626 HERA 
efq. and died in 1722, leaving two fons, Philip and 
Walter : of whom Philip, the eldeft, being the heir 
mate of this branch of the family, became fixth lord ; 
and, dyinguriniarried, in 1755, the honour devolved up¬ 
on Walter, the feventh lord, his brother; who dying 
alfo without i(Tue male, in 1763, the title devolved up¬ 
on Walter, fon of Edward, uncle to the two laft lords ; 
which Walter, eighth lord, married Mifs Anne Hutch- 
infon; by whom he had ilfue, Elizabeth Jane, who died 
young; Walter Hutchinfon, the prefent lord ; William 
Bailey, loft at fea, in the Foulis Eaft-Indiaman. His 
lord fitip died July 29, 1805, When he was fucceeded by 
his eldeft fon, Walter Hutchinfon, the .prefent and ninth 
lord. 
Creations. —Baronet, -May 22, 16-115 and Lord 
Allan, of Forfar, ip the county of Forfar, November 
38, 1627. 
Motto, — Numini et p atria ajlo. —“ I Hand to my God 
and my country.” 
Residence. —Afton-Houfe, imthe county ol Forfar. 
MACKAY (ERIC), Lord REAY, in the county 
of Caiihnefs, and a Baronet; fucceeded his coufin, the 
late lord, in 1797. 
Donald Mackay was the firft baron Reay; created by 
Charles I. He' married Barbara, After to Colin Mac¬ 
kenzie, fiift earl of Seaforth ; and left ilfue John, the 
fe.cond earl ; who was fucceeded by George, who mar¬ 
ried, fir ft, Margaret, daughter of lieutenant-general 
Hugh Mackay.; and by her he had ilfue, Donald; and, 
.fecondly, Jane, daughter of John Sinclair, of Ulbller, 
efquire, and by her had ilfue; by his third wife he Had 
George, an advocate, and other ilfue : and, dying, left 
four fons and four daughters: Donald, his fuccelfor. 
Hugh, of Bighoufe, a colonel in the army, who left no 
ilfue, but was fucceeded in his eftate by his grand¬ 
daughter, Mrs. Mackay, of Bighoufe ; who,-in 1767, 
married John Mackay, of lllandhanda, efquire, guardian 
of the late lord Reay, and a defcendant by the male line 
from the fame family ; by whom he had ilTue eight 
fons, and nine daughters ; George, of Skibo, married to 
Anne, daughter of Eric Sutherland, lord Dufhis; by 
-whom he had Eric, who fucceeded on the death of 
Hugh, fixth lord, who has two brother-germans, Alex¬ 
ander and Donald, and Mary and Anne. Alexander 
Macka.y, fourth fon of George, third lord, married, in 
,1770, Margaret, daughter of fir William Kerr, of Etal, 
in the county of Northumberland ; but by whom he had 
no ilfue; and died a lieutenant-general in the army, 
May 31, 1789. George, third lord, died in 1748, when 
he was fucceeded by his fon, Donald, fourth lord, who 
married Marianne, daughter of fir Robert Dalrymple, 
by whom he had ilfue George, his fuccelfor. He mar¬ 
ried, fecondly; Chriftian, daughter of Mr. Sutherland, 
by whom he had ilfue, Hugh, the late lord, who died 
January 26, 1797, unmarried ; upon which, Eric, the 
prefent lord, lucceeded; and a daughter, Mary, mar¬ 
ried to major Edgar. George, fifth lord, who fucceed¬ 
ed in 1761, married Marianne, daughter of his uncle, 
colonel Mackay, in 1757; but Ihe died without ilTue; 
and his lordlhip manied, fecondly, a daughter ot Mr. 
Farley, by whom he had ilfue three daughters, who 
furvived. him; he married, thirdly, a filler of fir Wil¬ 
liam Gordon, but by whom lie had no iJiue; and, dying, 
in 1768, was fucceeded by his brother, Hugh, the fixth 
lord, who died in 1797, and was fucceeded by Eric, the 
prefent and feventh lord. 
Creation. —Baron Reay, June 20, 1628. 
Residence. —Reay-Caftle, in the county of Caithnefs. 
Motto.— Manu forte .—“’With a ftrong hand.” 
MACLELLAN(SHOLTO-H£NRY),Lord KIRK¬ 
CUDBRIGHT; born Augulh 15, 1771J fucceeded his 
father, John, the late lord, December 24, 1S01. 
Sir William Maclellan, who -obtained many lands in 
L D R Y. 
