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201	He held the office of Sheriff of Cumberland in 1525 and of Sheriff of Cumberland in 1534	Curwen, Sir Christopher (I79946)
202	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I98367)
203	He Is Not In 1900 Census, And Hannah Is Listed As A Widow. Found In 1910 Census Records	Ross, Joseph M. (I64299)
204	He is the Premier Baronet of England. Sir Nicholas inherited significant landholdings in Norfolk. He is a council member of the National Trust and the RHS and in 1998 was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk. He served as Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II, 1966-69, then studied at Dundee University (MA) and at Gray's Inn and was called to the Bar as a barrister. In 2005 he was appointed to the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall and in 2006 succeeded William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chairman of the Prince's Council. He is also President of the Norfolk Beekepers Association, which is his greatest passion.	Bacon, Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby (14th Bt of Redgrave and Mildenhall) (I68268)
205	He lived at Bellevue, Killowen, County Down, Ireland Waddell Cunningham was certainly a prosperous merchant but uncomplimentary stories about him and his business practices abound He was born in 1729 and made his fortune largely by trading with America However he also had interests in a vitriol works, malting and brewery, his stores being with his house and garden in Hercules Lane, approximately where the Provincial Bank and St Mary's Hall now stand He was a member of the Second Presbyterian Congregation in Rosemary Street, He was a magistrate and in 1770 during the Hearts of Steel land agitation was responsible for the arrest of David Douglas from the Templepatrick area Douglas was lodged in the town barracks and on Sunday 23 December angry farmers marched in from Templepatrick Meeting House to organise a rescue bid They looted and burned Waddell Cunningham's house and only ceased when 5 of their number had been shot and the prisoners given up by the soldiers One cause of the violence was the fact that Waddell Cunningham with others was involved in buying up large areas of land Altogether he acquired 150 acres in Ballynagarry [Belfast] and 370 in Ballypalliday [Templepatrick], though it seems that this was not snatched from tenant farmers but had already been in the possession of other middlemen Although the amount of the fines for new leases and the rises in rents has been greatly exagerated, the transfers of leases were to raise money for the fifth Earl of Donegal] and Cunningham incurred much of the wrath of the farmers Waddell Cunningham was made a Freeman of Belfast on 21 September 1773, The next phase in Waddell Cunningham's life which is reported is the statement by R M Young that At the time of the American Revolution, he [Cunningham], sent out numerous well found vessels consigned to the British; but invariably they were captured afterwards that he had insured them well, and by a business like arrangement got not only the insurance, but the price of the hulls and cargo from the Americans, who captured them as prearranged The most celebrated reference to him is in connection with his trying to raise funds for a slave trading venture c 1786 However any documentation on it dates from a reference of 1806 to an alleged letter from Thomas McCabe to Dr William Drennan	Douglas, Waddell Cunningham (I11086)
206	He lived at Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England	Boissier, Rev. Frederick Scobell (I191294)
207	He lived at Cairnbarrow, Banffshire, Scotland	Gordon, John (I190002)
208	He lived at Camp de Cesar, Pouzac, France. He retired from the military in 1839, with the rank of Captain, late of the 20th Foot.	Douglas, David William Archibald (I132381)
209	He lived at Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.	Vesey, Thomas Agmondisham (I72206)
210	He lived at Dornoch, Dumfries-shire, Scotland	Douglas, William (I76892)
211	He lived at Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland	Bethune, Thomas (of Tarvet) (I103485)
212	He lived at Pitcombe Farm House, Bruton, Somerset, England	Drysdale, Andrew Watt (I193856)
213	He lived in 2003 at Whitehouse, Newcastle, Monmouth, Gwent, Wales	McConnel, James Frederic Whigham (I192566)
214	He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870.	Douglas, William (I196226)
215	He married Jane Craig on 19 April 1854, in Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1860	Douglas, James (I501711)
216	He married Rosa Lee Thompson on 18 May 1897, in Casey, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States in 1910.	Douglas, Silas Franklin (I196251)
217	He prospered greatly during the boom in the kelp industry, but overspent and left the Estate of Barra in dire condition. He fought in the War of the American Revolution	MacNeil, Roderick 20th of Barra 40th Chief (I154473)
218	He proved to be a disappointing heir apparent, constantly running up debts with his extravagant wife Harriet, born Lady Harriet Chichester.	Ashley-Cooper, Anthony (8th Earl of Shaftesbury) (I81450)
