SALTOUN. 45 V. ir>30? 5. William (Arernettiy), Loud Saltoun of Aber- NETHY [S.], s. and h., hail charters as heir ap. 23 July 1512; sue. to the peerage before 27 Nov. 1536. He in., before 23 July 1512, Elizabeth, da. of John (Hay), 2d Loud Hay of Tester [S.], by Elizabeth Cricuton, his wife. He was living 21 March 1542/3(') and she 2S Aug. 1550. VT. 1545] G. Alexander (Abernetiiy), Lord Saltoun of Aber- NF.THY [S.l, b. and h., sue. to the peerage before 2S Aug. 1550. He m. firstly (charter 28 Aug. 1550) Alison. 3d da. of William (KkitH), 4 th Earl Marfschai. [S.] by Margaret, da. and coheir of Sir William Keith, of Innerugie. He M. secondly Jean Johnston. He d. April 15S7. His widow ("Jean Johnston, Lady Saltoun") wivb in 15S9 wife of William Kf.hu. VII. 1587. 7. George (Abernetiiy), Lord Saltoun of Aber- nkthy [S], only B. and h- by first wife ; had a charter of lands, 24 May 158S. ' He IB. in 1588, Margaret, 2d da. of John (Stewart), 4th Haul of AtBOM, [S] Chancellor of Scotland, by his first wife Elizabeth, da. of George (Gordon), 4th Haul of Huntly [8.J. He d. 1600. VIII. 1G0O. <S. .Ions (Abernetiiy), Lord Saltoun of Abernetiiy [S.]. only s. and h. ; served heir to his father, 29 June 1601. He sold the estate of Rothemay in 1610. He m. firstly Mary, 2d da. of James (Stewart), Karl ok Moray [.-5.], by Elizabeth, sua jure Countess of Moray [§.]. She d. s.p. He m. secondly, in or before 1609, Anne, da. of Walter (Stewart), 1st Lord ISlantyre [S. I, by Nicholas, da. of Sir James Somehvii.i.e. He d. before 1617, His widow long survived him and was living 9 March 1609 after her son's death. () Her ailmon. " as Lady Ann Stuart, Lady Saltorj " of St. Mary Savoy, Middx, widow, 8 Feb. 16S5/6 was granted to her principal creditor the Hon. Catherine Stuart alias Ml'IR," she being (in the margin) described as "pauper." IX. 1G17. 0. Alexander (Abernetiiy), Lord Saltoun of Aber- NETHY [S.], only s. and h.. by second wife, A. 26 March 1611, at Edinburgh. He, in 1613, sold the estate of Saltoun, to Sir Alexander Fletcher. He d. s.p. 1669, aged 68.(0} ( a ) The following entries are from Milne's obituary uotices, now at Duppliu Castle. " Alexander [.vie] Lord Abernetiiy, 1568. Alexander, Lord Abernetiiy, April 1587." It seems possible that the fust entry may refer to William, Lord Abernetiiy , the father of the Alexander who d. in 1587; but the latter was apparently Lord Saltoun and dealt (together with his mother) with the lands of Saltoun in the charter of 28 Are. 1550. See Wood's " Douglas," vol. ii. p. 193, sub " Marishal." ( b ) See her letter of that date, stating that the " unworthy perte" takeu by Alex- ander Abernetiiy of Auchcloich, now the heir male, together with Fraser of Phillorth agaiust the late Lord had " hastened his death, most sad to me his mother." ( c ) At the death of this Lord " who had left nothing to inherit excepting his honours, there were both heirs male and heirs female in existence equally descended from the body of the first Lord," but the peerage, without any claim whatever of the heir male, " descended as a matter of course, by the mere operation of common law and agreeably to the Oliphant principle that use was enough (conform to the laws of this realm) to transmit such titles in the heirs female, to Sir Alexander," i.e., to Fraser of Philorth, the heir general. Kiddell's " Devon Vase," p. 96 ] It appears also (Riddell, p. 947, note 2), that this ruined Lord had made " aue dispositioun of his honours" to Arthur Forbes, a stranger, he taking the name and arms of Salton, but this probably was never duly executed. He had also contemplated doing the same in favour of Alexander Abernetiiy of Anchincloich " the nearest of kin and name to bun, ' i.e., his heir male presumptive (to whom also he owed 20.000 merks), a circumstance, says Riddel] (p. 188), conclusive against the law of descent of Scotch titles as laid down by "Lords Mansfield and Kosslyu " for if, as they assert such honours went only to heirs male thero could have been no occasion for any settlement,"
