HERALDRY. 
Second' Regiment' of Foot Guards; fucceeded his father, 
the late lord, July 29, 1804; married, July 2, 1792, Eli¬ 
sabeth, eldeft daughter of Walter Hunter, efq. of Pol- 
ntood ; and hasjffue. 
Sir Janies Forbes, who was knighted by James II. in 
14.40, married Edigia, daughter of William Keith, the 
fir ft earl Marifchal; by which lady he had two fons, 
William, his heir; and Patrick, from whom defcended 
fir Arthur Forbes, bart. father, of Arthur, firft earl of 
Granard, in Ireland ; and dying, was fucceeded by his 
fon. William, fecond lor.d ; who married Chriflian, daugh¬ 
ter of Alexander Gordon, the firft earl of. Huntley, 
and anceftor of the dukes of Gordon; and by her had 
three fons, Alexander, Arthur, and John; and on his 
death was fucceeded by his eldeft fon; Alexander, third 
lord; who, dying without iflue, was fucceeded by his 
next brother, Arthur, fourth lord; who,alfo dying with¬ 
out iflue, was fucceeded by his only brother, John, fifth 
lord, married to Chriftian, daughter of fir John Lundy; 
by which lady he had a fon, William; and three daugh¬ 
ters ; and his lordlhip, dying, was fucceeded by his fon, 
William, the fixth lord; who married a daughter and 
co-heir of fir William Keith, of Inverury; and by her 
had eight daughters; of whom Jane married James, fixth 
lord Ogilvy; and fix fons, from the youngeft of whom 
the family of Forbes of Blackton is defcended. His 
lordlhip, on his death, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, 
John, feventh lord; who married Jane, daughter of J ames 
Seton, of Torlih, efquire, by whom he had Arthur, his 
fucceftbr ; and, dying, was fucceeded by his fon, Arthur, 
eighth lord ; who married, firft, Jane, daughter of Alex¬ 
ander lord Elphinftone; and by her had a fon, William, 
who fucceeded him; and a daughter, Barbara, who mar¬ 
ried George Mackenzie, fecond earl of Seaforth. He mar¬ 
ried, fecondly, Margaret Gordon, daughter of George, 
fourth earl of Huntley; and, dying, was fucceeded by 
William, ninth lord ; who ferved with diftinguifhed re¬ 
putation under the great Guftavus Adolphus, king of 
Sweden, in his war with the Imperialifts ; and at the 
beginning of a civil war in Great Britain, he was one of 
the commanders in the army fent from Scotland to Ire¬ 
land, to fupprefs the Irifh rebellion in 1643. He mar¬ 
ried Anne, daughter of fir John Forbes, of Pitfligo; and 
had iftue, William, who fucceeded him ; and his lord- 
fhip, dying, was fucceeded by his fon William, the tenth 
lord ; who married Jane, daughter of John Campbell, of 
Calder, efquire; by whom he had three fons, William; 
Arthur ; Archibald ; and two daughters ; of whom, 
Mary married William Sutherland, fon of James, fecond 
lord DnfTus ; and, dying, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, 
William, the eleventh lord, who married, firft, Marga¬ 
ret, daughter of Alexander earl of Kelley ; and, fecond¬ 
ly, Anne, daughter of James Brody, efq. and had iflue 
two fons, William, and James; and one daughter; and, 
dying in 1716, was fucceeded by William, his eldeft foil, 
the twelfth lord; who married Dorothy, daughter of 
William Dale, efq. by whom he had iflue William, and 
two daughters; and, dying, was fucceeded by his fon, 
William, the thirteenth lord; who dying a minor, in 1734, 
was fucceeded by his uncle, James, the fourteenth lord ; 
who married Mary Forbes, lifter to Alexander lord Pit- 
ftigo, by whom he had two fons, and three daughters; 
of whom, Sophia married-Cumming, of Kinniri- 
mount, efquire ; and, dying, was fucceeded by his fon, 
James, the fifteenth lord, who married,firft,Mary Forbes, 
lifter to Alexander lord Pitfligo, and relidt of John Forbes, 
efquire; by whom he had iflue, James; Sophia, married 
to Charles Cumming, efquire; Mary, married to James 
Gordon, efquire; Anne, married to Thomas Erlkine, 
efquire. His lordlhip married, fecondly, Elizabeth; 
daughter of fir James Gordon; by which lady, who died 
November 5, 1777, lie had no iftue; and, dying in 1763, 
was fucceeded by his fon, James, the lixteenth lord ; who 
married Catharine, only daughter of fir Robert Innes, 
bait, by whom, who died April 16, 1805, lie had iflue, 
Margery,' married, firft, to Joan lord Macl^od, eldeft 
fon of the earl of Cromartie ; arid, fecondly, March n, 
1794, to John, fourth duke of Athol, and had iflue, 
Mary-Elizabeth, married, July 9, 1783,'to John Haye, 
efq. barrifter, in Edinburgh, and died in November 1803 ■ 
James-Ochancar, the prefent lord; Robert-Allafter-Carn, 
a captain in the royal navy; Andrew-Francis; and Wil¬ 
liam, who died February 1, 1792. Hi; lordlhip, dying 
July 7.9, 1804, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, the pre¬ 
fent lord. 