219	He qualified as a barrister in 1879 and was secretary to Lord Robert Grosvenor (a younger son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster) at HM Treasury from 1880– 84 and to Arthur Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884-95. After Peel's retirement in 1895, Ponsonby was appointed a CB that year and also took the courtesy title of Viscount Duncannon following his father's accession to the earldom of Bessborough, also in that year. In 1898, he was High Sheriff of Carlow, appointed a CVO in 1902 and a KP in 1914. He was also involved in business and became a director of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in March 1895, and served as its Chairman from February 1908 until his death.	Ponsonby, Edward (8th Earl of Bessborough) (I103500)
220	He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Kintore of Kintore, co. Aberdeen [U.K., 1838] on 11 July 1844. He succeeded as the 10th Lord Falconer of Halkertoun [S., 1647] on 11 July 1844. and as the 8th Earl of Kintore [S., 1677] on 11 July 1844, and aslo as the 8th Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall [S., 1677] on 11 July 1844.	Keith-Falconer, Francis Alexander (8th Earl of Kintore) (I124264)
221	He took up residence in San Francisco and died there on 9 April 1889. His daughter brought his body back to Victoria, where on 17 April he was buried.	Elliot, Andrew Charles (I188742)
222	He was a British civil engineer	Fox, Sir Charles Douglas JP (I103788)
223	He was a clerk for the House of Lords.	Hamilton-Gordon, William Hugh (I105327)
224	He was a devoted follower of King Charles I, and twice taken prisoner by the Covenanters. He fought in the Battle of Philiphaugh on 13 September 1645, where he served under Montrose, and was defeated and captured. On 26 November 1645 at Castle of St. Andrew, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, he was sentenced to death, but escaped the night before his intended execution, in the attire of his sister. In 1650 he was 'an excommunicate Papist' Between 1655 and 1657 at Tower of London, The City, London, England, he was a prisoner for several years under the Commonwealth.	Ogilvie, James (2nd Earl of Airlie) (I59807)
225	He was a director of Public Works, Orange River Colony	Hamilton-Gordon, George William (I105346)
226	He was a merchant-burgess at Montrose, Angus, Scotland	Clerk, William (I132466)
227	He was a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.	of Russia, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (I192139)
228	He was buried on 31 August in the family tomb at Borthwick	Dundas, Robert (of Arniston, the Elder ) (I192188)
229	He was commissioned in 1779. In 1798 He was promoted to Major-General. In 1800 he commanded a Division in Egypt under Abercromby. He was Colonel of the 2nd Battalion, 68th Foot between 1801 and 1802. In 1805 he was promoted to Lieutenant-General. He was Colonel of the 2nd West Indian Regiment between 1805 and 1808. He was Colonel of the 77th Foot between 1808 and 1811. He was Colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot between 1811 and 1823. He was a General Officer and Colonel of the 45th Regiment of Foot between 1823 and 1837.	Lambart, General Richard Ford William (7th Earl of Cavan) (I105566)
230	He was created 1st Baron Cairns of Garmoyle, co. Antrim [U.K.] on 27 February 1867 and was created 1st Viscount Garmoyle, co. Antrim [U.K.] on 27 September 1878. He then was created 1st Earl Cairns [U.K.] on 27 September 1878. He held the office of Lord Chancellor between 29 February 1868 and 9 December 1868 was Lord Chancellor between February 1874 and April 1880.	Cairns, Hugh MacCalmont (1st Earl Cairns) (I77373)
231	He was created 1st Baron Nugent [Austria] on 25 August 1859	Nugent, Walter (1st Baron Nugent) (I77661)
232	He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England and at Christ Church, Oxford University He fought in the Second World War, in North Africa, where he was decorated with the award of the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1943, and Italy. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Lothians and Border Horse. He was decorated with the Territorial Decoration (T.D.). He was admitted to Royal Company of Archers.	Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Lt.-Col. Claud Everard Walter (I105699)
233	He was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1679 Coleraine was married three times: first to Constantia (died 1680), daughter of Sir Richard Lucy of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, by whom he had Hugh Hare, and other children; secondly to Sarah, Duchess-dowager of Somerset, widow of John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset (died 1692); and thirdly, in 1696, to Elizabeth Portman (died 1732), widow of Robert Reade of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.	Hare, Henry (2nd Lord Coleraine) (I113107)
234	He was founder and chairman of Raligh Cycle Company, and Sturmey Archer Gears. He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.). He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.). He was created 1st Baronet Bowden, of the City of Nottingham [U.K.] on 23 June 1915.	Bowden, Sir Frank (1st Bt.) (I4719)
235	He was from a distinguished Pennsylvania family, descended from Paul Lily White, who had helped explore the state with William Penn and Col. John Douglass who fought with George Washington in the American Revolution.	Douglass, John Watkinson (I59049)
