Susanna, daughter and eventual heir of 1. CAREW THOMAS, the present head of 11. William, of Oldbury, Kent, who m. III. George, of Crowcombe, Somerset- rey, and Standgate Lodge, Sussex, and has issue, one son George. II. Caroline. III. Sophia. iv. Mary. Arms-(As originally borne by this family in Germany, and which have been recognized and registered in the College of Arms,) a gyronny of twelve pieces argent and gules, in the centre point an inescocheon or. two doves' wings proper. Motto-Gloria virtutis umbra. Estates-In the counties of Suffolk, Lei Gibson, esq. of Bradston Brook, Sur-cester, and Warwick. ROBERTSON, OF STROWAN. ROBERTSON, MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE DUNCAN, of Strowan, in the county of Perth, chief of the clan Donnochie, b. 29th April, 1766; m. in May, 1799; Ann, daughter of James Outhwaite, esq. of Yorkshire, and has issue, George Duncan, an officer 42nd Royal Highlanders, b. 26th July, 1816. Frances. General Robertson, who has been in active service for 32 years, is a companion of the Bath, and wears the cross of the Imperial Austrian order of Leopold. He s. his father in 1830. VIRTUTIS GLOBA Lineage. The Robertsons of Strowan are unquestionably one of the oldest families in Scotland, being the sole remaining branch of that royal house which occupied the throne of that kingdom, during the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and from which they can distinctly trace their descent in the male line.* It has in general been held, that the Robertsons are a branch of the great clan of the Macdonalds; but although there may be a remote connection between the two clans, it is now undoubted that the Robertsons are descended from the ancient Earls of Atholl, which house sprung from Duncan King of Scotland, eldest son of Malcolm * See Mr. Skene's History of the Scottish Highlanders, London, 1837, for an account of the early pedigree of this family. the third surnamed Kenmore. The immediate ancestor of the Robertsons was, CONAN, Second son of Henry, last Earl of Atholl of this family. He received from his father, temp. Alexander II. the lands of Glenerochy, now Strowan, and was succeeded by his son, EWEN FIZ CONAN, of Glenerochy. He m. Maria, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Convalt, lord of Tullibardyne in Strathof territory. erne, by whom he obtained a large accession whom are descended the families of Skene, He had several sons, from of Skene, and others; and was succeeded by his eldest son, charter of several lands in Perthshire. He ANGUS, who obtained from ROBERT I. a was succeeded by his son, ANDREW, designed "De Atholia." His son, ters to his different possessions, in all of which DUNCAN de Atholia, obtained various charhe is styled "Duncanus filius Andreoe de Atholia, and from him the clan takes its Duncan. He was succeeded by his son, name of Clandonnochie," or children of ROBERT de ATHOLIA, who had by his first wife, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Sir John Stirling, of Glenesk, a daughter Jean married to Alexander Menzies, of Fo his son, 66 The ROBERT, one of the most noted chiefs of his day. He arrested the murderers of JAMES I. and for this good service received a crown charter, erecting his whole lands into a free barony, dated in 1451, and also an honourable augmentation to his arms. circumstances are thus related by Skene in his "Highlanders of Scotland:" Upon the murder of JAMES I., by the Earl of Atholl and his accomplice Graham, Robert was fortunate enough to arrest Graham, together with the Master of Atholl, after the commission of the bloody deed; but any advantage which might have been gained by this act was thrown away by the reckless chief, who desired nothing more than to have lands which remained to his family erected into a barony, which was granted to him along with the empty honour of being entitled to carry a man in chains upon his escutcheon, together with the motto of Virtutis gloria merces.' The historian of the abbots of Dunkeld, relates a curious anecdote connected with the death of this chief of the clan Donnachie. It seems that Robert had some dispute with Robert Forrester of Torwood, regarding the lands of Little Dunkeld, which the Laird of Strowan claimed, but which had been feued by the Bishop of Dunkeld to Torwood. Robert Reoch had consequently ravaged their lands, but, upon one occasion, on his way to Perth, he was met near Auchtergaven by Torwood, and a conflict immediately took place between the parties, in which Robert was mortally wounded in the head. But