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therne, of Nottingham, by whom he had issue.

VI. William, b. 1744, m. Jane, daughter of Capper, esq. of Redland, near Bristol, and left issue.

1. Mary, b. 1732, m. to Captain John Marriott, R.N.

11. Frances, b. 1734, d. s. p.

III. Sarah, b. 1738, m. to the Rev. Harvey Spragg, rector of Pulborough, Essex, and d. s. p.

IV.

Diana, d. 1740, m. Captain William Tucker, R.N. and left one son,

Allen, b. 1769, d. s. p. 1816.

v. Elizabeth, b. 1741, d. s. p.

vi. Hester, b. 1743, m. the Rev. Ro-
bert Deane, rector of Berwick in
Elmet, Yorkshire, and d s. p.
vit. Anne, b. 1745, d. s. p.

VIII. Charlotte, b. 1747, d. s. p.
The third son,

RANDOLPH MARRIOTT, entered into the Hon. E. I. C.'s civil service, but subsequently adopted the military profession, and served under Lord Clive at the battle of Plassy, &c. Having acquired fame and fortune he returned to England, and m. Elizabeth, second daughter of Christopher Wilson, lord bishop of Bristol, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Dr. Edmund Gibson, lord bishop of London, and had fourteen dren, viz.

J. RANDOLPH, his heir.

of Peter Du Cane, esq. of Horsham, Sussex, and d. s. p.

vi. Charles, b. 1781, major in the Hon. E. I. C.'s service, m. first, Anne, dau. of the Rev. Mr. Harris, and niece of General Lord Harris; and secondly, Catherine, daughter of George Griffin, esq. of Newton House, Monmouthshire.

1. Frances, b. in 1774, d. s. p. II. Anne, b. in 1778, m. to Major Yeoman of Whitby, and d. s. p. III. Diana, b. 1780, d. s. p.

IV. Harriott, b. in 1782, m. the Rev. William Leir, rector of Ditcheat, Somerset, and has two sons, and seven daughters.

v. Charlotte, b. 1783, d. s. p. VI. Elizabeth-Hester, b. 1785, m. Brigadier-general Morrison, C. B. colonel of the 44th regiment of foot, which he accompanied to India, where he had an important command in the Burmese war. His health becoming undermined by his great exertions and arduous duties, he embarked to return to England, but died on the passage.

vii. Jemima, b. 1786, d. s. p. VIII. Georgina, b. 1790, d. s. p.

The eldest son,

chil-major-general in the army, m. Emma, dau. RANDOLPH MARRIOTT, esq. b. in 1770, a of Peregrine Treves, esq. postmaster-general of Bengal, and had issue,

II. Christopher, b. 1772, barrister-atlaw, d. s. p.

III. Thomas, b. 1773; lieutenant-general, and colonel of the 6th regiment of native infantry, in the Hon. E. I. C.'s service; m. Anne, third daughter of Sir John Beckett, baronet, of Meanwood Park, Yorkshire, and has four sons and three daughters. IV. George, b. 1776, commander in the navy, lost in the Lady Duncan, 1800,

d. s. p.

v. Richard, b. 1777, captain in the E. I. C. service, m. Charlotte, daughter

WILSON-TREVES, his heir. Emma.

Julia-Frances.

General Marriott d. 9th March, 1821, and MARRIOTT, esq. was s. by his son the present WILSON-TREVES

Arms-Barry of six, or and sa.

Crest-A talbot statant ppr. chained or. Motto-Virtute et fide.

Estates-Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Monmouthshire, and Herefordshire.

Seats-Avonbank near Pershore, Worcestershire, Newton House, near Monmouth, and Sellers Brook, Herefordshire.

MACLEOD, OF RASAY.

MACLEOD, JOHN, esq. of Rasay, North Britain, b. 27th March, 1806; m. 1st September, 1835, Mary, only child of Major-General Sir Donald Macleod, K.C.B. of the H. E. I. C. S. and has a daughter,

Mary-Julia-Hastings.

Macleod of Rasay, "Chief of the Macleods Siol Torquil," succeeded his father in October, 1823.

