5IO DUNBAR Master of the March. He m. Elizabeth Sinclair (living 1452), who d. s.p., 1453/4. He was father of another Patrick, who m., before 1474, Janet, da. and coh. of Patrick Dunbar, of Mochrum, co. Wigton (descended from David Dunbar, probably a yr. br. of George, the loth Earl), by whom half of the Mochrum estate came into the family. These were great-great- grandparents of Patrick Dunbar, of Kilconquhar (whose father, grandfather and great-grandfather, all named Patrick, were of the same), who m. in 1 520, and who was sue. by his only s., Andrew Dunbar, of Kilconquhar and Loch of Mochrum. This Andrew Dunbar, who is said, by Riddell, to have been '■'■indisputably the representative of the Earls of March, d. s.p., Nov. 1564, leaving four sisters, of whom Elizabeth d. unm. 1569. Among the descendants of the other three such representation still remains. (*)] BARONY [S.] Robert (Stuart), Earl of Lennox [S.], was, on re- - signing that Earldom, cr., 5 Mar. 1579/80, EARL OF 1- i5«o MARCH and LORD OF DUNBAR [S.],C") which ° creation was confirmed by royal charter, 5 Oct. 1582. He ^^ ■ d. s.p.y 29 Mar. 1586, when all his honours became extinct. See fuller particulars under " March," Earldom of [S.], cr. 1580; extinct 1586. EARLDOM [S.] i. George Home, 4th (') s. of Alexander Home, or HuME,('^) of Manderston, co. Berwick (m. 1552, and XI. 1605 d. in or before 1593), by Janet, da. of George Home, to of Spot; was a Gent, of the Bedchamber to James VI 161 1. in 1585, by whom he was knighted, 4 Nov. 1590; Master of the Great Wardrobe [S.], 1590, being if) The second of these three sisters, Margaret, m. William Macdowall, whose descendant and h. of line, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Patrick (Crichton, formerly Mac- dowall), Earl of Dumfries [S.], m. 1792, John Stuart, styled Viscount Mount Stuart, ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute, but whether or no any issue remains from the eldest da., who of course, as h. of line, would inherit in preference to the issue of Margaret, is doubtful. See as to the family of Macdowall, ante^ p. 501, note " b." If) It is probable that a (peerage) Barony of Dunbar [S.] was conferred in 1454 or 1455, together with the Earldom of March [S.], on Alexander Stewart, 2nd s. of James II, soon afterwards cr. Duke of Albany [S.]; see that title 1458-83. He was the only person who held the Earldom of March [S.] between the forfeiture of the Dunbar family (some 20 years previously) and this creation of 1580, when (as shown in the text) the Barony of Dunbar was conferred with this Earldom of March. The Duke certainly held the feudal Lordship and Castle of Dunbar, which were part of his estates when forfeited in 1483. (■=) He had 2 yr. brothers, (i) James H., of Steill, who d. before 1622, leaving a s. John, who on 12 Sep. 1622 assigned his rights as h. of George, which assignment the Court upheld in 1625; (2) William H., who m. Mary Quhytlaw, and d. s.p.m. before 1616, leaving an only da. Jean. V.G. C^) The family of Hume or Home claimed descent in the male line from the ancient house of Dunbar, Earls of Dunbar [S.], through Patrick, 2nd son of Earl Gos- patric, the third of that name.
