rica in 1806, where he assumed the command of the troops with the rank of brigadier-general, and in February, 1807, took by assault, after a most determined resistance, the fortress and city of Monte Video, for which he received the thanks of parliament. In 1809, he was appointed commander in chief of the Carnatic; and in 1811 reduced the valuable settlements of Java and Batavia under the dominion of Great Britain. On his return to England, Sir Samuel succeeded Sir D. Baird, as chief of the staff in Ireland. He died suddenly in 1822.

v. Elenor, m. to James Tong, of Bred

gar. The only son,

JOHN OSBORNE, esq. of Hartlip Place, b. in 1614, succeeded his father in 1645, and built for his residence a mansion near Hartlip, called Dane House, but removed thence to Maidstone, in consequence of a most

daring robbery committed upon him. Dane ed, and was at length entirely pulled down. House remained for many years uninhabitHem. Mary, daughter of James Thurlby, of London, and dying in 1683, left (with two other sons, James and Edward, who d. unmarried, and three daughters, Mary, m. to

Sparks, of London, Rebecca, to - Gregor, of the same place, and Frances, wife of Mr. Heathfield, of Rainham), a successor,

THOMAS OSBORNE, esq. of Hartlip Place, major of the Kent militia, who m. first, Miss Mary Wyvill, of Molash, b. in 1661, and had by her, who died in 1684, an only son, John, who d. an infant. He espoused, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Taylor, of Rainham, and dying in 1708, aged daughters, viz. forty-nine, left by her two sons and two

THOMAS, of Hartlip Place, who d. un-
married in 1719, aged thirty, when
his sisters became co-heirs.

John, d. unm. in 1713, aged twenty-one.
MARY, m. in 1708, to the Rev. Ralph

Milway, vicar of Borden, and died
in 1726. This lady, who inherited
for her share Dane House and other
estates, sold them to the family of
Tyndale, of the counties of Glouces-
ter and Kent.

ELIZABETH, M. in 1710, to RICHARD TYLDEN, esq. of Milsted. Mrs. Tylden surviving her husband, and becoming possessed of the estate of Hartlip Place, &c. devised at her dedecease, in 1766, her whole possessions to her two daughters, Mary and Philippa.

Arms-Az. a saltier erm. between four pheons or.

Crest-A battle-axe with a serpent twining round it.

Motto Truth and liberty.

Estates-In the parishes of Milsted, Rodmersham, Murston, and Kingsdown, in Kent. In the parish of Soho, London; and in the county of Kildare, Ireland.

Seat-Milsted Manor House.

X

1816.

Frederick-Augustus-Buchanan, b. in March,

1822.

Robert-Emilius-Fazakerley, b. in August

1824.

George-Ponsonby, b. in May, 1826. Katherine-Horatia.

Georgiana-Janet.

This branch of the great house of CRAUFURD

derives from

DUNCAN CRAUFURD, of Camlarg, third son of David Craufurd, of Kerse, who appears to have had (living in the reign of JAMES IV.) an only daughter,

MARGARET CRAUFURD, who wedded JOHN CRAUFURD, of Drongan, and had three sons, viz.

I. JOHN, who succeeded his father at
Drongan. In January, 1552, there
is a charter of the mains of Drongan,
and of the four merk land of Smiths-
town, and lands of Skeoch Hill, on a
life-rent right, granted by John Crau-
furd, of Drongan, in favour of his
spouse, Margaret Kennedy, and on
the 27th July, 1552, John Crau-
furd, of Drongan, is witness to a sa-
sine in favour of M. Colville.

II. DAVID, who inherited Camlarg.
III. WILLIAM.

his father's life, Agnes, only daughter of David Fairlie, of that Ilk, in the parish of Largs, and assumed in consequence the additional surname of Fairlie. He had by that lady several daughters, of whom two are

named,

AGNES, heiress of Drumsoy.

Janet, m. to William Cathcart, of Carbieston, by whom she had, with other children,

JAMES CATHCART, who went to Germany, where, in the service of the DUKE OF DEUX-PONTS, he rose to high rank, and acquired considerable fortune. He espoused the daughter of the Chancellor of the Duchy, and his grandson,

WILLIAM DE CATHCART, was, in 1722, gentleman of the bedchamber to the prince palatine, Duke de Deux-Ponts, and in the possession of his grandfather's estates in the vicinity of that place. Sir Robert appears to have been succeeded, in Fairlie, by a Robert Craufurd, alias Fairlie, conjectured to be his son; but DRUMSOY passed to his elder daughter,

AGNES CRAUFURD, who married her first

* She is called by some authorities MARGARET; by CRAUFURD, Agnes.

DAVID, his successor.

Esplin, a captain in the army.

PATRICK, of whom hereafter, as inhe

however, his second wife. He espoused, first, a daughter of Gordon of Turnberry, and had one son and two daughters, namely, THOMAS, who d. at Paris in 1724,

being at that time envoy extraordinary
from the court of St. James's to that
of Versailles.

Anne, m. to William Hogg, merchant at
Edinburg.

Margaret, in. to John Cochrane, of Ra-
velrig, and had a daughter, married
to David Ross, of Inverchastly, a
lord of session.