236	He was given the name of James Hope at birth. His name was legally changed to James Hope Johnstone. He gained the rank of officer between 1758 and 1764 in the service of the 3rd Foot Guards with whom he fought in the Battle of Minden in 1759.n 1781 he was appointed Curator Bonis (Trustee in Lunacy) for his great-half-uncle, 4th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell. He succeeded to the titles of 3rd Viscount of Aithrie [S., 1703], 3rd Lord Hope [S., 1703], & 3rd Earl of Hopetoun [S., 1703] on 12 February 1781. He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1784 and 1790. He held the office of Hereditary Steward of Annandale and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Palace. He succeeded to the title of de jure 5th Lord Johnstone [S., 1662], & de jure 5th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell [S., 1662] on 29 April 1792. He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1794 and 1796 & the office of Lord-Lieutenant of County Linlithgowshire between 1794 and 1816. In 1795 he claimed the Annandale estates and titles, but no progress was made before his death. He held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of County Linlithgow. He was created 1st Baron Hopetoun of Hopetoun, co. Linlithgow [Scotland] on 3 February 1809, with special remainder to the heirs male of his father. [http://thepeerage.com/p4342.htm#i43415]	Hope (later Hope-Johnstone), James 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (I191911)
237	He was Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire. He died on 13 March 1907 at age 62, without male issue	Colquhoun, Sir James (5th Bt of Luss) (I97829)
238	He was Military Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918.	Dawnay, John (9th Viscount Downe) (I45791)
239	He was present during the victory against the English at the Battle of Baugé in 1421, but he probably died that same year whilst in France. (The later date of 1427, often presented as his year of death on genealogy websites, was instead the year his son was 'retoured' to his father, that is confirmed as his heir, when it was noted his father had died six years earlier)	Douglas, Sir William (1st Baron of Drumlanrig) (I111537)
240	He was Secretary to the Earl of Lytton, League of Nations Committee of Enquiry in Manchuria in 1932. A Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Unionist and Conservative) for East Fulham between 1935 and 1945, he later held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Wycombe between 1951 and 1952. He wasParliamentary Private Secretary between 1936 and 1937, to the First Lord of the Admiralty. He held the office of Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1937. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserce. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount of Astor [U.K., 1917] on 30 September 1952 and to the title of 3rd Baron Astor, of Hever Castle, co. Kent [U.K., 1916] on 30 September 1952. He held the office of High Steward of Maidenhead.	Astor, William Waldorf Astor (3rd Viscount Astor) (I67752)
241	head of that Scots gentry family of Amisfield	Charteris, John Douglas Archibald (of Amisfield) (I193916)
242	Helen Craik wrote poetry, and her manuscript book of her poems includes her 'Lines written on a blank Leaf of Mr Burns's Poems': Here native Genius, gay, unique and strong, Shines through each page, and marks the tuneful song,— Rapt Admiration her warm tribute pays, And Scotia proudly echoes all she says; Bold Independence, too, illumes the theme And claims a manly privilege to fame.— — Vainly, O Burns! wou'd rank and riches shine, Compar'd with inborn merit great as thine! These Chance may take, as Chance has often giv'n, But powrs like thine can only come from Heav'n (Neilson, 1924, 66). Burns and Helen Craik knew each other. His only known letters to any of the Craiks are addressed to her. She shared her poems with him, and both of his letters to her also enclosed poems.	Craik, Helen (I103462)
243	Her son Peter ruled as Emperor in 1762 as Elizabeth's heir. She was the Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp by marriage.	Russia, Anna Petrovna Grand Duchess of (I167628)
244	Her stone says 1917	Wilcox, Sarah (I103896)
245	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I81549)
246	High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire in 1888.	Briscoe, Sir John James (1st Bt) (I97336)
247	High Sheriff of Essex in 1962.	Pelly, Douglas Gurney (I67992)
248	In 1437 he obtained the charter for Rocall (Rock Hall) from the Duke of Albany. Before 1465 he held Bordlands. In 1467 he obtained the charter for Glencain. Before 1468 he obtained the charter for Windiehill. In 1475 he obtained the charter for Drumjoan from King James III of Scotland.	Grierson, Vedast (3rd of Lag) (I191077)
249	In 1565 he was excused by Queen Mary and Lord Darnley from attending their army 'ost' (assembly of landowners and their followers summoned by the sovereign(s) for military service), because of his minority, and from attending the wars all his life for the good service of his predecessors. In 1566 he was granted the hereditary Provostship of Inverkeithing	Henderson, James (3rd of Fordell) (I84693)
250	In 1636, Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of that ilk, had a charter under the great seal of the lands and barony of Dalmahoy. By his wife, Marion, daughter of James Nesbit of Dean, he had, with four daughters, two sons; John, his heir, and William of Revelbridge, ancestor of the Dalmahoys of Revelbridge. The eldest daughter was married to Henry Trotter of Morton Hall; the second, to Stewart of Blackhall; the third to Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington; and the fourth, Barbara, to Sir William Scott of Clerkinton, from which marriage descended the Scotts of Maleny, and the Blairs of Blair in Ayrshire..	Dalmahoy, Sir Alexander Knight (I108311)

