Grace took his seat in the House of Peers, on March 14th, 1730-7, as Lord Strange, with precedence according to the writ of summons to his great grandfather, the aforementioned Lord Strange, February 13th, 1627-8, 3 Car. I.

His Grace having resigned the Privy Seal, was on April 16th, 1763, constituted Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland; which high office he enjoyed till his death, which happened on January 8th, 1764.

His Grace was first married in 1726, to Jane, daughter of Sir John Frederick, of Westminster, Bart. and widow of James Lanoy, Esq. only son and heir of Sir Timothy Lanoy, of Hammersmith, in Middlesex, Knt. and by her Grace (who died on June 13th, 1748, aged fifty-five), had two sons of the name of James, who both died young; and two daughters, Lady Jane, who married to John Lindsey, Earl of Crawford, but died without issue; and Lady Charlotte, married in October, 1753, to her cousin, John Murray (afterwards Duke of Atholl), eldest son of Lord George Murray, fifth son of John, the first Duke of Atholl.

His Grace wedded, secondly, in 1749, Jane, daughter of John Drummond, of Megginch, Esq. but had no issue by her; and her Grace was, secondly, married, on September 2d, 1767, to Lord Adam Gordon, son of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon.

His Grace dying without male issue, the Barony of Strange, together with the Isle of Man, as also the Castle and Peele, and all the isles adjacent; likewise all the regalities, franchises, and rights thereunto belonging, and patronage of the Bishopric (as held of the King, his heirs and successors, by homage, and the service of two falcons on the day of their coronation), devolved upon his only surviving daughter and heiress,

CHARLOTTE, the late BARONESS STRANGE, who, as above observed, married, in October 1753, her cousin, John Murray," who on the death of James, second Duke of Atholl, succeeded to the titles of Duke, Earl, and Marquis of Atholl, of Marquis and Earl of Tullibardine, of Earl of Strathsay and Strathardle, of Viscount of Balquhidder, Glenalmond, and Glenlyon, Lord Murray, Balveny, Gask, &c. For the said James, Duke of Atholl, apprehending that by the words of the former act of parliament, it might be doubtful whether upon failure of his Grace and the heirs male of his body, the honours, titles, and estate would continue in the family, and descend to the late Duke's other sons (his Grace's brothers), and whether his Grace, and his issue and

Son of Lord George, who was attainted and died 15th October, 1760.

heirs male of the late Duke of Atholl, might take, use, and enjoy any title and estate that might descend or come to him or them by collateral descent, as they would have done or might do, if William Murray, commonly called Marquis of Tullibardine, had not been attainted, and had died without issue in the late Duke's lifetime; thereupon his Grace went up to Court, and laid his case before his Majesty, praying that a bill might be brought into parliament, to amend and explain the former act, for vesting the honours and estate of the house of Atholl, in his Grace's own person; which at the humble suit and request of the Duke was allowed to be brought in, and an act passed thereon by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the attainder of William Murray, called Marquis of Tullibardine, shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to prevent any descent of honour or estate to James, Duke of Atholl, and his issue, or to any of the issue or heirs male of John, late Duke of Atholl (other than the said William Murray, and his issue); but that all honours, titles, and estates whatsoever, shall and may descend, and come to, and be held and enjoyed by him aud them, as in case the said William Murray had not been attainted, and had died without issue in the lifetime of John, the late Duke, his father.

The said JOHN, third Duke of Atholl, and the said CHARLOTTE, BARONESS STRANGE, had issue six sons, and four daughters; viz.

1. John, the present Duke.

2. James, born December 5th, 1757; and died in April, 1770. 3. George, born in January 1759; and died in the same year. 4. Lord George, born January 20th, 1761, many years Rector of Hunton, Kent; Lord Bishop of St. David's, 1802; died June 3d, 1803, having married, December, 1780, Anne, daughter of General Grant, and had issue: 1. John, born November 10th, 1786. 2. George. 3. Charlotte.

4. Charles. 5. CarolineLeonora. 6. A son, born October 4th, 1796. 7. Another son, born October 20th, 1797.

5. Lord William, born March 20th, 1762; and died December 29th, 1796, having married June 14th, 1789, Miss Hodges. and had issue a son, born March 25th, 1790, who died in May, 1792.

6. Lady Amelia, born July 3d, 1763; married, February 24th, 1789, Thomas-Ive Cooke, Esq. and had issue; and after his

death she married, secondly, July 2d, 1796, Sir Richard Gamon, Bart. by whom she had a daughter, born April 11th, 1797, and died 1800.

7. Lady Jane, born December 2d, 1764; married in 1785, Mr. Muirhead.

8. Lord Henry, born June 13th, 1767, and died December 3d, 1805, having married, December 8th, 1786, Miss Kent, daughter of Richard Kent, Esq. and had issue, besides other children, a daughter, born September, 1797.

