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in 1666, purchased the barony of Cambo three years afterwards, and died in 1677. His patent of creation is printed by Sir George Mackenzie in his Science of Heraldry, chap. ii.; and the Ratification of the office of Lyon King-of-Arms (1672, c. 74), in favour of Sir Charles and his son, Sir Alexander, will be found in the folio edition of the Acts of the Scottish Parliament, vol. viii. p. 123.

16. SIR ALEXANDER ERSKINE of Cambo, Co. Fife, Bart.-1677. Son and successor of the preceding Lord Lyon, by Miss Barclay of London. Married his cousin-german Mary, eldest daughter of Alexander, third Earl of Kellie. Inaugurated as Lord Lyon at Holyrood, 27th July 1681, when James Duke of York (afterwards James VII.) officiated as High Commissioner for his brother, King Charles II. The "Order" observed at his coronation forms Appendix No. x. of Arnot's History of Edinburgh.

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In McCormick's Life of William Carstares, Secretary to King William III., and afterwards Principal of the University of Edinburgh, we find the following anecdote, which, it is presumed, relates to Sir Alexander's son:"Not long after Carstares' commitment to Edinburgh Castle, a boy about twelve years of age, son to Erskine of Cambo, Lieutenant-governor of the Castle, in the course of his rambles through the court, came to the grate of his apartment. As he always loved to amuse himself with young people, he went towards the grate, and began a conversation with him. The boy was captivated with the gentle and engaging manner in which he accosted him; and, mightily pleased with his first interview, he resolved to cultivate his new acquaintance. day or two after, he returned at the same hour to the grate; and, in the course of a few periodical visits of this kind, he conceived the strongest attachment to the prisoner; would sit by him for hours lamenting his unhappy situation, and telling a thousand stories to divert him. He would sometimes load his pockets with provisions of different sorts, and oblige him to partake with him. At other times he would purchase for him pen, ink, and paper; and, when he had wrote his letters, he would come at night and carry them to the Post Office himself. He was quite unhappy if Mr. Carstares had no errand to send him, or no favour to ask. This intimacy subsisted between them so long as Mr. Carstares continued in custody; and, when their intercourse was broken off by his release, the separation was attended with

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tears on both sides. It was not many years before Mr. Carstares had an opportunity of testifying his gratitude. One of the first private favours he asked of King William was, that he would bestow the office of Lord Lyon upon his young friend, to whose humanity and kind offices he had owed his chief consolation in his deepest distress; and he obtained his request, with this additional compliment, that it should be hereditary in the family." Accordingly, in the year 1702, Sir Alexander had a Commission, under the Great Seal, of the office of Lord Lyon King-at-Arms to himself and his son, of which there was a Ratification in 1707 (c. 23.)-See Scottish Acts, xi. 465.

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Owing to his participation in the "Rising" of 1715 (when he joined his kinsman, the Earl of Mar), the hereditary grant probably did not take effect. The date of his deprivation or resignation does not appear, but it is supposed to have been long before his death, which took place in 1735. (Douglas' Peerage, ii. 21.)

17. ALEXANDER BRODIE of that Ilk, Co. Elgin-1727 (6th July).

Son of George Brodie of Aslisk, by Emelia, daughter and co-heir of James Brodie of Brodie Born 1697. Married, in 1724, Mary Sleigh, and died 1754. (Nicolas' Orders of Knighthood, and Burke's Landed Gentry, 1849, iii. 38.) 2

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18. JOHN HOOKE-CAMPBELL of Bangeston, Co. Pembroke―1754 (3d April).

Second son of John Campbell of Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire-a cadet of the House of Argyll, and ancestor of the Earls of Cawdor-by Mary, eldest daughter and co-heir of Lewis Pryse, Esquire. He was appointed Lord Lyon jointly with his younger brother Alexander, a LieutenantColonel in the Army, by whom, however, none of the duties of the

1 State Papers and Life of Carstares, p. 22.

2 Two other Lyon Kings are mentioned by Noble in his History of the English College of Arms (p. 407), as holding the office between Sir Alexander Erskine and the Laird of Brodie, viz., — Cocherne (Cochrane?) and Alexander Drummond; but neither of them appears in the list of

Lords Lyon of the Order of the Thistle from 1687, as given in Nicolas' Orders of Knighthood, vol. iii., Appendix to "Thistle," xxxvi. As suggested by "A. S. A." in Notes and Queries (2d Series, v. 497), they may have filled the office of LyonDepute, probably between the incumbency of Robert Innes and John Dundas.--(See Appendix, No. ii.)

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office were discharged. By his wife Eustacia, daughter and co-heir of Francis Basset of Heanton Court, Devonshire, Mr. Hooke-Campbell had three daughters. He resided chiefly at Bath, where he died, 8th September 1795, in consequence of a fall over the St. Vincent rocks on the Avon, whither it is supposed he had gone to gratify his favourite pursuit of sketching, in which he excelled. Having been predeceased by his brother Alexander, in 1785, the reversionary grant of the Lyonship in his favour did not, of course, take effect.

