HERA 
ton, who died in O&oberY744; John earl of Dumfries, 
died without iffue male, in 1768. James, third earl, 
died without iffue,' in 1760, and was fucceeded by his 
eider brother, John, earl of Dumfries, and fourth earl 
Stair. George', youngeft fon of the firft earl, died in 
Auguft 1745, having married Euphemia, daughter of 
iir Andrew Myrton, of Gogar, baronet; .had iffueJohn, 
the fifth earl, to whom his uncle left his eftate; and 
his lordlhip married Mifs Middleton, daughter of the 
late George Middleton, efq. by which lady, who died 
February 3, 1798, he had iifue, John, the prefent and 
iixth earl, who fucceeded him in October 1789; Wil¬ 
liam, a general in the army, married to Mifs Hirland, 
eldeft furvi virig daughter of fir Robert Harland, baronet; 
Elizabeth,married to lieutenant-generalHumphrey Bland; 
Eleanor, married to James Fergufon, of Craigdarroch, 
efquire; and Euphemia.—The prefumptive lieir is Wil¬ 
liam, brother of the late earl. 
Creations.— Baron and Vifcount Stair, in the coun¬ 
ty of Ayr, April 20, 1690 ; and Earl of Stair, and Vif¬ 
count Dalrymple,' of Newlifion and Stranrawer, April 
8 , 1703- 
Residence. —Culthorne Caftle, in Ayrlhire. 
Motto.—F irm. 
PRIMROSE (NEIL), Earl of ROSEBERY, Vif¬ 
count Rofebery, Inverkeithing, and Primrofe, Lord 
Dalmeny, and Primrofe, a Baronet, and Knight of the 
Thiftle ; fucceeded his father in 1735 ; married, in 1764, 
Sufarinah, daughter and heir of fir Edward Ward, bart. 
who died in 1771, without iffue. His lord (hip. jriarried, 
fecondly, in 1775, Mary, only daughter of 'fir Francis 
Vincent, bart. by whom he has iffue, Charlotte, born in 
1776 ; married, May 27, 1800, colonel Kenneth-Alex- 
anderHoward; Mary-Dorothea-Arabella, married, Sep¬ 
tember r, iSor, William Hervey, efq. of Bodwell-hall, 
Carnarvonfhire; Archibald-John, vifcount Primrofe, 
heir apparent, born October 1783 ; and Francis Ward, 
born February 1785. 
Sir Archibald Primrofe, bart. lord-regifterand juftice- 
general of Scotland, was created a baronet, in 1631, by 
Charles II. By his firft wife he had iffue, fir William 
Primrofe, of Carrington, father of fir James, created 
vifcount Primrofe, lord Primrofe, of Caftlefield; which 
titles, upon the death of Hugh, the laft vifcount, in 
1741, became merged in Rofebery. Sir Archibald, by a 
fecond marriage, left Archibald, created, in 1700, vif¬ 
count Rofebery, and, in 1703, advanced to the dignity 
of an earl. He married Dorothea, daughter and heir of 
Everingharh Creffy, of Birkin, in the county of York, 
efquire ;. by which lady he had iffue, James; Richard, 
and John, who both died unmarried; Mary, married to fir 
Archibald Primrofe, bart. of Duniffau, and had one fon 
and feven daughters; Margaret, married to the earl of 
Caithriefs, by whom the had Dorothea, married to James 
earl of Fife ; Dorothea, and Elizabeth, died young. 
James, his eldeft fon, fucceeded him; and married, 
Mary, fitter to general John Campbell, afterwards duke 
jo f Argyll; by which lady he had iffue, John lord Dal¬ 
meny, who died in 1733 ; Neil ; and Dorothea, married 
to fir Adam Inglis, of Cramond, baronet. His lordlhip 
died November 28, 1755, when he was fucceeded by his 
only fon, Neil, the prefent earl. 
Creations.— Vifcount Rofebery, in 1700; Earl of 
Rofebery, Vifcount Inverkeithing, Lord Dalmeny, and 
Primrofe, April 1703 ; and Vifcount Primrofe, Lord 
Primrofe of Caftlefield, November 1703. 
Residences.— Bambugle Cattle, in Edinburgh; and 
Rixby.Hall, in the county of Sull'ex. 
Motto.— Fide etJiducia. — “ By faith and courage.” - 
BOYLE (GEORGE), Earl of GLASGOW, Vif¬ 
count Kelburn, and Lord Boyle of Stewarton; an Ex¬ 
traordinary Diredfor of the Bank of Scotland ; F. R. S. 
and F. S. A. fucceeded his father, the late earl, March 
12, 1773; born March 26, 1766; married March 4, 
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L D R Y. 