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Lineage.

each independent of the other, and following their respective chiefs.

It is still disputed which was the elder; the seniority and precedence are claimed by the descendants of both; and, as it is impossible, at this distance of time, to ascertain precisely to whom the precedence ought to be accorded; all that can be done, is to state the arguments brought forward by each. The following are those of the Siol Torquil :

Torquil inherited the paternal estate of Lewis, with all its dependencies, viz.-The Baronies of Assynt, Coigach, Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Strathannan, Lochbroom, Edrachullis, Gairloch, Rasay, &c.; and also the lands of Troterness and Vaterness, in the Isle of Skye. These lands, with the exception of Troterness and Vaterness, formed the original, and by far the greater portion of Leod's estate. Torquil carried the armorial bearings of the Kings of Man and the Isles, his paternal ancestors, and these are carried by his descendants until this day.

In the records of Denmark, there is mention made of the Macleods of Lewis, being recognised in that country as the lineal descendants, in the male line, of the Norwegian Kings of Man.

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LEOD, ancestor of the Macleods, son of Olaus the Black, and brother of Magnus, the last king of Man and the Isles ;* was the fifth generation of that race, in a direct male line. He was young at his father's death, and was brought up in the house of Paul, son of Boke, sheriff of Skye, who had been a constant friend of his father's, and a man of the greatest power and authority in those parts. Leod lived in the time of Alexander III. King of Scotland. He succeeded his father in the patrimonial estate of Lewis and its dependencies, consisting of the Baronies of Assynt, Coigach, Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Rasay, Edrachullis, Gairloch, Loch- The precedence and seniority are given to broom, Strathannan, &c.; and got from the the Lewis family, by Sir David Lindsay, of the said Paul the lands of Herries, and from the Mount, lord lyon king at arms, in the his grandfather, the Earl of Ross, a part of reigns of JAMES IV. and V. and Queen the Barony of Glenelg. He married the MARY; and also by Buchanan, in his Hisdaughter and only child of Macraild Ar-tory of the Clans, published in 1723. mine, a Danish knight, who had considerable property in the islands, by whom he got the lands of Mogenish, Bracadale, Durinish, Lindell, Dunvegan, Vaterness, and part of Troterness, in the Isle of Skye. Leod had two sons,

TORQUIL, who inherited the paternal
estate of Lewis, &c.
TORMOD, who had for his portion Her-
ries and Dunvegan.

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These brothers, Torquil and Tormod, were called, Macleods," or "Sons of Leod," and hence the surname of the family. The descendants of Torquil, are distinguished by the appellation of "Siol Torquil," or "Race of Torquil," and "Macleods of Lewis," and their descendants. Those of Tormod, by that of "Siol Tormod," or "Race of Norman," and "Macleods of Herries," and their descendants.

These have always been two distinct clans,

GODFRED, surnamed "Crovan," or " the White Hand," son of Harold the Black, King of Norway, was the undoubted founder of the dynasty of the Norwegian kings of Man and the Isles; the ancestors of the clan Macleod.

It has always been an unvaried tradition in the Rasay family, that Torquil was the elder son, which tradition is confirmed by the family papers.

The Siol Tormod, on the contrary, say that Tormod had the greater portion of his father's property; however, a glance at any map of the country, will prove that this was not the case. Indeed, in an old paper, now in possession of Macleod of Rasay, it is said, that Herries itself was the only portion given to Tormod by his father.

The Siol Tormod, did at one time carry the armorial bearings of the Kings of Man, but they have since changed these for others. It may here be observed, the Siol Tormod have never said at what time, or for what reason, they effected this change. Now both these ought to have been recorded, in

order to account for the alteration.

In

several public acts, the name of "Macleod of Herries," is placed before that of "Macleod of Lewis.' This may be the case, but it is certain, that Sir David Lindsay, (who was undoubtedly the most learned herald of his day, and lived in a time when both families flourished,) would not have given the precedence to Macleod of Lewis, unless he

therne, of Nottingham, by whom he
had issue.