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201

He held the office of Sheriff of Cumberland in 1525 and of Sheriff of Cumberland in 1534

Curwen, Sir Christopher (I79946)

202

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I98367)

203

He Is Not In 1900 Census, And Hannah Is Listed As A Widow.
Found In 1910 Census Records

Ross, Joseph M. (I64299)

204

He is the Premier Baronet of England.

Sir Nicholas inherited significant landholdings in Norfolk. He is a council member of the National Trust and the RHS and in 1998 was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.

He served as Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II, 1966-69, then studied at Dundee University (MA) and at Gray's Inn and was called to the Bar as a barrister. In 2005 he was appointed to the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall and in 2006 succeeded William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chairman of the Prince's Council.
He is also President of the Norfolk Beekepers Association, which is his greatest passion.

Bacon, Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby (14th Bt of Redgrave and Mildenhall) (I68268)

205

He lived at Bellevue, Killowen, County Down, Ireland

Waddell Cunningham was certainly a prosperous merchant but uncomplimentary stories about him and his business practices abound He was born in 1729 and made his fortune largely by trading with America However he also had interests in a vitriol works, malting and brewery, his stores being with his house and garden in Hercules Lane, approximately where the Provincial Bank and St Mary's Hall now stand He was a member of the Second Presbyterian Congregation in Rosemary Street, He was a magistrate and in 1770 during the Hearts of Steel land agitation was responsible for the arrest of David Douglas from the Templepatrick area Douglas was lodged in the town barracks and on Sunday 23 December angry farmers marched in from Templepatrick Meeting House to organise a rescue bid They looted and burned Waddell Cunningham's house and only ceased when 5 of their number had been shot and the prisoners given up by the soldiers One cause of the violence was the fact that Waddell Cunningham with others was involved in buying up large areas of land Altogether he acquired 150 acres in Ballynagarry [Belfast] and 370 in Ballypalliday [Templepatrick], though it seems that this was not snatched from tenant farmers but had already been in the possession of other middlemen Although the amount of the fines for new leases and the rises in rents has been greatly exagerated, the transfers of leases were to raise money for the fifth Earl of Donegal] and Cunningham incurred much of the wrath of the farmers Waddell Cunningham was made a Freeman of Belfast on 21 September 1773, The next phase in Waddell Cunningham's life which is reported is the statement by R M Young that At the time of the American Revolution, he [Cunningham], sent out numerous well found vessels consigned to the British; but invariably they were captured afterwards that he had insured them well, and by a business like arrangement got not only the insurance, but the price of the hulls and cargo from the Americans, who captured them as prearranged The most celebrated reference to him is in connection with his trying to raise funds for a slave trading venture c 1786 However any documentation on it dates from a reference of 1806 to an alleged letter from Thomas McCabe to Dr William Drennan

