496 CRANSTOUN men for the service of Charles Gustavus, King of Sweden, and, probably at his instance, was formally pardoned by Pari, in 1 657. He m. (cont. 10 July 1643) Mary, "a vitious woman," 5th and yst. da. of Alexander (Leslie), 1st Earl of Leven [S.], by his ist wife, Agnes, da. of David Renton. He, being then of St. Margaret's, Westm., was found guilty, 15 Jan. 166 1/2, of slaying "Alexander Skringer Esq." with a rapier in self-defence.(^) He was living 29 July 1664. IV. 1680.' 4. James (Cranstoun), Lord Cranstoun [S.], s. and h., had a charter of lands as " Master of Cranstoun " 29 July 1664. He m. Mary, da. of Sir Alexander Don, Bart. [S.], of Newton, co. Roxburgh. He d. between 1685 and 1688. V. 1687.? 5. William (Cranstoun), Lord Cranstoun [S.], s. and h. He was a supporter of the Scottish Union in 1 707. He m., before 1703, Jean, da. of William (Kerr), 2nd Marquess of Lothian [S.], by Jean, da. of Archibald (Campbell), 9th Earl of Argyll [S.]. He d. 27 Jan. 1 726/7. (*■) His widow survived him 41 years, and d. Mar. 1768. VL 1727. 6. James (Cranstoun), Lord Cranstoun [S.], s. and h.('^) Grand Master of Freemasons 1745-47. He ob- tained an act in 1756 for the sale of estates in Northumberland (settled on his marriage) for the disencumbering his Scottish estates. He m., before 1749, Sophia, da. of Jeremiah Brown, of Abscourt, Surrey, and by her had
- £ 1 2,000 (besides a larger fortune afterwards), an estate in the West Indies,
^c. He d. in Portman Sq., 8, and was bur. 14 July 1773, in Westm. Abbey. Will, as "of Portman square," dat. 23 Mar., pr. 8 July 1773. His widow m. (4 months after his death), 10 Nov. 1773, Michael Lade, Barrister-at-Law. She d. 26 Oct., and was bur. i Nov. 1779, at St. James's, Westm., where on the 2 Dec. following, her 2nd husband was bur. also. Vn. 1773. 7. William (Cranstoun), Lord Cranstoun [S.], s. and h., b. 3 Sep. 1749, at Crailing, co. Roxburgh. He d. unm., in St. James's Str., 30 July, and was bur. 6 Aug. 1778, in Westm. Abbey, aged 27. Will dat. 12 July, pr. 24 Nov. 1778. if) See Midx. Sessions Rolls. C") His 5th son, William Henry Cranstoun, was lover of the notorious Mary Blandy, who was executed in 175 I. Her relations with him having led to her poison- ing her father, she alleged that the powder which she administered was sent to her by Cranstoun as a love potion. V.G. (<=) Among the Cambridge graduates is a "James Cranston, Jesus, A.B. 171 1; A.M. 171 5."
