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feco'tidly, Margaret, daughter of William Haye, of 
Diumelizier, efq. coufin to the firft marquis-of Twee- 
dale ; by which lady, who died December 13, 1782, he 
had ilfue, Walter ; William ; Alexander; all of whom 
fucceeded as lords of Blantyre ; John, died unmarried ; 
James, a lieutenant-celonel of the firft regiment of foot- 
guards, was killed at Guildford, in North Carolina, 
March 15, 1781 ; Charles, a lieutenant-colonel in the 
army; Margaret; Helen, married to Oliver Colt, efq. 
Marianne, died unmarried, November 1780 ; Elizabeth, 
married to William Colquhoun, efq. and died without 
iirue. His lordfhip, dying in December 1743, was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his eldeft fon, Walter, eighth lord Blantyre, 
who died in May 1751, unmarried; and was fucceeded 
by his brother, William, ninth lord ; who died unmar¬ 
ried, January 16, 1776; and was fucceeded by his bro¬ 
ther, Alexander, the tenth lord, who married, in 1773, 
Catharine, daughter of Patrick Lindfay, efq. of Eagle- 
cairney, by whom he had iftiie, Robert-Walter, the pre- 
fent lord ; Patrick, born June 10, 1777 ; William, born 
Auguft 29, 1778 ; Charles-Francis, born Odtober 25, 
1780; and Margaret, who died June 4, 1794. Hislord- 
fhip, dying in 1783, was fucceeded by Robert Walter, 
the prefent and eleventh lord.—The prefumptive heir 
is Patrick, brother to the prefent lord. 
Creation. —Baron Blantyre, in 1606. 
Residence. —Blantyre-Caftle, in Renfrewlhire. 
Motto.— Sola juvat virtus. —“ Virtue alone delight- 
eth me.” 
COLVILLE (JOHN), Lord COLVILLE, of Cul- 
ros; Infpedlor general of the Out-ports in Scotland; 
fucceeded his brother, the late lord, May 21, 1770; 
married, July 18, 1758, Mils Webber, who died Auguft 
i, 178?, leaving iflue eight fons, and three daughters, 
viz. Charles, died in infancy; Ifabella; Alexander, and 
Elizabeth, both died infants; James-John, died Fe¬ 
bruary 18, 1786; Anne, died unmarried; John, in the 
royal navy, married to Mifs Ford, fitter to fir Francis 
Ford, bait, by whom he had a daughter, who died an 
infant; Alexander, died an infant; Charles, heir appa¬ 
rent, a colonel in the army ; George, was in the army, 
and died June 24, 1794; Catharine,married to the Rev. 
Roger Frankland, fon of the late fir Thomas Frankland, 
bart. by whom fhe has ilfue, Frederic-William ; Ed¬ 
ward; Charles; George; and four daughters. Frede¬ 
ric-William, born November 25, 1774, died an infant. 
James, firft lord baron Colville, married Ifabel, 
daughter of Patrick lord Rutliven, by whom he had a 
fon, Robert, who left a fon, James, fuccefTor to his 
grandfather. James died without ilfue, in 1640, and the 
title devolved on the heirs of the firft baron’s younger 
brother. John, the third lord, proved his defcent in 
1752 ; and married Mifs Johnfon, of Ireland; by whom 
he had fix fons, and two daughters : 1. Alexander, the 
fourth lord ; 2. George, who died in the Weft Indies; 
3. John, fifth lord ; 4. Charles, fixth lord ; 5. James, a 
captain in the royal navy, killed at the fiege ot Pondi¬ 
cherry, in January 1769 ; 6. Margaret, married to cap¬ 
tain Caftleman, by whom file had three fons and two 
daughters 5 7. Elizabeth, married to Robert Petrie, 
efq. and has ilfue. His lordfhip died in 1740, and was 
fucceeded by his eldeft fon, Alexander, fourth lord ; 
who married, October 1768, Elizabeth Erlkine, daugh¬ 
ter of Alexander, fifth earl of Kellie ; and dying May 
21, 1777, without ilfue, was fucceeded by his brother, 
John, fifth lord, who married Mifs Webber; and, dying 
without ilfue, was fucceeded by his next brother, John, 
fixth lord, married to Mifs Johnfton, of Ireland ; and, 
dying May 22, 1770, was fucceeded by John, the pre¬ 
fent and l'eventh lord. 
Creation.— Baron Colville, in 1609. 
Motto.— Outlier nepuis. —“ I can never forget.” 
CRANSTOUN (JAMES.EDMUND), Lord 
L D R Y. 