Douglas, Waddell Cunningham (I11086)

206

He lived at Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England

Boissier, Rev. Frederick Scobell (I191294)

207

He lived at Cairnbarrow, Banffshire, Scotland

Gordon, John (I190002)

208

He lived at Camp de Cesar, Pouzac, France.
He retired from the military in 1839, with the rank of Captain, late of the 20th Foot.

Douglas, David William Archibald (I132381)

209

He lived at Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.

Vesey, Thomas Agmondisham (I72206)

210

He lived at Dornoch, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Douglas, William (I76892)

211

He lived at Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland

Bethune, Thomas (of Tarvet) (I103485)

212

He lived at Pitcombe Farm House, Bruton, Somerset, England

Drysdale, Andrew Watt (I193856)

213

He lived in 2003 at Whitehouse, Newcastle, Monmouth, Gwent, Wales

McConnel, James Frederic Whigham (I192566)

214

He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870.

Douglas, William (I196226)

215

He married Jane Craig on 19 April 1854, in Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1860

Douglas, James (I501711)

216

He married Rosa Lee Thompson on 18 May 1897, in Casey, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States in 1910.

Douglas, Silas Franklin (I196251)

217

He prospered greatly during the boom in the kelp industry, but overspent and left the Estate of Barra in dire condition.
He fought in the War of the American Revolution

MacNeil, Roderick 20th of Barra 40th Chief (I154473)

218

He proved to be a disappointing heir apparent, constantly running up debts with his extravagant wife Harriet, born Lady Harriet Chichester.

Ashley-Cooper, Anthony (8th Earl of Shaftesbury) (I81450)

219

He qualified as a barrister in 1879 and was secretary to Lord Robert Grosvenor (a younger son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster) at HM Treasury from 1880– 84 and to Arthur Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884-95. After Peel's retirement in 1895, Ponsonby was appointed a CB that year and also took the courtesy title of Viscount Duncannon following his father's accession to the earldom of Bessborough, also in that year. In 1898, he was High Sheriff of Carlow, appointed a CVO in 1902 and a KP in 1914. He was also involved in business and became a director of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in March 1895, and served as its Chairman from February 1908 until his death.

Ponsonby, Edward (8th Earl of Bessborough) (I103500)

220

He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Kintore of Kintore, co. Aberdeen [U.K., 1838] on 11 July 1844.
He succeeded as the 10th Lord Falconer of Halkertoun [S., 1647] on 11 July 1844.
and as the 8th Earl of Kintore [S., 1677] on 11 July 1844, and aslo as the 8th Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall [S., 1677] on 11 July 1844.

Keith-Falconer, Francis Alexander (8th Earl of Kintore) (I124264)

221

He took up residence in San Francisco and died there on 9 April 1889. His daughter brought his body back to Victoria, where on 17 April he was buried.

Elliot, Andrew Charles (I188742)

222

He was a British civil engineer

Fox, Sir Charles Douglas JP (I103788)

223

He was a clerk for the House of Lords.

Hamilton-Gordon, William Hugh (I105327)

224

He was a devoted follower of King Charles I, and twice taken prisoner by the Covenanters. He fought in the Battle of Philiphaugh on 13 September 1645, where he served under Montrose, and was defeated and captured.
On 26 November 1645 at Castle of St. Andrew, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, he was sentenced to death, but escaped the night before his intended execution, in the attire of his sister.
In 1650 he was 'an excommunicate Papist' Between 1655 and 1657 at Tower of London, The City, London, England, he was a prisoner for several years under the Commonwealth.

