ANNANDALE COMPLETE PEERAGE 165 EARLDOM [S.] i. John Murray, 9th and yst. s. of Sir Charles . , Murray, of Cockpool, by Margaret, ist da. of Hugh ■ ^ J' (Somerville), 5th Lord Somerville[S.], was formerly Gent, of the Bedchamber and Master of the Horse to James VI, by whom he was knighted, and, coming with that King to England, was made one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber there, receiving large grants of land formerly belonging to the Abbeys of Dundrenan, Linclondane, difc. On 28 June 1622, he was cr. LORD MURRAY OF LOCHMABEN and VISCOUNT OF ANNAND [S], (") and on 13 Mar. 1624/5 he was cr. EARL OF ANNANDALE and LORD MURRAY OF TYNN- INGHAM [S.], his long and faithful services to the King being recited in the patent. In 1636 he sue. to the family estate of Cockpool (as h. male of his father), on the death of his br.. Sir Richard Murray, Bart. [S.]. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Schaw, of Broich. He d. in London, Sep., and was iur. 13 Oct. 1640, at Hoddam. C") Fun. entry at Lyon Office. II. 1640 2. James (Murray), Earl of Annandale, Viscount to OF Annand, and Lord Murray of Lochmaben [S.], only 1658. s. and h., served h. to his father 30 Mar. 1641. On the death of Mungo (Murray), 2nd Viscount Stormont[S.], in Mar. 1642, he sue. (under the limitations in the patent of that title, 16 Aug. 162 1) as VISCOUNT STORMONT [S.]. On 17 Nov. 1643 he was made Steward of Annandale. After the battle of Kilsyth, in Aug. 1645, he joined the army of Montrose, and subsequently retired to England. He m. (cont. dat. 26 June 1647) (") Jean, da. of James (Carnegie), 2nd Earl of Southesk [S.], by Isabel, da. of Robert (Kerr), ist Earl of RoxBURGHE [S.]. He d. s.p., 28 Dec. 1658, in St. Clement Danes, Midx., when the Viscountcy of Stormont [S.] devolved on David (Murray), 2nd Lord Balvaird [S.], (*) and the Earldom of Annandale, Viscountcy OF Annand, and the Barony of Murray of Lochmaben [S.], became extinct. Admon. 3 Mar. 1664/5 ^o a creditor. His widow m., 9 Aug. 1659, at Kinnaird, David (Murray), 4th Viscount Stormont [S.], who d. 24 July 1668. She d. Mar. 1671. III. i66r. I. James (Johnston), 2nd Earl of Hartfell, (^) &'c. [S.], s. and h. of James, ist Earl of Hartfell [S.], by his 1st wife, Margaret, ist da. of William (Douglas), ist Earl of Queens- (') There is a charter to him dated 20 Feb. 1623/4, under the name of " John, Viicount of Annand," granting him the palace in Dumfries, the lands of Staikheuch and Carlaverock. See also Maidment, p. 3, where there is much curious information about this family. (*■) " By no means nice as to whom he sold his influence, or from whom he took money, he rapidly acquired one of the best estates in Scotland. " (Note to Godman's Court of King yames.) V.G. (') Mansfield Charter Chest. (*) See sub iv Viscount Stormont. (') Hartfell is the name of a high hill in Annandale. The date of the cr. of the
