Notices of the Earl of Errol and Sir F. Sanderfons 
fervice, the King of Scotland beftowed on 
Kirn a large portion of land near the river” 
Tay, called Errox 5 and alfo an appropriate 
coat of arms and motto, at once difplaying 
his valour, and his humble occupation. The 
defcendants of this hero are frequently men- 
tioned; their pedigree, ffom the reign of 
_ Robert Bruce, is clear and uninterrupted. 
The lairds of Errol were elevated to the 
rank of earl in 1452. They had before been 
honoured with a charter conftituting them 
heritable high-conftables of Scotland *. In 
1717 the male line failed, and the title de- 
feended to Lady Margaret, daughter of the 
thirteenth earl, who married the earl of 
Linlithgow ; and their grandfon;. John Boyd 
(Lord Boyd), by a daughter married to Lord 
Kilmarnock, fucceeded to the title of Errol, 
and took the name of Hay, from whom the 
late earl is defcended. 
His lordfhip was born in 1767, and fuc- 
ceeded tothe title at a very early age. The 
paternal eftate which fell to ‘his fhare being 
fmall, he embraced a military life; and, en- 
tering into the guards, attained the ramk of 
lieutenant-colone! in the army. 
The gay life ufually led by the officers of 
this corps, drew his lordfhip into expences 
which his fortune could by no means fup- 
port; and to fecure himfelf from the incon- 
veniencies attendant on the ftate of a debtor 
in this country, he, at the laft general elec- 
tion, ftood a candidate for ene of the fixteen 
elective peerages of Scotland. 
On this eccafion he was oppofed by the 
Earl of Lauderdale, who conceived he had 
difcovered a flaw in his lordfhip’s title +. 
<—With this view Lord Lauderdale attended 
at Holyrood-houfe; and, after obje@ting to 
Lord Errol’s claim as a peer of Scotland, de- 
clared himfelf a candidate in oppofition to 
him; concluding, that if he could defeat his 
title to a peerage, the votes given to him, 
after this notice, world be deemed void, and 
Lord Lauderdale, fucceed of courfe, as one of 
fixteen. However, the minifterial majority 
for Lord Errol was decifive, and he was re- 
returned. Lord Lauderdale tried the event 
of a petition to the houfe of lords, but did 
not fucceed; and Lord Errel confequently 
kept his feat. It has been remarked, that 
Lord Lauderdale’s peerage is held precifely 
in the fame manner as that of Lord Errol; 
and that had he prevailed againft his oppo- 
nent, hej would have lof his own; an event 
his lordfhip is faid to have withed for, as it 
would have qualified lim for being a candi- 
date for the houfe of commons. Lord Errol 
was now eafed frem any fears for the liberty 
of his perfon; but too free a habit of living 
* The late earl’s father, in tis capacity, 
walked at the proceffion on the coronation of 
George Iff. and the patrimony of the family 
has not yet recovered the /plendo: rs of that day. 
,. > Lord Errot, en this occafion, very gal- 
lantly obferved, ** By he. may uncarl, 
hut he fhall never wifriced inc.” 
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had greatly impaired his conftitution. His 
lordfhip was attached to the light infantry - 
battalion of the guards; and when the late 
expedition was undertaken againft Oftend, 
his corps being ordered on that fervicey 
he accompanied it. The men under his com- 
mand not being landed, luckily efcaped 
being captured; but fomething improper ap= 
pearing in his own conduét, occafioned, as it 
is faid, by intoxication, he was put under ar- 
ret on his return, and at length permitted 
to refign his company. The chagrin occas. 
fioned by this untoward circumftance certainly’ 
haftened his end: He died at Grenier’s hotel 
a fhort time after. Thus perifhed a young 
man who, but for the pofieffion of a title, 
without a fortune to fupport it, might have 
béen an ornament fo his country. An ac- 
count of his demife, autherifed by fome of his 
Jelations, has appearedin the papers, in which 
he is faid to have been delirious, and to have 
been indifpofed fometime previous to the ex= 
pedition. Lord Errol married a lady, a na- 
tive of Ireland, but has not left any child; 
confequently his brother, who, in purfuance 
of the will of a relation, had aflumed the 
name of Boyd, fucceeds. This gentleman 
has bgen in pofleffion of a very good fortune 
by a very fingular tenure. In cafe of the 
lavfe of the earldom to him, the fortune was 
to xo to the next. Luckily there is no other 
brother ; and therefore he fucceeds to the 
title without lofing the eftate. 
Aiter a lingering illnefs, Sir James Sander 
fon, bart. alderman of Loadon, and member 
for Haftings. He was a native of Yorkthire 
fent' to town, by his friends, in fearch of 
employment 5 his firft was with a Mr. 
Goulding, his fecond with a Mr. Hunter, 
both hop-faétors.' He had a good. natural 
capacity, and afterwards was engaged as clerle 
by Mr. Judd, an eminent hop-faéter, near 
London bridge. By aifiduity and attention 
to bufinefs, he gained the favour of his mafs 
ter, and his perfon recommending him toa 
daughter of Mr. fudd’s, much older than 
himfelf, Sanderfon became that gentleman’s 
partner and fon-in-law; and when Mr. Judd 
retired, with a very ample fortune, to Chelms- 
ford, in Effex, he fucceeded to the principal 
fhare in the bufinefs, in which, had not am- 
bition prompted him to be a diftinguithed 
man, he might have accumulated as large a 
fortune, and with as much credit; as his prede- 
ceflor. During the riots of 1780, Sanderfon was 
firt noticed asa public man. A partyof the 
guards had been fent for, to preferve the 
water-works. of London-bridge, and other 
public buildings: the officers of the corps 
were provided for, with dinners, é&c. at the 
expence of the ward, and Alderman Woolridge, 
with Mr. Sanderfon, Mr. Brown, and other 
common-council men, had the care of pro- 
viding for their accommodation. Soonafter, 
a propofal was made to form a volunteer affo- 
ciation, for the defence of the ward, and to 
check the progrefs of future riots, about 
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