Ogilvie, James (2nd Earl of Airlie) (I59807)

225

He was a director of Public Works, Orange River Colony

Hamilton-Gordon, George William (I105346)

226

He was a merchant-burgess at Montrose, Angus, Scotland

Clerk, William (I132466)

227

He was a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

of Russia, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (I192139)

228

He was buried on 31 August in the family tomb at Borthwick

Dundas, Robert (of Arniston, the Elder ) (I192188)

229

He was commissioned in 1779. In 1798 He was promoted to Major-General. In 1800 he commanded a Division in Egypt under Abercromby. He was Colonel of the 2nd Battalion, 68th Foot between 1801 and 1802. In 1805 he was promoted to Lieutenant-General. He was Colonel of the 2nd West Indian Regiment between 1805 and 1808.
He was Colonel of the 77th Foot between 1808 and 1811. He was Colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot between 1811 and 1823. He was a General Officer and Colonel of the 45th Regiment of Foot between 1823 and 1837.

Lambart, General Richard Ford William (7th Earl of Cavan) (I105566)

230

He was created 1st Baron Cairns of Garmoyle, co. Antrim [U.K.] on 27 February 1867 and was created 1st Viscount Garmoyle, co. Antrim [U.K.] on 27 September 1878. He then was created 1st Earl Cairns [U.K.] on 27 September 1878.

He held the office of Lord Chancellor between 29 February 1868 and 9 December 1868 was Lord Chancellor between February 1874 and April 1880.

Cairns, Hugh MacCalmont (1st Earl Cairns) (I77373)

231

He was created 1st Baron Nugent [Austria] on 25 August 1859

Nugent, Walter (1st Baron Nugent) (I77661)

232

He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England and at Christ Church, Oxford University

He fought in the Second World War, in North Africa, where he was decorated with the award of the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1943, and Italy. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Lothians and Border Horse. He was decorated with the Territorial Decoration (T.D.).

He was admitted to Royal Company of Archers.

Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Lt.-Col. Claud Everard Walter (I105699)

233

He was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1679

Coleraine was married three times:

first to Constantia (died 1680), daughter of Sir Richard Lucy of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, by whom he had Hugh Hare, and other children;
secondly to Sarah, Duchess-dowager of Somerset, widow of John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset (died 1692); and
thirdly, in 1696, to Elizabeth Portman (died 1732), widow of Robert Reade of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.

Hare, Henry (2nd Lord Coleraine) (I113107)

234

He was founder and chairman of Raligh Cycle Company, and Sturmey Archer Gears.
He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.).
He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.).
He was created 1st Baronet Bowden, of the City of Nottingham [U.K.] on 23 June 1915.

Bowden, Sir Frank (1st Bt.) (I4719)

235

He was from a distinguished Pennsylvania family, descended from Paul Lily White, who had helped explore the state with William Penn and Col. John Douglass who fought with George Washington in the American Revolution.

Douglass, John Watkinson (I59049)

236

He was given the name of James Hope at birth. His name was legally changed to James Hope Johnstone. He gained the rank of officer between 1758 and 1764 in the service of the 3rd Foot Guards with whom he fought in the Battle of Minden in 1759.n 1781 he was appointed Curator Bonis (Trustee in Lunacy) for his great-half-uncle, 4th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell. He succeeded to the titles of 3rd Viscount of Aithrie [S., 1703], 3rd Lord Hope [S., 1703], & 3rd Earl of Hopetoun [S., 1703] on 12 February 1781. He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1784 and 1790. He held the office of Hereditary Steward of Annandale and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Palace. He succeeded to the title of de jure 5th Lord Johnstone [S., 1662], & de jure 5th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell [S., 1662] on 29 April 1792. He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1794 and 1796 & the office of Lord-Lieutenant of County Linlithgowshire between 1794 and 1816. In 1795 he claimed the Annandale estates and titles, but no progress was made before his death. He held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of County Linlithgow. He was created 1st Baron Hopetoun of Hopetoun, co. Linlithgow [Scotland] on 3 February 1809, with special remainder to the heirs male of his father.
[http://thepeerage.com/p4342.htm#i43415]

Hope (later Hope-Johnstone), James 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (I191911)

237

He was Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.
He died on 13 March 1907 at age 62, without male issue

Colquhoun, Sir James (5th Bt of Luss) (I97829)

238

He was Military Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918.

