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248 HOME. HOME (») Barony [S] /. Sib Alexander Home, of Homo and Dunglas () T. 1473 co - Berwick, s. and h. of Sir Alexander II. of the same, by Mariute, da. of Sir Robert Lauder, of Haas, sue his father in 1 U">i> ; was Ambassador to England, 1459, being (from 1476 to 1485) employed in various nego- tiations therewith, ami was cr. a Lord of Par), as LOUD HOME [S.], 2 Aug. 1 I7;i. Warden of the Marches, 1475 ; was one of the nobles who opposed James III. [S| in 1 4S2 and 14S4, and finally, at the battle of Sauchioburn, in 1408. He received several grants from James IV. [S]. He m. firstly, Mariota, d. and h. of [— ] Lan'dai.s, of LandalS, co. Berwick. He m. secondly, before 14 July 1 107, Margaret, da. of Alex- ander Montgomery, Master of Montgomery, by Klizabeth, da. of Sir Adam HbpBUBS, of Hales. He d. between Feb. 1490 and April 1191. II. 1491. 2. Alexander (Home), Lord Home [81 grandson and h., beings, and h. of Alexander Home, Master of Home, by Elizabeth llErumiN, his wife, which Alexander last named (who was Steward of Dunbar), was s. and h. ap. of the first Lord, by his first wife, but </. v.p. in 146S. He was about 1460, and sat in Pari. [S.] 1483-85, joining his grandfather iu the revolt against .lames III. £&] ; P.O. to James IV. [S.], and Great Chamberlain [SJ for life, 2 Oct. 1488 ; Warden of the East Marches (for 7 years), 25 Aug. 1489 ; Keeper of Stirling Castle, 10 Jan, 1489/90 ; and practically Prime .Minister. He sue. to the peerage [S.j about 1491 ; went a pilgrimage to Canterbury, 1 193 ; was one of the supporters of the claim of Perkin Warbeck to the English crown ; but was afterwards employed in several treaties with England. He in. before 22 .March 1492/3, Nicholas, da. of Sir George Keu, of Samuelston, co. Haddington, by Mariot SINCLAIR, his wife. He (/. 1506. His widow m., as his second wife, about 150S, Sir Alexander Ramsay, who fell at Flodden, 0 Sep. 1513. III. 1506 3. Alexander (Home), Loud Home [S.], s. ami h., sac. to to the peerage [SJ, and served heir to his father, 21 Oct. 150b' ; Great 1510*. Cuamiierlain [S.] 1507, and all powerful with the King. He com- manded the van at Flodden, 9, Sep. 1513, being one of the few Scotch leaders who survived that day. He joined the English party, supporting the Queen Dow. against the Regent Albany, by whom he was (after having been pardoned), arrested, convicted of treason, and executed ( c ) 8 Oct. 1516, at Edinburgh ; when his honours teere forfeited. He m. Agues ( u ) Stewart, but d. s.p.m. ( c ). He was bur. in Greyfriars. »*»*•*••* aud h., Margaret, who inherited the estate of Gleiicorse, m. Colin Drummond, M.D.. and rf.at Bristol, 1 April, 1792, leaving issue, among which, possibly, if the male issue of the Bishop be extinct, aud if the pedigree set forth is oorreet, the right to the peerage may be vested. (») This is one of the 12 " Noble British Familes " treated of by Drummond. See vol. i. p. 77, note "a," sub. Alvanley. ( b ) The lands of Dunglass belonged to the family of Pepdie, whose heiress, Nicolas, m. Sir Thomas Home, and was mother of Sir Alexander Borne, of Dunglass (slain at Verneuil, 17 Aug. 1424), grandfather of the first Lord. The arms of Pepdie (org., three popinjays, vert.) have ever since been quartered with those of Home. ( c ) See Crawfurd's Scotch Officers of Stale (p. 323) as to his trial aud execu- tion. He is, however, there confounded with his father. The date of his execution is there given as 10 Oct., and that of his brother William Home (who suffered the next day for the same cause), as on the 11th. C) She is called Janet by Crawfurd. (°) His daughters were (l)'Janet, who?/;. Sir John Hamilton, and inherited the hinds of Samuelston of which they had charter 24 Aug. 1531. She in that year renounced all her claims iu favour of her uncle George, Lord Home. (2). Alison living 1526.