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MIDDLKTON. Chief [8.1 Gov. nf Edinburgh Castle, and Coromwsiolier tii the Pari. S,, which met, 1 .Ian. It>00/1,(') and again, S May 18631 i was one of the extra. Lords of Session 1662. His intemperate bahita and (what was considered) abuse of power made bini very unpopular,! 1 ') and he was dismissed from office in 166:,. lie was, however, in command of Rochester when the Dutch burnt the English ships at Chatham, anil was made. J5 April 1667, Governor of Taiigiert. He m. lirstly, .Inly 1639, Grizel, widow of Sir Gilbert KamsaY, of llalmain (whom she m. in 1830] and reliet formerly of Sir Alexander FwHSKISOHAJI, da. of James (and sister of Sir Alexander) Diiuiam, of Pitkenow. She </. at Cranstoun. Sep. 1060. He ni. secondly, ]ti Dee. li!U7. at SI. Andrew's, Holborn (lie. Vic. lien.) Maltha, da, and coheir of Henry (Caiiky), 2d E.Utl. of Monmouth, by Martha, da. of Lionel (Ciiani im.u), 1st Haul ok Mihiu.kskx. He d. at Tangiers in 1073, C) aged about 50, leaving his estate much in debt. Admon. 2o Nov. 1671- His widow d. s p.m.*.. 23 Jan. 1705/6, aged 71, in the precinct* of Worcester cathedral, and was bur. there.;' 1 ) M L Will dat. 4 Jan. and pr. 12 March 1705 6. II. 1673, 2. Charles (Mm)iii.kton), Earl ov Middlbtox, Loud to Clkhmont and Fkttkucaiun [S ], s. ami h., by Brat wife ; b. about 1G95. 1610; was with his father in Scotland in 1654, and then (tho' hardly ID, a t'aptain ; escaped to France and returned at the restoration ill 1660, being styled Lonu Ci.khmont, from 1660, till he IUC. to the pcerayc [S.], in 1673 ; Envoy to Vienna till 1682; Sec. of State [8, J 1682; an extra. Lord of Session, 1681 ; P.C. [K.], 1684 ; one of the Prine. Secretaries of State [E.], from Aug. 1CS4, having during the reign of Jaii.es II. (together with Lord l'reston, another Scot'-'h Peer) the chief management of the House of Commons. To that King he remained faithful and. having joined him in Prance, was tried for high treason and outlawed by the Court of Justiciary, 23 July 1694 and "forfeited" by Act of Pari., 2 July 1695, whereby all his honours became forfeited. From 1692 to 1702, and from 1703 to 1713, he had the chief control of affairs at the exiled Court of St. Germains, his conversion to the Roman Catholic faith (which was the cause of his retirement, 1702 03), not being till after the death of King James, under whose will he was made one of the Council to assist the young Prince [the titular A'iny] and the Queen Dowager, his mother. He is said (immediately after the death, lti Sep. 1701, of the exiled King James II.) to have been cr. by the titular King James III., in 1701, EA11L OF MONMOUTH in Englaud. ( c ) From 1714 till his death he was ( a ) It was opened in unwonted state, the Crown, Sceptre, and Sword, being carried respectively by the Farls of Crawford, Sutherland, and Mar. (■>) li.f/., the annulling of all acts of Pari, passed since 1633 and the re-establish- ment of Episcopacy in Scotland. (*) " In a fit of intoxication he fell down a staircase and broke his arm so badly that the bone protruded thro' the lleah ; it mortified and caused his death." See p. 309, note " d." ( d ) No notice is given of her children in Wood's "Douglas." It is, however, certain that she had (1) a son, John, who d, before her, L'8 Feb. 16116, and is 6u> in Worcester cathedral ; M.L ; and (2) a daughter, Elizabeth, who m. William Spelman, of Wickmer, Co, Norfolk (by whom she had Mary, living 1705, and then under 14, who d, before her), which Lady Elizabeth Spelman d. s.p.s., 11 Jan. 1747/8. See as to her, in " Her. and Gen.," iv, pp. 45 and 142. (°) Macky in his "characters," writes of him [1702 ?] when towards 00 years old, " He was against the violent measures of King James' reign and for that reason made no great figure at Court, while that Prince was upon the throne ; yet was proof against all the offer* made him by King William and, after being frequently imprisoned in England, followed King James to France when he had tho chief administration given him. He is one of the politest gentlemen in Europe, has a great deal of wit, mixed with a sound judgment and a very clear understanding ; of an easy indifferent address, but a careless way of living. He is a black man, of a middle stature, with a sanguine complexion, and one of the pleasantest companions in the world." To which Dean Swift adds, " Sir William Temple told me he was a very valuable man and a yaad scholar. J once saw him."
