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by her had two tons and eight daughters; of whom, 
Sophia was fecond wife to James, fifth earl of Findlater 
and Seafield; Henrietta, married Francis, fifth lord Na¬ 
pier; Margaret, married John Dundas, efquire; Helen, 
married James Watfon, of Saughton, efquire, and died 
in 1769 ; Chrifiiana, married Thomas Graham, of Bal- 
gowan, efquire ; Charlotte, married Thomas lord Erf- 
kine; and two of the fitters died young. Charles,' the 
fecond fon, took the name of Weir, having married the 
heir of fir William Weir, bart. of Blackwood, by whom 
lie had two fons and a daughter ; and on whofe death, 
he married, fecondly, Anna, daughter of Henry firft earl 
of Darlington, by whom he had two fons, and from her 
was divorced. He married, thirdly, in 1766, Mifs N. 
Dunbar, by whom he had a fon, and three daughters; 
and died December 30, 1791, leaving his lady with 
child, who was delivered of a pofthumous fon, January 
20, 1791 - The eldeft fon died Septembers, 1794. His 
lecond daughter, Charlotte Weir, married John Knight, 
efq. of Leigh-caftle, in Worcefterfliire. 
John, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father as fecond 
earl, and married Anne Ogilvy, daughter of James fifth 
earl oi Findlater ; by which lady, who died in February 
1752, he had iffue, Charles, who'died in 1767; James, 
the prefent earl ; John, and William, who died young; 
Henry, who died Auguft 27, 1776 ; Elizabeth, married 
to Henry earl of Drumlanrig; fon of the third duke of 
Queenfberry, and died without iffue ; Henrietta, died 
January 1, 17S7 ; Sophia, married to lord Binning, eldeft 
fon of the earl of Haddington. His lordfhip, married, 
fecondly, Jane, daughter of Robert Oliphant, efq. by 
whom he had ilfue, John, a major-general in the army, 
and colonel of the 92d regiment of foot; Charles, a ma¬ 
jor-general in the army, and lieutenant-colonql of the 
7th regiment of dragoon guards; married, in April 1807, 
the eldeft daughter of George-Finch Hatton, efq. of 
Ea Swell Park, in the county of Kent; Alexander, a 
brigadier-genera! in the army, and lieutenant-governor, 
of Edinburgii-eaftle; and two daughters, one of whom 
died in 1774; and Jane, who married Henry vifeount 
Melville. The youngeft, Charlotte, married, on Auguft 
8, i793> Charles Hope, efq. and has iffue, a fon, born 
Auguft 27, 1795. The earl married, thirdly, June 14, 
1767, lady Betty Leflie, daughter of the .fifth earl of 
Leven’; by which lady he has iffue two fons, and four 
daughters; John, married, Auguft 2, 1798, Mifs Hope, 
daughter of Charles Hope,' efquire ; and Mary-Anne, 
married, December 12, 1794, Peter Murray, efq. fon of 
fuiWilliam Murray, bart. of Ochtertyre. His lordfhip, 
dying February 12, 1781,' was fucceeded by his eldeft 
fon, James, the prefent and third earl.—The preemp¬ 
tive heir is the earl’s half-brother. 
Creations. —Earl of Hopetotin, and Baron Hope, 
in the county of Lanark, April 15, 1703. 
Residences. —Mandate Park, inDumf'riesfhire; and 
■Hopetoun Houfe, in Linlithgowfhire. 
Motto. — At fpes non fratta. — “ My hope is not 
broken.” 
COLYEAR (WILLIAM-CKARLES), Earl and 
Baron of PORTMORE, Vifeount" Milfinton ; fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, the late earl, July 4, 1785 ; married, 
November 5, 1770, Mary Leflie, fifter to the prefent 
coufttefs of Rothes ; by which lady, who died March 21, 
3799, lie had iffue, vifeount Milfinton, heir apparent, 
horn .March 30, 1772, a colonel in the army ; married, 
May 26, 1793, Mary-Elizabetii, daughter of the prefent 
duke of Ancafter, who* died February 16, 1797, aged 
26, leaving a fon, Brownlow-Charles, born Auguft 4, 
1796. William, a major,in the army ; Cafharine-Caro- 
line, born November 5, 1779; and Francis, born Janu¬ 
ary 30, 1781, and died in May 1786. 
