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CARLYLE 43 who had already (8 Jan. 1622) purchased his estate of Torthorwald. Except for Crawford's statement, there is no record known of him as living after 1622. CARMARTHEN (county of) MARQUESSATE. i. Thomas (Osborne), Earl of Danby, was, T .5, on 9 Apr. 1689, cr. MARQUESS OF CAR- ^^^- MARTHEN. On 4 May 1694 he was cr. DUKE OF LEEDS. See "Leeds," Dukedom of, cr. 1694. CARMICHAEL, and CARMICHAEL OF CARMICHAEL BARONY [S.] I. James Carmichael, only s. and h. of Walter C, J f- of Westraw and Hyndford, co. Lanark (who d. 25 Sep. ^ 1625), by Grizel, da. of Sir John Carmichael, of Medow- flat, in Cowanton, was I?. 1579. Having been Cupbearer, Carver, and Chamberlain to James I, he was, by Charles I, cr. a Baronet [S.] 17 July 1627, as "of Westraw," though the patent was not sealed till 4 Dec. 1632. He sue. his distant cousin. Sir John Carmichael, of Carmichael (who was living 12 Feb. 1 630/1), and had a charter thereof 3 Mar. 1633/4. Knighted 2 July 1632. Sheriff of Lanarkshire 1632; Lord Justice Clerk 1634-36, and again 1649; Treasurer Depute [S.] 1636; a Lord of Session 1639-49; P.C. [S.] for life (by Pari.) 1641. He was one of the "engagers" for the rescue of Charles I. Having been of service to the King, he was, on 27 Dec. 1647, cr. LORD CARMICHAEL [S.] "to him and his heirs male whatever."(*) He did not assume the title till the patent had been ratified by further letters patent 3 Jan. 165 1, with the same precedency. (^) He was dismissed from his offices by Cromwell, and fined ^^2,000 by the Act of Grace, 1654. He m., i Nov. 1603, Agnes, da. of William Wilkie, of Foulden, co. Berwick. He d. 29 Nov. 1672, in his 94th year. [William Carmichael, Master of Carmichael, s. and h. He served in his youth as one of the Gens d'Armes of Louis XIII of France; was one of the Committee of Pari., 1644 and 1645, for whom he com- manded the Clydesdale regiment at the battle of Philiphaugh, in 1646, against the Duke of Montrose. He m. (cont. dat. 23 Mar. 1635) Grizel, da. of William (Douglas), ist Marquess of Douglas [S.], by his ist wife, Margaret, da. of Claude (Hamilton), Lord Paisley [S.]. He d. v.p., Aug. 1657.] (") The patent is not enrolled, but is quoted in Douglas, vol. ii, p. 686, from the original in the possession of the then Earl of Hyndford. It is there, however, added that the patent of 27 Dec. 1647, "according to the list of creations in the Lovat case" was to the "heirs male of the body."