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IRVINE— ISLES. 323 IX. 1763, 9. Chari.es (Ingram), Viscount Irvine, and Lord to Ingram [8.L nephew and h., being s. and h. of Adjutant Gen. the 1778. Hon. Charles IkOkam, by Elizabeth (widow of Francis Brace), da. and coheir of Charles SCARBOROUGH, of Windsor, abovementioncd, which Charles Ingram (who d. 14 Nov. 17-18, aged Til'), was next br. to the last mimed Viscount, being yr, «• of the 3d Viscount. He was b. about 172S; was M.P. for Horsham, 1748-6:3 ; Groom of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wales, ] 756-60, and to George III., 1760-63 ; me. to the peeragt [S.]. 14 May 1763 ; Kep. Peek [8.1, 1768-78. Me m. (Lie. Fnc. 28 June 1758), " Sliss Frances GlBSOS, commonly called Siiepheari), of Whitehall, Mid.w, above 28, 5pr,"(») lie d. s.p.m.( b ) at Temple Newsom, 27 June 1778, when the title became extinct.(") Will dat. 16 June 1777, pr. 27 July 1778. His widow, who possessed a very great fortune,"^) d. at Temple Newsom 20 Nov. LS07, in her 74th year. Will pr. April 1S0S. IS LAY, see " Ilay. ISLES, [Altho' the designation of " Lord of tub Isles," as borne in the 12th century cannot be held to be equivalent to a Scotch Peerage, it seems desirable to give a short summary of the holders thereof. (I.) Someuled, a Celtic chief, who is said to have acquired the western islands, assumed the designation of King ofthk Isi.es ; he was slain 1164. (II ) Reginald, s. of the above, was styled King of Man and 1 HE Isles ; took the oath of fidelity to John and Henry III., Kings of England, and was living 1218. (III.) Donald, 2d son, appears to have inherited Kintyre and " The Isles." (IV.) Angus (Mor), LonD or the Isles, s. and h., was the first of these Lords who acknowledged himself as subject to the Kings of Scotland ; he d. 1292. (V.) Alexander, Loud of the Isles, s and h., d. 1303. (VI.) Angus (Og), Lord of the Isles, s. and h.. fought for Robert Bruce at Batraockburn in 1314. (VII.) John, Lord of the Isles, s. and h., in 1335 espoused the cause of Baliol but subsequently submitted to David II. [S.] He n». as his second wife the Lady Margaret Stewart, da. of King Robert II. [S.], and d. 13S7-8S. (VIII.) Donald, Lord of the Isles, son of the above John and Margaret, m. Margaret (da. of Sir Walter Leslie), suo jure Countess of Ross [S.J and d. 1420. (IX.) Alexander (Macdonald), Lord of the Isles, s. and h., rebelled against the King, but was pardoned in 1429, in which year, in right of his mother, he became Haul of Ross [S.] He d. May 1449. (X.) John (Macdonald), Faklof lloss [S.], and the last [Celtic], Loud of the Isles, (•) s. and h. for an account of whom see below.] (") So described in the Lie. Fac. 2S June 1758. I*) He left live daughters and coheirs all of whom (when single) bore the additional name of Shepherd. The eldest, Isabella Anne, m. 19 May 1776, Francis (Seymour- Conway), 2d Marquess of Hertford, who inherited the estate of Temple Newsnm and took the additional name of Ingram in 1807. («) The Viscountcy had been possessed by nine persons in 117 years, making the average of but 13 years to each holder. ( d ) Wood's " Douglas." ( e ) It does not seem very clear at what precise date the dignity of "Lord of the Ides " was considered as vested in the first burn sou of the King of Scotland. It does not appear to have been specified in the Aet of Pari. 27 Nov. 1469, whereby " the Lordship of Bute with the Castle of Rothsay ; the Lordship of Couall, with the Castle of Donune, the Earldom of Carrick, the lands of Duudonald with the Castle of the same, the Barony of Renfrew," &c, were so vested ; yet it is stated in Wood's " Douglas " (vol. ii, p. 436) that " it is understood that from this period the Principality and Stewartry of .Scotland, the Dukedom of Rothsay, the Earldom of Carrick, the Lordthip oj the Ides, and Barony of Renfrew have been ves'cd in the first bora son and heir ap. of the Sovereign." It is to be noted that the date of this Act, 1469, is previous to the resignation (1476) of this Lordslup by theEaii of Koss.