Dawnay, John (9th Viscount Downe) (I45791)

239

He was present during the victory against the English at the Battle of Baugé in 1421, but he probably died that same year whilst in France. (The later date of 1427, often presented as his year of death on genealogy websites, was instead the year his son was 'retoured' to his father, that is confirmed as his heir, when it was noted his father had died six years earlier)

Douglas, Sir William (1st Baron of Drumlanrig) (I111537)

240

He was Secretary to the Earl of Lytton, League of Nations Committee of Enquiry in Manchuria in 1932. A Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Unionist and Conservative) for East Fulham between 1935 and 1945, he later held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Wycombe between 1951 and 1952.

He wasParliamentary Private Secretary between 1936 and 1937, to the First Lord of the Admiralty. He held the office of Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1937.

He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserce.

He succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount of Astor [U.K., 1917] on 30 September 1952 and to the title of 3rd Baron Astor, of Hever Castle, co. Kent [U.K., 1916] on 30 September 1952.

He held the office of High Steward of Maidenhead.

Astor, William Waldorf Astor (3rd Viscount Astor) (I67752)

241

head of that Scots gentry family of Amisfield

Charteris, John Douglas Archibald (of Amisfield) (I193916)

242

Helen Craik wrote poetry, and her manuscript book of her poems includes her 'Lines written on a blank Leaf of Mr Burns's Poems':

Here native Genius, gay, unique and strong,
Shines through each page, and marks the tuneful song,—
Rapt Admiration her warm tribute pays,
And Scotia proudly echoes all she says;
Bold Independence, too, illumes the theme
And claims a manly privilege to fame.—
— Vainly, O Burns! wou'd rank and riches shine,
Compar'd with inborn merit great as thine!
These Chance may take, as Chance has often giv'n,
But powrs like thine can only come from Heav'n
(Neilson, 1924, 66).

Burns and Helen Craik knew each other. His only known letters to any of the Craiks are addressed to her. She shared her poems with him, and both of his letters to her also enclosed poems.

Craik, Helen (I103462)

243

Her son Peter ruled as Emperor in 1762 as Elizabeth's heir. She was the Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp by marriage.

Russia, Anna Petrovna Grand Duchess of (I167628)

244

Her stone says 1917

Wilcox, Sarah (I103896)

245

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I81549)

246

High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire in 1888.

Briscoe, Sir John James (1st Bt) (I97336)

247

High Sheriff of Essex in 1962.

Pelly, Douglas Gurney (I67992)

248

In 1437 he obtained the charter for Rocall (Rock Hall) from the Duke of Albany.
Before 1465 he held Bordlands.
In 1467 he obtained the charter for Glencain.
Before 1468 he obtained the charter for Windiehill.
In 1475 he obtained the charter for Drumjoan from King James III of Scotland.

Grierson, Vedast (3rd of Lag) (I191077)

249

In 1565 he was excused by Queen Mary and Lord Darnley from attending their army 'ost' (assembly of landowners and their followers summoned by the sovereign(s) for military service), because of his minority, and from attending the wars all his life for the good service of his predecessors. In 1566 he was granted the hereditary Provostship of Inverkeithing

Henderson, James (3rd of Fordell) (I84693)

250

In 1636, Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of that ilk, had a charter under the great seal of the lands and barony of Dalmahoy. By his wife, Marion, daughter of James Nesbit of Dean, he had, with four daughters, two sons; John, his heir, and William of Revelbridge, ancestor of the Dalmahoys of Revelbridge. The eldest daughter was married to Henry Trotter of Morton Hall; the second, to Stewart of Blackhall; the third to Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington; and the fourth, Barbara, to Sir William Scott of Clerkinton, from which marriage descended the Scotts of Maleny, and the Blairs of Blair in Ayrshire..

Dalmahoy, Sir Alexander Knight (I108311)

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