A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (Volume 1) online

Merriel-Horner, »n.to Edward
James Smith, esq. judge of
Morabadad, Bengal.

2. Sydenham, of Sherborne, in
the county of Dorset, b. in 1758,
in. Mary, daughter of the Rev.
Robert Norris, rector of Brush-
ford, in Somersetshire, and d.
in 1810, having had two sons,

John-Norris, a midshipman,
d. in 1802.

Thomas, a captain in the
Hon. East India Company's
service, m. Mary Anne,
daughter of William Ben-
ford, esq. of South Moul-
ton.
His widow d. in 1832.

3. Thomas, in holy orders, rector
of Cameley and Brimpton, in
the county of Somerset, and
prebendary of W r ells, b. in 1764
in. Susan, daughter of Captain
B. Bechino, R.N. and sister



of Mary, second wife of Wil-
liam, fourth duke of Roxburghe.

4. Robert, of Cerne-Abbas, in the
county of Dorset, b. in 1766,
in. his cousin, Jane, daughter of
Hamilton Blair, esq. of Blair, in
the county of Ain and d. in 1814,
leaving issue,

Hamilton-John, in holy or-
ders, vicar of Buckland
Dinham, in the county of
Somerset, in. Margaret,
daughter of Thomas Taun-
ton, esq. of Wrackleford,
in the county of Dorset,
and has issue.

Jane - Merriel, married to
Robert Chermside,M.D.

5. Margaret-Ellery, b. in 1771, m.
to Robert Pearson, captain R.N.
and d. in 1828.

in. Ellery, m. to St. Barbe Sydenham,
esq. of Combe, in the county of
Somerset.
iv. Agnes, m. to John Sabine, esq. of

Muckleford.
v. Margaret, d. unmarried,
vi. Jane, in. to Hamilton Blair, esq. of
Blair, in the county of Air.
Mr. Sydenham Williams was governor of
Portland Castle, and sheriff of the county
of Dorset, in the 3rd and 14th of George
II. He d. in 1757, and was s. by his eldest
son,

Thomas Williams, esq. of Herringston,
b. in 1728, hi. Jane, daughter of Sir Edward
W^ilmot, bart. of Chaddesden, in the county
of Derby, and dying in 1757, left, with two
daughters, Sarah-Agnes, the wife of J.
Letham, esq. and Jane, of Adair Hawkins,
esq. of London,

Edward W"illiams, esq. present pro-
prietor of Herringston.

Arms — Arg. within a bordure ingrailed
gules, charged with crosses pattee or and
bezants, a greyhound courant in fesse sab.
between three Cornish choughs, ppr. Quar-
tering the ensigns of De laLynde, Hartley,
Herring, Syward, Cerne, Argenton, and
Browne.

Crest — A man's arm couped at the elbow,
habited sab. charged with a cross patee or,
the hand ppr. holding an oak branch vert
fructed or.

Motto — Nil Solidum.

Estates — In the county of Dorset.

Seat — Herringston, near Dorchester.



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WILLIAMS, OF BRIDEHEAD.

WILLIAMS, ROBERT, esq. of Bridehead, in the county of Dorset, b. 11th
February, 1767, m. 28th August, 1794, Frances, youngest daughter of the late John
Turner, esq. of Putney, and has issue,

Robert, b. 23rd January, 1811.
Fanny.

Mr. Williams s. his father in 1814. He is a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for
Dorsetshire, and was formerly an alderman of London, of which city he was sheriff in
1796-7. He has been returned ten successive times to parliament, — twice for Woot-
ton Basset, once for Kilkenny, and seven times for Dorchester, for which borough he
now sits.



This is a younger branch of the family of
Williams of Herringston, in the county of
Dorset.

Robert Williams, esq. of Charminster,
in Dorsetshire, b. in 1694, second surviving
son of John Williams, esq. of Herringston,
and his wife, Margaret Fulford (see Wil-
liams of Herringston), m. first, Frances,
daughter of the Rev. Henry Hooton, vicar
of Piddlestoun, in the same county, but had
no issue. He wedded secondly, Anne,
daughter of — Shaw, of Manchester, and
had,

1. John, of Avery Hatch, in the county
of Essex, m. Anne, daughter of Wil-
liam Guy, of Wellclose Square, in the
county of Middlesex, and died in
1774, leaving issue.

