CARDIGAN— CARDROSS. 143 VIII. 18G8. 8. George William Frederick (Brudenell-Bruce), M.riii!f.ss OF Au.KsniTKY, Earl OP Cardigan, &c, cousin Bad h., being s. and h. of Charles, 1st Marquess ok AlLBsBDRT, who was only s. ami h. of Thomas, Earl Of Ailksuury, which Thomas was 4th and yst. s. of George, 3d Earl of Cardigan, being br. to the 4th and 5th Earls of Cardigan. See "Ailesbury," Marquessate of, cr. 1S21, under the 2ud Marquess. Family estates. — These, in 1S03, coiisLstedof 7,210 acres in eo. Northampton ; 2,931 in co. Leicester, and 5,5S3 in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Total 15,72-1 acres, worth £35,357 a year. These, by the will of the 7th Earl, devolved on his widow for life, with rem. to trustees for twenty-one years therefrom to accumulate, rem. to Robert Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 4th s. of Ernest, afterwards Marquess of Ailesbury, but if he should die before that time, rem. to those holding lie title of "Cardigan." Principal Residence. — Deeue Park, near Wausford, Northamptonshire. CARDEOSS. Barony [S.] J. JonN (Erskine), Earl of Mar |S.], obtained, ] ] GOG 2 ' ^ ftrc0 1604, from the Crown, a grant of the lands of the Priory ' of Inehmahome and of the Abbeys of Dryburgh and Carabuskeu- ip"in "eth. This grant, which of itself was invalid (owing to the annexa- ' tion act of such land to the Crown), was confirmed by Act of Pari 19 .Inly 1606, the lands being erected into the Barony of Cardross and tlie Karl, his heirs and successors therein, being granted the dignity of a Lord of Pari, to be called LORD OF CARDROSS [S.] A new charter of the lauds and title was therein ordered to be made, which on the 10 June 1610,( [i ) was done. By it the Barony of Cabdkoss is granted to the Earl and his heirs male and assignees whatsoever, with the rights, So. of a Lord of Pari. He nominated, accordingly, as his successor in that dignity) 1 ') (reserving his life-rent therein), by charter 30 Jany. 1017 (ratified by a royal charter, 13 March following), Henry Erskine, bis 3d sou. The Earl (/. 11 Dee. 1031. See fuller particulars under " M.vR,"" Earldom of [S.] [Henry Krskixe, nfi/Inl Master of Cardross, and sometimes (Query, by courtesy) Lmu> CAUmioss,'^; 3d s. »f the above Earl, being 2d ». by bis 2d wife, Miry, da. of E.-me (STEWART), Dt'KE of Lennox [S. |, having been designated, in 1017 (:is mentioned above), his Father's heir in this Barony became &r" of Cardross. He m. Margaret, sister of William, Loud Beli.endkn [8.1 da. of Sir James Bellenden of Brotlghton. He (/. v.p., late in the year 1628.] ' Charge,' was the Captain's cry ; their's not to reason why, Theirs not to make reply, their's but to do and die, Into the Vale of Death Rode the Six Hundred.
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Honour the bravo and bold, long shall the tale be told, Yea ! When our babes are old — How they rode onward." (") This appears to be the first valid charter ; no earlier one occurs in the Great Seal Register [S.] Ex. inform. (3. Burnett, Lyon. (") See as to this class of Peerage [S.] ante, p. 14, note " b," sub " Brendalbane." It may be noted that the terms of the charter of 1010, though they have been held valid to give the power of nomination, do so less explicitly than in any other instance. ( c ) The question has also been raised whether this Henry Erskine was not actually Lord Cardross [S.] since 1617, on the ground that his father's reservation of the life rent applied to the lands only and not to the title ; such seems to have been the view held by Riddell ; but tho' on one occasion at least (Act of Par. V. 547) he is called " Lord Cardross," he appears never to have sat in Pari. [S.] among the " Lords." Mi inform. G. Burnett, Lyon.