the hardy chief, heedless of the consequences, and having bound up his head with a white cloth, is said to have ridden in that state to Perth, and there obtained from the king the new grant of his lands of Strowan, as a reward for the capture of the Master of Atholl; and on his return to have expired in consequence of the wound he had received." He m. the Lady Margaret Stewart, by whom he had three sons, ALEXANDER. his heir. Robert of Dalcabon, ancestor of Sir ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, who assumed the surname of COLYEAR, and was created a BARONET, in 1677. His son and successor, Sir DAVID COLYEAR, baronet, a military officer of reputation, was elevated to the Scottish Peerage, as EARL of PORTMORE, a dignity which remained with his descendants until the demise issueless of the late Earl of Portmore. Patrick. He d. temp. JAMES II. and was s. by his son, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, or son of Robert, which, from this date, became the designation of the family. He m. first Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Lord Glammis, by whom he had, DUNCAN, who predeceased his father. ROBERT, who m. Isabell, daughter of John, Earl of Atholl, and d. v. p. leaving a son, WILLIAM, successor to his grand- Andrew, ancestor of the Robertsons of James, ancestor of the Robertsons of Mary, m. Andrew Moray, of Ogilvie, and Abercairney, and had issue. m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Earl of Atholl, by whom he had, He Alexander, ancestor of the Robertsons of Faskally. Margaret, m. to George, seventh Earl of Errol, and had issue. He d. at an advanced age about 1506, or 1507, and was s. by his grandson, He WILLIAM ROBERTSON, of Strowan. was killed in a feud with the Earl of Atholl, who seized a great part of his possessions, and the family were never afterwards able to recover them. He was s. by his son, ROBERT ROBERTSON, of Strowan, who being an infant when his father was killed, was in consequence of his long minority unable to recover that portion of his property, his wife Marion, daughter and heiress of which had been wrested from his father. By John Mc'Ian, of Ardnamurchan, he had two sons, WILLIAM, his successor. DONALD, who carried on the line of this family. a charter of the lands of Rannach, Kinloch, &c. dated 14th January, 1600. He m. Agnes, daughter of Macdonald of Keppoch, by whom he had four sons, ALEXANDER, his heir. Donald, called the tutor of Strowan. DUNCAN Mor, of Drumachine, who carried on the line of this family. He m. Dorothea, daughter of Neil Stewart, of Foss, and had four sons, JOHN, DONALD, Duncan, and Patrick. He d. in 1688, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN ROBERTSON, of Drumachine, who m. in 1677, Cecilia, eldest daughter of Robert Stewart, of Fincastle, and was s. by his son, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, of Drumachine, who m. in 1703, Margaret, eldest daughter of Patrick Robertson, of Fascalzie, and had two sons and a daughter, James. DUNCAN, who became eventually of Strowan. Alexander, lieutenant-colonel, in the service of the States General. Emilia, m. to Donald Robertson, a Captain in the French service, grandson and heir of Donald, second son of Duncan Robertson, of Drumachine. Mary, m. to Mc'Intosh of Strone. The eldest son, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, of Strowan, m. Margaret, daughter of George Graeme, of Inchbrakie, by whom he had a son and successor, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, of Strowan, who, being a minor during the wars of Montrose, the clan was led out by his uncle Donald, the tutor of Strowan, who played a very distinguished part in these wars-Alexander was twice m., first to Catharine, daughter of Sir James Drummond, of Machany, by whom he had, ROBERT, who died before his father. He m. secondly, Marion, daughter of General Baillie, of Torwoodhead, by whom he had, ALEXANDER, his heir. He d. in April, 1749, without issue, and the representation devolved upon, DUNCAN ROBERTSON, of Drumachine, who was son of Alexander Robertson of Drumachine, son of John Robertson, of Drumachine, who was son of Duncan Mor, third son of Robert, sixteenth baron of Strowan, and who accordingly obtained possession of the estate of Strowan, upon the death of his predecessor in 1749, but having been by name excepted from the last act of indemnity, he was dispossessed, and the estate annexed to the Crown, in 1752. He m. Mey, daughter of William Lord Nairn, by whom he had, ALEXANDER, his heir. Walter Philip Colyear, who