2. Thomas, of Bracknell, in Berkshire,
m. Sarah, daughter of — Topsell,
esq. of the same place, and died in
1774, leaving issue.

3. George, of Bath, m. Mary, daughter
of — Beer, esq. of Lyme, in the county
of Dorset, and had issue.

4. Robert, of whom presently.

5. Stephen, of Russell Place, St. Pan-
eras, an East India Director, m.
Charlotte, daughter of Sir Hadley
Doyley, bart. of Shottisham, in Nor-
folk, and died in 1805, leaving
issue.

to Samuel Pedding, of



6. Margaret, m.
Charminster.

7. Elizabeth, m
Dorchester.

8. Honor, m. to Francis
esq. of St. Marylebone.

The fourth son,

Robert Williams, esq. of Moor Park, in
the county of Herts, and of Bridehead, in



to Henry Pouncey, of
Chassereau,



Dorsetshire, was an eminent banker in Lon-
don, and some time M.P. for the borough
of Dorchester. He served the office of she-
riff for the county of Dorset. He m. 27th
October, 1764, Jane, daughter of Francis
Chassereau, esq. of St. Marylebone, in the
county of Middlesex, and died on the 17th
June, 1814, leaving issue,

i. Robert, his successor, now of Bride-
head.
ii. William, b. 28th March, 1774, late
of Belmont House, Surrey, and of
Portland Place, London, some time
M.P. for Weymouth and Melcomb
Regis ; m. 30th November, 1797,
Anne, eldest daughter of John Rash-
leigh, esq. of Penquite, in the county
of Cornwall, and has had,

1 . Charles-Montague, b. 22nd May,
1799, m. 14th August, 1823, Anna-
Maria, eldest daughter of Sir
Samuel Scott, bart. of Sundridge
Park, in Kent, and died 17th
March, 1830, leaving two sons
and a daughter, viz.

Montague, b. 11th February,
1826.

Charles-Rashlcigh, b. 2nd De-
cember, 1830.

Louisa-Maria.

2. William, ->

3. Frederick, \ all died young.

4. Philip- Alfred, J

5. Herbert, of Dorchester, b. 19th
September, 1807, m. 16th Fe-
bruary, 1832, Martha - Maria-
Finden, only daughter of George
Emery, esq. of the Grange Ban-
well, in the county of Somerset,
and widow of Wiltens Andree,
esq.



MORAY, OF ABERCA1RNY.



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6. Louisa - Anne, m. 20th June,

1820,toSirHenry-LorrainBaker,

hart, of Dunstable House, in the

county of Surrey.

ill. Anne, in. to the Rev. Edward Au-

bery.
iv. Harriett, m. 24th May, 1808, to
John Coleman Rashleigh, esq. of Pri-
deaux, in Cornwall, created a ba-
ronet in 1831.
v. Sophia, m. to the Rev. John Wil-
liam Cunningham, vicar of Harrow,
and died in 1821.



Arms, Crest, fyc. — Refer to Williams of
Herringston.

Estates — Parishes of Little Bredy, Comp-
ton Vallence, Winterbourn Abbas, and in
the borough of Dorchester ; all in the county
of Dorset : Richmansworth, Herts.

Town Residence — 36, Grosvenor Square.

Seat — Bridehead, near Dorchester, beau-
tifully situated in a well-wooded vale and
open country near the sea.



MORAY, OF ABERCAIRNY.



MORAY, JAMES, esq. of Abercairny, in the county of Perth, a justice of the
peace and deputy-lieutenant for that shire, formerly captain of the 15th Dragoons,
and afterwards lieutenant-colonel of the Perthshire Local Militia, espoused Elizabeth,
daughter of General Sir William Erskine, bart. of Torrie. He succeeded to the estates
at the decease of his father in 1810.



Hineage.




The great house of Moray, or Murray,
whose acknowledged chieftainship is now
vested in Abercairny, derives from

Freskine, a Fleming, who settled in
Scotland during the reign of David I., and
acquired from that monarch the lands of
Strathbrock, in the county of Linlithgow.
" Soon after the insurrection of the Moray-
men in 1130," says Chalmers, " Freskine,
who probably contributed by his skill and
bravery to the subduement of those ancient
people, obtained from the same prince some
of the most fertile districts of the Lowlands
of Moray," including Duffies, Inshkiel,
Rosile, &c, and erected a fortalice at
Duffies, where he resided, and where the
massy ruins of the castle are still to be seen.
Freskine was s. in 1158, by his only son,



William de Moravia, as appears from
a charter, granted under the great seal, by
William the Lion, " Willielmo, filio Fres-
kini, scilicet terras quas Freskine, pater
suus, tenuit, tempore regis David avi mei."
He left two sons, namely,

William, his heir.

