la Freigne was summoned to attend the Earl of Kildare, with Walter de Bermingham, Gerard de Roche, Eustace Le Poer, Edward De Burgo, Richard de Tuite, Miles De Courcy, &c.; in 1355, Sir Fulke de Freigne was security for the Earl of Desmond, and when Lionel, Duke of Clarence, came to Ireland, he knighted three of this family as among the most distinguished soldiers of that kingdom. In 1262, Patrick de la Freigne, commanded a large force under the Earl of Ormond in the war with the rebels, and in two years after, Sir John Freigne was fined £50 for refusing to attend parliament when summoned as a peer, in 1377. In 1376,

JAMES FRENCH, third son of Sir Robert De Freigne, was chosen to represent Wexford in the parliament of Westminster. He had a son,

OLIVER FRENCH, father of

PATRICK FRENCH, who was sent as a judge to Connaught to try the Blakes for the murder of the Athys. He m. Mary, daughter of John D'Athi, a family of great antiquity long settled in that province, and was ancestor of

JOHN FRENCH, esq. of Galway, a man of great wealth and unbounded liberality. He contributed largely to the church of Galway, and built, beside other works, a great part of the cathedral of St. Nicholas, in that town. His son and successor,

PETER FRENCH, esq. Mayor of Galway in 1576, married Mary, sister of William Martin, esq. and had five sons, Peter (who had a son John); FRANCIS, of whom presently; Robert, of Galway; Nicholas; and Jasper. Peter French, whose will, dated 24th September, 1584, was proved in Dublin, was interred at Galway, and a vast sum expended on his monument, which adorned the church there, until destroyed in Cromwell's time, by Col. Stubber, then governor of the town.

His son,

FRANCIS FRENCH, esq. of Gortrassy and Sessueman Castle, in the county of Sligo, m. Una O'Conor, of the ancient race of O'Conor, of Sligo, and dying 20th October, 1624, left

mon, whose great estates in Sligo were seized on by the Earl of Strafford, and partitioned amongst Lord Coloony, Sir Thomas Radcliffe, and Sir Philip Perceval. They were, however, subsequently restored by order of the British Parliament, but Cromwell again dispossessed him. He m. a daughter of Martin, of Dangan, in the county of Galway, and dying at Dungar, was s. by his son,

DOMINICK FRENCH, esq. of French Park, and of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon, who m. Anne, daughter of Dr. Edward King, Bishop of Elphin, and had by her, three sons and four daughters, namely,

Patrick, who d. s. p.

JOHN, successor to his father.
Dominick.

Mary, who m. in 1716, Francis Ormsby, esq. of Willybrooke, in the county of Sligo, and had with other issue, a son, William Ormsby, esq. M.P. for the county of Sligo, (grandfather of the present MRS. ORMSBY GORE, of Porkington, in Shropshire,) and a daughter, Sarah Ormsby, who m. in 1758, John Morgan, esq. of Monksfield, and was mother of an only child, Sarah, wife of Michael Burke, esq. of Ballydugan, in the county of Galway. (See vol. iii. p. 289.)

Margaret, m. to J. Ffolliott, esq. of the county of Sligo.

Sarah.

Anne.

Dominick French, whose will bears date 3rd May, 1670, was buried in the cathedral of Elphin, where his monument is still to be seen. He was s. by his son,

JOHN FRENCH, esq. of French Park, called "the Tierna More," who represented Carrick on Shannon in parliament in 1695, became knight of the shire for Galway in 1703, and was again elected for Carrick in 1713. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Arthur Gore,+ bart. of Newtown, ancestor of the Earls of Arran, and by her, whose will dated 8th May, 1734, was proved 22nd June, 1756, had issue,

ARTHUR, his heir.

Robert, M.P. for Jamestown, succeeded his uncle Gore, as judge of the Common Pleas in Ireland.

