BUCHAN 381 XX. 1640. 7. James (Erskine), Earl OF BucHAN,(yc. [S.], served h. to his mother, 16 Sep. 1628, but did not sue. to the Earldom till his father's death in 1640, as above. Under Cromwell's Act of Grace, 1654, he was finedj(j,ooo. He;;/. Marjory, da. of William (Ramsay), 1st Earl of Dalhousie [S.], by his ist wife, Margaret, da. of David (Carnegie), ist Earl of Southesk [S.]. He J. Oct. 1664. His widow ;k. James Campbell, Minister of Auchterhouse, who had been her chaplain. XXI. 1664. 8. William (Erskine), Earl of Buchan and Lord Auchterhouse [S.], only s. and h. He adhered to James II in the Revolution of 1688, and, having been captured by the prevailing party, was imprisoned in Stirling Castle, where he tJ. unm., in 1695. On his death the succession opened to his next h. male, as under. XXII. 1695. 9. David (Erskine), Lord Cardross [S.], 2nd cousin, once removed, and h. male, who, as h. male of the late Earl's grandfather, James (Erskine), Jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, sue. under the charters of 1 6 1 7 and 1625 above quoted, as EARL OF BUCHAN, i^c. [S.], though in no way connected with any of the previous Earls of that race.(*) He was s. and h. of Henry (Erskine), 3rd Lord Cardross [S.], s. and h. of David, 2nd Lord Cardross [S.], s. and h. of Henry (Erskine), a yr. s. of John (Erskine), Earl of Mar, cr. Lord Cardross [S.]; which Henry Erskine, (who was next in rem. to the Barony of Cardross, and, as such, " Fiar" of Cardross), d. v.p., in 1628, being next yr. br. of James Erskine, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, abovenamed, the grandfather of the late Earl. This David Erskine was b. 1672, and sue. his father, as Lord Cardross [S.], 21 May 1693, taking his seat 2 June following. P.C. 1697, and subse- quently to Queen Anne. In 1698 his right to the Earldom of Buchan was acknowledged by ParLC") Gov. of Blackness C".stle 1702-07, and 1710-14; a Lord of Police [S.] 1714-34. In consequence of his opposition to the Union [S.] he was removed from all his offices. He, being a zealous Whig and staunch supporter of the Hanoverian succession, was Lord Lieut, of cos. Stirling and Clackmannan, 1715-34. Rep. Peer [S.] 1715-34. High Com. of the Gen. Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1729. He ;;/., istly,() 11 Feb. 1697, Frances, da. and h. of Henry Fairfax, of Hurst, Berks, by Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Browne, (f) See a similar case in the Barony of Sinclair [S.] after i 762. (•>) It had been contested by " Fraser of Inverallochie," the h. of line, who was s. and h. of Margaret, eldest sister of the late Earl. (^) On 27 Sep. 1696 a lie. was issued from the Fac. office, for David, Earl of Buchan, aged about 26, Bachelor, to marry Lady Olympia Roberts, of Chelsea, aged 25, spinster, at St. Margaret's, Westm. No such marriage took place there, or, apparently, elsewhere. The lady was probably da. of John (Robartes), Earl of Radnor, who ^Z. 16S5.