Hugh, who obtained from his father the
lands of Duffus. He had a son,
Walter, who is frequently mistaken
for Walter, the son of William. He
is witness to a charter in the chartu-
lary of Moray, in which there is
a donation made to the church of
Spynie, and is designed — " Domino
Waltero de Moravia, filio quondam
Hugonis de Moravia."

The elder son and heir,

William de Moravia, according to nu-
merous grants and other deeds, in the ar-
chives of the episcopal see of Moray, s. his
father in 1200, in those records he is de-
scribed " Willielmus Alius Willielmi filii
Friskini." He subsequently made a dona-
tion to the church of Spynie, as appears by
a charter in the chartulary of Moray, where-
in he states that " Hugone, fratre meo," is
a witness. He seems to have wedded the
daughter and heiress of David de Olifard,
justiciary of Loudoun, in the reign of Alex-
ander II., to have acquired by her the



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lands of Bothwell, and to have had* a I
son and heir,

Walter de Moravia, who succeeded his
father in 1226, and was the first of this
family designed by the title of " Bothwell."
In a deed in the chartulary of Moray, this
Walter is stated to be the son of William,
and in a charter of confirmation granted by
Alexander II. anno 1248, and by another
deed, in 1253, it is evident that David de
Olifard was the successor of Walter de
Olifard, and the ancestor of Walter de Mo-
ravia, whicli two deeds are taken from the
chartularly of Glasgow, and are in the pos-
session of the family of Panmure.

Walter de Moravia wedded a daughter
of Duncan, earl of Fife, and had two sons,
William and Andrew, by the elder of
whom,

Sir William de Moravia, Dominus de
Bothwell, he was succeeded in 1284. He
died, however, without issue, in 1293, and
was s. by his brother,

Sir Andrew Moray, of Bothwell, who
is styled Sir William's son, by Crawfurd,
but erroneously, as appears from the last
clause in Sir Williams' mortification of the
church of Wallyston, to the see of Glasgow,
in which Andrew appends his seal to the
deed, as his brother's presumptive heir,
" Sigillum nostrum apposiumus," saith Sir
William, " et sigillum Domini Andreas
Moravia, fratris nostri, apponi procuravi-
mus." Sir Andrew Moray, who was joint
governor of the kingdom, distinguished
himself as the associate of Wallace, when
that illustrious patriot reared the standard
of national independence. He m. a daughter
of Sir John Cumin, Lord of Badenach, and
falling at the battle of Stirling, left issue,

i. Andrew (Sir), who succeeded at
Bothwell. He espoused the Lady
Christian Bruce, sister of King
Robert I. of Scotland, and had two
sons,

John, ) successively lords of
Thomas, i Bothwell. The elder
dying without issue, and the
younger, Thomas, leaving an
only daughter and heiress, Jean,
m. to Archibald, Lord of Gallo-
way, afterwards Earl of Douglas,
the representation of the family
devolved on the posterity of
William Moray, of Drumsar-
gard.
ii. William, of Drumsargard.



* Besides Walter, his heir, this William had
other sons, " who," continues Chalmers, " propo-
gated the name of Moray, by founding other
houses, one of which was the Murrays, ofTulli-
bardine, now represented by the duke of Athol."



The second son,

Sir William Moray, obtained the barony
of Drumsargard, from his uncle, Sir Wil-
liam, and we find him frequently designed
by that title, in his father's lifetime. In
1290, his name appears amongst the signa-
tures of a great portion of the Scottish
nobles, affixed to a letter to Edward I.
concerning a marriage between Queen
Margaret of Scotland, and Prince Edward
of England, and in 1296, he took the oath
of fealty to the English monarch. Sir
William died in about four years after, and
was s. by his son,

Sir John Moray, designed in many
authentic writs, Dominus de Drumsargard,
a personage of great influence at the period
in which he lived. He wedded in 1299,
the Lady Mary, only daughter of Malise,
sixth earl of Strathern, by whom he ac-
quired the lands of Abercairny, Ogilvie,
&c. and had issue,

Maurice (Sir,) ) successive pro-
Alexander (Sir), S prietors.
Walter, to whom his brother, Sir Alex-
ander, gave the lands of Drumsar-
gard, by charter under the great seal
dated 13th November, 1375. He
was ancestor of the Morays, of
Ogilface, a family now extinct.

