semtit.l. Ill II. 1 644. 7. Robert (Sempill), Lord Sempill [S.], next br. and h. : sue. In the peerage [S.], 3 Nov. 1644, anil was served lieir 16 Feb. 1648. He was fined £1,000 under Crcmi well's " act of Grace " 1654. He m. Anne, da. at James (DoculasI, 1st Loud MonniNcroN [S.], by Anne, only chil.l of Laurence (Oliphant), 5th Loud Oui'Uant [3.] He </. 8 Sep. 1675. VIII. 1G75. S. Francis (Shmpill), Lord Sempill [8.1, 2tl but only surv. b. and h. : [*) sue. to the peerage [S.], 8 Sep. 1 075, anil was served heir 9 Sep. 16S0. He conformed to the established religion and took his seat in Pari [S.] where none of his ancestors had sat since the reign of Queen Mary [S.] He hi. Grisel, sister of Archibald, 1st Haul of Hosrbkhy [S.J, d«. of Sir Archibald Primhosk, 1st Hart. [S.1, by his second wife, Agnes, da. of Sir William GRAY. He (/. s.p. at Leith, 4 April, and was bur, 10 May 16S4. Funeral entry in Lyon office. His widow, who was b. 19 Sep. 1661, m, in 1693 Brig Gen. Richard Cunningham. IX. 1G8I. Anne, sua jure Baroness Skmpill [S.], 1st sister ami heir of line : me. lo the peerage [S.], 4 April 1684, being then the wife of Frauds ABSUCBOKBT, of Kctterneir, who. in consequence of his position as husband of a Peeress, was cr. 2> July lti.S5,i">) LOKD GLASSFORD [S.J for his life.(') She, some months previously, 14 April 1685, under the designation of " Jhiniua Anna Sempill, tpeneu Franeisct Alnrcruiubie, 4e Ft ttvnt'il," was served heir of her father and brother, and, by the above mentioned patent of ;>5 July 1685, the entail of her father, who died u when tilings were in an inchoate state w (d) as to 11 his. honours and estates was ratified and con finned in her favour. A subsequent and final grant thereof was made 16 May 16SS, after resignation of herself and husband (*) in favour (1) of the heirs male and (2) the heirs female of their bodies, with rem. (3) to such heirs of the body of the said Anne, by any other husband, with rem. (4) to such persons as she and her said husband should appoint,' 0 ) with a final rem. (5) to her heirs and assignees whatsoever. The Baroness d. 1695. Her husband, Lord Glass- ford, rf. in the Fleet prison, anil was hur. 23 Nov. 17o3, at St. Bride's Fleet street. See fuller particulars of him under " Glassfiiku " Barony [S.], it. 1685 ; ex. 1703. X. 1G95. 10. Francis (Sempili.C)), Lord Sempill [S.], 1st ». and h.,A. about 10S0; tut. to thepetraye [S.] in 1695, and renouncing the Roman Catholic faith took his seat in Pari. [S.], 11 May 1703. He was a steadfast opposer of the Union [S.] soon after the passing of which (1707) he d. nam. XI. 1708 ? 11. John (SempillC)), Lord Sempill [S.], next surv. br. and h. ;(«) sue. to the peerage, [S.] b. about 16S5. He took an active part against the Jacobites in 1715. He rf. unm. in Aug. 1716. (") His eldest br., Robert, Master of Sempill, il. unm. and v.p. in his 18th year. ( b ) See vol. iv p. 28, note •' a," sub " Glassford," as to this practice in the case of a husband of a Scotch Peeress. ( c ) Glassford was an ancient property of the Sempill family. ( a ) " Biddell," p. 52, and (more especially) 978—979. {") See vol. ii, p. 14, note "a," sub " Breadalbane," for a list of this class of Peer- ages i. e. those where the grantee was authorised to name the successor. In this case, as in many others, no such nomination was made. ( r ) The children of the suojitre Baroness bore her name of Sempill, in lieu of their patronymic of Abercromby. (8) His next elder br., Capt. the Hon. Robert Sempill, d. s.p., being killed in the wars abroad.