DAVID, his heir.

Marion, m. to Stewart, of Fintulloch, and had issue.

Margaret.

He was s. by his son,

DAVID CRAUFURD, of Drumsoy, historiographer for Scotland to Queen ANNE, a gentleman of literary abilities, distinguished, amongst other works, by an historical defence of MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. He died in 1710, leaving an only daughter and heiress,

EMILIA CRAUFURD, of Drumsoy, who died unmarried in 1731, when the representation of the family reverted to her grand-uncle,

PATRICK CRAUFURD, of Drumsoy, who bad previously acquired the estate by purhase. This appears from the discreet of sale on the 15th January, 1731, and again by the discreet of Ranking, on the 4th July, 1751, in which it is stated that, "in 1675, David Craufurd was laird of Drumsoy, and that he was succeeded in that estate by his son, David Craufurd, who left an only child, Emilia Craufurd, at whose instance, as apparent heir, the estate of Drumsoy was sold, and that Patrick Craufurd, merchant in Edinburgh, who purchased it, was brothergerman of David Craufurd, elder of Drumsov." Before purchasing Drumsoy, Patrick Craufurd had become proprietor of the estate of Auchinames, in the same manner, and became closely allied to that branch of the family of Craufurd by marrying Jane, second daughter of Archibald Craufurd, sixteenth baron of Auchinames.* She was,

To the account of the barons of Auchinames, given in the first volume, p. 552, 553, we have to add the following further detail of the issue of the last baron.

ARCHIBALD CRAUFURD, Sixteenth laird, by Mar

ilk, had one son and three daughters, namely,

1. WILLIAM, who died in 1695, before his father. He had married Helen, daughter of Sir Thomas Burnet, of Crimond, by Janet, sister of Alexander, earl of Kincardine, and niece to the Bishop of Sarum, by whom he left an only daughter,

HELEN CRAUFURD, who m. Patrick Edmonstone, of Newtowne, and had issue,

1. James Edmonstone, colonel in the army, who married Mary daughter of George Abercromby, of Tullibody, and had, with a daughter, a son,

John James Edmonstone, of Newtowne, who m. Barbara, daughter of Sir Henry Seton. 2. Thomas Edmonstone, captain in the 33rd regiment, killed at St. Cas in 1758.

1. Isabella Edmonstone, married to Francis Kennedy, of Dunure, and was mother of

Thomas Kennedy, of Dunure, who m. Jane, daughter of John Adam, of Blair, and had a son,

Thomas Francis Kenneof Dunure.

dy, esq. 2. Rachel Edmonstone, married to Bruce, of Pitfouls, without issue. 3. Mary Edmonstone, m. to John Buchanan, of Arnprior, and had Alexander Buchanan, of Arnprior.

Thomas Buchanan, married the Hon. Catherine Abercromby, youngest daughter of Sir Ralph, and Baroness Abercromby, by whom he had four sons, (one of whom, Captain James Edmonstone Buchanan, fell at Talavera in 1809,) and four daughters. 1. Anna, m. to James Bruce, of Powfouls, and had three daughters,

1. Annabella Bruce, m. to John Forbes, esq. of Newhall, by whom she had two daughters; one died unm. the other, Anne Forbes, m. Robert Chalmers, esq. and hd a daughter,

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By Jane Craufurd, daughter of Auchinames,
Patrick Craufurd had seven sons, viz.

1. PATRICK, his successor.
II. GEORGE, lieutenant-colonel 53rd re-
giment, m. Anne, daughter of Edward
Randal, esq. of Salisbury, and had,
with a daughter Mary, the wife of
Thomas Gilbert, esq. M.P. a son and
successor, at his decease in 1758,

PATRICK-GEORGE, who m. Jane,
daughter of Lieut.-Col. Donald
Macdonald, of the 84th regiment,
brigadier-general in America,
and by her (who d. in July,
1811), had, with two daughters,
Margaret-Randal and Catherine-
Mary, four sons, viz.

George, who d. unm.

JOHN, of whom hereafter, as inheritor, at the decease of his cousin, of the estates and representation of the family. Donald, captain royal artillery, d. unmarried in October, 1819. This officer was wounded at WATERLOO. Patrick-George, d. in 1804. 1. Ronald, of Restalrig, writer to the signet, m. in 1743, Catherine, daughter of John Forbes, of Newhall, by whom he had a son, Patrick, who d. unmarried, and three daughters, viz. 1. Margaret, who m. Patrick, fifth earl of Dumfries, and had an only child, the

LADY ELIZABETH PENELOPE CREIGHTON, who espoused John, Viscount Mountstuart, eldest son of John, first Marquess of Bute, and, dying before her father, left two sons, the elder of whom, JOHN, is the present MARQUESS OF BUTE. (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.)

2. Jane, m. to William Berry, nephew and heir-presumptive of Ferguson of Rait, and has two

Anne-Elizabeth Chalmers, m. to Mark Pringle, esq. of Clifton, M.P. for the county of Selkirk. 2. Jane Bruce, married to John Bruce, son of James Bruce of Kennet, and had

issue.