VI. William, b. 1744, m. Jane, daughter
of Capper, esq. of Redland, near
Bristol, and left issue.

1. Mary, b. 1732, m. to Captain John
Marriott, R.N.

11. Frances, b. 1734, d. s. p.

III. Sarah, b. 1738, m. to the Rev. Har-
vey Spragg, rector of Pulborough,
Essex, and d. s. p.

IV. Diana, d. 1740, m. Captain William
Tucker, R.N. and left one son,

Allen, b. 1769, d. s. p. 1816.

v. Elizabeth, b. 1741, d. s. p.

VI. Hester, b. 1743, m. the Rev. Ro-
bert Deane, rector of Berwick in
Elmet, Yorkshire, and d s. p.
VII. Anne, b. 1745, d. s. p.

VIII. Charlotte, b. 1747, d. s. p.
The third son,

of Peter Du Cane, esq. of Horsham, Sussex, and d. s. p.

vi. Charles, b. 1781, major in the Hon. E. I. C.'s service, m. first, Anne, dau. of the Rev. Mr. Harris, and niece of General Lord Harris; and secondly, Catherine, daughter of George Griffin, esq. of Newton House, Monmouthshire.

1. Frances, b. in 1774, d. s. p.

11. Anne, b. in 1778, m. to Major Yeo-
man of Whitby, and d. s. p.
III. Diana, b. 1780, d. s. p.

IV. Harriott, b. in 1782, m. the Rev.
William Leir, rector of Ditcheat,
Somerset, and has two sons, and
seven daughters.

v. Charlotte, b. 1783, d. s. p.
VI. Elizabeth-Hester, b. 1785, m. Bri-
gadier-general Morrison, C. B. colo-
nel of the 44th regiment of foot,
which he accompanied to India, where
he had an important command in the
Burmese war. His health becoming
undermined by his great exertions
and arduous duties, he embarked to
return to England, but died on the
passage.

vii. Jemima, b. 1786, d. s. p.
VIII. Georgina, b. 1790, d. s. p.

RANDOLPH MARRIOTT, entered into the Hon. E. I. C.'s civil service, but subsequently adopted the military profession, and served under Lord Clive at the battle of Plassy, &c. Having acquired fame and fortune he returned to England, and m. Elizabeth, second daughter of Christopher Wilson, lord bishop of Bristol, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Dr. Edmund Gibson, lord bishop of London, and had fourteen chil-major-general in the army, m. Emma, dau. dren, viz. of Peregrine Treves, esq. postmaster-general of Bengal, and had issue, WILSON-TREVES, his heir. Emma.

1. RANDOLPH, his heir.

II. Christopher, b. 1772, barrister-at-
law, d. s. p.

III. Thomas, b. 1773; lieutenant-gene-
ral, and colonel of the 6th regiment
of native infantry, in the Hon. E. I.
C.'s service; m. Anne, third daughter
of Sir John Beckett, baronet, of
Meanwood Park, Yorkshire, and
has four sons and three daughters.
IV. George, b. 1776, commander in the
navy, lost in the Lady Duncan, 1800,

d. s. p.

v. Richard, b. 1777, captain in the E. I. C. service, m. Charlotte, daughter

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The eldest son,

RANDOLPH MARRIOTT, esq. b. in 1770, a

Julia-Frances.

General Marriott d. 9th March, 1821, and was s. by his son the present WILSON-TREVES MARRIOTT, esq.

Arms-Barry of six, or and sa.

Crest-A talbot statant ppr. chained or.
Motto-Virtute et fide.

Estates-Worcestershire, Leicestershire,
Monmouthshire, and Herefordshire.

Seats-Avonbank near Pershore, Worcestershire, Newton House, near Monmouth, and Sellers Brook, Herefordshire.

MACLEOD, OF RASAY.

MACLEOD, JOHN, esq. of Rasay, North Britain, b. 27th March, 1806; m. 1st September, 1835, Mary, only child of Major-General Sir Donald Macleod, K.C.B. of the H. E. I. C. S. and has a daughter,

Mary-Julia-Hastings.

Macleod of Rasay, "Chief of the Macleods Siol Torquil," succeeded his father in October, 1823.

Lineage.