19. ROBERT-AURIOL DRUMMOND-HAY, ninth Earl of Kinnoull, etc., in the Peerage of Scotland, and Baron Hay of Pedwardine in that of Great Britain-1796 (26th May).

Born 1751. Eldest son of Robert Hay-Drummond, Archbishop of York, by Henrietta, daughter of Peter Auriol, Esquire, of London, and grandson of George-Henry Hay, seventh Earl of Kinnoull, and first Baron Hay of Pedwardine. Lord Kinnoull's Commission was in favour of himself, with remainder to his son Thomas-Robert, Viscount Dupplin, by whom he was accordingly succeeded, in the office of Lord Lyon, at his death in 1804.

20. THOMAS-ROBERT DRUMMOND-HAY, tenth Earl of Kinnoull, etc.-1804 (12th April).

Born 1785. Son of the preceding Lord Lyon, by Sarah, daughter and co-heir of the Right Hon. Thomas Harley, and grand-daughter of Edward, third Earl of Oxford. Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the county of Perth. Married, in 1824, Louisa-Burton, second daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., G.C.B, by whom he has surviving issue, three sons and three daughters.

No. II.

LIST OF LYON-DEPUTES,

FROM THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

1. ROBERT INNES, Writer to the Signet (?)

Acting in 1681 at the coronation of Sir Alexander Erskine, Lord Lyon. (Arnot's History of Edinburgh, Appendix, No. x.)

APPENDIX.

2. JOHN DUNDAS, Writer to the Signet.1

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Father of David (?) Dundas of Duddingston, Co. Linlithgow. Appointed 1st February 1728.

3. THOMAS DUNDAS, younger of Fingask, Co. Perth. Appointed 18th June 1744.

4. THOMAS BRODIE, Writer to the Signet. Appointed 7th September 1754.

5. ROBERT BOSWELL, Writer to the Signet.

Appointed 24 November 1770. Held the office of Lyon-Clerk as well as of Lyon-Depute. Mr. Boswell also acted as interim Lord Lyon, under a nomination from the Exchequer, from 17th December 1795 to 6th August 1796.

6. JAMES HOME of Linhouse, Co. Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet. Appointed 8th August 1796. Acted both as Lyon-Depute and LyonClerk from the year 1804.

7. DAVID CLYNE, Solicitor before the Supreme Courts.

Appointed interim Lyon-Depute 21st February 1819, on the death of Mr. Home. Also interim Lyon-Clerk.

8. GEORGE TAIT, Advocate.

Appointed interim Lyon-Depute 24th April 1819. Mr. Tait was called to the Scottish Bar in 1807, and filled the office of SheriffSubstitute of Mid-Lothian from 1820 to 1848, when he resigned.

9. GEORGE CLERK CRAIGIE of Dumbarnie, Co. Perth, Advocate. Appointed 1st April 1823. Born 1788. Called to the Scottish Bar 1810. Died 1845.

10. JAMES TYTLER of Woodhouselee, Co. Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet (1803).

Appointed Joint Depute with Mr. Craigie 2d June 1827. Sole Depute from 1845. Second son of Alexander Fraser-Tytler of Wood

1 See page 487, note 2.

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houselee and Belnain, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and brother of Patrick Fraser-Tytler, the historian of Scotland. Born 1780. Died 10th October 1862.

11. GEORGE BURNETT, Advocate, of the family of Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.

Appointed 9th February 1863. Born 1822. Called to the Scottish Bar in 1845.

No. III.

PATENTS OF LYON KINGS-OF-ARMS.

1. EXTRACT COMMISSION in favour of SIR JEROME LINDSAY as Lyon King of Arms, dated 8th November 1620, in the collection of ancient papers at Dalmahoy.

OUR SOUERANE LORD Ordanes ane Lettre to be maid vnder his hienes grit seale in dew forme, Makand mentioun That his hienes excellent Maiestie Haueing gude prwfe and experience of the Literature, gude Lettres, abundance of Langwages, ingenious maneris, qualificatioun and abilitie of his hienes Louit Maister Jerome Lindesay of Annatland, for exerceing the office of his maist excellent Maiesties Lyoun King of Armes; and vnderstanding that the said office is now Vaikand in his Maiesties handis and at his hienes gift and dispositioun, Be demissioun of the samen maid in his hienes handis be Sir Dauid Lindesay of the Mount, Knicht, his Maiesties present Lyoun King of Armes, In fauouris of the said Mr. Jerome; Thairfore our said Souerane Lord with advyse and consent of the Lordis of his bienes Secreit Counsell of his Maiesties Kingdome of Scotland, his hienes Commissioneris, Hes nominat and presentit, and be the tenour heirof nominatis and presentis, the said Mr. Jerome Lindesay to the said office, And makis and constituitis him King of his maist excellent Maiesties Armes, Giveand, grantand, and disponand to him the said office to be bruikit, vsit, and possessit be him during all the dayes of his Lyftyme, with the honor titill and dignitie of ane Knicht; Ordaining him in altyme. cuming during his Lyftyme to be callit, writtin, and intitulat Sir Jereme Lindesay of Annatland, Knicht, Lyoun King of his hienes Armes, Giveand and assigneand to him the sowme of Fourtie punds

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