1788, Augufta, filler of the eighteenth earl of Errol; by 
which lady he has iffue, lord Boyle, heir apparent, born 
Anguft 1789 ; a daughter, born July 7, 1790; a daugh¬ 
ter, born March 21, 1794; and another daughter, bom 
Auguft 14. 1801. 
David Boyle, who was created a baron in 1692, and 
vifcount and earl in 1703 ; married to his firft wife, Mar ¬ 
garet, fitter of John Crawfurd, vifcount Garnoek, an- 
celtor io the earls of Crawfurd ; by whom he had three 
fons, John, Patrick, and Charles. Patrick was one of 
tlie lords of fefiion. And by bis fecond wife, Jane, 
daughter and heir of William Muir, of Rowallan, in 
the county of Conyngham, he had iffue a daughter, Jane, 
married to major-general fir James Campbell, brother 
to Hugh earl of Loudon; by whom he had a ton, who 
took the name of Muir, as reprefentative of his mother. 
David, firft earl of Glafgow, died in 1733, and was fuc¬ 
ceeded by !iis eldeft fon, John, the fecond earl; who 
married Helen, daughter of William Morrifon, ot Pro¬ 
ton Grange, by whom he lvad iffue, David, and Patrick, 
and fix daughters ; .Janet; Marianne ; Margaret; Catha¬ 
rine ; Jane ; and Helen, who married admiral (ir James 
Douglas, by whom the was left a widow, and died Oc¬ 
tober 17, 1794. His lordlhip, dying in 1740, was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his fon, David, third earl; who, in June 1755» 
' married Elizabeth, daughter of George lord Rofs, by 
whom he had a fon, George, and two daughters: Betty, 
married to fir George Douglas, and died February 13, 
1801 ; and Jane; and his lordfhip, dying March 12, 
1775, was fucceeded by his fon, George, prefent and 
fourth earl. 
Creations. —Lord Boyle of Stewarton, January 13, 
1692, and Vifcount Kelburn, both in Conyngham coun¬ 
ty ; andTEarl of Glafgow, in the county of Lanark, 
April 10, 1703. 
Residences. —Halkhead Park, in Renfrewthire ; and 
Kelburn Houfe, inAyrthire.—Town-houfe, Upper Sey- 
.mour-ftreet. 
Motto. — Dominus providebit. —“ The Lord will pro¬ 
vide.” 
STUART (JOHN), Earl of BUTE, and Vifcount 
and Baron Mount Stuart; likewife Marquis of Bute, 
Earl of Windfor, and Baron Mount Stuart, and Baron 
Cardiff, of Cardiff Cattle, in England.—See Marquis 
of Bute, among the Peers of England. 
JOHNSTON (JAMES-HOPE), Earl of HOPE- 
TOUN, Vilc-ount Aithrie, and Lord Hope; Lord Lieu¬ 
tenant and Hereditary Sheriff of Linlithgow fibre ; and 
Keeper of Lcchmaben ; born in 1741; fucceeded bis fa¬ 
ther, the late earl, July 12, 1781 ; married, Auguft 25, 
17 66, lady Elizabeth Carnegie, daughter of the fixtli 
earl of Nortfietk ; by which lady, who died in Auguft 
1793, he has iffue, Anne, married, July 8, 1792, to cap¬ 
tain William Hope, of the navy, by whom the has illue 
a daughter, born Auguft 20, 17.92 ; and a Ion, born July 
28, 1798. Eliza ; Margaret, married to Alexander Mac- 
lean, efq. and bad a fon, born July 16, 1797 j an( ^ ano_ 
ther fon, born February 17, 1799. Georgiana, married, 
in November 1793, to the honourable major Cochran, 
brother to the ninth earl of Dundonald, and died Sep¬ 
tember 8, 17975 by whom the had iffue a daughter, born 
January 2, 1795. Jemima, married, in January 1803, 
to captain George Hope, of the royal navy ; Lucy, died 
January 8, 1800. 
His lordlhip is defeended from Henry Hope, a native 
.of Holland ; from whom defeended John Hope; who, 
in 1682, accompanying the duke of \ ork from London 
to- Scotland, was drowned at fea ; but left iffue by Mar¬ 
garet, his wife, daughter of John third earl of Hadding¬ 
ton, Charles, the firft earl ; and Helen, who married 
Thomas Hamilton, fifth earl of Haddington; his fon, 
Charles Hope, was advanced to the peerage in 1703, 
and died in March 1741, having married Henrietta, 
daughter of William, firft marquis of Annandale ; and 
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