d. without issue. Margaret, m. to Lawrence Oliphant of Gask. To the eldest son, COLONEL ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, the estate of Strowan was restored in 1784, but dying unm. in 1822, the succession opened to ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, who was son of Duncan Robertson, son of Robert-Cane Robertson, son of Donald Robertson, who was second son of Duncan Mor, of Drumachine, and younger brother of John Robertson, of Drumachine, the immediate ancestor of his predecessor. Alexander Robertson, on 6th December, 1823, served heir male of Tailzie, and provision in general to Colonel Robertson, and expede a crown charter of resignation, dated 2nd and seated 20th June, 1824, under which he was infeft, in the barony of Strowan, 23rd June, 1824. He m. first Mary, daughter of William Best, esq. of Mansfield, county of York, by whom he had, GEORGE DUNCAN, his heir. Francis, lost at sea, unm. He m. secondly, Jean, daughter of Gilbert Stewart, of Fincastle, by whom he had, Alexander. Robert-Joseph. He d. 20th March, 1830, and was s. by his son, the present GEORGE-DUNCAN ROBERTSON, twentythird Baron of Strowan. Arms-Gu. three wolves' heads erased arg. armed and langued az. Crest-A dexter arm and hand erect, holding a regal crown, all ppr. Supporters-Dexter a serpent, sinister a dove, the heads of each encircled with rays, Duncan, who d. in 1718, leaving an only and both standing on a scroll, with this Motto-Virtutis gloria merces; and lying under the arms, a wild man chained for a compartment. Estate The Barony of Strowan, in Perthshire, in the family since its origin. Seat-Mount Alexander, Perthshire. DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELIN, OF CARROWDORE CASTLE. CROMMELIN, DE LA CHEROIS, NICHOLAS, esq. of Carrowdore Castle, in the county of Down, b. 10th June, 1783, m. 17th December, 1810, Elizabeth, second daughter of William, second Lord Ventry, by Sarah-Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir Riggs Falkiner, bart. and has had by her, who d. 12th April, 1820, three sons and four daughters, viz. SAMUEL-ARTHUR-HILL. Nicholas. William-Thomas. Anna-Sarah. Maria-Matilda. Clara-Suzanne, deceased. Mr. De la Cherois-Crommelin is a deputy-lieutenant and magistrate for the counties of Down and Antrim, for the former he served as high sheriff in the year 1821, when he presented a congratulatory address from that county to GEORGE IV. on the occasion of his majesty's visit to Ireland, and for the latter in the year 1830. Lineage. The family of De la Cherois descends from three brothers fled to Holland, where they the younger branch of an ancient and noble were received with great kindness by the house in France, formerly resident at Cheroz Statholder, into whose service they entered, or Cherois, a small town near Sens, in the obtaining commissions in the Dutch army province of Champagne, whence the name of the same rank as those they had held in is derived. It had there, in the beginning that of France. In 1689, WILLIAM, Prince of the seventeenth century, large posses- of Orange, being called to the throne of sions, and was allied to some of the first fa- Great Britain, formed two regiments of the milies in that country, among others, to the French Hugonots, of which Nicholas de la great one of Montmorency, in consequence Cherois was appointed major, Daniel capof the marriage of Catherine de la Cheroistain,* and Bourjonval lieutenant, in the with Jean Seigneur de Beaurnez, whose daughter, Marguerite, married Antoine de Montmorency. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in the year 1685, compelled the De la Cherois', being protestants, to abandon country, kindred, and fortune, to preserve their freedom of conscience, and in the hurry and distress, unavoidably attendant upon so disastrous a flight, and consequent dispersion that ensued, many particulars relating to their family and history, together with other interesting documents, were inevitably destroyed. In the year 1641, CAPTAIN SAMUEL DE LA CHEROIS (ancestor of the branch of the family settled in Ireland) served in the war, undertaken by the Cardinal de Richelieu, against the House of Austria. He left three sons: NICHOLAS, appointed a lieutenant of Fusileers by LOUIS XIV. in 1675 and promoted to the rank of captain in 1677. DANIEL and Bourjonval, both appointed lieutenants in their brother's company in 1677. In the year 1685, these • Daniel, the second brother, was appointed governor of Pondicherry, in the East Indies, by King WILLIAM, in 1693, and