CARDROSS 19 life-rent therein), by charter, 31 Jan. 161 7 (ratified by a Royal charter, 13 Mar. following), Henry Erskine, his 3rd son. The Earl d. 14 Dec. 1634. See fuller particulars under "Mar," Earldom of [S.]. [Henry Erskine, styled Master of Cardross, and sometimes (query, by courtesy) Lord Cardross,(*) 3rd s. of the above Earl, being 2nd s. by his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of Esme (Stewart), Duke of Lennox [S.], having been designated, in 1617 (as mentioned above), his father's heir in this Barony, became "Fiar" of Cardross. He m. (cont. 3 Dec), soon after 14 Dec. 1625, Margaret, sister of William, Lord Bellenden [S.], da. of Sir James Bellenden, of Broughton, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Ker, of Cessford. He d. v.p., late in the year 1628. His widow was living Jan. 1639/40.] IL 1634. 2. David (Erskine), Lord Cardross [S.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Henry Erskine, slykd Master OF Cardross, by Margaret, his wife abovenamed. He was I?ap. 6 Feb. 162611,0') ^'^^ '^^^ served h. to the Lordship of Cardross, though still a minor, 17 Mar. i6t,6/j. In 1646 he was one of the few Peers [S.] who protested against delivering up Charles I to the English army at New- castle. He was a promoter of "the engagement" of 1648, for which he was fined ^^ 1,000, and, in 1649, '"^'^^ debarred from sitting in Pari. On 10 Feb. 1663/4, he obtained a new charter of the Lordship and Parliamentary Peerage of Cardross, with a power of nominating his successor, which failing with rem. to the heirs male of his body, rem. to his heirs and assigns whatever. He m., istly, in 1645 (cont. dat. 9 Aug. 1645), Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Hope, istBart. [S. 1628], of Craighall (the well-known Coven- anting lawyer), by Elizabeth, da. of Robert Bennet, Town Clerk of Mussel- burgh.('=) She was bap. 19 Apr. 1625. He m., 2ndly, in 1655, Mary, sister of Edward, Earl of Kincardine [S.], da. of George Bruce, of Carnock, by Mary, da. of Sir John Preston, of Valleyfield. He d'. 1671, aged 44. in. 1 67 1. 3. Henry (Erskine), Lord Cardross [S.], s. and h., by 1st wife, was b. 1650. He suffered much from his zealous Protestantism and his opposition to the Earl of Lauderdale's administration, being imprisoned from Aug. 1675 to July 1679. The (') The question has also been raised whether this Henry Erskine did not actually become in 161 7 Lord Cardross [S.], on the ground that his father's reservation of the life-rent applied to the lands only and not to the title; such seems to have been the view held by Riddell; but though on one occasion at least {Acts of Pari., vol. v, 547) he is called "Lord Cardross," he appears never to have sat in Pari. [S.] among the "Lords." {ex inform. G. Burnett, sometime Lyon). See also an article on such Peerages in Her. & Gen., vol. iii, p. 522. (*) Canongate Register. V.G. {") This is Sir Thomas's own account of his wife's parentage. See Scots Peerage, vol. viii, p. 577, note 10. V.G.