Sir John Moray dying in the early part of
the fourteenth century, was s. by his eldest
son,

Sir Maurice Moray, of Drumsargard,
a bold and steady adherent of David
Bruce, who obtained in 1343, from that
monarch, a charter of the Earldom of
Strathern, to himself and the heirs male
of his body. His lordship married a daugh-
ter of Thomas Randolph, earl of Moray,
but had no issue. Accompanying King
David on his unfortunate expedition into
England, the earl was slain at the battle of
Durham in 1346, when the title of Stra-
thern reverted to the crown, while the
estates and representation of the family
devolved on his brother,

Sir Alexander Moray, who was re-
turned heir to his paternal inheritance in
1349. In 1366, at the decease of Thomas,
last lord of Bothwell, without male issue,
Sir Alexander claimed as next heir male,
the succession to his estates, but the lord of
Galloway having wedded, as before stated,
the daughter and heiress of the deceased
lord of Bothwell, had obtained full posses-
sion. " The power of the Douglasses," says
the Baronage, " being then very great, Sir
Alexander found it impossible for him to
get justice in the ordinary courts of Judica-
ture : Yea, their influence was then so
universal that he could not get lawyers to
plead his cause. This is fully instructed
by the following contract ; Sir Alexander



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having married Lady Janet, daughter of
William Earl of Ross, sister of Queen Eu-
pham, and relict of the baron of Monymusk,
the queen and her son, David, Prince Pala-
tine of Strathern, being the parties con-
tractors, became bound to use their best
endeavours to get justice doue him in relation
to the lordships of Bothwell, and to procure
him council and lawyers to plead his cause."
The contract is dated at Perth, 20th Novem-
ber, 1375. " This curious paper," continues
Sir Robert Douglas, " which is very ho-
nourable to the family, being narrated at
full length in Crawfurd's Peerage, page 42,
to that we refer our readers. But the Lord
Galloway having taken every measure to
secure himself in that possession, his interest
with the king being very great, and the
authority and power of the Douglasses being
considerable over the whole kingdom ; it
never was in Sir Alexander's power to
recover his just right to the lordship of
Bothwell, and being determined to live no
longer in that part of the country, where
he thought he had been so ill used, he gave
the lands and barony of Drumsargard to
his brother, Walter, and retired to Perth-
shire, where he had an opulent fortune."

Sir Alexander Moray being subsequently
implicated in the slaughter of one Spalding,
was necessitated to plead the privilege of
the clan Macduff,* which he obtained ac-
cordingly. He was s. at his decease by his
son,

Sir Andrew Moray, of Ogilvy and
Abercairny, on whom King James II. of
Scotland, conferred the honour of knight-
hood. He m. a daughter of Sir Humphrey
Cunningham, of Glengarnock, an ancient
Ayrshire family, by whom he left at his
demise, temp. James III. (with two daugh-
ters, the elder m. to Sir Maurice Drurn-
mond, of Concraig, and the younger to



* One of the immunities which Malcolm Can-
more conferred on Macduff, Thane of Fife, was,
" that if he or any of kindred committed slaughter
of suddenty, they should have a peculiar sanc-
tuary, and obtain remission on payment of an
atonement in money." The descent of Sir Alex-
ander Moray, from the Macduffs, was thus
traced :

Duncan, Earl of Fife, descendant and repre-
sentative of Macduff, Thane of Fife.

r '

a daughter=pSir \\ alter Moray, lord of Bothwell.

Sir Andrew Moray, of Bothwell.

I
Sir \\ illiam Moray, of Drumsargard.

Sir John Moray, of Drumsargard.

I
Sir Alexander Moray.



Charles Campbell, of Strouchore) a son and
successor,

Sir Humphry Moray, of Ogilvy and
Abercairny, who obtained a charter from
King James III. on his own resignation,
erecting his lands of Ogilvy, Abercairny,
Kyntocher, Connothy, &c. into one free
barony, and at the same time, exempting
them from appearance before the Steward
Court of Strathern. He wedded Catherine,
daughter of Patrick, Lord Graham, and
sister to William, first earl of Montrose, by
whom he left a son and heir,

Andrew Moray, of Abercairny, one of
the gallant warriors of the reign of James
IV. He m. Margaret, daughter of Alex-
ander Robertson, of Strowan, and had three
sons viz.