m. Mademoiselle Crommelin, by whom he had issue one daughter, Gmebar, esq. of Mary Angelica, who m. first, Montgomery, afterwards last Earl of Mount AlexFeversham; and secondly, the Hon. Thomas ander, who dying without issue, left his widow sole heiress of all his estates in the county of Down; which are now in the possession of Daniel de la Cherois, esq. of Donaghadee, and Nicholas de la Cherois-Crommelin, esq. to whom they have de scended. Bourjonval de la Cherois was killed at Dungannon in an engagement with the rebels, unm. Two ladies, Judith and Louise de la Cherois, aunts of the family, afterwards joined them, having succeeded in making their escape from France in to travel on horseback during the night, and conan almost miraculous manner, having been obliged ceal themselves in the woods during the day; their only remaining possessions being their jewels, which they had sewn in their clothes. Judith lived to the great age of 113 years; both died unmarried. DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELIN, OF CARROWDORE CASTLE. 423 first, commanded by the Comte de Marton. (All these commissions, French, Dutch, and English, are still extant, and in the possession of the family.) They accompanied King WILLIAM into Ireland in 1690, and finally settled there. The eldest, MAJOR DE LA CHEROIS, distinguished himself at the Battle of the Boyne, and afterwards performed a very gallant action, making fifteen hundred men lay down their arms with only a subaltern's guard, for which he was presented by the government with fifteen hundred crowns, and a lieutenant-colonelcy; his commission was made out, but not gazetted, when he was unfortunately carried off, by being sent poison, in mistake, instead of medicine. He m. Mary, daughter of Samuel Crommelin, by whom he left two children, SAMUEL and Madelaine, m. to Daniel Crommelin, esq. of Lisburn. The son and successor, SAMUEL DE LA CHEROIS, m. Mademoiselle Cormiere, and had issue, 1. DANIEL, who m. Mary, daughter of 2. Samuel, m. in September, 1820, II. Nicholas, b. in 1737, captain in the in 1829. IV. SAMUEL, of whom presently. 1. Judith, m. to John Smythe, esq. The fourth son, SAMUEL DE LA CHEROIS, esq. b. in 1744, assumed, in compliance with the will of his cousin, Nicholas Crommelin, esq. of Lisburne, the additional surname of CROMMELIN. He m. Maria, only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Dobbs, fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, (brother of Conway Dobbs, esq. of Castle Dobbs, in the county of Antrim, governor of North Carolina,) by Mary, his wife, daughter of J. Young, esq. of Lisanae, in Tyrone, and had issue, I. NICHOLAS, his heir. 11. Richard, brigade-major to the forces in the island of Curacoa, d. there unm. 1810. 1. Mary. 1. Sarah, m. in 1807, to William Irwin, esq. of Mount Irwin, in the county of Armagh. III. Anne, m. in 1798, to Henry Purdon, M.D. of Rathwire, in Westmeath. IV. Harriet-Judith, m. in 1808, to HenryAldborough Head, esq. lieutenantcolonel 7th dragoon guards, second son of Michael Head, esq. of Derry Castle, in the county of Tipperary. v. Jane-Suzanna, m.in 1817, to ThomasRichard Bruce, esq. R.N. second son of the late Edward Bruce, esq. of Kilroot, in Antrim. Mr. de la Cherois-Crommelin d. in 1816, and was s. by his son, the present NICHOLAS DE LA CHEROIS-CROMMELIN, esq. of Carrowdore Castle. Family of Crommelin. The CROMMELINS, of French origin, and were possessed of considerable property at Armancour, a village near St. Quentins, in Picardy, when the revocation of the Edict of Nantes compelled them also, being Protestants, to leave their native country. SAMUEL CROMMELIN, from whom the Irish branch is descended, took refuge in Holland, where he died, leaving issue six children, LOUIS, Samuel, Alexander, William, Magdalene, and Mary. In the year 1698, the family was induced, by King WILLIAM III. of England, to come over to Ireland, where they finally settled at Lisburn, in the county of Antrim, bringing with them a number of tradesmen, and a capital of £20,000, with which they established the linen manufacture, which was adopted by the natives, and has flourished ever since. In consideration of Louis Crommelin having spent £10,000 on its establishment, King WILLIAM, who was much interested in its success, and during his life granted £5 for every loom, conferred on him a pension of £200 a year for the life of his son, who, however, died only three months after, when it was discontinued. Samuel's children were, 1. LOUIS, who m. Miss Crommelin, and 1. Samuel-Louis, who m. first, |