78 CASSILLIS da. of Charles Hutchinson, of Owthorpe, Notts. He d. v.p. 1700. His widow m., 22 Mar. 1701, at Edinburgh, as 2nd wife, John (Hamilton), Earl of Selkirk, and of Ruglen [S.]. She^. at Barnton, 10, and was bur. 16 Mar. 1733/4, in Holyrood Abbey. He^. s.p.m.s., 3 Dec. 1744, aged 80.] VIII, 1701 8. John (Kennedy), Earl of Cassillis, tfc. [S.], grandson and h., being only s. and h. of John Kennedy,
- ° styled Lord Kennedy, by Elizabeth, his wife abovenamed.
1759. He was b. Apr. 1700. In 1747 he was allowed ;^ 1,800 (in full for his claim for ;ri3,ioo) for the Regality of Car- rick, under the Act aboHshing heritable jurisdictions. He was Gov. of Dunbarton Castle c. 1737 till his death. He m. (cont. 25 Sep. and 6 Oct.), 24 or 26 Oct. 1738, his ist cousin, Susan (with ;^8,ooo), yst. da. of (his stepfather) John (Hamilton), Earl of Selkirk and of Ruglen [S.] abovenamed, by (his father's sister of the whole blood) Anne, da. of John (Kennedy), 7th Earl of Cassillis [S.], the first wife of the said Earl of Selkirk. Having executed (unknown to his wife) a strict entail of the estate of Cassillis, on 29 Mar. 1759, in favour of his distant cousins and heirs male, he d. s.p., in ArHngton Str., Midx., 7, and was bur. 14 Aug. 1759, at St. James's, Westm., but, in June 1760, was removed to May- bole. (^) His widow, who was b. i Nov. 1699, d. at Barnton, 8, and was bur. 19 Feb. 1763, in the Abbey of Holyrood House. [From 1759 to 1762 these honours were in dispute between the heir male and the heir general. The latter, William (Douglas), Earl of Ruglen and of March [S.], who, in 1778, became Duke of Queensberry, was s. and h. of WiUiam (Douglas), Earl of March [S.], by Anne, suo jure Countess of Ruglen [S.], ist da. and h. of line of John (Hamilton), Earl of Selkirk and of Ruglen [S.], by his ist wife, Anne, the only da. that had Issue of John (Kennedy), 7th Earl of Cassillis [S.] abovenamed. He claimed the estates under an entail of 5 Sep. 1698, which he contended could not be set aside by the entail of 1759. The entail of 1759 was how- ever upheld, though by a narrow majority, in the Court of Session, and confirmed, on appeal, by the House of Lords. He then, under the designa- tion oi '■'■^WYi-i.m, Earl of Cassillis, Ruglen and March," claimed "the titles and honours of Earl of Cassillis and Lord Kennedy," on the ground of 1695-1 7 id" and relating to persons "married out of our parish, but pay'd the dues which is ten shillings." In it he is described as "John, Lord Kennedy." G.E.C. In her funeral entry in Lyon office she is described as da. of Sir Thomas Hutcheson, by his wife, a da. of Sir Francis Boteler. V.G. (^) At one of the assemblies in Edinburgh, "the Countess of Panmure .... ob- serving her nephew [rectius cousin], the Earl of Cassills, flustered while paying his compliments to her, rose from her chair, and taking him by the hand said ' Nephew, you have sat too late after dinner to be proper company for ladies.' She then led him to the door, and calling out 'My Lord Cassills' chair!' wished him good-night." {Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century; ex inform. Bright Brown). V.G.