George, who fell at Floddenfield. He
tin. Agnes, a daughter of the eminent
house of Lindsey, and had a son,
John, heir to his grandfather.
Humphrey (Sir), who d. s. p.
Robert, tutor-in-law to his nephew,
John, during his minority.
Abercairny, attending his sovereign to
Flodden, was there slain with his elder son,
in 1513. His grandson and successor,

John Moray, of Abercairny, espoused his

cousin, the Lady Nicholas Graham, daughter

of William, earl of Montrose, and had issue,

William, his heir.

Robert, successor to his brother.

Marian, m. to Malcolm Robertson, of

Kierquhan.
Margaret, m. to Andrew Shaw, of Kin-
loch-hill.
Agnes, m. to James Marshall, of Pit-
cairns.
Elizabeth, m. to John Orrock, of that

Ilk.
Janet, m. to David Toschoch, of Mony-

vaird.
Barbara, who died unmarried.
John Moray fell at the battle of Pinkie, in
1547, and was s. by his son,

William Moray, of Abercairny, who m.
Margaret, daughter of Laurence, Lord Oli-
phant, but dying without surviving issue, in
1558, the estates and representation passed
to his brother,

Robert Moray, of Abercairny. This
gentleman espoused, in 1560, Catherine,
daughter of William Murray, of Tullibar-
dine, and had issue,

1. William, his heir.

2. David (Sir), of Gorthy, appointed by
James VI. governor to that monarch's
eldest son, Prince Henry. He d.
s. p.

3. Mungo (Sir), of Craigie, who m. a
daughter of George Halket, of Pit-
firran, and had issue,

Robert (Sir), Lord Justice Clerk,



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MORAY, OF ABERCAIRNY.



one of the commissioners of the
treasury, and president of the
Royal Society.
William (Sir), of Dreghorn, master
of the works to King Charles II.
He m. a daughter of Sir James
Foulis, of Colinton, by whom he
had three sons, who all d. s. p.
and a daughter, to. to Cockburn,
of Chouslie.

4. John, minister of Dunfermline, who
to. Margaret Leslie, dau. of James,
Master of Rothes, but d. without sur-
viving issue.

5. Andrew, a captain in the army, who
d. in Holland, s. p.

6. James, who also d. issueless.

7. Nicholas, to. to Sir Robert Douglas,
of Spot, afterwards Lord Belhaven.

8. Anne, to. to Sir William Moncrieff,
of that Ilk.

The Laird of Abercairny d. 29th September,
1549, and was s. by his son,

Sir William Moray, of Abercairny. This
gentleman, contemporary with King James
VI., was brought up with that prince at
Stirling, his majesty being then under the
care of Abercairny's aunt, the Countess of
Marr. Sir William, who was master of
horse to the queen, to. Christian, daughter
of Sir Laurence Mercer, of Aldie, and had
issue,

Robert, to. Helen, daughter of Alex-
ander Bruce, of Cultmalundie, and
dying v. p. in 1628, left issue,

1. William, heir to his grandfather.

2. David, d. s. p.

3. Anne, to. to Alexander Robert-
son, esq. of Strowan.

Mary, to. to Patrick Murray, of Ocb-
tertyre, and had issue.
Sir William Moray died in 1640, and was
s. by his grandson,

William Moray, esq. of Abercairny, a
devoted royalist, who to. Anne, daughter of
George Hay, of Keillor, grandfather of
John, twelfth Earl of Errol, and had issue,
Robert, his heir.
William, who died without issue.
George, a captain in Lord Dumbarton's

regiment, who d. s. p.
Isabel, to. to Sir Archibald Stewart,

bart. of Burrow.
Helen, to. to Mungo Graham, of Gorthy.
The eldest son,

Sir Robert Moray, of Abercairny, suc-
ceeded his father in 1642, and received the
honor of knighthood from King Charles
II. immediately after the restoration. He
to. Anne, daughter of Patrick Graham, esq.
of Inchbraikie, and had issue,
William, his heir.