Galloway from James IV. married Elizabeth, a daugh¬ 
ter of the family of Muir ; and being flain at the battle 
of Flodden, in 1513, left ilfue Thomas, his heir, who 
was killed in 1516, in a feud, in the High-ftreet of Edin¬ 
burgh, by the barons of Drumlanrig and Lochinvar. 
Thomas, his fon, fucceeding, married Grizel, daughter 
of John Maxwell, lord Herries, and had three fons ; Ro¬ 
bert, William, and John. Robert, firft lord, the eldeft, 
was knighted by James VI. to whom, as well as to 
Charles I. he was gentleman of the bed-chamber; and 
by letters patent under the great feal of Scotland, was 
created a baron; but, dying without ilfue, the honour 
defeended to his nephew, Thomas, the fon of his bro¬ 
ther, William, the fecond lord; which Thomas marry¬ 
ing lady Jane Douglas, daughter of William, firft earl 
of Queenlberry, and dying alfo without ilfue, the title 
defeended to John Maclellan, the third lord of Burg, 
fon of John, younger brother to the firft lord; he mar¬ 
ried Anne, daughter of fir Robert Maxwell, of Orchard- 
ton, and, dying in 1665, left a fon, William, the fourth 
lord ; who dying unmarried, the title lay dormant till 
1722, when he was fucceeded by his uncle’s fon, James 
Maclellan, the fifth lord, who claimed the peerage in 
1729 ; but dying without iftiie, in 1734, he was fucceed¬ 
ed by his coufin, William, the fixth lord ; who married 
Margaret Murray, and, dying in 1776, was fucceeded by 
John, the feventh and late lord, whole'title was con¬ 
firmed by the houfe of peers, May 3, 1773 ; he married 
Mifs Bannifter of the county of Southampton ; by which 
lady, who died June 15, 1807, he had ilHie, Elizabeth, 
born April 18, 1769; married, May 21, 1793, to Finlay 
Fergufpn, efq. Sholto-Henry, the prefent lord ; Cam¬ 
den-Grey, born April 20, 1774. His lordlhip, dying 
December 24, 1801, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, 
Sholto.Henry, eighth and prefent lord. The prefump- 
tive heir is Camden-Grey, brother to his lordlhip. 
Creation. —Baron Kirkcudbright, May 25, 1663. 
Motto.— “ Think on.” 
MURRAY (ALEXANDER), Lord ELIBANK, 
and a Baronet; Lord-lieutenant of Tweedalelhire ; fuc¬ 
ceeded his uncle, the late lord, November 12, 1785; 
married Mifs Montolieu, daughter of colonel Monto- 
lieu ; by which lady, who died January 19, 1802, he 
has ilTue, Alexander, heir apparent, married, March 
8, 1803, Mifs Oliphant, of Bachilton ; Elizabeth ; 
Mary ; and George. 
Patrick, who fucceeded as fourth lord Elibank, mar¬ 
ried a daughter of George Stirling, of Edinburgh, 
efquire; by whom he had ilfue five forts; Patrick, the 
fifth lord, who died in 1778; George, the fixth ’and 
late lord ; Gideon, D.D. prebendary of Durham and 
Lincoln, married the honourable Mifs Montolieu, 
daughter of baron St. Hippolite, and died June 1778, 
leaving ilfue; Alexander, the prefent lord; and David, 
who married, Odtober 8, 1783, Elizabeth, daughter of 
the right honourable .Thomas Harley, fon of Robert, 
firft earl of Oxford, by whom he had ilfue a fon, and 
three daughters; and their father died May 8, 1794; 
James, a general in the army, and late governor of Mi¬ 
norca ; who died in June 1794, leaving a fon, James- 
Patrick, born in 1781, a captain in the army, married, 
January 1803, to Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Rulh. 
worth, efquire, and two daughters; Barbara, married 
to fir James Johnftone, father Of-lir William Pulteney, 
and grandfather of the countefs of Bath; Elizabeth; 
Anne, married to James Fergufon, efq. one of the lords 
of fefiion in Scotland, and died in January- 1793 ; Janet, 
married to fir Robert Murray, father of lir James Pulte¬ 
ney, baronet, a lieutenant-general in the army, who 
married, July 1794, Henrietta-Laura, countefs of Bath ; 
Mary; Helen, married to James Stewart, efq. His 
lordlhip died in 1735, and was fucceeded by his eldeft 
fon, Patrick, fifth lord, who married mary-Margaretfa, 
lady dowager North, widow of William lord North and 
Grey; 