John, of High Lake, in the county of

Roscommon, whose will dated 14th April, 1733, was proved in 1756. He m. in 1730, Judith, daughter of John King, esq. of Charlestown, and by her, who wedded, secondly, the Rev.

+ Son of Sir Paul Gore, bart. of Manor Gore, in the county of Donegal, by Isabella, his wife, daughter of Francis Wickliffe, esq. and niece of the celebrated Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.

William, in holy orders, dean of Ardagh, of Abbey Boyle, and Oak Park, in Roscommon. He m. Arabella Frances, daughter of the very Rev. Jeromy Marsh, dean of Kilmore, son of Francis, archbishop of Dublin, by Mary, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Jeromy Taylor, D.D. bishop of Down and Connor, and had issue, Robert, of Dublin, barrister-at-law,

who m. Anne, daughter of Rich-
ard Wolfe, esq. and niece of
Theobald Wolfe, esq. of Barons-
rath, in Kildare, by whom he
had issue,

William, in holy orders.
Robert, of Dublin, who m.
Anne, daughter of Edmond
Malone, esq. of Cartrons, in
Westmeath, and had a dau.
Anne.
Richard-Wolfe.

Alicia. Elizabeth. Lydia.

Anne, m. to the Rev. Holt Waring.
Frances, m. to Brockhill Newbo-
rough, esq. of Ballyhays.
Mary, m. to the Right Rev. Wil-
liam Gore, D.D. bishop of Lime-
rick.

Eliza, m. to Joseph Leeson, Earl
of Miltown.

Sarah. John French died at an advanced age in 1734, leaving £1000 (a very large sum in those days) to be expended on his funeral; his body was laid in state in the Park for three days and nights, and the county were feasted round it. He was s. by his son,

ARTHUR FRENCH, esq. of French Park, who was elected knight of the shire for Roscommon, in 1722. He m. (license dated 6th February, 1722,) Jane, daughter of John Percival, esq. of Knightsbrook, in the county of Meath, and by that lady, who died in 1775, had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

Robert, a major in the army, m. in 1775, Frances Donnellan. He was drowned with his brother, John. ARTHUR, Successor to his brother. George, of Innfield, in the county of Roscommon, killed in a duel by Sir Edward Crofton, bart. in 1770. He m. Martha, daughter of William Lenox, esq. of Dublin, and had issue,

Arthur, of Innfield, who had issue,

Robert.

Jaue.
Alicia.
Sarah.

Olivia, m. to the Rev. William Digby, dean of Digby.

Mary, m. to Francis Ormsby, of the county of Sligo.

Arthur French made his will 1st August, 1758, and it was proved 15th April, 1769. He was s. by his son,

JOHN FRENCH, esq. of French Park, who represented the county of Roscommon from 1743 until the time of his death, in 1775, in which year he was drowned, together with his brother, Robert, on his passage from Dublin, to Parkgate.* He was to have been called to the House of Peers, as Lord Dungar. He m. Alicia, daughter of Ralph Crawford, esq. of Snowhill, iu the county of Fermanagh, but having no issue, was s. by his brother,

ARTHUR FRENCH, esq. of French Park, M.P. for the county of Roscommon, b. 2nd August, 1728, who m. (license dated 25th June, 1763,) Alicia, daughter of Richard Magennis, esq. of Dublin, of the house of Irveagh, and had issue,

1. ARTHUR, his heir.

11. Richard, a commissioner of the Board of Works, in Dublin, d. unm. at Paris.

III. John, in holy orders, dean of El

phin, who m. Emily, daughter of

derable merit, written we believe by a lady of the * A poem, entitled THE WHITE LADY, of consiFrench family, and printed for private circulation, gives the following singular tradition connected with this melancholy event: "John French, member for Roscommon, and Robert French, were drowned in the year 1775, in returning from Parkgate. Their wives were at French Park, awaiting their return. On the night of the day when they were expected, it blew a perfect hurricane, in the midst of which, the coach and six was distinctly heard to drive up to the door. As it stopped, a piercing shriek, louder than the storm, rung on the French, called the Ban Tierna,' exclaimed, "Tis ears of the affrighted household. The wife of John the cry of the Banshee-my husband is drowned!' The door was opened- no carriage was seen-nor had any entered the gates. A few days after, the news arrived that the packet in which they were returning had been lost."

