M ELGl'.M — MKLROSIC. 291 MELGtJM. Viscountcy [S.] l. Loud John Gordon, 2d s. hi George, 1st I 1G7 SUaqCTsss tip Hunti.y by Henrietta, da. of Esme (Stoaut), ' 1st Duke op Lennox [8.1, was cr., 20 Oct. 1027, C) VISCOUNT ,?o n OK MKLGUM ami LOUD ABOYNE [S.], with rem. "«»& 1 hendibus mateutit, cognomen tt insignia de Gordon, gerentibus." He m. Sophia, 5th da. of William (Hay), 9th Earl op Eruoll [S.], liy liis third wife, Elizabeth, da. of William (Douglas), Euu. OF Morton [S.] He </. s.p. Oct. 1030 (being burnt to death at I'rendraught with his host, Sir James Cricbton, of Krendranght afsd.), when the peerage became extinct- [ b ) His widow d. 12 March 1642.( c ) MELGUND. t.a, " Mei.gund, of Melgund, co. Forfar, Viscountcy {Elliot ' Murray- Kynynmond), cr. 1813 with the Earldom of Minto, which see. MELLEFOXT. i.e. Moore " Moore of Mellkfont, co. Louth," Barony [I.] (Moore);
- ok Proqheda," Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1022, sub " Droghedu."
MELROS, or MELROSE. i.e., " Ramsay of Melrose," Barony [S.l (Ramsay), conferred 1G15 on Viscount Haddington [S.], but resigned in 1018 ; see " Holdernesse " Earldom, cr. 1621 ; ear, 1020. i.e., "Ramsay of Melrose," Barony [S.] (Sammy), cr. 1018, but changed next year (1019) for the title of " Hamsay of Dalhovsie," which bee, sub " Dalhousie." i.e., "Mblbose," Earldom [8.] (Hamilton), cr. 1G19, but changed eight yean subsequently (1027) for the title of " Haddington," which see. MELROS OF TYNINGHAME. />., " Melros of Tyningiiame, co. Haddington," Barony (Hamilton) cr. 1827 ; ex. 1858 ; see " Haddinoton " Earldom [S.], sub the ninth Earl. MELROSE, see Melros. (") The original charter is in the " Aboyne or rather Hmitly charter chest." [" Hidden, 1 ' p 021 ] (-) See " Hiddell ,"pp. 624-6, and pp. 1,020-1 ; also Uiddcll's " Remarks " [1833], p. 20, as to the meaning of " heirs male" (even when accompanied with the name and arms clause) being no more than heirs male of the body in direct contradiction to Lord Mansfield's ruling in the case of Kirkcudbright. In the patent of the Viscountcy of Aboyne, conferred 20 April 1032, on the brother of Viscount Melgum, it is recited that the Viscountcy of Melgum was conferred on John Gordon " ct hrvrcdes suos masculos, nomen ct insignia de Gordon gerentcs." and expressly stated that the said Viscount had dieil " absque h(.crcdibus masndis DE coRroRE auo legitime procreatis, in quos [be it observed the patent adds] dictus titulus conferendus fuit" so that the meaning of the words is expressly declared to extend no further then to heirs of the body. ( c ) Her "genus, mens, ct forma," are extolled in some Latin verses by Arthur Johnston. [Wood's " Douglas," sub " Erroll."] U 2
