500 DUMFRIES II. 1642 2. William (Crichton), Earl of Dumfries, ^c. or [S.], 1st s. and h. P.C. [S.] 5 Sep. 1661. He resigned 1643. his honours to the Crown 10 Sep. and obtained a new grant [with the former precedency] of the same 3 Nov. 1690, with rem. to his grandson and h. ap., William, Lord Crichton, in tail male, rem. to the four daughters of his deed, son Charles, Lord Crichton, and to the heirs of their bodies respectively succeeding to the family estates, rem. to the nearest heirs of the said Charles, Lord Crichton. He m., 29 Aug. 161 8 (both under 13), Penelope, sister of Barnham,(^) 1st Viscount Carlingford [I.], da. of Sir Robert Swift, of Rotherham, co. York, by his 2nd wife, Ursula, da. of Stephen Barn ham, both above- named. He d. 1 69 1. [Robert Crichton, styled hovi.V) Crichton, ist s. and h. ap., bap. at Doncaster, 19 Dec. 1641, more than 23 years after his parents' marriage. He d. v.p. in infancy.] [Charles Crichton, j/v/f^ Lord Crichton, 2nd, yst., and only surv. s. and h. ap. He m. (cont. 23 Oct. and 17 Dec. 1679) Sarah, 3rd da. of James (Dalrymple), ist Viscount Stair [S.], by Margaret, da. of James Ross. She was bap. 19 Nov. 1654. He d. v.p., between 4 Oct. 1686 and 1 1 Mar. 1689/90, and was bur. at Dumfries.] III. 1691. 3. W^illiam (Crichton), Earl of Dumfries, i^c. [S.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Charles Crichton, styled Lord Crichton, and Sarah his wife abovenamed. He d. unm. and under age, 28 Feb. 1693/4. Funeral entry at Lyon office. IV. 1694. 4. Penelope, ^«o_/«rf Countess OF Dumfries, (^c. [S.], eldest sister and h. of line, who, under the limitation of 1 690, inherited the family honours. She m., 26 Feb. 1 697/8, her cousin, the Hon. William Dalrymple, of Glenmure, Col. in the Army, and M.P. for CO. Ayr (2nd s. of John, ist Earl of Stair [S.], br. of Sarah, Lady Crichton abovenamed), who d. 3 Dec. 1744. She ^. at Clackmannan, 6 Mar. 174 1/2. Funeral entry at Lyon office. V. 1742. 5. William (Dalrymple-Crichton), Earl OF Dum- fries, ^c. [S.], ist s. and h. He served 26 years, 1721-47, in the Army, being A.D.C. to his uncle, the Earl of Stair [S.], at the battle of Dettingen, 26 June 1743. On the abolition of heritable jurisdictions in 1747, he got ;^2,400 (in full of his claim to ;^i7,ooo) for the Sheriffship of Clackmannan, iyc.;K..T. 11 Mar. 1751/2. By the death (*) This Barnham m., at the same date, Mary, sister of the said William, and Earl of Dumfries. V.G.