Creation.—B aron Forbes, 1440., 
Residence. —Caftle Forbes, in Aberdeenftiire. 
Motto. —Grace my guide. 
CATHCART (WILLIAM), Lord CATHCART^ 
Vifcount Cathcart, and Baron Grenock, of the United 
Kingdom.—See Viscount Cathcart, among the 
Peers of Eng land, p. 556. 
FRASER (ALEXANDER-GEORGE), Lord SAL- 
TOUN and ABERNETHY, a Captain in the Guards; 
born April 22, ^85 ; fucceeded his father, the late lord, 
September 13, 1793. 
Alexander, third lord Saltoun, married Mary Gordon, 
daughter of George earl of Aberdeen ; by which lady, 
who died in February 1753, he had Alexander, his fuc- 
ceflor; William, who died without iflue ; George, the 
fifth lord ; Anne ; and Sophia. Alexander fucceeded 
his father, and died in 1751, without iflue; whereupon 
his next furviving brother fucceeded. George, the fifth 
lord, was born in 1720; he married, in 1759, Eleonora, 
daughter of John Gordon, efquire; and, dying in 1781, 
left iflue, Alexander, the fixth lord, born in 1748; mar¬ 
ried, in June 1784, Margery, daughter of Simon Frafer, 
efq. by whom he had Alexander-George, the prefent 
lord; Simon, born July 31, 1787; Margaret, born An. 
guft 29, 1789; William, born Odtober 12, 1791 ; Elea- 
nora, born June 13, 1793 ; George, an officer in the army, 
died January 8, 1799 ; Henrietta ; and Mary. Eleonora 
married, firft, fir George Ramfay, of Bamff, baronet, 
who was killed in a duel, but had no iflue ; and Ihe 
married, fecondly, in Auguft'1792, Duncan Campbell, 
of Lochnell, efquire. Alexander, the fixtli lord, dying 
September 13, 1793, his fon, George-Alexander, the 
prefent and feventh lordj fucceeded.—The prefumptive 
heir is his lordfliip’s brother. 
Creation. —Baron Saltoun and Abernethy, 1445. 
Residence. —Philorth Caftle, in Aberdeenftiire. 
Motto. —In God is all. 
GRAY (WILLIAM-JOHN), Lord GRAY, Poft- 
mafter-general in Scotland ; born March 1754; fucceed¬ 
ed his brother, the late lord, in 17S6. 
Sir Andrew Gray was among thofe diftinguiffied per- 
fons who, in the reign of James II. 1445, were confiniied 
hereditary lords; he obtained a licenfe from that king 
to build the caftle of Huntley, in the Carfe of Gowry, 
■which his family poffeffed for feveral ages, now called 
Caftle Lyon, belonging to the earl of Strathmore ; and 
by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of fir John Wemyfs, of 
Rines, had iflue two daughters; and Andrew, the fecond 
lord; from whom defcended John, the twelfth lord, 
who married Eleanor Stewart, daughter of Alexander 
lord Blantyre ; by which lady he had two fons, and one 
daughter; John, the thirteenth lord; Charles; Anne, 
married to William Gray, of Baiegarno, eiqiiire ; and his 
lordftiip, dying in 1738, was fucceeded by John ; who, 
in 1741, married Mil's Blair, of Kinfauns, near Perth ; 
by whom, who died January 23, 1750, he had iflue, An¬ 
drew', who died young; Charles, his lucceffor; and Wil- 
liam-John, who fucceeded his brother; Francis, who 
married, February 17, 1794, Mifs Mary-Anne Johnftone; 
Jane, married to Francis lord Doune, fon ol the earl oi 
Moray, and died in 1787 ; Helen, married to William 
Sterling, efq. and died in 1776 ; Margaret; Barbara, 
died 