CRANSTOUN, of Edinburgh; married, Auguft 
25, 1807, the eldeft daughter of John Macnamara, efq. 
of the ifland of St, Chriftopher’s. 
James-William, fifth lord Cranftoun, marrying Jane 
Kerr, daughter of William, fecond marquis of Lothian, 
by her had James, his fuccelfor, the fixth lord ; Wil¬ 
liam, who died young; Archibald; Alexander; Wil¬ 
liam; Charles; George, died December 30, 1788, and 
left ilTue a daughter, married to count Purgttall, of the - 
German empire ; Jane, died young ; Anne, married co¬ 
lonel Selby; Elizabeth; Jane; and Mary. His lord¬ 
fhip, dying April 1768, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, 
James, the fixth lord; who married Sophia, daughter 
of Jeremiah Brown, efq. by which lady (who married, 
fecondly, November 10, 1773, Michael Lade, efq.) he 
had iftue, William, the feventh lord, who died unmar¬ 
ried ; Brown ; James, the eighth lord, a captain in the 
royal navy, who married, October 17, 1792, Mifs Eli¬ 
zabeth Montolieu, but died without iffue September 
21, 1796, as did his lady Auguft 28, 1797 ; Charles, 
who died June 1785, married Mifs Eliza Turner, by 
whom he had James-Edmund, the ninth and prefent 
lord ; and George, a lieutenant-colonel of the 64th re¬ 
giment of infantry, died at Surinam, March 8, 1806. 
Creation. —Baron Cranftoun, in 1609. 
Motto. —Thou (halt want, ere I want. 
NAPIER (FRANCIS), Lord NAPIER, of Mer- 
chiftoun ; Lord High CommilTioner to the General Af- 
fembly of the Church of Scotland, and Lord-lieutenant 
of Selkirkfhire; born February 23, 1753 ; fucceeded his 
father, January 2, 1775; married, April 13, 1784, Mi- 
ria-Margaret, eldeft daughter of lieutenant-general fir 
John Clavering, by whom he has ilfue, Mary-Margaret, 
born September 9, 1785 ; William-John, heir apparent, 
born October 13, 1786; Charlotte, born January 18, 
1788, and died June 6, 1789 ; Anne, born December 11, 
1789 ; Sophia, born December ai, 1791 ; Francis, born 
July 30, 1793 ; Charles, born October 24, 1794; and a 
fon, born June 1, 1797. 
Sir Archibald Napier, knight, was gentleman of the 
privy chamber to James VI. and attended that monarch 
when he went to England to take pofl'eflion of the crown 
on the death of queen Elizabeth. He was made one of 
the privy council in 1615, treafurer-deputy of Scotland 
in 1622, lord juftice clerk, and one of the judges of the 
court of feffion, in 1623. Charles I. created hint a ba¬ 
ronet, March 2, 1626 ; and advanced him to the title of 
lord Napier, in 1627. He married Margaret, daughter 
of John, fourth earl of Montrofe ; by whom he had ilfue 
one fon, Archibald, and two daughters; Margaret, mar¬ 
ried to fir George Stirling, of Keir; and Lilias. Archi¬ 
bald, fecond lord Napier, diftinguilhed himfelf in the 
civil wars, under his uncle the marquis of Montrofe ; 
and died in Holland, in 1660, leaving ilfue by his wife, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Johil, eighth earl of Marr, two 
fons, and three daughters, viz. Archibald, his heir; 
John, killed in a fea-fight again!! the Dutch, in 1672 ; 
Jane, married to fir Thomas Nicholfon, of Garnoch; 
Margaret; and Mary. 
Archibald, third lord Napier, obtained a new patent 
from Charles II. further granting the honours to his heirs 
female; and dying a bachelor, in 1683, was fucceeded 
by his nephew, fir Thomas Nicholfon, of Garnoch, only 
child of his eldeft lifter. Thomas, fourth lord Napier, 
dying under age, without ilfue, was fucceeded by his 
aunt, Margaret, who became baronefs of Napier. Her 
ladylhip married John Brilbane, efq. fecretary to the 
admiralty, by whom file had one fon, John, in the royal 
navy, who died on-board the Deptford man.of war, on 
the coal! of Guinea, in 1704; and one daughter, Eliza¬ 
beth, married to William Scott, fon and heir of fir Fran¬ 
cis Scott, of Thirleftane, bart. by whom fhe had one fon, 
Francis, afterwards lord Napier ; and two daughters, 
Margaret; and Anne-Ifabellu-Elizabeth. Margaret, 
