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524 DUNDEE CLAVERHOUSE [S.], with rem. to the heirs male of his body, whom failing, to his other heirs male.C) He was then with the King in London, and endeavoured to dissuade him from retreating thence, offering himself to drive out the Dutch forces. In Mar. 1688/9 ^^ was at the Edinburgh convention. He called a Pari, at Stirling for King James, and, raising the clans, defeated King William's able General Mackay, who lost above 2,000 men, 27 July 1689, at the pass of Killiecrankie, but was himself shot dead in that action. With him perished the Stuart cause in Scotland. C") He

»., May (cont. 9 June) 1684, Jean, 3rd da. of William Cochrane, styki^

Lord Cochrane (s. and h. ap. of William, ist Earl of Dundonald [S.]), by Catherine, da. of John (Kennedy), 6th Earl of Cassillis [S.]. He d. as afsd., 27 July 1689, and was i^ur. at Blair, aged 41. His widow m., as 1st wife, William (Livingston), 3rd Viscount Kilsyth [S.] (who was i>. 1650, sue. 1706, attainted 171 5, and d. 1733), and was killed (as was also her infant son by her 2nd marriage) by the fall of a house at Utrecht, in Holland, 16 Oct. 1695, and bur. at Kilsyth, Mar. 1695/6. II. 1689. 2. James (Graham), Viscount of Dundee, ^c. [S.], only s. and h., bap. 9 Apr. 1689. He d. shortly before 3 Dec. in that year. III. 1689 3. David (Graham), Viscount OF Dundee AND Lord to Graham of Claverhouse [S.], uncle and h., being only 1690. br. of the ist Viscount, and, as h. male, entitled to the succession. Matric. at St. Andrews Feb. 1 664/5, M.A. July 1668. He was at the battle of Killiecrankie with his said brother, against whom, on 13 June 1690, "a decreet of forfaulture was pronounced by the description of John, late Viscount of Dundee," whereby all his honours became forfeited. In 1692 he joined the court of the deposed King, James II, at St. Germain. He d. s.p.^ 1700, after 3 Aug. IV. 1700. 4. David Graham, of Duntroon, co. Forfar, cousin and h. male, who, as collateral h. male of the grantee, would, but for the forfeiture, have been Viscount of Dundee, isfc. [S.], and who so styled himself. He was s. and h. of Walter G., of Duntroon, by Elizabeth, sister of Alexander Guthrie, da. of David G., of that ilk, which W^alter was 2nd s. of Sir William Graham, of Claverhouse, and yr. br. of George, the grandfather of the i st Viscount. The precept for his sasine as h. to his father was dated 23 Feb. 1680. He m. (— ). He d. Jan. 1705/6. (^) See ante, p. 479, note "b," sub Dudhope, as to a supposition of his having been two years before {viz. in 1686) cr. Lord Dudhope [S.]. () " Undauntedly brave, and steadily faithful to his Prince, he sacrificed himself in the cause of James when he was deserted by all the world."