Robert, a steady adherent of the Stu-
a rt family, to whom the exiled James
II., at St. Germains, entrusted several



important commissions. He wedded
Janet, daughter of John Murray, esq.
of Polmais, and left issue, but the
line is now extinct.
John, who, after the revolution, entered
the French service, and attained the
rank of lieutenant-colonel. He died
unmarried, in 1710.
James, who d. young.
Maurice, who d. unmarried.
Anne, to. to David Graham, esq. of

Fintray.
Emilia, to. to James Graham, esq. of
Garvock.
Sir Robert d. in 1704, and was s. by his
eldest son,

William Moray, esq. of Abercairny.
This gentleman taking no part in public
affairs, but residing chiefly on his paternal
estate in splendour and hospitality, improved
the inheritance, and freed it entirely from
the incumbrances which the injustice of
former times and the extravagance of some
of his predecessors had incurred. He m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Graeme,
esq. of Balgowan, and had issue,
James, his heir.
Louisa, to. to Alexander, sixth Earl of

Kelly.
Elizabeth, m. to David Graeme, esq.
Abercairny dying in 1735, was s. by his
only son,

James Moray, esq. of Abercairny, who
to. the Lady Christian Montgomery, daugh-
ter of Alexander, ninth Earl of Eglinton,
and had issue,

James, who d. young.

Alexander, ) successive possessors.
Charles, S

Susanna, to. to Colonel John Seaton,
heir and representative of the Earls
of Dumferline, and had issue.
Elizabeth, to. to Andrew Lord Rollo.
Margaret, to. to John Sinclair, esq.
advocate, sheriff-depute of the coun-
ties of Caithness and Sutherland.
Frances, to. first, to George Drum-
mond, esq. of Blair Dr.ummond, and
had a son, John, who d. in his infancy.
Mrs. Drummond married, secondly,
General Sir William Erskine, of
Torrie, and had issue.
The elder surviving son and heir,

Alexander Moray, esq. of Abercairny,
dying without issue, was s. by his only sur-
viving brother,

Col. Charles Moray, of Abercairny,
who wedded the eldest daughter and heiress
of the late Sir William Stirling, bart. of
Ardoch, by whom he acquired those lands,
and had issue,

James, his heir.

William Moray-Stirling, of Ardoch,
which estate he inherited from his



BATES, OF MILBOURNE.



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mother, the heiress of Stirling.
Major Moray-Stirling has served for
a long period in the army, has passed
ten years in India, and was present
at the battle of Waterloo, where he
was severely wounded. He m. the
Hon. Fanny Douglas, daughter of
Archibald Lord Douglas, by the
Lady Frances Scott, grand -aunt of
Walter, Lord of Buccleuch.
Charles, a captain in the army, who d.

in 1820.
Christian, m. to Henry Home Drum-
mond, esq. of Blair Drummond, and
has issue two sons and a daughter.
Margaret.

Col. Moray-Stirling d. in 1810, and was s.

by his eldest son, the present James Moray,

esq. of Abercaimy.

Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth, azure,
three stars arg. within a double tressure,



counterflovvered or ; second and third or,
two chevrons gu.

Crest — An earl's crown surmounted of a
star, with twelve rays arg.

Mottoes — Above the crest — Sans Tache,
and below the shield— Tanti talem genuere
parentes.

Supporters — Two eagles ppr.

Estates — The barony of Abercaimy, situ-
ated in the parish of Fowlis Wester, and the
barony of Ogilvie and Glensherop, in the
parish of Blackford, in the county of Perth,
acquired by the Morays from Maulise, sixth
Earl of Strathern, in the year 1299, in libero
maritagio, with his only daughter, the Lady
Mary. The estates of Ballycloan, parish
of Maderty, Glenalmond and Pittentian,
parish of Crieff, Feddal, in the parish of
Dunblane, with other extensive lands in the
parishes of Blackford and Fowlis Wester,
since added by purchase.

Seat — Abercaimy Abbey, Perthshire.



BATES, OF MILBOURNE.

BATES, RALPH, esq. of Milbourne Hall, in the county of Northumberland, b.
13th December, 1799, s. to the estates at the decease of his father in 1813.

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The family of Bates has been established
many centuries in the county of North-
umberland, and has enjoyed the highest
respectability.

William Bates, esq. of Bedlington, in
that shire, was father of

James Bates, esq. of Milbourne, living