i68 COMPLETE PEERAGE annandale AND EvANDALE (1643 and 1701) [S.], br. of the half blood and h., being s. of the 1st Marquess by his 2nd wife. He was b. 29 May 1720. (*) The loss of his only surv. br. John (who d. Oct. 1742, aged 2 1) so affected him that he became insane, and by inquest in Chancery, 5 Mar. 1 748, he was declared to have been a lunatic since 12 Dec. 1744. By Act of Pari. 1744, he took the name of van den BempdA, pursuant to the will of John van den Bempd^. Under the Act for abolishing hereditary jurisdictions in 1747, he was allowed ;£2200 for the Stcwartry of Annandale, and
- ^8oo for the Regality of Moffat. He d. unm., in his 72nd year, at
Turnham Green, Midx., 29 Apr., and was bur. 7 May 1792, at Chiswick. Admon. May 1792. After his death, his personalty, amounting to ;^4 15,000, was divided in three parts — viz.y one to each of his two uterine brothers, and one to the descendants (next of kin) of his sister (ex parte paternd), of the half blood, the Countess of Hopetoun [S.]. His Scotch estates went to his grand nephew (of the half blood) and heir of line, James (Hope), 3rd Earl OF Hopetoun [S.], grandson of his said half sister, while his English estates, which he had inherited through his mother, went to his uterine br. Richard van den Bempd^ Johnstone, afterwards cr. a Baronet. His peerage dignities became dormant. C*) (') Mrs. Pendarves (afterwards Mrs. Delany) writes of him in 1741, as "very tall, what is called handsome, and much commended for his dancing. " V.G. C") Among the many claimants to these Honours, some as heirs of entail, under the regrant of 166 1, to the Earldom, i^'c, (with the precedency of 1643), and some as heirs male whosoever, to the Marquessate and other honours granted in 1701, may be enumerated — 1. James (Hope), Earl of Hopetoun [S.], in 1794, as h. gen. and h. of entail, being grandson and h. of Henrietta, Countess of Hopetoun [S.], the only child that left issue of William, 2nd Earl and ist Marquess of Annandale. This claim was continued by John James Hope Johnstone, of Annandale, his grandson and h. of line (being s. and h. of his ist da.) in 1825. Disallowed 11 June 1844. Revived on the ground of " res noviter." See Maidment, pp. 89, 107, 109 and 121. This last claimant d. 11 July 1876, aged 80, and was sue. in the Annandale estates and his claim by his grandson and h. male. Lord Campbell in his Life of Brougham, remarks: "When I was Attorney Gen. [1834-41], Brougham was about to create another Earl [besides the Earl of Devon], by making Mr. Hope Johnstone Earl of Annandale, and he had actually congratulated Mrs. Hope Johnstone as the Countess; but, with the assistance of Sir William Follett, I prevented him completing the creation, and the claim was disallowed. " 2. Sir John Lowther Johnstone of Westerhall, Bart. [S.], in 1805, as h. male. This claim was continued by his s. and h.. Sir George Frederick Johnstone, Bart. [S.], who petitioned 30 June 1834. Continued also after Sir George's death by his (posthumous) s. and h. Sir Frederick John William Johnstone, Bart. [S.]. See Maidment, p. 1 08, and 119 to 121. 3. John Henry Goodinge, afterwards Goodinge Johnstone, in 1830 and 1839, as h. of entail. He was s. and h. of Sarah (wife of William Goodinge), only child that had issue of John Johnstone, s. and h. of John Johnstone, alleged to be 2nd s. of the 1st Earl of Annandale. This claim was disallowed 1 1 June 1 844. See Maidment, p. 107, but a fresh petition was lodged in 1851.