SIR MICHAEL SCOTT, who had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by ALEXANDER II., in the year 1231, m. a daughter of Sir Richard Balweiry, with whom he got the lands and barony of Balweiry, in the county of Fife, and by her had one son,

SIR MICHAEL SCOTT, who was the 2nd baron of Balweiry, of the name of Scott: having, on the death of his maternal grandfather, succeeded to all the possessions of the ancient family of the Balweires, of that Ilk. Sir Michael, who was a man of extraordinary abilities, made a great figure in his time, and in 1290 went ambassador to the court of Norway. In 1296 Sir Michael, with the most of the nobles and gentry, was compelled to submit to King EDWARD I. of England: he left two sons, HENRY, his heir, and Duncan. The elder,

SIR HENRY SCOTT, left a son,

SIR ANDREW SCOTT, who was killed at the battle of Berwick, in 1355, fighting for the liberties of his country, against the English. He left an infant son, afterwards,

SIR WILLIAM SCOTT, of Balweiry, who was s. by his son,

SIR MICHAEL SCOTT, who sold lands to Sir John Wemyss, of that Ilk, in 1400, and was one of the hostages for the ransom of JAMES I., in 1424. From Sir Michael descended,

SIR JAMES SCOTT, knt. of Balweiry, living temp. JAMES VI. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir A. Wardlaw, of Torrie, by whom he had two sons, and a daughter, Janet, wife of Sir John Boswell, of Balmuto. The eldest son, WILLIAM, s. at Balweiry; the second,

JAMES SCOTT, esq. left Fifeshire, and purchased the lands of Logie, near Montrose, in Angusshire. He m. Katherine, daughter

His extraordinary discoveries in the science of chemistry obtained for Sir Michael the character of a magician, and to this day marvellous tales are told in Scotland of his communings with the evil

one.

III.

IV. Patrick, of Craig, was b. in 1623, who m. a daughter of Provost Beattie, of Montrose, and dying in 1690, left three sons and a daughter. He was s. by his eldest son,

Patrick, of Rossie, and Dunninald, who m. Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir Archibald Hope, bart. and was father of,

David, who m. Louisa, daughter, and co-heir of William Delegard, esq. and d. 6th October 1805, leaving a son, the present

v. John. VI. David. The eldest son,

SIR DAVID SCOTT, bart. of Dunninald, (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.)

JAMES SCOTT, esq. of Logie, in Angusshire, b. in 1619, m. Margaret, daughter of Provost Leighton, of Montrose, and had, with three daughters, Jean, m. to Durham, of Grange, Mary, m. to Provost Millne, and Katharine, m. to David Oughterlony, a son,

JAMES SCOTT, esq. of Logie, who m. in 1670, Agnes, daughter of Sir Alexander Falconer, bart. of Glenfarquhar, and had (with four daughters) three sons,

JAMES, his heir, of Logie, b. in 1671,
who m. Isabella, daughter of Sir
Alexander Bannerman, bart. of El-
sick, and had issue,

JAMES, of Logie, d. s. p. in 1769.
Alexander, d. unm.

John, d. unm.

Margaret, m. Alexander Mill, of

Hatton, and their son,

ROBERT MILL, of Hatton, s. to
Logie, upon the demise of

his uncle John Scott.

+ The eldest daughter Catharine, m. Tailyour, of Borrowfield, and had issue: the second, m. Napier, of Harvieston: the third, m. Provost Rait, of Montrose, and the fourth, Jean, m. Sir James Ogilvie, of New Grange.