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LEOD, ancestor of the Macleods, son of Olaus the Black, and brother of Magnus, the last king of Man and the Isles; was the fifth generation of that race, in a direct male line. He was young at his father's death, and was brought up in the house of Paul, son of Boke, sheriff of Skye, who had been a constant friend of his father's, and a man of the greatest power and authority in those parts. Leod lived in the time of Alexander III. King of Scotland. He succeeded his father in the patrimonial estate of Lewis and its dependencies, consisting of the Baronies of Assynt, Coigach, Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Rasay, Edrachullis, Gairloch, Lochbroom, Strathannan, &c.; and got from the the said Paul the lands of Herries, and from his grandfather, the Earl of Ross, a part of the Barony of Glenelg. He married the daughter and only child of Macraild Armine, a Danish knight, who had considerable property in the islands, by whom he got the lands of Mogenish, Bracadale, Durinish, Lindell, Dunvegan, Vaterness, and part of Troterness, in the Isle of Skye. Leod had two sons,

TORQUIL, who inherited the paternal
estate of Lewis, &c.
TORMOD, who had for his portion Her-
ries and Dunvegan.

These brothers, Torquil and Tormod, were called, "Macleods," or "Sons of Leod," and hence the surname of the family. The descendants of Torquil, are distinguished by the appellation of " Siol Torquil," or " Race of Torquil," and "Macleods of Lewis," and their descendants. Those of Tormod, by that of "Siol Tormod," or "Race of Norman," and "Macleods of Herries," and their

GODFRED, surnamed "Crovan," or " the White Hand," son of Harold the Black, King of Norway, was the undoubted founder of the dynasty of the Norwegian kings of Man and the Isles; the ancestors of the clan Macleod.

each independent of the other, and following their respective chiefs.

It is still disputed which was the elder; the seniority and precedence are claimed by the descendants of both; and, as it is impossible, at this distance of time, to ascertain precisely to whom the precedence ought to be accorded; all that can be done, is to state the arguments brought forward by each. The following are those of the Siol Torquil :

Torquil inherited the paternal estate of Lewis, with all its dependencies, viz.-The Baronies of Assynt, Coigach, Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Strathannan, Lochbroom, Edrachullis, Gairloch, Rasay, &c.; and also the lands of Troterness and Vaterness, in the Isle of Skye. These lands, with the exception of Troterness and Vaterness, formed the original, and by far the greater portion of Leod's estate. Torquil carried the armorial bearings of the Kings of Man and the Isles, his paternal ancestors, and these are carried by his descendants until this day.

In the records of Denmark, there is mention made of the Macleods of Lewis, being recognised in that country as the lineal descendants, in the male line, of the Norwegian Kings of Man.

The precedence and seniority are given to the Lewis family, by Sir David Lindsay, of the Mount, lord lyon king at arms, in the reigns of JAMES IV. and V. and Queen MARY; and also by Buchanan, in his History of the Clans, published in 1723.

It has always been an unvaried tradition in the Rasay family, that Torquil was the elder son, which tradition is confirmed by the family papers.

The Siol Tormod, on the contrary, say that Tormod had the greater portion of his father's property; however, a glance at any map of the country, will prove that this was not the case. Indeed, in an old paper, now in possession of Macleod of Rasay, it is said, that Herries itself was the only portion given to Tormod by his father.

The Siol Tormod, did at one time carry the armorial bearings of the Kings of Man, but they have since changed these for others. It may here be observed, the Siol Tormod have never said at what time, or for what reason, they effected this change. Now both these ought to have been recorded, in

order to account for the alteration.

was convinced it was his by right. The Macleods of Herries, designate themselves, "Macleods of Macleod," but this is a title of comparatively modern date, having been first assumed by Roderick Macleod, seventeenth Laird of Herries and Dunvegan, in the year 1693, or 1694; when, though perhaps not the most ancient, they certainly were the most powerful branch of the clan | Macleod. The claims of each branch of the clan Macleod for seniority and precedency, having now been stated, it remains for the reader to form his own opinion as to their respective merits.

To proceed with the history of the Siol Torquil.

