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FINDLATER. an extended rem. failing- the heirs mule of Ms body. Lord High Chancellor [S.], 1702-04, and again 1705 ; being (again) Sec. of State [S.], 1704 ; K.T., 17 Feb. 1703/4. He was a great promoter of the Union [S.], tho' in June 1713 he moved for its dissolu- tion which was defeated by a majority of only four. Rep. Peer [&.], 1 707-10 ; 1712-15; and 1722-30 ; Lord Chancellor [S.], 1707; Lord Cli. Baron [S.], 1708. In 1714 (being then Earl of Findlater) he was Keeper of the great seal [Sj. He ro. in (1087 in her 16th year), Anne, da. of Sir William Dunbar, 1st Bart. [S.], of Dura, by Janet Brodie, his wife. She d. 1708, aged 36. He d. 19th Aug. 1730, in his 66th year.(») bur. at Cullen, M.I. V. 1730. 5. James (Ogilvy), Earl of Findlater, Earl op Seafield, &c. [S.Ji s. and k, b. about 1689, styled Viscount Reid- HAVEN, 1701-30; was imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle, in 1715, on suspicion of favouring the Stuart rising ; one of the Lords of Police, 1734, and Vice Admiral of Scotland, 1737-64. Hep. Pekr [S.], 1734-61. He m. firstly about 1710, Elizabeth, 2d da. of Thomas (Hay), 6th Earl of Kinnoull [S.], by Elizabeth, da. of William (Drummond), 1st Viscount Stkathallan [8], Shed, at Duppliu and was bur. there. He m. secondly, Dec. 1723, Sophia, 1st da. of Charles (HorE), 1st Earl of Hopktoun [S.], by Henrietta, da. of William (Joh.vsto.ve). 1st Marquess of Annandale [Si She who was b. 31 May, 1702 (register at Abercorn), d. s.p.in London, 25 April 1761, aged 59, bur. at Cullen ; M.I. The Earl d. at Cullen House, co. Banff, 9 July 1764, aged 74 ; bur. at Cullen.(b) M.I. Will pr. 1764. VI. 1764. 6. James (Ogilvy), Earl op Findlater, Earl of Seafield, Slc. [S.], only s. and h. by first wife, b. about 1714, styled Lord Deskford, 1730 64. Having finished his education by foreign travel, ( c ) he was a Commissioner of Custom [S.], 1754-61, and was made one of the Lords of Police, 1765. He m. 9 June, 1749, at Huntingtower, co. Perth, Mary, da. of John (Murray), 1st Duke of Athoi.e [S.j, by his second wife, Mary, da. of William (Boss), Lord Ross [6J He d. by his own hand, 3 Nov. 1770, in his 56th year, at Cullen House afsd., and was bur. at Cullen. Will pr. April 1771. His widow who was 6. 3 March 1720, d. at Banff Castle, 29 Dec. 1795, aged 75, and was bur. in Cullen church. VII. 1770, 7. James (Ogilvy), Earl of Findlater, Earl of to Seafield, &c. [S.], 1st and only surv. s. and h„ b. 10 April 1750, at 1811. Huntingtower afsd. ; styled Loud Deskford, 1764-70 ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 8 April 1769. He m. in 1779, at Brussels, Christina Theresa Josepha, da. of Joseph Murray, Count Murray of Alelgum in the Holy Roman Empire, Lieut. Gen. in the service of the Emperor of Germany. The Earl of Findlater and Seafield d. s.p. at Dresden, 5 Oct. 1811, aged 51, and was bur. there. At his death the Earldom of Findlater 11638] and the Barony of Ogilvy ( a ) Macky, in his " Cliaractcrs," thus writes of him in 1702. " He is a gentleman of great knowledge in the civil law and the constitution of tho Kingdom; understands perfectly how to manage the Scotisb Pari., to the advantage of the Court. This and his implicitly executing what pleased King William, without ever reasoning about it, established him very much in His Majesty's favour, but his joining with an English Secretary to destroy the colony of Darien, lost him extremely with the people. He affects plainness and familiarity in his conversation, but is not sincere ; is very beautiful in his person, with a graceful behaviour, a smiling countenanee and a soft tongue." ( b ) He obtained (under the act abolishing heritable jurisdictions, 1747), for the regality of Ogilvy, the constabulary of Cullen and the bailiary of the regality of Strathisla, £1,085, in lieu of his claim for £5,500. (°) Horace Walpole thus writes of him to Gen. Conway, 23 April 1740, "you saw Lord Deskfoord at Geneva, don't you like him ? He is a mighty sensible man — there are few young people have so good understanding. He is mighty grave and so are you, but you both can be pleasant, when you have a mind. Indeed one can make you pleasant, but his solemn Scotchery is not a little formidable."