3. Anne Bruce, married to George Denniston, esq. and left two sons,

James Denniston, who married the heiress of West Thorn. George Denniston, died unm. II. JANE, married, as in the text, to PATRICK CRAUFURD, of Drumsoy

1. Margaret, married to James Young, of Killicanty, and d. s. p.

sons, Robert Berry and Ronald Berry.

3. Annabella, m. to William Fullerton, of Rosemount, whom she survived.

IV. James, an eminent merchant in Holland, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Andrews, esq. of Rotterdam, and had issue,

1. Patrick, appointed, in 1769, conservator of Scots' privileges in Holland.

2. James.

3. George, who, with Patrick, succeeded to his father's commercial establishment.

4. Ronald, a merchant in Glasgow, of the house of Spiers and Co.

1. Margaret, m. to Macleod of Geanies.

v. Hugh, a merchant in the East Indies, where he died unm.

VI. Alexander, an officer in the army,

died in Lord Cathcart's expedition to Carthagena, in 1741.

VII. John, an officer in the army, who

attained the rank of lieutenant-general, and died governor of Minorca, unmarried.

Patrick Craufurd, of Drumsoy and Auchinames died in 1733, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

PATRICK CRAUFURD, of Drumsoy, Auchinames, &c. who was returned to parliament by the county of Edinburgh in 1741 and 1747. He sat also in the parliament which assembled in April, 1761, as member for the county of Renfrew. This gentleman m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of George Middleton, esq. a banker in London, and had two sons,

1. JOHN, his heir.

11. James, colonel in the Guards, and one of the equerries to the Queen. Colonel Craufurd was likewise governor of Bermuda, and died s. p. in 1811.

The laird wedded, secondly, Sarah, daughter of Lord Sempill, by whom he had a dau. Sarah, who died unmarried in 1796. He d. in 1778, and was succeeded by his elder son,

JOHN CRAUFURD, of Drumsoy, Auchinames, &c. member for Old Sarum in the parliament of 1768, and afterwards for the county of Renfrew in the parliament which assembled in October, 1774. This gentleman, who was the associate and friend of CHARLES JAMES Fox, died unmarried in 1814, and was succeeded by his cousin, JOHN CRAUFURD, esq. now representative of the branch of Drumsoy.

Arms-Quarterly 1st and 4th gu. a fesse ermine, 2nd a stag's head erased gu. 3rd

arg. two spears in saltire between four, spots of ermine.

Crests-A stag's head erased gu. between the attires a cross crosslet fitchee, 2nd a phoenix ppr. rising from the flames,

Mottoes-Tutum te robore reddam. And -God show the right,

Estates-Crosbie and Ardneil, both nearly adjoining and situated in the parishes of West Kilbride and Dalry, in the county of Ayr. Sir Hugh de Craufurd, of Loudoun, heritable high sheriff of Ayr, obtained from the great constable of Scotland, in 1226, a charter de tota terra de Crosbie. A granddaughter of this Sir Hugh (Margaret), sister of Sir Reginald de Craufurd, married Sir Malcolm Wallace, of Ellerslie, and was mother of WILLIAM WALLACE, of immortal memory; there is a tradition that he was born at her brother's castle of Crosbie, where she had sought refuge in those troublesome times. This tradition seems the more probable from the recorded fact of many of the youthful days of the patriot having been passed in the beautiful glen in which his uncle's castle stands.

The estate of Ardneil is of modern acqui

sition in the Craufurd family, having been purchased in 1746 by Patrick Craufurd, of Auchinames, the grand-uncle of the present possessor, from the Boyds of Kilmarnock, to whom it was granted by King ROBERT BRUCE. A small castle, in ruins, stands by the old port, which was the place whence the bodies of the kings of Scotland were embarked for burial in Icolmkill: hence the name of Portincross. And over the lands of Crosbie passed the holy track by which the corpses were conveyed to the port, the name of Crosbie signifying the Castle of the Cross. Many royal charters are dated from Ardneil. A tradition exists of one of the ships of the Spanish armada having been wrecked off the port of Portincross; and a gun, bearing traces of the Spanish arms was, many years ago, fished up near the shore, and lies by the old castle.

Town Residence-George-street, Hanover-square.

Seat-The proper seat is Crosbie Castle, in Ayrshire, but the house is in ruins, and Mr. Craufurd, when in Scotland, resides in a shooting cottage at Portincross.

This family, by the following certificate from the College of Arms, under the hand of GEORGE OWEN, York Herald, dated in

1648, is presumed to be a branch of the noble house of SPENCER.

"Whereas, William Spencer, of Bramley Grange, in the county of York, gentleman, hath had consultation with me concerning the bearing of his arms, being, as it appears by tradition, received from his ancestors, as also by the usage of arms by his father and grandfather, and by a pedigree, by him produced, to be descended of a younger branch of the family of Spencer, of Badley, in the county of NorBad by thampton, he not being able at present to make any precise proof what filial difference he ought to give (as indeed it is often the case of many younger branches of worthy families in this kingdom), for want of preserving and registering their genealogies and pedigrees. He, in that regard, hath requested my advice how he may (in the bearing of his arms) demean himself to relate to that