FRECHEVILLE — FRENDRATTGHT. 403 7th Earl of Bvchan [S.], by Marjory, da. of William (Ramsay), 1st Earl op Dalhousie [S.] He d. s.p. 12 Oct. 1720, by a fall from a precipice, near Banff, since wluch tlate the Barony lias remained dormant.!?) Charles Fbaske, of Inverallocliy, was a: a Viscount [VISCOUNT FRASER ?J in 1722 by the titular King James III. See vol. i, p. 59, note "b," sub "Albemarle," for a list of these "Jacobite Peerages." He inherited the estates of Charles, Lord Fraser [S.], next abovenained.(*>) FKECHEVILLE, see " Frescheville." FREELAND. See "Ruthven of Freeland, co. Perth," Barony [S.] (Euthven), cr. FRENCH, see " Ffrench." FRENDRAUGHT. Viscountcy [S.J /, James Crichton, s. and h. ap. of James Crichton, I 1G42 of Frendraught, co. Aberdeen, by Elizabeth, da. of John (Gordon), Earl of Sutherland [S.], was 4. about 1620, and was in his father's lifetime [in consideration of his father being heir male of the celebrated Lord Chancellor Ciichton [S.]) cr. by patent dat. at Nottingham, 29 Aug. 1612, VISCOUNT OF FRENDRAUGHT AND LORD CRICHTON [S.], with rem. to his heirs male and successors. He was with the Marquess of Montrose at his defeat in 1650, at Invercharron, where being made prisoner, he died by his own hand " to prevent public vengeance." Hem. firstly, Margaret, 2d da. of Alexander (Leslie), 1st Eaiil ok Leven [S.J, by his first wife, Agnes, da. of (— ) Renton, of Billy, co. Berwick. She (/. s.p.m. He m. secondly, 8 Nov. 1642, at Drumoak church, Marion da. of Sir Alexander Irvine, of Drum. He d. 1650 as afsd. II. 1G50. 2. James (Crichton), Viscount op Frendraught, &c. [&.], s. and h., by 2d wife. He m. Christian, widow of Thomas (Rutherford), Lord Rutherford [S.J (who d. April 1668), da. of Sir Alexander Ubquhart, of Cromartie. He d. 1678. His widow m. (as her 3d husband), George Mohison, to whom (after the death of her sou the 3d Viscount) she conveyed the lauds of Bognie, Frendraught, &c.(°) She d. before 1699. III. 1678. 3. William (Crichton), Viscount of Frendraught, &c. 03.1 only s. and h. Ho d. unm. and a minor before 1686. (») Some particulars of the probable origin of the family of the grantee, in the heir male of which the dignity is dc jure vested, are given in " Hewlett," p. 45, as also in " Riddell " [1833], p. 78. The estate of Muchalls passed, by the disposition of the last Lord, to Charles Fraser, of Inveralloehy (a descendant of his wife by her first husband) now represented (thro' a female) by the Mackenzie-Frasers, of Castle Fraser, co. Ross. ( b ) See note " a " next above, circa nnerti. (o) They were inherited by their son, Theodore Morison, who was served heir of his father therein, 1 Aug. 1099. 2C 2