9. Lady Mary, born January, 1769; married, in 1787, the Rev. Mr. Martin, and has issue a son, born, born November 8th, 1782; another son, born October 8th, 1796.

10. Charles, in Holy Orders, Dean of Bocking, born April 21st, 1771; married, on June 18th, 1793, Miss Aynsley, of Littleharle Tower, in Northumberland; and his Lordship, by his Majesty's permission, took the name of Aynesley, and had issue a daughter, born April 8th, 1794; a son, born June 2d, 1795; and a son, born November 29th, 1799. His Lordship died May 5th, 1808.

His Grace died at his seat at Blair, in Scotland, on November 5th, 1774, and his Duchess, October 13th, 1805; and were succeeded in titles and estate by their eldest son,

JOHN, fourth and present Duke of Atholl, and FIRST EARL STRANGE; and (in right of his mother), BAROn Strange.

His Grace was born on June 30th, 1755. On December 26th, 1774, his Grace married Jane, daughter of Charles, ninth Lord Cathcart, and by her (who died September 4th, 1790), he has issue,

1. Charlotte, born Ocober 23d, 1775; married, March 4th, 1797, Sir John Menzies, Bart, since deceased; and married, secondly, May 28th, 1801, Captain James Drummond, of Strathallan, a Captain in the Royal Navy.

2. Mary-Louisa, born December 11th, 1776; and died in June 1777.

3. John, Marquis of Tullibardine, born June 26th, 1778.
4. Amelia-Sophia, born July 5th, 1780.

5. James, Lieut-Colonel Commandant of the Royal Manx Fencibles, born May 29th, 1782.

6. Another son, born September 11th, 1783, who died in February, 1793.

7. A daughter, born April 19th, 1787.

8. Edward, born October 15th, 1788; died March 15th, 1795.

* See an affecting account of his death in Gilpin's Northern Tour.

His Grace married, secondly, March 11th, 1794, the Hon. Margery Forbes, daughter of James, Lord Forbes, relict of Lord Macleod, by whom he has

A daughter, born in 1795, who died an infant.

A son, born January, 1799.

His Grace is Lord of the Isle of Man, Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire, Keeper of Falkland, K. T. and F.R.S.

Titles. John Murray, Baron Strange, Earl Strange, and Lord of Man and the Isles. -Also Duke and Marquis of Atholl, Earl of Tullibardine, Viscount Glenalmond, Lord Murray. Scotch honours.

Creation. Baron Strange, by writ of summons to Parliament, February 13th, 1627-8, 3 Cha. I.; Earl Strange by letters patent, August 8th, 1786.

Arms. Quarterly, the first quarter, Azure, three mullets Argent, within a double tressure, flowered and counter-flowered with Fleur-de-lis, Or, for Murray; second quarter, Gules, three legs in armour proper, conjoined at the upper part of the thighs, flexed in triangles, garnished and spurred Or, for the Isle of Man; third quarter, quarterly 1st and 4th Argent on a bend Azure, three stags heads caboshed, Or, for Stanley; 2d and 3d Gules, two lions passant Argent, for Strange; fourth quarter, quarterly the 1st and 4th, Or, a Fess checky Argent and Azure for Stuart; the 2d and 3d, Paley of 6, Or and Sable, for the title of Atholl.

y By a late act of parliament, his Grace has received an additional remuneration for the sale of the sovereignty of the Isle of Man.

VOL. V.

THIS family, denominated from the manor of Eggecomb, Egecomb, and Edgecomb (as it has been variously written in former records), in the parish of Cheriton Fitz-Pain, near Crediton, has been of great antiquity in Devonshire; and in that church is Edgecomb's isle, adorned with divers coats of arms belonging to the family.

But in the reign of King Edward III. WILLIAM de Eggecomb b taking to wife Hillaria, daughter and heir of William de Cotehele, of Cotehele, in the county of Cornwall, chiefly resided there. It is now wrote Cuttail, and is separated from Devonshire only by the breadth of the river Tamer. In 1378, the said William de Eggecomb, writing himself of Cotehele, in Cornwall,c granted lands in Middleton to the convent of Tavistock, in Devonshire. He died 1380, and left issue by her

WILLIAM Edgecomb, Esq, who married the daughter and heir of Denset; he had a grant, in 6 Henry V. with Robert Hethe,d of the custody of the lead-mines, with the silver ore therein, which were in Devonshire. He left issue,

PETER Edgecomb, Esq. who in e 12 Henry VI. was returned among the chief of the county of Devon, who made oath for themselves, and retainers, to observe the laws then existing. By his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard Holland, Esq. he was father of Sir Richard Edgecomb, Knt.

Which Sir RICHARD was a person of great note in the reigns of

Prince's Worthies of Devon, p. 281.

b MS. de Cornub. penes Ric. Dom. Edgecumbe.

d Rot. Fin. 6. Hen. V. m. 6.

c Deeds, &c. in Collect. Guil. Pole,

e Fuller's Worthies, p. 267.