, the eldeft, fucceeding his fa¬ 
ther, married Eleanor, widow of James vifcount Prim- 
rofe, and daughter of James Campbell, fecond earl of 
Loudon ; but by her lie had no iffue. His lordfhip af- 
figned His title, which he'thought he had a right to do 
by his patent, to John, fon of his brother George ; but, 
the fame being cpntefted in the houfe of peers, their 
lordfhips determined it in favour of James, fecond fur- 
viving fon of the earl’s brother William; who dying 
without-iffue, Nov. 1760, the titles went to his brother 
John, who was alfo earl of Dumfries in right of his mo¬ 
ther. He married Anne, daughter of William earl of 
Aberdeen; but by her he had no iffue; and the earl 
dying without iffue, in July 1768, was fucceeded, as earl 
of Stair, by his coufin, John, the fifth earl. William, 
married to Penelope Crichton, countefs of Dumfries 
in her own right, and died December 1744; lie had a 
daughter, Margaret, and three fons, William lord Crich¬ 
ton, 
