KEITH — KELLIE. 335 1822. He m. firstly, 9 April 1787, Jane, da. and coheir of William Mercer formerly Nairne, of Aldie, ao. Perth, by Margaret, di. of William Murray, of Pitkaithly. She d. 12 Dec. 1789. He »t. secondly, 10th January 1S0S, at Rams- Rate, Hester Maria, 1st da and coheir of Henry 'f Htivm, of Streatham, Surrey, Brewer, by Hester Lynch, da. and coheir of John SXtOSBOBT, of Bachecraic He d s.i>.m. 10 March 1823 at Tnllyallan. on the Firth of Forth, and was bur. there (a). At his death the Vitcountcy of Keith [1814] and the Barim/ of Keith of Stonehaven Maritehal [1801] became extinct, but the Irish Barony [1797] as also the Barony [U.K] cr. in 1808, continued. Will pr. July 1823. His widow, who was b. 1762, was one of the original patronesses of " Almack's," and a leading member of the fashion at London and Edinburgh, She (/. 31 March 1S57 at 110 Piccadilly, aged 95(b). wm pr . May 1857. J b II. 1823, 2. Margaret, suo jure, Baroness Keith of Stone- to haven Marishal in the peerage of Ireland [1797], as also 1867. BaROHBSS Keith of BaxheaTH [1803], 1st da. and coheir, being only child by the first wife; b. 12 June 1788 in Hert- ford Street, May fair; was in the household of the P rincess Charlotte of Wales. She m. 20 June 1817," at Edinburgh, Augusta Charles Joseph, Count dk Flahault de la BnxAKUiUE, sometime aide-de-camp to Bonaparte, but subsequently French Ambassador to Vienna and ( 1 SGO) to London, and fiually Chancellor of the Legion of Honour at Paris, who d. 2 Sep. 1S70, aged 85. By the death of her cousin, William, 4th Lord Nairne [8.1 7 Dec. 1837 she became (de jure) suo jure BARONESS NAIRNE [S.] She d. s.p.m. at her hu -band's official residence in Paris, 11 Nov. lSti7, in her 80th year(J), when the Raronietof Keith [I. and U.K.] became extinct, but the Scotch Barony of Nairne [cr. 1681) devolved on her da, and heir of line. See that dignity. KELBUKN. i.e., '-Boyle of Kei.lurn, Stewartoux, Ctjmbra, Largs andDalry," Barony [S.](So^«), rr. 1699, see " Glasgow" Earldom [8.1 sr. 1703. i.e., " uelburn," Viscouhtcy [s.] (Boyle), cr. 1703, with the Earldom ok Gutuuw [S.], which see. KELLIE. Earldom [S.] J. Sir Thomas Erskixe, of Gognr, 2d but 1st surv. j ](I]9 Wtl "f tne! ' ou - Sir Alexander Krsiune, of the same (next br. to John, Earl of Mar [S.], to whom that dignity was restored in 1565), by his first wife, Margaret, da. of George (Home), 4th Lord Home [S.J, was!>. 15G6, the same year as King James VI. [S.] with whom he was educated, and was a Gent, of the Bedchamber [S ] in 1585; he was active in rescuing the King from " the Gov rie pl"t " 5 Aug. 1600 (killing Alexander Ruthveu one of the conspirators) and received a third of the Lordship of Dirletoun, co. Berwick, in reward. He accompanied the Duke of Lennox, in 1601, on his embassy to France. Attending the King into England, he was, 1603 to 1632, Capt. of the Yeomeu of the Guard. He was ( ,l ) " The many tangled and difficult affairs with which his name is connected give his career an interest far above what his character seems to warrant. Steady, persever- ing, and cautious, equal to the necessities of the moment, but in no instance towering above them, he made few serious mistakes; he carried out satisfactorily the various operations entrusted to him, and left behind him the reputation of a good, lather than of a great, commander." [Nat. BioffT.] [ b ] She is the " Querm'e " frequently allwled to by the famous Dr. Johnson, whose intimacy with hev mother, Mrs. Tlnale (afterwards Mrs. Piozzi), is Well known. i c ) The claim of her da. and heir of line (the dow. Marchioness of Lansdowne) to this dignity was allowed by the house of Lords, 4 Aug. 1874. ( d ) " References to her hospitalities abound in Moore's letters and diary and else- where." [Nat. Biogr.]