Leod, first Baron of Lewis, died about the year 1300, and was succeeded, in his paternal estates, by his son,

TORQUIL, Second Baron of Lewis, who married Dorothea, daughter of William, Earl of Ross. He was a faithful adherent of Robert Bruce, in whose reign he died, and was succeeded by his son,

RODERICK, third Baron of Lewis. He married a daughter of Mackintosh, of that Ilk, and dying in the reign of DAVID II. was succeeded by his son,

TORQUIL, fourth Baron of Lewis, who received a charter from DAVID II. confirming to him the lands of Assynt. He married Margaret Nicholson, by whom he got a considerable accession to his estate, and had a son,

RODERICK, his heir.

He died in the reign of ROBERT II. and was succeeded by his son,

RODERICK, fifth Baron of Lewis. He m. Margaret Macdonald, daughter of the Lord of the Isles, by whom he had two sons and a daughter,

TORQUIL, his heir.

Norman, to whom his father gave the lands of Assynt, in vassalage, and who was ancestor of the Macleods of of Assynt. Margaret, married to William Mackintosh, of that Ilk. He died in the reign of JAMES I. and was succeeded by his son,

TORQUIL, Sixth Baron of Lewis, who died in the reign of JAMES II. leaving a son and

successor,

RODERICK, Seventh Baron of Lewis. He married Mary, daughter of Macleod of Herries, and had three sons, Roderick, Torquil, and Malcolm. The eldest, Roderick, being killed in the battle of the Bloody Bay, in 1480, where he was fighting in the cause of John, Earl of Ross, and Lord of the Isles. The second son,

TORQUIL, Succeeded his father about 1495, as eighth Baron of Lewis. He married the Lady Catherine Campbell, sister of Colin, first Earl of Argyle. He was appointed

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heritable baillie of Troterness, which was confirmed to him by a charter, under the great seal, dated Kilkinan, in Kintyre, 28th June, 1498; but this charter was rendered null, by a general revocation in 1499, and Troterness was let by the commissioners of the crown, to Ranald Bane Allanson, of Moydert. Donald Dubh, whose claims to his inheritance, on the death of his grandfather, John, Earl of Ross, and Lord of the Isles, were disputed by the government, found in Torquil a faithful and powerful friend. Indeed, he was too much so for his own interest, for in the year 1506, being charged under penalty of high treason, to deliver up the person of Donald Dubh, and having refused to comply, he was formally denounced a rebel, and all his estates forfeited. The estates continued in possession of the crown until 1511, when they were restored to one of the old family, in the

son of

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MALCOLM, ninth Baron of Lewis, the brother of Torquil, the last chief, whose son, John Mac Torquil, the government disinherited. The island of Lewis, and the other, possessions of the family, were confirmed to Malcolm, by a charter from JAMES IV. dated 29th June, 1511. This Malcolm married Christina Urquhart, daughter of Thomas, Baron of Cromarty, by whom he had three sons,

RODERICK, afterwards Baron of Lewis. MALCOLM, to whom his father gave the the lands of Rasay, Roun, and half of Gairloch, in vassalage, and who was ancestor of the MACLEODS OF RASAY, known by the name of Siol Vic Gillecallum, or " Sons of Malcolm." Norman, ancestor of the Macleods of Edrachullis.

Malcolm dying about the year 1515, was succeeded by his nephew,

JOHN MAC TORQUIL, tenth Baron of Lewis, who forcibly obtained possession of the Lewis, and the command of the Siol Torquil, which he retained during his life, to the exclusion of his cousin, Roderick, the lawful heir of Malcolm. It is not known to whom he was married, but he had an only daughter, his heiress, who was married to Donald Gorme of Sleat, heir male to the lordship of the Isles, after Donald Dubh, who had for many years been in captivity. John Mac Torquil dying in 1538, Roderick entered into an agreement with Donald Gorme, by which the latter agreed to give up all his wife's claims to the Lewis, and allow Roderick to take possession of that and the rest of the inheritance bequeathed him by his father, Malcolm, on condition that he, Roderick, would assist him against Macleod of Herries and the Siol Tormod, and also co-operate with him, in his endeavours to obtain the Earldom of Ross, and the Lordship of the

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