Sir David Colyear, in 1691, having contributed to re¬ 
duce Ireland to'the king’s obedience, was, in reward of 
his f'ervices, advanced to the dignity of earl of Port- 
more. He was promoted to the rank of major-general, 
L D R y. 
in May 1710 ; was appointed commander in chief of 
queen Anne’s forces jn Portugal, in the room of the earl 
of Galway ; in January following, was made a general 
of infantry; and in 1712, commanded part of the army 
in Flanders, under James duke of Ormond ; and marry¬ 
ing Catharine, daughter of fir Charles Sedley, baronet, 
who, by James VII. was created countefs of Dorchefter 
for life, he had iffue by her two fons; of whom the 
eldeft, David lord Milfinton, married Bridget, daugh¬ 
ter of John, third fon of Baptift Noel, fecond vifeount 
Campden, by his fourth wife, by whom he had fevefal 
children ; but he, and all his children, dying before the 
earl, Charles, his brother, fucceeded to the title, and 
was the fecond earl of Portmore. His lordfhip married, 
in 1732, Juliana, duchefs dowager of Leeds, daughter 
of Roger Hele, efquire ; by whom, who died November 
20, 1794, he had iffue, Caroline, born December 1733; 
who, in 1750, married Na thaniel lord Scarfdale; Juliana, 
born in 1735, married James Dawkins, efq. of Stand- 
lincli, in Wiltfhire, and has iffue feveral children; Wii. 
liam-Charles, the prefent earl. Charles, the late earl, 
died July 4, 1785, when the prefent and third earl fuc¬ 
ceeded. 
Creations. —Baron of Portmore, Junej, 1699; Vif¬ 
eount Milfinton, and Earl of Portmore, April 16, 1703. 
Residence. —Portmore Caftle, in Roxburghfhire. 
Motto. — Avance. —“ Advance.” 
VISCOUNTS OF SCOTLAND. 
CARY (CHARLES-JOHN), Viscount FALK¬ 
LAND, aim Baron Cary, a Captain in the Royal Navy ; 
fucceeded his brother, the late vifeount, May 22, 1796. 
His lordfhip was born in November 1768 ; married, Au¬ 
guft 25, 1802, Mifs Auton, and has iffue a fon, and heir 
apparent, born November 5, 1803. 
Sir Henry Cary, the firft vifeount Falkland, married 
Elizabeth, daughter of fir Laurence Tanfield, chief ba¬ 
ron of the exchequer; by which lady he had iffue, Lu¬ 
cius, the fecond vifeount; and Anne, married to James, 
fecond earl of Home. The vifeount, dying, was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his fon, Luoitis, the fecond vifeount, who 
married Letitia, daughter of Richard Morrifon, ofToo- 
ley Park, in Leicefterfhire, efquire ; and had iffue, Henry, 
the third vifeount, who was a diftinguifhed patron of 
poetry and literature. He wrote a play, intitled the 
Marriage Night; and on his death, was fucceeded by 
his fon, Anthony, fourth vifeount, who, under Charles 
II. was paymaster of the forces; and in the reign of 
William III. was one of the privy council, and twice a 
commiflioner of the admiralty. Dying, in 1694, he left 
a daughter, Frances, married to John ,Villiers, earl of 
Grandifon; and one fon, Lucius-Henry, fifth vifeount; 
who married, firft, Dorothy, daughter of Francis Moli- 
neux, of the city of London, efquire, and had two Ions ; 
Lucius, the late vifeofint; and George, a general in tire 
army, who married liabella, daughter of Arthur In¬ 
gram, of Barraby, in Yorklhire, efquire; by whom he 
had iffue Elizabeth, married to Jeffery, firft lord Am- 
lierft; Catharine, married to fir John Ruffe!, bart. His 
lordfhip, dying in France, was fucceeded by his fon, 
Lucius-Ferdinand,‘the fixm vifeount; who married, 
firft, in April 1734, Jane, daughter and heir of Richard 
Butler, efq. widow of lord Villiers, fon of the earl of 
Grandifon; by whom he had one fon, Lucius-Ferdinand, 
and four daughters ; Jane ; Trances ; Mary, married to 
the reverend John Law, archdeacon of Rochefter ; and 
Charlotte, married to Anthony Chapman, efquire. He 
married, fecondly, in October 1752, Sarah, daughter and 
heir of Thomas Invven, efq. and widow of Henry earl of 
Suffolk ; which lady died May 28, 1776. His only fon, 
Lucius-Ferdinand, married Anne, daughter of colonel 
Charles Leith ; by whom, who died in 1783, he had two 
fons; Henry-Thomas, the feventh vifeount, born Fe¬ 
bruary 27, 1766; Charles-John, the prefent vifeount; 
Louifa.Caroline, married to major John Grattan, adju¬ 
tant-general of his niajefty’s forces in India, by whom 
